Survivor Of Mao’s China Cultural Revolution Debates ‘American Exceptionalism’ With ‘1619 Project’ NYT Journalist

American journalist and writer Nikole Hannah Jones of New York Times, was the principal writer of controversial revisionist education title “1619 Project,” A self-proclaimed survivor in the cultural revolution of Mao Zedong, a Chinese communist revolutionary, was debated on Sunday “American exceptionalism.”

Jones published the first publication of the project in a special New York Times Magazine Issue in 2019. Jones argued that America’s foundation was established in 1619. “slavocracy” Some of the founders were slaveowners.

Jones was the target of numerous criticisms for her work. Xi Van Fleet, an opponent to Critical Race Theory, reacted more strongly to Jones’ claim that she had created the “very presence” American exceptionalism’s idea of black people is that of the African-American community. “greatest rebuke.”

“Yourself and I, an immigrant from China with 200 borrowed dollars in my pocket when I arrived more than 30 yrs ago, are the proof of American Exceptionalism,” Van Fleet replied.

Van Fleet became a viral sensation two years ago when he delivered an emotional speech to a Virginia school board. He claimed that CRT was rooted in cultural Marxism, and warned Americans that the communist subversion occurring in the United States classroom mirrors China’s Cultural Revolution. This divided China’s population according to class rather than race.

“Natural rights is unique to American founding,” Jones asked Van Fleet for details. “Bc of it we were able to abolish slavery, Jim Crow, anti-Chinese laws … to allow individuals to succeed. What is not unique to America is slavery, which still exists today. Ppl fighting for human rights in China are jailed by CCP.”

Jones did not deny natural rights “may have been unique” However, one-fifth the population was enslaved or denied these rights at America’s founding.

“Further, you do not think protesters in the US face state violence and arrest? You think the US has no political prisoners?” Jones asked, adding, “I’m afraid your vision of America does not match the reality.”

Van Fleet denounced America as she sees it “not a vision.”

“Mine is ‘lived experience’ under the enslavement of Communism, freedom in America, and the current Woke Revolution aiming to undo America,” She spoke. “Black Americans are enslaved no more thanks to the persevering principles and humanity of this country.”

The definition of woke revolution.

— Ida Bae Wells (@nhannahjones) February 26, 2023

Van Fleet says that living in America is the best thing she has ever done. “biggest privilege” After fleeing Mao’s Cultural Revolution in 1966, she emigrated to the United States in 1986. He died in 1976. According to reports, up to 80 million people died under Mao’s regime.

“I appreciate EVERYONE who participated in the debate yesterday about American Exceptionalism, natural rights, slavery, and the 1619 Project,” Van Fleet made the following statement via Twitter. “The author should be challenged by us since the mainstream media no longer does its job.”

Thank you to everyone who took part in yesterday’s debate about American Exceptionalism and natural rights. Since the main stream media doesn’t do its job anymore, we should challenge the author. @ConceptualJames https://t.co/t9SDv2wbPj

— Xi Van Fleet (@XVanFleet) February 27, 2023

Historians across the political spectrum have criticized the “1619 Project,” claiming it contains serious factual errors, including the premise that “one of the primary reasons the colonists decided to declare their independence from Britain was because they wanted to protect the institution of slavery.”

A Daily Wire investigative report last month showed Jones made in 2022 more than $1.2 million from dozens of private and public education institutions after delivering over 30 speeches condemning America and shaming her audiences for belonging to “one of the most unequal societies in the history of the world.”

Luke Rosiak contributed to this report.

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