1619 Project: Trump says Department of Education will investigate use in schools

CNN — President Donald Trump is continuing to wage battle against interpretations of history which he claims are un-American. In a Sunday morning tweet, the President said the US Department of Education would investigate whether California schools are using the New York Times’ “1619 Project” in public school curriculum. The message came after the President on Friday night banned federal agencies from conducting racial sensitivity training related to “white privilege” and “critical race theory.” Russell Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget, instructed heads of federal agencies to dramatically alter racial sensitivity training programs for employees, deeming them “un-American propaganda” in a two-page memo. Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton, a Republican, has introduced legislation that would prevent schools from teaching the curriculum.The legislation, titled the Saving American History Act of 2020, “would prohibit the use of federal funds to teach the 1619 Project by K-12 schools or school districts. In an exclusive interview that aired Sunday with CNN’s Dana Bash, Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris rebuked Trump and Barr’s comments regarding systemic racism in the US, saying they are “spending full time in a different reality.” “We do have two systems of justice” for Black and White Americans, Harris told Bash.