Welcome to PITE, Past Injustices Tomorrow’s equity.
Hi, I’m Nasri, I am student passionate about civil rights and racial injustices. I have been inspired by the podcast 1619 to create an all inclusive website that is user friendly with action steps and items to directly help the movement!
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Past
August of 1619, in Point Comfort, an english colony in Virginia, landed more than 20 enslaved Africans. Later, the 20 Africans who recently arrived were sold to colonists. From that moment on, the country was indelibly changed forever. In the podcast 1619, the goal is to effectively place slavery at the center of American history.…
Present
As mentioned before, the podcast 1619 places slavery at the center of all American History. Due to its large impact, the effects and consequences are still felt by the Black community. Slavery has undeniably caused systemic and institutional racism that is omnipresent within the system. The sad reality is the legacy of slavery still continues,…
Future
The Podcast 1619 effectively provided context but many people might be wondering, what’s next? Well, now is great time to start. There are many ways of getting involved and helping the movement grow in any way possible. We need to start effectively combating racism to provide a safe-space for all Americans and global citizens to…
“I felt ashamed, one, because I was lying, but I also felt ashamed because I felt like I should have some other country, and that all the other kids could trace their roots elsewhere, and I could only trace my roots to the country that had enslaved us.“- Nikole Hannah-Jones, Episode 1
About Nikole Hannah-Jones
Nikole Hannah-Jones is the host for the podcast 1619 led by the New York Times. She is a pulitzer Prizer winning reporter on the topics of racial injustice for the NYT and she is the creator of the project 1619. She is a known investigative journalist who explores areas of civil rights and injustices.Read more
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