But we don’t get the history we want, we get the history that is.

I think there is a tendency to equate our treatment of race as if it were written by Soviet propoaganditsts. We all learn our history. But an "oriigin story" is a separate bit of mythos that exists alongside history. It's sort of like the national anthem being sung a sports events. It's a ritual, a reminder that no matter how bad things are, and how aggrieved we are, we cannot sink the lifeboat. The origin story is part of our national identity. It does not need to be true. It needs to inspire. (I don't see why the story can't be both aspirational and inspirational.)

Meanwhile, the history is there for all to read. And CRT, as a way of looking at some legal provisions, makes eminent sense. College students and law students should be exposed to these views so that they can act accordingly by their lights.

The problem with the 1619 Project is not that it is factually wrong; it's that it is socially demoralizing. Teaching kids that racism so infuses American life as to make striving a bad choice is counterproductive. If the message is that the deck is stacked, why would the average Black kid want to play by the rules? It's like telling people whose faith is their support that there's no god. What good comes of it?