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In an email to the Daily Caller, James Oakes of the City University of New York affirmed that the NYT “has not addressed our many citations of factual errors” even after the letter was sent," and stated that “I am particularly distressed by Matt Desmond’s essay. It is based on a body of scholarship that has been subjected to severe criticism by experts in the field..from mainstream economists to Marxist sociologists." Desmond is a Princeton University sociologist who asserts that slavery is the foundation of capitalism, and that almost every modern business has flowed from it.<ref>Shelby Talcott (December 22, 2019). [https://dailycaller.com/2019/12/22/historians-rip-nyt-request-correction-1619-project Historians Rip Into The New York Times After It Refuses To Address Requests For Corrections To The ‘1619 Project’]The Daily Caller, Retrieved March 08, 2020</ref><ref>Shelby Talcott (March 07, 2020). [https://dailycaller.com/2020/03/07/public-schools-dodge-questions-nyt-1619-project-historians-inaccuracies/ As Top Historians Ring Alarm Bells About NYT’s 1619 Project, Defiant Public Schools Refuse To Answer Questions] The Daily Caller, Retrieved March 08, 2020</ref>
In an email to the Daily Caller, James Oakes of the City University of New York affirmed that the NYT “has not addressed our many citations of factual errors” even after the letter was sent," and stated that “I am particularly distressed by Matt Desmond’s essay. It is based on a body of scholarship that has been subjected to severe criticism by experts in the field..from mainstream economists to Marxist sociologists." Desmond is a Princeton University sociologist who asserts that slavery is the foundation of capitalism, and that almost every modern business has flowed from it.<ref>Shelby Talcott (December 22, 2019). [https://dailycaller.com/2019/12/22/historians-rip-nyt-request-correction-1619-project Historians Rip Into The New York Times After It Refuses To Address Requests For Corrections To The ‘1619 Project’]The Daily Caller, Retrieved March 08, 2020</ref><ref>Shelby Talcott (March 07, 2020). [https://dailycaller.com/2020/03/07/public-schools-dodge-questions-nyt-1619-project-historians-inaccuracies/ As Top Historians Ring Alarm Bells About NYT’s 1619 Project, Defiant Public Schools Refuse To Answer Questions] The Daily Caller, Retrieved March 08, 2020</ref>
The project has likewise received criticism among several politicians. [[Newt Gingrich]] called ''1619'' a 'lie', and compared the work to "brainwashing".<ref>[https://tennesseestar.com/2019/08/20/gingrich-calls-the-new-york-times-1619-project-to-inform-americans-of-the-countrys-true-founding-embarrassing/ Gingrich Calls the New York Times’ ‘1619 Project’ to Inform Americans of the Country’s ‘True’ Founding, ‘Embarrassing’]</ref>
Meanwhile in 1975 the future Vice President [[Joe Biden]] stated,
Meanwhile in 1975 the future Vice President [[Joe Biden]] stated,