Chris Wallace Goes at Nikole Hannah-Jones for Claim Greatest Generation ‘Violently Suppressed’ Black Voters in Heated Exchange

(Via Mediaite)

CNN+ host Chris Wallace and 1619 Project author Nikole Hannah-Jones went at it over Hannah-Jones’ claim that the “Greatest Generation” was also culpable in “brutally suppressing democracy” for Black people.

Hannah-Jones and Wallace had a mutually warm and respectful discussion on the latest episode of the CNN+ series Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace, but it was also a conversation that Wallace himself described as “a little heated” at times.

Much of the interview centered around Hannah-Jones’ essay and book on the 1619 Project, including one passage that Wallace particularly objected to.

“Without the idealistic strenuous and patriotic efforts of black Americans, our democracy today would most likely look very different. It might not be a democracy at all,” Wallace read. “We like to call those who lived during World War Two, the Greatest Generation, but that allows us to ignore the fact that many of this generation fought for democracy abroad, while brutally suppressing democracy for millions of American citizens.”