Grifter Behavior: '1619 Project' Founder Gets Paid BIG BUCKS For Public Appearances

By Ryan Canady | Sunday, 29 January 2023 02:10 PM
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Grifter Behavior: '1619 Project' Founder Gets Paid BIG BUCKS For Public Appearances

The Fairfax County Public Library paid $29,350 in taxpayer funds to the author of the "1619 Project" for making an appearance for just one hour at that library location.

Nikole Hannah-Jones is the author of the 1619 Project, and the New York Post reports she will receive a hefty sum for her recent appearance at the library soon.

Residents in Northern Virginia were not at all pleased to learn that Hannah-Jones would receive a total of $33,350, of which $29,350 is covered by taxpayer funds. This means the public is shelling out a hefty payment to the author for coming to speak at the library. It breaks down to a total of $589 per minute, and that is good work if you can get it!

The Fairfax County Times reports that the contract the library struck with this author also includes direct and non-stop flights and hotel bookings for her while in the area. Last month, taxpayers discovered that the same library system paid another controversial author, Ibram X. Kendi, $22,500 for a one-hour virtual talk.

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Kendi supports critical race theory and has published many books that support this theory, including books meant for children.

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Residents are specifically upset that the library system is putting out this kind of money to speakers while, at the same time, they're cutting back on their staffing and their hours because of a supposed lack of funds. How can they pay these authors so much money but not keep the libraries staffed and open to the public for as many hours as the public would like?

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Michael Albin, a Fairfax County Taxpayers Alliance member, says that Hannah-Jones is being paid for her star power and not for the ideas she brings to the table. He believes this is nothing more than a publicity stunt for the library.

Albin says the following: "For her ideas, you can read her book (at the library!) or go online to read them for free," and "She's invited to sabotage American history and ideals at a library talk, and when? … get this, on Presidents' Day weekend, a patriotic national holiday. If that isn't sabotage of our values, I don't know what is."

William Denk, a resident, called on the Board of Supervisors to request that both authors return the funds to help support the area's homeless population.

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