The US president says the 'pro-America' curriculum will 'celebrate the truth about our nation's great history'.
"This document alleged that concepts such as hard work, rational thinking and the nuclear family and belief in God were not values that unite all Americans but were instead aspects of whiteness," he said.
"This is offensive and outrageous to Americans of every ethnicity, and it's especially harmful to children of minority backgrounds who should be uplifted not disparaged.The 1916 Project's creator, Nikole Hannah-Jones, responded to Mr Trump's comments on Twitter, writing:"The White House Conference on American History has not a single Black historian on it. Strange."
Former CIA and National Security Agency director General Michael Hayden was also critical of Mr Trump's plans. "I have a masters degree. I ran CIA and NSA. Trump wants a patriotic commission, 1776 Commission. What does he know about that? Absolutely nothing. And he's not interested in facts," he wrote.
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