New York City's Nicknames Inspire Me to Expound on 'How Wrong ''The 1619 Project'' Is'

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This morning, Bing Rewards gave a True/False question claiming that Washington D.C. is called "The Big Apple" ... which you know is false, because The Big Apple is New York City. Answering that question, I was taken to a search-results page that led to a report that told me that NYC's nickname was briefly New Orange. Immediately came to mind the phrase "like apples & oranges" (an idiom for a a false analogy, an analogy that contrasts two things that really can't be compared to each other). And that brought to mind NEW YORK TIMES Nikkole Hannah-Jones' The 1619 Project---her study asserting that American history is built upon the slave-trade rather than the Founding Fathers' bureaucracy. Maybe slaves were involved in "the grunt-work" needed to serve as the brick-&-mortar needed to support the Founding Fathers' big ideas (much like you could say wage- & day-workers' effort fleshes-out the big ideas of today's leaders ... an idea from a reactionary that could be called The 1776 Project), but ... I don't think you can have one without the other. ... Anyway, all those thoughts led me to a lot of reports on ... things. Lots of reading to do. Any thoughts on what you've read-or-heard about 'any of this'? NOTE: If you want me to see your response and not reply, please make sure you're not blocking me (it'll show you at the top of my profile) and in your response just ask me not to reply.