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Banning Critical Race Theory

The Florida Board of Education, after banning the teaching of AP African-American History and supporting new state laws preventing teachers from discussing many aspects of race and gender in America, unanimously approved its new standards for teaching black history in Florida public schools. They did so over the vigorous objection of parents, teachers, and educational groups such as the Florida Education Association and the NAACP.

Among the items to be taught, Florida schoolkids will learn that “slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit.” It adds that students "will be taught to "identify" famous Black people, but it fails to make it necessary for students to learn about each of their contributions, challenges and stories overall."

Although a DeSantis-appointed board member said that "Everything is there...The darkest parts of our history are addressed" many critics disagreed. "Genesis Robinson, political director for advocacy group Equal Ground, said the curriculum only identifies and recognizes racism and prejudice and does not go into depth about how or who promoted the violence and disenfranchisement of Black people in the United States..."When you couple these standards, with the environment, the hostility towards daring to talk about certain subjects, it creates an environment where there's going to be a complete removal of these conversations and of these lessons in the classroom because nobody wants to run afoul of all of the laws or policies that have been put in place."

Opponents pointed out several issues in the curriculum: Elementary and middle school students are not required to learn about African American history past Reconstruction; and in high school, when learning about the Ocoee Massacre, the benchmark clarification states “Instruction includes acts of violence perpetrated against and by African Americans.” “When you look at the history currently, it suggests that the (Ocoee) massacre was sparked by violence from African Americans. That's blaming the victim,” said Sen. Geraldine Thompson- D, Orlando, who is listed as an emerita board member on the task force’s website. The Ocoee Massacre is considered the largest incidence of voting-day violence in United States history, according to the Orange County Regional History Center. In 1920, Mose Norman, a Black man, tried to vote but was turned away from the polls. Later that night, a white mob tried to find Norman and his friend’s house. His friend, July Perry, was lynched, and other Black community members were murdered and their houses burned. Most of the Black community subsequently fled Ocoee and never came back.

Other criticisms of the new standards are that they mention the historic Brown v. Board decision, but don't mention that the Florida legislature in 1957 passed a resolution opposing the decision and supporting keeping racial segregation in schools. It also fails to mention that Florida seceded from the Union during the Civil War.

Link #1: https://www.tallahassee.com/story/n...-concerns-about-omitting-history/70428361007/

Link #2: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/florida-black-history-standards_n_64b87e79e4b0ad7b75f6fefa
 
Sickening - Just a blatant fascist power grab by the board of education.

Where are the FL Democrats? NAACP? Black Lives Matter?
 
Kinda feels like Florida has had a significant amount of race massacres.
 
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My son watches a YouTuber who has a good video debunking PragerU. Hopefully he'll share it with kids in his class.
 
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