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Thursday, January 26th, 2023

Scholars, Lawmakers Outraged Over DeSantis’ Rejection of AP African-American Curriculum

Author:     BRETT WILKINS
Source:     Common Dreams
Publication Date:     Jan 20, 2023
 Link: Scholars, Lawmakers Outraged Over DeSantis’ Rejection of AP African-American Curriculum
Stephan:  

The Republican Party in general, with christofascist Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis as the most blatant example, does not like public education, and particularly and with great venom, does not like or want taught the truthful history of racism and slavery in the United States. I think it is very telling in the second decade of the 21st century that sufficient American voters in Florida agreed with his views that they elected someone as despicable as Ron DeSantis as their governor. But they did, and in the state he is quite popular. It tells you a lot about Floridians.

Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis takes the stage in front of a sign reading “Awake Not Woke” at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on February 24, 2022 in Orlando, Florida.
Credit: Joe Raedle / Getty

“Florida is doing its best to shut down discussions about race, slavery, anything having to do with a challenge to the idea that racism is still a real factor in American life today,” said one author and former professor.

Academics and Democratic lawmakers reacted angrily Thursday after the administration of Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis rejected a new high school Advanced Placement African-American studies course—without even seeing its syllabus—claiming it violates the state’s ban on “woke” education and “lacks educational value.”

Some Republican Florida officials said they believe the African-American studies course offered by the College Board—which approves AP courses and runs SAT testing—violates the state’s Stop WOKE Act by promoting critical race theory (CRT), a graduate-level academic framework positing that systemic racism is inherent in U.S. society.

DeSantis said the Stop WOKE Act, which applies to schools from the […]

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1 Comment

  1. Rev. Dean on Friday, January 27, 2023 at 5:51 am

    Children should be taught all the facts about the history of our country and the world. Nothing should be kept from them. That is the way the children will learn the truth; and the truth is all there is.