Florida Democrat Introduces Bill To Prevent Teaching That Black People 'Benefited From Slavery' - Blavity
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Earlier this year, Florida sparked national controversy when it revised its public educational standards to include content that whitewashed the history of slavery. These changes to the state’s public school curriculum were one of many seemingly anti-Black policy changes in the Sunshine State over the past several years. Now, one Democratic state senator is trying to ban Florida from painting a positive image of slavery.
  • oxjox@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Our government is broken.

    We shouldn’t need to pass a bill to prevent lies and irrational theories from being taught. Honestly, I can’t think of a reason why government should be telling teachers what they should be discussing at all (just like telling mothers how to deal with their health) - other than ensuring that children be given the best opportunities in the real world.

    new standards published by the Florida State Board of Education earlier this year, which included language on “how slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit.”

    How the hell does a school board even exist that could adopt this? This should never have passed in the first place. There’s too many bandaids in government resolving things that shouldn’t have ever been passed by idiots in the first place.

    How the hell can anyone (DeSantis) continue being a government leader while claiming that slavery is beneficial?

    This is what happens when people have little choice in elections but to vote for the candidates they dislike the least. We don’t get to vote for people we like, for people we believe to represent our values. We’re screwed by a two party system that’s funded by corporations and legislated by lobbyists. Ranked. Choice. Voting.

    • Seasoned_Greetings@lemm.ee
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      10 months ago

      How the hell does a school board even exist that could adopt this?

      Florida is a retirement state full of old white people. They are the last vestiges of racism in its old form. Of course those old assholes are pushing back against the idea that it was their families that caused racial inequality in America.

      It’s like when descendants of Nazis try to say that their own grandpappy didn’t do any of the killing, he just had the swastika on his uniform he wasn’t that bad.

      • oxjox@lemmy.mlEnglish
        01·
        10 months ago

        How does a retirement state of old people impact the school boards?
        How does 45 year old Ron DeSantis qualify as “those old assholes”?