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western civilizations has no inherent value whatsoever? >> we have teachers who are not able to teach the curriculum that they want because they disagree with ron desantis and his view of the world. that is limiting free speech. >> they are trying to shield students from the truth about history. >> we are nothing without our history. which is exactly why conservatives are going after public education in america. to erase, dismantle and rewrite the true account of our past. what happened on this soil, the oppression that was fought and overcome. and what shaped who we are and the very...

Classes and why you would want to take this a.p. african-american studies class. >> a.p.s opened my eyes to an array of new information. when i took honors in middle school and the friends i have in honors classes now, we go farther back in history. we go deeper into history. and if we had the option to take african-american history at the a.p. level, we also would get that deeper knowledge that you don't get baseline. you have to find deep in the internet to get that information because it's not easily accessible at our schools. >> yeah. juliet, governor ron desantis is ostensibly trying to p...

♪♪ my son who graduated from lasall high school here, who had a wonderful teacher who taught all the complexities of african-american history. i don't want kids to miss out on that experience. and to know their whole history, not just parts of it. >> if he gets rid of a.p.s, it will give us a disadvantage against -- >> other states. >> any other state honestly. because a.p. is a main factor in getting into a good college. >> we are back in tallahassee, florida, where governor ron desantis crusade against black history education goes beyond just k through 12. he's also taking aim at the s...