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Vice President Kamala Harris once praised an AP class about slavery taught in high schools across the US -- even though it's nearly identical to the Florida lesson she blasted as replacing "history with lies."
Gov, Ron DeSantis calls Florida's new African American history curriculum "factual." Opponents call it whitewashing and erasure.
Students at Florida public schools will now learn that Black people benefitted from slavery because it taught them skills. This change is part of the African American history standards the State Board of Education approved at a Wednesday meeting. The description of slavery as beneficial is not the only grievance parents, teachers, education advocates and […]
On Wednesday, the Florida Board of Education approved African American history standards that received immediate backlash for avoiding many elements of slavery and even suggesting it was in some ways beneficial to African Americans.
Just days after the Florida Board of Education OK'd new Black history standards, Vice President Kamala Harris was set to visit the state.