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U.S. Senator Tim Scott, the most high-profile Black candidate in the 2024 Republican presidential race, has blasted his rival Ron DeSantis, Florida's governor, over the state's newly adopted Black history curriculum, saying "there's no silver lining" in slavery. Scott joined a growing chorus of critics of Florida's new standards that require public school students to be taught that some slaves developed skills that "could be applied for their personal benefit." DeSantis has defended the guidelines and accused opponents of siding with Democrats on the issue.
Rep. Byron Donalds tweeted “the attempt to feature the personal benefits of slavery is wrong & needs to be adjusted.” […] The post Florida’s lone Black GOP congressman: Fix state’s controversial enslavement teachings appeared first on TheGrio.
might be someone in africa worshiping a tree. dwight, this is the member a member of the task force that put this together. so there are black folk in florida who are participating in this. what do you make of that? yes, it s unfortunate not all skin folk are kin folk, and people tend to be complicit in their own oppression. unfortunately, representative kim daniels is currently a representative in the state of florida, currently on this task force, and currently out of touch with where african american history is, has been, and is moving. you know, in the light of the voices of the world and putting so much time in the john hope franklins and others who put time into real academic research into making african american studies a core component of a history curriculum, it s folks like this with no background in