A Chilling and Dangerous Assault on Truth

July 22, 2023

Read this and you will hear echoes from 200 years ago of slave owners' absurd justifications for slavery in the history to be taught today per recently published standards by the Department of Education of Florida.

If you are like me, you will find it hard to believe. This assault on truth must be turned back.

This week, the Florida State Board of Education approved new standards for Black history, which requires students learn that slaves “developed skills” that could be “applied for their personal benefit.” And when teaching about mob violence against the Black community, such as the Tulsa massacre, teachers must note the “acts of violence perpetrated against and by African Americans.”



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