Ron DeSantis And The Battle Over Black History
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ποΈ 1 February 2023
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Summary
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Department of Education banned the course from being taught in the state's public schools.
In a statement, the FDOE called the course a violation of state law and lacking in historical value, a claim that many experts and historians refute.
Critics say it's a further attempt by conservative politicians to limit what and how history β particularly racial history β is taught.
We discuss the role of politics in determining school curriculum.
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| 0:00.0 | African American history tells the truth on America and they do not want the true period. |
| 0:16.2 | They want to write lives as they wrote lives in all of history books. |
| 0:20.3 | This is blocking woke ideology at its worst and there's very little about black history |
| 0:26.5 | that's being discussed in this black history course. |
| 0:30.0 | Black history I think most reasonable amount of people are in favor of teaching that. |
| 0:35.2 | But this defense of blocking black history narrative is foolish and offensive to sound |
| 0:42.8 | minded and reasonable amount of people. |
| 0:45.6 | The college board has released the official revised framework for its advanced placement |
| 0:50.2 | African American studies course. |
| 0:52.9 | The updated framework strips away most of the content criticized by conservative lawmakers. |
| 0:58.0 | Particularly Florida Governor Ron DeSantis who banned a pilot version of the course from |
| 1:02.8 | a state's public schools. |
| 1:04.7 | This course on black history what's one of the lessons about queer theory. |
| 1:11.5 | Now who would say that an important part of black history is queer theory. |
| 1:17.6 | That is somebody pushing an agenda on our kids. |
| 1:20.3 | And so when you look to see they have stuff about intersectionality abolishing prisons that's |
| 1:26.2 | a political agenda. |
| 1:28.0 | Sixty schools across the country have taught a pilot version of the course a piece first |
| 1:32.3 | new course in nearly a decade. |
| 1:34.6 | The new version of the course eliminates the work of black scholars such as Bell Hooks |
| 1:38.8 | and Tana Hossie Coates. |
| 1:40.8 | Its sections on slavery, reconstruction and the civil rights movement are largely the same |
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