The Censorship of Black History and its Impact on Students, Teachers, and Society

Our Body Politic

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🗓️ 24 February 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

When the College Board removed concepts like “intersectionality, mass incarceration, reparations, and the Black Lives Matter movement” from its Advanced Placement African American Studies course, both educators and students were alarmed. These changes are just one of the results of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ 'Stop “Wrongs to our Kids and Employees” Act,’ otherwise known as the Stop W.O.K.E. Act, passed in 2022. Guest host Natasha Alford, Senior Correspondent for The Grio, speaks with Dr. Keisha Blain of Brown University and Sommer Brugal, reporter at the Miami Herald to learn how the policy is affecting students right now. Next Amara Abdullah, a student organizer and co-founder of the Black Lives Matter Youth Vanguard talks about her work for justice for Black students in schools, and author Marisa Renee Lee describes collective grief and how the erasure of Black history prevents necessary healing.

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0:26.4	Welcome to Our Body Politics. I'm Natasha Al Ford, senior correspondent at the Grillo sitting in for Farai Chodea.
0:33.4	When the college board removed or reduced concepts like intersectionality, mass incarceration,
0:39.2	reparations, and the Black Lives Matter movement from its advanced placement African-American
0:44.3	studies course, both educators and students alike were alarmed by the changes. But for those
0:50.3	who are fearful of so-called woke indoctrination, the ban symbolizes strong leadership.
0:56.8	The course restriction is just one of the results of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' Stop
1:02.3	Wrongs to Our Kids and Employees Act, otherwise known as the Stop Woke Act. The law was passed in
1:08.8	2022 and promotes individual freedom while simultaneously
1:12.9	prohibiting all Florida public schools, including elementary through the college level,
1:17.9	from requiring any text or lesson that, quote, subjects individuals to certain circumstances
1:24.2	constituting discrimination based on race, color, sex, or national origin.
1:30.0	Here's Governor DeSantis defending the course elimination at a press conference in January.
1:35.4	When you look to see they have stuff about intersectionality, abolishing prisons, that's a political
1:41.4	agenda. And so that's the wrong side of the line for Florida
1:45.2	standards. We believe in teaching kids facts and how to think, but we don't believe they
1:51.0	should have an agenda imposed on them. Some of the rejected content includes the works of
1:55.9	notable educators and authors like Kimberly W. Crenshaw, Bell Hooks, Angela Davis, Tonehisi Coates, and more.
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