Banned Black Books You Should Be Reading:
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Whoopi Goldberg Cuts Off Alyssa Farah Griffin During Education Debate on 'The View': "If You’re Scared of American History, I Don't Get It"
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Florida Officials Had Repeated Contact With College Board Over African American Studies
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Letters detail Florida education officials’ feud with College Board over African American Studies
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Banned Black Books You Should Be Reading: This Black History Month, we’re reclaiming our time and our literature, starting with some essential reading that ...
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National Urban League condemns DeSantis’ school history ban | Letters: The CEO of the National Urban League affirms that a recent column supporting Ron DeSantis' ...
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Missouri Senate advances watered-down school bill without critical race theory ban
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Florida Scoured Math Textbooks for ‘Prohibited Topics.’ Next Up: Social Studies.: The nitty-gritty process of reviewing and approving school textbooks has ...
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Free market shouldn’t decide education | Letters : Other letter-writers discuss photogenic presidents and the College Board.
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Opinion | Who’s Afraid of Black History?: Ron DeSantis should be careful of the company he keeps.
nytimes.com/2023/02/17/opinion/desantis-florida-african-american-studies-black-history.html
In face of DeSantis anti-woke rhetoric, Black leaders go back to ’60s: Some civil rights activists raise questions about a number of DeSantis’ actions.
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Nikole Hannah-Jones isn’t done challenging the story of America: A new Hulu series is the latest version of “The 1619 Project,” a reframing of American history ...
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Florida students threaten to sue DeSantis over AP African American studies ban: Civil rights attorney Ben Crump said he's prepared to take the ...
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Illinois governor slams DeSantis’s decision to block AP course: Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has warned the College Board that his state will reject a revised ...
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Key FactsDeSantis claims that an AP African-American studies class was "pushing an agenda."
Apr 11, 2023 · Reading time: ~0 sec.
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- Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Monday that his administration will reject a new Advanced Placement course on African-American studies for high school students because some of the topics attempted to use Black history to advance a political agenda.
- "Now who would say that an important part of Black history is queer theory?
- That is somebody pushing an agenda on our kids,"According to DeSantis.
- "We want to do history," he said, noting that he considers Black history to be American history.
- Legislators of color, including state Sen.
His Stop WOKE Act, signed last April, prevents training in, or discussion of, eight topics related to race and sex in particular
Ron DeSantis wants to limit free speech in the name of free speech: The Sunshine State’s public colleges are getting a dose of illiberal right-wing politics
economist.com/united-states/2023/01/26/ron-desantis-wants-to-limit-free-speech-in-the-name-of-free-speech
Florida is offering an advanced lesson in anti-Blackness: Florida’s rejection of AP African American studies shows what the fight against critical race theory ...
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Key FactsA DeSantis Presidency Would Mean Blocking African American Studies
Apr 12, 2023 · Reading time: ~30 sec.
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- DeSantis' Florida Department of Education said in a rejection letter to the College Board two days later that the course material of a high school Advanced Placement African American Studies class was not "historically accurate," had "no educational value," and violated Florida law.
- Governor Ron DeSantis spearheaded this decision.
- Since his election as Florida's 46th governor, DeSantis has worked tirelessly to limit Black political power in the state.
- Despite Florida lawmakers' claims that the course "lacks educational value," an AP African American Studies course includes more than just history and is therefore very educational.
Ron DeSantis government bans new advanced African American history course: The ban has outraged some parents, who called it a "direct attack" on Black ...
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Key FactsWoke Wars on Ice: Ron DeSantis's Anti-Black, Discriminatory Agenda in the NHL | Opinion
Apr 16, 2023 · Reading time: ~30 sec.
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- It's a great purpose as well as good business.
- DeSantis snubbed an entire sports league, adding another loser to the Woke Wars.
- We don't want pupils to learn about Black history, which is also American history.
- Attacking Black folks during the Woke Wars is profitable for the right wing.
Missouri bill would ban critical race theory in schools and offer teacher training in ‘patriotism’
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DeSantis violates two constitutions, but it’s a no-win situation | Editorial: A federal judge found that Gov. Ron DeSantis shredded our state and federal ...
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Paid articlePaywallKey FactsA Florida man watches the Chiefs defeat the Jaguars. That was Governor Ron DeSantis at Arrowhead.
Apr 12, 2023 · Reading time: ~30 sec.
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- Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis made an unexpected appearance at Arrowhead Stadium to watch the Kansas City Chiefs defeat the Jacksonville Jaguars.
- Last autumn, DeSantis received rousing applause when he visited Olathe to campaign for Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt, a fellow Republican running for governor.
- DeSantis banned critical race theory in K-12 classrooms last year.
- DeSantis has not declared his candidature for president.
DeSantis administration rejects inclusion of AP African American Studies class in Florida high schools
cnn.com/2023/01/19/politics/ron-desantis-ap-african-american-studies/
Key FactsOutrage Grows After Florida Denies AP African-American Studies Course
Apr 12, 2023 · Reading time: ~15 sec.
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- When asked if DeSantis' efforts to prohibit classroom discussions about race have affected how he teaches, he said, " I can never stop the conversations they're having with each other, but I stick to the Florida state standards for African American history and other social studies standards that are integrated within the course, and that's just the route we go."
- Although neither the College Board nor the Florida DOE would release the details of what had irked the DeSantis administration, one right-wing outlet, the National Review, claimed to have obtained a copy of the curriculum and blamed the course for teaching Critical Race Theory.
Mystery solved? Florida reveals why it rejected math books over critical race theory
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Ron DeSantis Pushes Florida Bill to Protect White People From 'Guilt' About Racist Past
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Florida bans ‘critical race theory’ from classrooms: Florida’s state Board of Education banned “critical race theory” from public school classrooms Thursday ...
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DeSantis applauds fired whistleblower’s Twitter suspension, the latest in an ongoing feud
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Critics slam Florida's law banning Big Tech 'de-platforming' as 'unconstitutional'
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DeSantis signs Florida 'tax holidays' into law | TheHill: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Friday signed into law “tax holi...
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A year into the pandemic, Florida is booming and Republican Gov. DeSantis is taking credit
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