Qasim Rashid, Esq.Jan 19, 2023

One day after quoting MLK on MLK Day, Florida MAGA Gov Ron DeSantis cancels AP African American Studies Program, saying it ‘Lacks Educational Value’

This is literally white supremacist talking points & a reminder how much these people still hate MLK today.

Indeed, DeSantis banning AP African American Studies is a reminder of that old quote -- White privilege is when your history is the curriculum and every other history is an elective.
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Show threadTiffany Lee Brown (she/they)

@QasimRashid From what I can see, it is the Florida Department of Education taking the action, using DeSantis's “Stop WOKE Act” (arrrgggh! I can't even type it without wanting to scream) to do so. This is disgusting and unjust and horrible. Thank you for bringing it to our attention.

And now, what do we do with the information? I'm far away from Florida. I guess keep chipping away at my own internalized racism, and the state I live in, which was founded on principles of exclusion and racism?

Jan 19, 2023 at 6:08amWeb
Show threadDr Neenah Estrella-LunaJan 19, 2023
@magdalen @QasimRashid You do all that and you talk with other White people. This can happen anywhere. Despite what many people believe, White supremacy was not confined to the South. Many of its operating principles we're developed by people in the North.
Show threadTiffany Lee Brown (she/they)Jan 26, 2023
@starluna @QasimRashid Yeah I know! I'm from
#Oregon where because of my "mulatto" status I would be given 39 stripes with a whip for daring to live here, were this still the 19th century. Seriously. That was in the founding constitution of Oregon. Crazy crazy stuff. I mean, Oregon isn't exactly "The North" but it is definitely "The West" and it is definitely Whitelandia. And I'm not the greatest ally but I try, esp as a small-town (very majority-white town) newspaper reporter & columnist.
Show threadJofish5000Jan 19, 2023
@magdalen @QasimRashid Desantis appoints the people who sit on the Board of Education. That’s why it’s extremely scary. He appts the people who follow his marching orders.
Show threadAuntie MameJan 19, 2023
@magdalen @QasimRashid The US was founded on exclusion and racism.
Show threadTiffany Lee Brown (she/they)Jan 19, 2023
@ymasumac @QasimRashid Ayyyup. And let's not forget sexism.