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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@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?
Qasim Rashid, Esq.
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