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Khashoggi’s Ghost Jan 21, 2023

The Florida Department of Education says it banned AP African American History because it teaches students about activism, intersectionality and encourages “ending the war on Black trans, queer, gender non-conforming, and intersex people.”

😱Right?🤦‍♀️

The move comes in the same week the far-right Republican—who a judge just ruled violated free speech laws by firing a prosecutor for being “woke”—requested info on trans students from universities state-wide.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/florida-department-of-education-gives-bizarre-reasoning-for-banning-ap-african-american-history

Florida Department of Education Gives Bizarre Reasoning for Banning AP African American History

The Florida Department of Education was concerned with the class teaching students about activism and reparations without providing a “critical perspective or balancing opinion.”

The Daily Beast

The secret of freedom lies in educating people ,whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant ~Maximilien Robespierre

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Meryem Fuat Jan 21, 2023

@PBruce @UROCKlive1 I think Robespierre meant this as advice for the good of the general public - Education!. In today's politics, authoritarians understand it well and pervert its aspiration. It's what drives their ubiquitous campaigns of lying, disinformation, bigoted finger-pointing, and weaponization of democratic institutions to prevent people from learning, knowledge, and true freedom.

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gzuckier

@Meryem_Fuat @PBruce @UROCKlive1
Education is never just about "facts". Education always carries with it values and ethics and cultural mores, no matter how they try to pare it down to just the facts, or just the 3 R's, or whatever.
It's scary when people's kids (figurative or literal) realize how hypocritical the elders they trusted have been, and begin to think about not trusting those elders with absolute power any more.
Easier to blame "woke" education and "indoctrination" and some ungodly thing called "CRT" than to face up to the younger generations' realization that not only is whatever culture you are leaving them not the Perfect Society you promised, but also your own failure to deliver on that promise. Or even try very hard.

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Meryem Fuat Jan 23, 2023

@UROCKlive1 @gzuckier @PBruce People who are scared of their young growing and changing to become their own person (and move the world forward) are the people being manipulated to believe that new ways of thinking are scary. Education continues throughout life for people who seek knowledge. We have unparalleled access to knowledge and yet people sit in front of the same old source(s) every day, allowing showmen and liars to mold their thinking.