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Waldo JaquithThis isn't a mere overreaction. This is straight-up white nationalism from the College Board. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/01/us/college-board-advanced-placement-african-american-studies.html
This is a transparent lie that anybody reading will know is untrue. Coleman _knows_ that we'll know it to be untrue. The goal isn't to convince us of the truth, it's to oblige journalists to include it in a "to be fair" paragraph.
What a shocking turn of events, no way to have seen it coming, etc., etc. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/09/us/florida-college-board-african-american-studies.html
Dan Hon@waldoj Yes, after the entire deal with textbooks this development is completely unprecedented and out of left field.
TrueBlueKew@waldoj This is insane.
Cassandrich@waldoj Imagine not having college admissions process under the gatekeeping of a mafia running an extortion racket...
MikeDunnAuthor@waldoj The College Board should be stripped down into nonexistence. It's a huge corporate shake down racket, pilfering millions of dollars each year from teens and their families who are desperate to get 5.0 gpa's so they can compete to get into the most elite and overpriced universities in the country.
Isaac Rodriguez 🇺🇦@waldoj I really hope that DeSantis runs for president and that he loses catastrophically. We need that guy out of any government office.
mapu@waldoj Shameful and cowardly.
tinmanic 🏳️🌈@waldoj Although I think it's extremely hyperbolic to call this curriculum "white nationalism" (see https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/media/pdf/ap-african-american-studies-course-framework.pdf for much more detail) - and symptomatic of the sensationalism that can exist on social media even beyond the birdsite - it's true that the GOP has nothing to offer people other than culture wars. Their economic policies are deeply unpopular; this is all they have left.
@tinmanic Then it’s fortunate that I didn’t call the curriculum “white nationalism.”
Drew@waldoj
They make him look like an American Saint in this picture. The word being delivered from on high. God's conduit. Its crude symbolism bludgeons the accompanying article's mealy-mouthed attempt at 'objectivity'. What a shambles of journalistic integrity this is.
They make him look like an American Saint in this picture. The word being delivered from on high. God's conduit. Its crude symbolism bludgeons the accompanying article's mealy-mouthed attempt at 'objectivity'. What a shambles of journalistic integrity this is.
BlueBoomer@waldoj dumbing down the kids. What a damn shame!
Go Sports & Music!@waldoj I never thought I’d see America fall as low at it has since 2016. It’s like we rewound the clock 70 years and became who we said we’d never be again. It’s so disgraceful.