George Takei  🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽Feb 1, 2023
Shameful to see the College Board cave to the demands of DeSantis and white supremacists, especially as we kick off Black History Month. Just shameful.
Show threadCharJTF  (she/her)Feb 1, 2023

@georgetakei #Alt4You

After heavy criticism from Gov. Ron DeSantis, the College Board released on Wednesday an official curriculum for its new Advanced Placement course in African American Studies - stripped of much of the subject matter that had angered the governor and other conservatives.

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Show threadCharJTF  (she/her)

@georgetakei The College Board purged the names of many Black writers and scholars associated with critical race theory, the queer experience and Black feminism. It ushered out some politically fraught topics, like Black Lives Matter, from the formal curriculum.

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Feb 1, 2023 at 7:13pmWeb