Florida bans AP African-American Studies course from schools

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I thought the current trend was to abolish all AP courses in public schools as such courses discriminate against URM?

Yup.

Except this course was developed to promote racism and hate and "progressive" politics so it was an exception to the rule.

How? By teaching about African history— in African and the diaspora? By teaching about black artists, scientists, musicians? By reading Toni Morrison? Even discussing the concept of reparations has merit if your goal is to create a critical thinker who can explain the pros and cons.

The Tulsa Race Massacre, the Tuskegee experiments , the Tuskegee airmen, the Harlem Renaissance, the fact that some slave owners were Black, the history of Africa and Africans selling their own people into slavery— these are some of the topics covered. I didn’t learn about any of these in school. Did you?

One of the most popular courses at my university was African American history 1 and 2.

The class was popular student body wide. It was a really hard class in the sense that the subject matter was heavy and not easy to hear, read and absorb. The class was galvanizing, it made me think and feel. It made me angry, mournful, empathetic and in the end proud of the resilience of those who came before. That class that forever changed the way I looked at my country and my fellow country men. It was a powerful experience. It is American history and a very significant part of it that more people should be exposed to.

I was taught that the value in education was not in the monetary worth of it but that it is the only thing that once obtained can’t be taken away from you, you can take a persons livelihood, their freedom, their family and their health but you can’t take away an education. Their is nothing else you can obtain in this life that has that power.

This is the fear of these crazy anti education republicans. An educated electorate is a danger to their hate fueled existence. Not for the reasons that they are willing to speak of, not the anti white nonsense they spout off about but for the part they don’t speak of, that is that if this country actually dealt openly with its past then they’d lose one of their best bogeyman wedge issues. DeSantis is disgusting.

Then there are those of us in the middle who would like to see a bit more moderation in these important, tough classes. Did you read this entire thread? There was a comment from a self-identified Black poster about some potential problems with the course. Are those problems present in this course? I don't know, and neither does anyone else who is willing to say.

If you look at the history of the United States actions towards black people, there really isn't much middle ground or moderation

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought the current trend was to abolish all AP courses in public schools as such courses discriminate against URM?

Yup.

Except this course was developed to promote racism and hate and "progressive" politics so it was an exception to the rule.

How? By teaching about African history— in African and the diaspora? By teaching about black artists, scientists, musicians? By reading Toni Morrison? Even discussing the concept of reparations has merit if your goal is to create a critical thinker who can explain the pros and cons.

The Tulsa Race Massacre, the Tuskegee experiments , the Tuskegee airmen, the Harlem Renaissance, the fact that some slave owners were Black, the history of Africa and Africans selling their own people into slavery— these are some of the topics covered. I didn’t learn about any of these in school. Did you?

One of the most popular courses at my university was African American history 1 and 2.

The class was popular student body wide. It was a really hard class in the sense that the subject matter was heavy and not easy to hear, read and absorb. The class was galvanizing, it made me think and feel. It made me angry, mournful, empathetic and in the end proud of the resilience of those who came before. That class that forever changed the way I looked at my country and my fellow country men. It was a powerful experience. It is American history and a very significant part of it that more people should be exposed to.

I was taught that the value in education was not in the monetary worth of it but that it is the only thing that once obtained can’t be taken away from you, you can take a persons livelihood, their freedom, their family and their health but you can’t take away an education. Their is nothing else you can obtain in this life that has that power.

This is the fear of these crazy anti education republicans. An educated electorate is a danger to their hate fueled existence. Not for the reasons that they are willing to speak of, not the anti white nonsense they spout off about but for the part they don’t speak of, that is that if this country actually dealt openly with its past then they’d lose one of their best bogeyman wedge issues. DeSantis is disgusting.

Then there are those of us in the middle who would like to see a bit more moderation in these important, tough classes. Did you read this entire thread? There was a comment from a self-identified Black poster about some potential problems with the course. Are those problems present in this course? I don't know, and neither does anyone else who is willing to say.

If you look at the history of the United States actions towards black people, there really isn't much middle ground or moderation

It is not the first three sections that anyone is objecting to.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Why is there an AP African-American Studies course?

Because it is not routinely taught in the current white washed version kids learn about in schools. But, come on, you already know that.

DP

Then shouldn’t we demand a rigorous and factually accurate history curriculum for everyone?

I went to private school K-12 and received an excellent education. My kids are in mcps and I am told they are receiving a high quality education, but I’m not convinced.

US and World History are precisely the topics that could be standardized through a high quality curriculum. States could develop their own special curriculum covering their state.

Why is this so hard?

We should be able to print textbooks for US and World History that accurately cover the facts—including relevant black, Latino, Asian, etc.

Having said that, special AP courses that take a deeper dive on interesting topics are a good thing imho.

Conservatives don’t want the accurate facts. Because facts — such as, this land we live on was occupied by nations when the Europeans arrived, and those nations were pushed off their land, persecuted, killed, and made to sign treaties that the whites in power broke over and over again— destroy the long-standing image of the United States as a divinely blessed entity whose existence had to be.

We're careful about the facts that we teach. Remember learning about the time when the Haitian American Sugar Company successfully lobbied the US government to have the Marines invade a country, over throw the government and reinstitute slavery? I certainly was never taught about it.

That historical event definitely was never taught in my high school history classes.

Nor did we learn about suppression of Native Americans.

Or things like redlining. Or how Black soldiers were denied the benefits of the GI Bill.

We were not taught that such systemic / institutional discrimination meant that generations of Black families were left behind in wealth accrual.

DP. I learned all of that in high school, fwiw, in a red state.

[Anonymous]

White people hating anything black related? Checks out

[Anonymous]

White moms just scared their DS/DD would learn something

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought the current trend was to abolish all AP courses in public schools as such courses discriminate against URM?

Yup.

Except this course was developed to promote racism and hate and "progressive" politics so it was an exception to the rule.

How? By teaching about African history— in African and the diaspora? By teaching about black artists, scientists, musicians? By reading Toni Morrison? Even discussing the concept of reparations has merit if your goal is to create a critical thinker who can explain the pros and cons.

The Tulsa Race Massacre, the Tuskegee experiments , the Tuskegee airmen, the Harlem Renaissance, the fact that some slave owners were Black, the history of Africa and Africans selling their own people into slavery— these are some of the topics covered. I didn’t learn about any of these in school. Did you?

One of the most popular courses at my university was African American history 1 and 2.

The class was popular student body wide. It was a really hard class in the sense that the subject matter was heavy and not easy to hear, read and absorb. The class was galvanizing, it made me think and feel. It made me angry, mournful, empathetic and in the end proud of the resilience of those who came before. That class that forever changed the way I looked at my country and my fellow country men. It was a powerful experience. It is American history and a very significant part of it that more people should be exposed to.

I was taught that the value in education was not in the monetary worth of it but that it is the only thing that once obtained can’t be taken away from you, you can take a persons livelihood, their freedom, their family and their health but you can’t take away an education. Their is nothing else you can obtain in this life that has that power.

This is the fear of these crazy anti education republicans. An educated electorate is a danger to their hate fueled existence. Not for the reasons that they are willing to speak of, not the anti white nonsense they spout off about but for the part they don’t speak of, that is that if this country actually dealt openly with its past then they’d lose one of their best bogeyman wedge issues. DeSantis is disgusting.

Then there are those of us in the middle who would like to see a bit more moderation in these important, tough classes. Did you read this entire thread? There was a comment from a self-identified Black poster about some potential problems with the course. Are those problems present in this course? I don't know, and neither does anyone else who is willing to say.

If you look at the history of the United States actions towards black people, there really isn't much middle ground or moderation

It is not the first three sections that anyone is objecting to.

DP. What's objectionable about the fourth section, though? What's wrong with teaching about black queer studies or the reparations movement. Learning the argument for reparations doesn't mean you have to support it, it just means you've learned what some people think and why they think it. The same for black queer studies. You don't have to agree that that perspective is valid to understand and describe it. That's mostly what a college level humanities class is, in my experience.

Whatever you think of them the voices of Black scholars who support reparations or believe that colorblindness is a type of racism are part of the conversation and it's totally appropriate to ask students to engage with those voices, especially the ones doing college level work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought the current trend was to abolish all AP courses in public schools as such courses discriminate against URM?

Yup.

Except this course was developed to promote racism and hate and "progressive" politics so it was an exception to the rule.

How? By teaching about African history— in African and the diaspora? By teaching about black artists, scientists, musicians? By reading Toni Morrison? Even discussing the concept of reparations has merit if your goal is to create a critical thinker who can explain the pros and cons.

The Tulsa Race Massacre, the Tuskegee experiments , the Tuskegee airmen, the Harlem Renaissance, the fact that some slave owners were Black, the history of Africa and Africans selling their own people into slavery— these are some of the topics covered. I didn’t learn about any of these in school. Did you?

One of the most popular courses at my university was African American history 1 and 2.

The class was popular student body wide. It was a really hard class in the sense that the subject matter was heavy and not easy to hear, read and absorb. The class was galvanizing, it made me think and feel. It made me angry, mournful, empathetic and in the end proud of the resilience of those who came before. That class that forever changed the way I looked at my country and my fellow country men. It was a powerful experience. It is American history and a very significant part of it that more people should be exposed to.

I was taught that the value in education was not in the monetary worth of it but that it is the only thing that once obtained can’t be taken away from you, you can take a persons livelihood, their freedom, their family and their health but you can’t take away an education. Their is nothing else you can obtain in this life that has that power.

This is the fear of these crazy anti education republicans. An educated electorate is a danger to their hate fueled existence. Not for the reasons that they are willing to speak of, not the anti white nonsense they spout off about but for the part they don’t speak of, that is that if this country actually dealt openly with its past then they’d lose one of their best bogeyman wedge issues. DeSantis is disgusting.

Then there are those of us in the middle who would like to see a bit more moderation in these important, tough classes. Did you read this entire thread? There was a comment from a self-identified Black poster about some potential problems with the course. Are those problems present in this course? I don't know, and neither does anyone else who is willing to say.

If you look at the history of the United States actions towards black people, there really isn't much middle ground or moderation

It is not the first three sections that anyone is objecting to.

DP. What's objectionable about the fourth section, though? What's wrong with teaching about black queer studies or the reparations movement. Learning the argument for reparations doesn't mean you have to support it, it just means you've learned what some people think and why they think it. The same for black queer studies. You don't have to agree that that perspective is valid to understand and describe it. That's mostly what a college level humanities class is, in my experience.

Whatever you think of them the voices of Black scholars who support reparations or believe that colorblindness is a type of racism are part of the conversation and it's totally appropriate to ask students to engage with those voices, especially the ones doing college level work.

Learning about something does not = endorsing that something.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought the current trend was to abolish all AP courses in public schools as such courses discriminate against URM?

Yup.

Except this course was developed to promote racism and hate and "progressive" politics so it was an exception to the rule.

How? By teaching about African history— in African and the diaspora? By teaching about black artists, scientists, musicians? By reading Toni Morrison? Even discussing the concept of reparations has merit if your goal is to create a critical thinker who can explain the pros and cons.

The Tulsa Race Massacre, the Tuskegee experiments , the Tuskegee airmen, the Harlem Renaissance, the fact that some slave owners were Black, the history of Africa and Africans selling their own people into slavery— these are some of the topics covered. I didn’t learn about any of these in school. Did you?

One of the most popular courses at my university was African American history 1 and 2.

The class was popular student body wide. It was a really hard class in the sense that the subject matter was heavy and not easy to hear, read and absorb. The class was galvanizing, it made me think and feel. It made me angry, mournful, empathetic and in the end proud of the resilience of those who came before. That class that forever changed the way I looked at my country and my fellow country men. It was a powerful experience. It is American history and a very significant part of it that more people should be exposed to.

I was taught that the value in education was not in the monetary worth of it but that it is the only thing that once obtained can’t be taken away from you, you can take a persons livelihood, their freedom, their family and their health but you can’t take away an education. Their is nothing else you can obtain in this life that has that power.

This is the fear of these crazy anti education republicans. An educated electorate is a danger to their hate fueled existence. Not for the reasons that they are willing to speak of, not the anti white nonsense they spout off about but for the part they don’t speak of, that is that if this country actually dealt openly with its past then they’d lose one of their best bogeyman wedge issues. DeSantis is disgusting.

Then there are those of us in the middle who would like to see a bit more moderation in these important, tough classes. Did you read this entire thread? There was a comment from a self-identified Black poster about some potential problems with the course. Are those problems present in this course? I don't know, and neither does anyone else who is willing to say.

If you look at the history of the United States actions towards black people, there really isn't much middle ground or moderation

It is not the first three sections that anyone is objecting to.

DP. What's objectionable about the fourth section, though? What's wrong with teaching about black queer studies or the reparations movement. Learning the argument for reparations doesn't mean you have to support it, it just means you've learned what some people think and why they think it. The same for black queer studies. You don't have to agree that that perspective is valid to understand and describe it. That's mostly what a college level humanities class is, in my experience.

Whatever you think of them the voices of Black scholars who support reparations or believe that colorblindness is a type of racism are part of the conversation and it's totally appropriate to ask students to engage with those voices, especially the ones doing college level work.

Everything, given context.

The course is titled AA Studies, not Woke Delusions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is there an AP African-American Studies course?

Because it is not routinely taught in the current white washed version kids learn about in schools. But, come on, you already know that.

DP

Then shouldn’t we demand a rigorous and factually accurate history curriculum for everyone?

I went to private school K-12 and received an excellent education. My kids are in mcps and I am told they are receiving a high quality education, but I’m not convinced.

US and World History are precisely the topics that could be standardized through a high quality curriculum. States could develop their own special curriculum covering their state.

Why is this so hard?

We should be able to print textbooks for US and World History that accurately cover the facts—including relevant black, Latino, Asian, etc.

Having said that, special AP courses that take a deeper dive on interesting topics are a good thing imho.

Conservatives don’t want the accurate facts. Because facts — such as, this land we live on was occupied by nations when the Europeans arrived, and those nations were pushed off their land, persecuted, killed, and made to sign treaties that the whites in power broke over and over again— destroy the long-standing image of the United States as a divinely blessed entity whose existence had to be.

We're careful about the facts that we teach. Remember learning about the time when the Haitian American Sugar Company successfully lobbied the US government to have the Marines invade a country, over throw the government and reinstitute slavery? I certainly was never taught about it.

That historical event definitely was never taught in my high school history classes.

Nor did we learn about suppression of Native Americans.

Or things like redlining. Or how Black soldiers were denied the benefits of the GI Bill.

We were not taught that such systemic / institutional discrimination meant that generations of Black families were left behind in wealth accrual.

DP. I learned all of that in high school, fwiw, in a red state.

Excellent. As it should be.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought the current trend was to abolish all AP courses in public schools as such courses discriminate against URM?

Yup.

Except this course was developed to promote racism and hate and "progressive" politics so it was an exception to the rule.

How? By teaching about African history— in African and the diaspora? By teaching about black artists, scientists, musicians? By reading Toni Morrison? Even discussing the concept of reparations has merit if your goal is to create a critical thinker who can explain the pros and cons.

The Tulsa Race Massacre, the Tuskegee experiments , the Tuskegee airmen, the Harlem Renaissance, the fact that some slave owners were Black, the history of Africa and Africans selling their own people into slavery— these are some of the topics covered. I didn’t learn about any of these in school. Did you?

One of the most popular courses at my university was African American history 1 and 2.

The class was popular student body wide. It was a really hard class in the sense that the subject matter was heavy and not easy to hear, read and absorb. The class was galvanizing, it made me think and feel. It made me angry, mournful, empathetic and in the end proud of the resilience of those who came before. That class that forever changed the way I looked at my country and my fellow country men. It was a powerful experience. It is American history and a very significant part of it that more people should be exposed to.

I was taught that the value in education was not in the monetary worth of it but that it is the only thing that once obtained can’t be taken away from you, you can take a persons livelihood, their freedom, their family and their health but you can’t take away an education. Their is nothing else you can obtain in this life that has that power.

This is the fear of these crazy anti education republicans. An educated electorate is a danger to their hate fueled existence. Not for the reasons that they are willing to speak of, not the anti white nonsense they spout off about but for the part they don’t speak of, that is that if this country actually dealt openly with its past then they’d lose one of their best bogeyman wedge issues. DeSantis is disgusting.

Then there are those of us in the middle who would like to see a bit more moderation in these important, tough classes. Did you read this entire thread? There was a comment from a self-identified Black poster about some potential problems with the course. Are those problems present in this course? I don't know, and neither does anyone else who is willing to say.

That not the middle, unless you are excluding everyone who is not white. You can’t whitewash history any longer. African American studies is about the lives and experiences and actions of African Americans. It isn’t really about what white people did to them. Nobody needs an AP course to know that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought the current trend was to abolish all AP courses in public schools as such courses discriminate against URM?

Yup.

Except this course was developed to promote racism and hate and "progressive" politics so it was an exception to the rule.

How? By teaching about African history— in African and the diaspora? By teaching about black artists, scientists, musicians? By reading Toni Morrison? Even discussing the concept of reparations has merit if your goal is to create a critical thinker who can explain the pros and cons.

The Tulsa Race Massacre, the Tuskegee experiments , the Tuskegee airmen, the Harlem Renaissance, the fact that some slave owners were Black, the history of Africa and Africans selling their own people into slavery— these are some of the topics covered. I didn’t learn about any of these in school. Did you?

One of the most popular courses at my university was African American history 1 and 2.

The class was popular student body wide. It was a really hard class in the sense that the subject matter was heavy and not easy to hear, read and absorb. The class was galvanizing, it made me think and feel. It made me angry, mournful, empathetic and in the end proud of the resilience of those who came before. That class that forever changed the way I looked at my country and my fellow country men. It was a powerful experience. It is American history and a very significant part of it that more people should be exposed to.

I was taught that the value in education was not in the monetary worth of it but that it is the only thing that once obtained can’t be taken away from you, you can take a persons livelihood, their freedom, their family and their health but you can’t take away an education. Their is nothing else you can obtain in this life that has that power.

This is the fear of these crazy anti education republicans. An educated electorate is a danger to their hate fueled existence. Not for the reasons that they are willing to speak of, not the anti white nonsense they spout off about but for the part they don’t speak of, that is that if this country actually dealt openly with its past then they’d lose one of their best bogeyman wedge issues. DeSantis is disgusting.

Then there are those of us in the middle who would like to see a bit more moderation in these important, tough classes. Did you read this entire thread? There was a comment from a self-identified Black poster about some potential problems with the course. Are those problems present in this course? I don't know, and neither does anyone else who is willing to say.

If you look at the history of the United States actions towards black people, there really isn't much middle ground or moderation

It is not the first three sections that anyone is objecting to.

So, it’s not only racism, it’s also homophobia? That’s your defense of Desantis?

[Anonymous]

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Thank you Florida for protecting your kids and your public dollars from this propaganda bs.

If the Woke Church wants to indoctrinate children, they should pony up, not steal our resources.

And yet millions of Americans are willing to indoctrinate their children into believing that god is real.

And aren't church and other religious schools exempt from federal taxes? Surely our public dollars are subsidizing this religious propaganda bs?

Excellent analogy even if you missed it.

Imagine some Evangelical Church developed a course called Christian-American Studies. Would you want public schools to offer it?

This is the same. Well done Florida.

False analogy, as per usual. This an academic course modeled on college courses. An academic course on the history of religion would the proper analogy, not an evangelical hatred and hypocrisy course.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought the current trend was to abolish all AP courses in public schools as such courses discriminate against URM?

Yup.

Except this course was developed to promote racism and hate and "progressive" politics so it was an exception to the rule.

How? By teaching about African history— in African and the diaspora? By teaching about black artists, scientists, musicians? By reading Toni Morrison? Even discussing the concept of reparations has merit if your goal is to create a critical thinker who can explain the pros and cons.

The Tulsa Race Massacre, the Tuskegee experiments , the Tuskegee airmen, the Harlem Renaissance, the fact that some slave owners were Black, the history of Africa and Africans selling their own people into slavery— these are some of the topics covered. I didn’t learn about any of these in school. Did you?

Floridians definitely need to know more about these issues and events. Librarians at the University of Florida didn’t know about Rosewood.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought the current trend was to abolish all AP courses in public schools as such courses discriminate against URM?

Yup.

Except this course was developed to promote racism and hate and "progressive" politics so it was an exception to the rule.

How? By teaching about African history— in African and the diaspora? By teaching about black artists, scientists, musicians? By reading Toni Morrison? Even discussing the concept of reparations has merit if your goal is to create a critical thinker who can explain the pros and cons.

The Tulsa Race Massacre, the Tuskegee experiments , the Tuskegee airmen, the Harlem Renaissance, the fact that some slave owners were Black, the history of Africa and Africans selling their own people into slavery— these are some of the topics covered. I didn’t learn about any of these in school. Did you?

One of the most popular courses at my university was African American history 1 and 2.

The class was popular student body wide. It was a really hard class in the sense that the subject matter was heavy and not easy to hear, read and absorb. The class was galvanizing, it made me think and feel. It made me angry, mournful, empathetic and in the end proud of the resilience of those who came before. That class that forever changed the way I looked at my country and my fellow country men. It was a powerful experience. It is American history and a very significant part of it that more people should be exposed to.

I was taught that the value in education was not in the monetary worth of it but that it is the only thing that once obtained can’t be taken away from you, you can take a persons livelihood, their freedom, their family and their health but you can’t take away an education. Their is nothing else you can obtain in this life that has that power.

This is the fear of these crazy anti education republicans. An educated electorate is a danger to their hate fueled existence. Not for the reasons that they are willing to speak of, not the anti white nonsense they spout off about but for the part they don’t speak of, that is that if this country actually dealt openly with its past then they’d lose one of their best bogeyman wedge issues. DeSantis is disgusting.

Then there are those of us in the middle who would like to see a bit more moderation in these important, tough classes. Did you read this entire thread? There was a comment from a self-identified Black poster about some potential problems with the course. Are those problems present in this course? I don't know, and neither does anyone else who is willing to say.

That not the middle, unless you are excluding everyone who is not white. You can’t whitewash history any longer. African American studies is about the lives and experiences and actions of African Americans. It isn’t really about what white people did to them. Nobody needs an AP course to know that.

But is this course also about what white people are saying that Black scholars should focus on? While that is probably not DrSantis's objection, it is the objection of others.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought the current trend was to abolish all AP courses in public schools as such courses discriminate against URM?

Yup.

Except this course was developed to promote racism and hate and "progressive" politics so it was an exception to the rule.

How? By teaching about African history— in African and the diaspora? By teaching about black artists, scientists, musicians? By reading Toni Morrison? Even discussing the concept of reparations has merit if your goal is to create a critical thinker who can explain the pros and cons.

The Tulsa Race Massacre, the Tuskegee experiments , the Tuskegee airmen, the Harlem Renaissance, the fact that some slave owners were Black, the history of Africa and Africans selling their own people into slavery— these are some of the topics covered. I didn’t learn about any of these in school. Did you?

One of the most popular courses at my university was African American history 1 and 2.

The class was popular student body wide. It was a really hard class in the sense that the subject matter was heavy and not easy to hear, read and absorb. The class was galvanizing, it made me think and feel. It made me angry, mournful, empathetic and in the end proud of the resilience of those who came before. That class that forever changed the way I looked at my country and my fellow country men. It was a powerful experience. It is American history and a very significant part of it that more people should be exposed to.

I was taught that the value in education was not in the monetary worth of it but that it is the only thing that once obtained can’t be taken away from you, you can take a persons livelihood, their freedom, their family and their health but you can’t take away an education. Their is nothing else you can obtain in this life that has that power.

This is the fear of these crazy anti education republicans. An educated electorate is a danger to their hate fueled existence. Not for the reasons that they are willing to speak of, not the anti white nonsense they spout off about but for the part they don’t speak of, that is that if this country actually dealt openly with its past then they’d lose one of their best bogeyman wedge issues. DeSantis is disgusting.

As a Jew, I would not want the holocaust taught from the perspective of all Germans were responsible.