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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Florida has elaborated on their reasoning.  Some of it is problematic and some of it is (seemingly) correct.

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

This article was nearly incoherent. The Florida Sec of Education posted on twitter a pretty little graphic which claims to present their issues with the course. Heaven forbid they present their complaints in a competently-argued written document.

[img]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fm8xVJpWAAgnKAT?format=jpg&name=large[/img]

It's funny they object to Angela Davis, when she is specifically mentioned as worthy of study in Florida's own African-American History Standards
https://afroamfl.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/AAHTF-Instructional-Standards-July-2021.pdf (p. 111)

The other scholars and writers they mention by name are all well-known college professors, leading scholars in the field, including at least one Guggenheim fellow.

Even this middle-aged white woman can see that this is purposeful racism to raise DeSantis' status with Trump's base.[/quote]

+1. This isn't a justification that makes sense. In fact, it just makes it clear that the actual objection is to students learning ABOUT forbidden ideas like intersectionality. The response to Angela Davis is simply that she's a Marxist? Is learning about Marxism now forbidden? I'd expect a college level class like this to be able to read Marx himself without interference from the state. It doesn't mean you have to agree or accept them ideas, but you should be able to hear about them.[/quote]

What’s weird about this is that they quote random things from authors that are not necessarily in the curriculum that will be studied and is appropriate for high schoolers.

For example, let’s look at James Joyce. No one would argue that he shouldn’t be studied in AP Literature. Yet, at the same time, students will NOT be reading his disgustingly sexual letters to his wife Nora, where he goes on and on about wanting to sniff her farts during moments of sexual arousal. Completely inappropriate for a high school lit class. Yet, James Joyce is not banned from high schools.

This document is Strawman after Strawman. 
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