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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]

Davis is a self-avowed Communist and Marxist.[/quote]she’s also an Antisemite [/quote]

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