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That's not a surprise.  College Board and AP classes have been going farther and farther left, as have many universities, decade by decade, accelerating.  The general public, including college grads, are less and less happy about this, but are powerless to speak up or change anything.

This is the first time anyone has said that a class is too left.  Yes, it's inappropriate for DeSantis to do this and yes, his motives are impure.  But there are many who want some brakes on the swing left in upper education, by any means necessary.[/quote]

How so? Please provide an example of teaching in other AP classes from the College Board that strayed too far to the left?

What other books are too far to the left? Maya Angelou?

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I don't think Maya Angelou was a core part of the woke AA Studies course... way too conservative for them. They chose to highlight the more "intersectional" queer crowd no one knows or cares about....WHY?[/quote]

Not talking about the current class, but the comment who said "College Board and AP classes have been going farther and farther to the left."

Where is the evidence of this? What publications/material is opposed in other AP classes?[/quote]

The controversy about the current class tells you everything there's to know.

DeSantis is being called a Nazi...because he opposes a far-left course that reflects political bias not AA history.[/quote]

No, it doesn't. It tells me about one class in one State. That's an anecdote, not a trend.[/quote]

This thread is about one class.

Prove your credibility and capacity to analyze courses.

How do you assess the syllabus of this course as proposed?[/quote]

? I'm not the one who made a sweeping assertion about all AP classes, I'm not the one with a point to prove. I'm here waiting for evidence from someone else.[/quote]

Title of this thread: Florida bans AP African-American Studies course from schools

That's quite a sweeping assertion. What do YOU think, lazy PP?[/quote]

I think an anecdote isn't a trend.

I think you don't have any "evidence" beyond this one anecdote and that's why you keep deflecting and insulting as is par for the course with nearly every other conservative on this board when they're called out on lack of evidence.

I also think this one class in particular doesn't concern me personally as the parent of two kids who I encourage to read materials from all sorts of viewpoints. I'd be willing to listen if someone posted further convincing evidence to the contrary, but as I'm not concerned, the onus isn't on me to do the convincing.

The educational trend I see as concerning is the general fascist trend toward book banning in schools. There ARE multiple incidents of that in the news recently.  [/quote]

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