Florida people, tell me if this anti woke stuff is for real.
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You did not.
You pointed out the standard about slavery benefitting slaves which I agreed with you that that specific standard should not be in the standards.
I was pointing to all the other leftists in this thread who are saying RDS is pro slavery and the new standards don’t point out the horrors of slavery. That is completely false and is only be used as a political talking point out of the Team Blue playbook. These were written by African American scholars. Take it up with them if you think they are pro slavery.
Don’t be a partisan ideologue. You are better than the usual leftists on here in that regard.
Whatever Kevin Kruse says should be taken with a grain of salt. He is a political ideologue first, historian second much like Michael Beschloss on MSNBC. When you quote either of them or Kurt Eichenwald it doesn’t strengthen your argument.
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You post information and tweets from Rebekah Jones and play it off as a reliable source. Enough said
Can only teach history the way left wants it. Very cult like much like the MAGAts on the right wing.
Like I said in my post, they left themselves open for interpretation by not giving context. When you do that, you give room for people to basically fill in the blank or imply their own interpretation. There was no need for this at all.
The Pope could say the exact same things that Kruse and you'd find a way to discredit it.
‘Categorically false’: Black member of Florida curriculum group fires back at Kamala Harris’ criticism
“The only criticism I’ve encountered so far [on the new curriculum] is a single one that was articulated by the vice president, and which was an error,” Dr. William Allen said.
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So he was on the US commission of Civil Rights, what a pickle the left has gotten themselves into
No way. I was led to believe RDS wrote these standards and they only glorified the South and the institution of slavery. You are telling me Team Blue members lied in this thread when they continuously posted far left Twitter feeds?I am shocked.‘Categorically false’: Black member of Florida curriculum group fires back at Kamala Harris’ criticism
“The only criticism I’ve encountered so far [on the new curriculum] is a single one that was articulated by the vice president, and which was an error,” Dr. William Allen said.
So he was on the US commission of Civil Rights, what a pickle the left has gotten themselves into
Maybe you could help us understand what was wrong with how slavery was being taught up until now.
Meanwhile, cons are literally changing history lessons to align with their beliefs.
This has nothing to do with truth. We already learned that slaves did jobs and performed work utilizing or enhancing their skills. This is emphasizing that slaves learned skills because of slavery and partially implies there was a "pro" to slavery.
You say pro, I say blacks that were former slaves were resilient. Resilient that they bounced back and used something terrible that happened to them and used it to their benefit. Then again, some people love to tell others how they should feel.
Did we not already know that? That's my point.
Again…a small footnote amongst 200 pages is emphasizing and is somehow pro slavery?
I never said it was pro slavery. Re-read what I wrote. It's nuanced so you will have to take time to comprehend it.
Saying there were pros to slavery vs being pro slavery. There's a substantial difference between the two.
What Desantis appears to be doing is rewriting history lessons to diminish the evils and point out the supposed benefits of slavery. Similar to rewriting the Rosa Parks story.
Desantis didn’t write it, a black person who was on the United States commission of civil rights whose ancestors were slaves wrote it
When did I do that? It is amusing watching you, RN, and a few others immolate yourselves as victims.
Well, they never teach about how if a slave buckled down he could make something of himself.
bUt A BLaCk pERsON wRoTE IT!!!
You missed it again. I forgot who I was posting to so let me explain.
This "teaching" implies that there something good that came from slavery. Meaning the slaves learned a valuable skill. Nothing good came from slavery, imo. It doesn't mean it's pro slavery, it means there was a pro from slavery. Big difference but nuanced. So, of course you didn't get it.
Well I am going to agree with the co author who offered this:
Williams told ABC, “It is the case that Africans proved resourceful, resilient and adaptive and were able to develop skills and aptitudes which served to their benefit, both while enslaved and after enslaved.”
He and another member of the working group, Dr. Frances Rice, added in a joint statement: “Florida students deserve to learn how slaves took advantage of whatever circumstances they were in to benefit themselves and the community of African descendants.
That is not how it is being packaged by the main stream media or the Vice President.
Frances Rice is hardly an objective “historian”.
Meet Frances Rice, the Right-Wing Activist Shaping Florida's African American History Standards | Right Wing Watch
Last week, the Florida Department of Education approved new social studies standards for public schools that have been widely criticized for their
And Mr. Williams? Care to comment on what is wrong with him?Frances Rice is hardly an objective “historian”.
Meet Frances Rice, the Right-Wing Activist Shaping Florida's African American History Standards | Right Wing Watch
Last week, the Florida Department of Education approved new social studies standards for public schools that have been widely criticized for theirwww.rightwingwatch.org
lol. ok.
Understanding nuanced points is not that poster's strength. It has nothing to do with his political beliefs.
Not sure how you can make a blanket statement like that. They outlawed the importation of new slaves from Africa in 1608 so for over 50 years there was widespread breeding and raping of the women by their masters to get the numbers they needed
I'm guessing plenty of them who endured that and their children being sold off were broken and never recovered to go along with the super resilient ones. Their men who had to watch it happen too. Don't think it was a one size fits all in any way
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