Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) has done a lot to scale back the Left’s outsize influence over education. To rile up resistance, activists, politicians, and the media have spread almost every falsehood imaginable about what his anti-woke education policies actually do.
Those same forces have mobilized against Florida’s new standards for history courses, which they accuse of “whitewashing” the truth about slavery and racism. It’s hard to keep up with the deluge of flat-out lies they are relying on.Critics claim the curriculum portrays slavery as “beneficial” to black people. The word “beneficial,” however, does not appear anywhere in the document in relation to slavery.
Another controversial passage reads, “Instruction includes acts of violence perpetrated against and by African Americans but is not limited to 1906 Atlanta Race Riot, 1919 Washington, D.C. Race Riot, 1920 Ocoee Massacre, 1921 Tulsa Massacre and the 1923 Rosewood Massacre.” But the sentence is not assessing the blame in any of the particular Jim Crow-era events listed. When discussing incidents of racial violence, such as the four mentioned, the state wants teachers to include any known details about violence committed by both groups. Are we supposed to believe that whites were never among the casualties? Again, these are just relevant, neutral pieces of information.
Liberal activist Genesis Robinson even claimed that Florida’s secession from the Union during the Civil War is not mentioned in the curriculum. Once again, the easiest way to defend it is to quote its exact words: “Describe Florida’s involvement in the Civil War” .And what fake racial controversy would be complete without melodrama from the NAACP?
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