We’ve all heard that a white supremacist trope—that slavery had personal benefits for Black Americans—is now being taught to Florida’s schoolchildren. It stems from the lie from the Southern politicians and preachers of the antebellum era, who declared that the “white man civilized the Black man and gave him skills.” Now it’s curricula. Of course, this is happening in Gov. Ron DeSantis’ Florida. The governor is the same man who rejected having an Advanced Placement course on African American Studies because it “significantly lacks educational value.”
Yet there is another “benchmark clarification” for teachers that hasn’t gotten as much notice but is just as deplorable.
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