Florida Schools Will Teach How Slavery Brought ‘Personal Benefit’ to Black People
Florida Schools Will Teach How Slavery Brought ‘Personal Benefit’ to Black People
The Florida Board of Education has approved shocking new standards for African American history, despite overwhelming backlash from the public.
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I was taught the standard American Exceptionalism package in the 1970s-1980s which included full throated endorsement of American
Imperialismspreading of freedom to undeveloped nations in exchange for sweet deals on their labor and resources.In the 90s I started figuring out they were lying to me all this time, when I was a credulous child.
And now I hold a bit of a grudge.
So maybe we can expect the next generation of Floridians to emerge knowing their own society gives them not a single fuck.
I was a victim of the central Florida school system up to 8th grade in 96...I'm glad I finished school in the Mid-Atlantic region. Florida FUCKING sucks, and I have to say I'm kind of impressed at how terrible it continues to be.
As someone who knows several teachers in Florida, the kids do not give a single fuck either. Wonder where they learned that from