If you thought DeSantis requiring teaching that the enslaved could โparlayโ skills learned was bad. You ain't seen nothing yet.
The African-American studies curriculum has been turned into conservative talking points for political posturing.
Educators are required to teach that George Washington was a โkey figure in the quest to end slavery.โย
Let's be clear, Washington never introduced legislation, an executive order, or a handwritten note seeking to abolish slavery. He stated that whipping was โvery proper.โ He died owning 317 enslaved people.
Educators are also required to teach โbut Black people owned slaves too.โ
A study by Black historian Carter G. Woodson revealed that census records show the majority of Black owners of enslaved were such from the point of view of philanthropy. The husband purchased the wife, or vice versa โฆ The enslaved of Black people were the children of a free father who had found and purchased his wife back and the children were listed as enslaved on the census.
Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when DeSantis practices to deceive.
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