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Squires: Political indoctrination disguised as black history undermines critical thinking
 [BLAZE] If education was really so important to modern civil rights leaders, they would be calling for the K-12 education system to be laser-focused on producing more critical thinkers — not on producing the next generation of BLM protesters.America’s public schools are ground zero for political indoctrination, so it is no surprise that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ decision to reject a proposed AP course in African-American studies caused controversy. DeSantis said the inclusion of topics like "Black Queer Studies" ran afoul of Florida’s Stop WOKE Act, which prohibits instruction that defines people as oppressed or privileged based solely on their race. Instead, corporate media outlets are doing what they do best: telling half-truths, writing inflammatory headlines, and leaving out key context in order to inflame the public and damage political opponents. No one took the time to explain why students would spend more time reading the black feminist manifesto from the Combahee River Collective than reading the Moynihan Report on the state of the black family. Few pointed out the fact that Florida law already requires teaching African-American history or that the governor signed a law in 2020 that would make the Ocoee Massacre part of the state curriculum. Posted by: Besoeker 2023-01-28 |
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