Mitch Perry, Florida Phoenix Vice President Kamala Harris returned to Florida on Tuesday, where she continued to hit Gov. Ron DeSantis over the recent controversy about the state’s new African American history standards for K-12 public schools. A day before, DeSantis challenged her to visit him in Tallahassee and have …
Read More »GOP Rep. John James To DeSantis On Attacking Black Republicans: ‘You’ve gone too far’
Jon King, Michigan Advance On Friday, U.S. Rep. John James (R-Shelby Twp.) joined a growing chorus of Black Republican lawmakers to call out Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for his state’s new Black history education standards. DeSantis, who is seeking the 2024 GOP presidential nomination, slammed both Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) …
Read More »Sen. Scott Calls For End Of DOJ ‘weaponization,’ Criticizes Florida Black History Curriculum
Robin Opsahl, Florida Phoenix U.S. Sen. Tim Scott, campaigning in Iowa, said if elected president, he would take on the “weaponization” of the Department of Justice. Scott focused on law enforcement Thursday after a federal grand jury added three new felony charges against former President Donald Trump. At a campaign event in …
Read More »VP Kamala Harris On Florida’s Rewriting Of Black History Standards; ‘What is going on?’
Jackie Llanos, Florida Phoenix Outraged at the new Black history standards in Florida, Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday blasted what she called revisionist history promoted in the state’s African American history standards approved this week by top education officials. Just two days after the State Board of Education approved …
Read More »House Dems Slam ‘Racist Tropes’ in New Florida K-12 History Curriculum
Four Black Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday joined the growing chorus of critics opposing “racist tropes” in Florida’s new K-12 history curriculum, which includes teaching middle school students “the resurrection of one of the greatest lies America has ever told itself, that slavery benefited the enslaved.” …
Read More »VP Harris Slams DeSantis Over Florida’s New African American History Standards
Vice President Kamala Harris delivered a scathing keynote address at Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc.’s national convention, criticizing the DeSantis administration in Florida for adopting new African American history standards. The state Board of Education’s recent decision on the standards has drawn criticism, with opponents arguing that they rewrite and …
Read More »New Florida Standards Require Slavery To Be Taught As ‘beneficial’
Jackie Llanos, Florida Phoenix Students at Florida public schools will now learn that Black people benefitted from slavery because it taught them skills. This change is part of the African American history standards the State Board of Education approved at a Wednesday meeting. The description of slavery as beneficial is …
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