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The Florida Board of Education has approved the use of PragerU Kids videos, a conservative educational platform, in K-12 classrooms. Florida has made other controversial changes to their education system recently, such as banning certain books and altering slavery-related curricula.
Straight Arrow News contributor Dr. Rashad Richey argues Florida’s efforts to manipulate historical narratives, including portraying slave masters in a positive light, are profoundly disturbing.
This is the de-evolution of a societal construct contextualized through a state known as Florida. That doesn’t just stop, obviously here. Look at the progression. First, the state of Florida said we must pass legislation to stop the indoctrination of our children. Who were they talking about? They were talking about white children, not Black children. They were not talking about Brown children. They were talking about white children.
And what did they utilize as their entry point, their gateway? Well, they said critical race theory, which by the way, is a complex, advanced level theoretical framework, utilized in doctoral studies and JD programs — never taught in K-12 education …. but it was a catch-all and to the messaging — to the messengers — who wanted it to be a great evil, the messaging had to follow.
The law was passed, but guess what it didn’t have in the law? It said nothing about critical race theory. And then they passed the anti-woke legislation and then blocked African American studies, mandated that slavery be taught as a great benefit.
