'Heinous' New Florida K-12 History Curriculum Teaches Slavery Was Beneficial for Black People

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'Ron DeSantis & Co. want us to believe slavery was a free training program,' cracked MarkJacob16 in response to a new Florida K-12 curriculum teaching that Black people benefited from enslavement.

in a statement that"these standards are a disservice to Florida's students and are a big step backward."the tone of the new curriculum to enslavers who "defended slavery by claiming it was a 'positive good' for Black people.":"Minimizing slavery is as offensive as minimizing the Holocaust. We should never do it, and we shouldn't be OK with Florida doing it either.

In a sarcastic tweet, Marvin Dunn—who specializes in Florida's Black history—lamented that the new curriculum"requires the teaching of the benefits of enslavement for the slaves."Mark Jacobs, an author and former

 

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