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