![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/dems-slam-shameful-disservice-of-florida-rules-changing-teaching-of-slavery-in-schools/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0_Steven-Horsford-23199599056000.jpg&description=The Congressional Black Caucus condemned a recent decision by the Florida State Board of Education to alter the state's Black history curriculum, calling it 'gaslighting of the highest order' Recent standards passed by the Florida Board of Education relating to the state's Black history curriculum have been called a "shameful disservice to Florida's students and tantamount to gaslighting of the highest order" by members of the Congressional Black Caucus. On Wednesday, the appointed body approved a revised version of the curriculum, which matches Republican Governor Ron DeSantis' push to prevent liberal indoctrination in the state. The new model implies that slaves benefitted from the skills they learned during their enslavement. And in early grades, injustices faced by Black people, such as slavery and segregation, aren't covered - only the achievements made by Black people. CBC Chairman Steven Horsford (D-Nevada) and the group's other members are furious. "The Congressional Black Caucus condemns in the strongest language any school curriculum that would suggest that enslaved Africans benefited in any way from slavery. This revisionist telling of American history approved by the Florida State Board of Education is a shameful disservice to Florida's students and tantamount to gaslighting of the highest order," the group wrote in a statement. It went on to call the approved standards an "attempt to minimize the darkest chapter in our nation's history" and "an affront to the intelligence of the American people in an overt attempt to maintain white supremacy," calling upon the Florida BOE to "immediately reverse its decision and put an end to the attacks on Black history in the state." Vice President Kamala Harris visited the state on Friday in a last-minute trip to address the appointed body's decision - which she also addressed in a speech at the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority national convention in Indianapolis, Indiana, on Thursday. She called the members of the body "e){kind=link}
The Congressional Black Caucus condemned a recent decision by the Florida State Board of Education to alter the state’s Black history curriculum, calling it ‘gaslighting of the highest order’
Recent standards passed by the Florida Board of Education relating to the state’s Black history curriculum have been called a “shameful disservice to Florida’s students and tantamount to gaslighting of the highest order” by members of the Congressional Black Caucus.
On Wednesday, the appointed body approved a revised version of the curriculum, which matches Republican Governor Ron DeSantis’ push to prevent liberal indoctrination in the state.
The new model implies that slaves benefitted from the skills they learned during their enslavement. And in early grades, injustices faced by Black people, such as slavery and segregation, aren’t covered – only the achievements made by Black people.
CBC Chairman Steven Horsford (D-Nevada) and the group’s other members are furious.