What Florida Stands to Lose from Its War on Books and Black History By Ishena Robinson Deputy Editorial Director Public education has been taken hostage in Florida. And the state legislature and governor’s feverish campaign to strictly limit what facts and information can be accessed in public learning institutions is the driving force behind this […]
Public education has been taken hostage in Florida. And the state legislature and governor’s feverish campaign to strictly limit what facts and information can be accessed in public learning institutions is the driving force behind this egregious incursion.The impact of this campaign, put into motion through a series of targeted and often discriminatory laws, is already being felt. The Florida Department of Education’s recent rejection of a pilot Advanced Placement (AP) African American Studies course lays bare the jarring nature of these implications. But the tentacles of the push for censorship, the war on truth, and the erasure of historically marginalized voices and stories in Florida extend far beyond a single high school course. Students at all levels of their educational careers, and the state as a whole, will endure far-reaching impacts from these laws for many years to come.
Source: What Florida Stands to Lose From its War on Books and Black History – Legal Defense Fund
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