African American Studies Class Rejected by Florida Also Teaches Slaves Benefited From Learned Skills

Democrats like to beat Florida like a pinata when they think they can use it to their political advantage.

Earlier this week, liberals whipped themselves up into a frenzy over Florida’s new standards for how Black history will be taught in the state. Specifically, they zeroed in on one section that states enslaved people learned skills that benefited them later on in life.

There is just one problem for the Democrats and other critics: the Advanced Placement (AP) African American studies class rejected by Florida Gov. 👤Ron Desantis (R) taught the same message.

In Unit 2 of the class, there is a section that states, “In addition to agricultural work, enslaved people learned specialized trades and worked as painters, carpenters, tailors, musicians, and healers in the North and the South. Once free, African Americans used these skills to provide for themselves and others.”

That sounds a lot like saying slaves learned skills they later benefited from.

Several months ago that detail in the class was overlooked when liberals accused DeSantis of trying to “erase Black history” by blocking the class.

Back then, the portion about slaves learning skills was not an issue. Instead, they apparently were mad that students would not be learning about