[SIZE=7]Florida Board Of Education Removes Africa From World Maps[/SIZE]
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TALLAHASSEE, FL—Saying the continent’s existence raised numerous questions of bias and accountability in the classroom, the Florida Board of Education reportedly responded to heated statewide controversy Friday by removing Africa from all world maps. “Many parents expressed concern that we were teaching their children to be unpatriotic by depicting the existence of the African continent,” said board chair Thomas R. Grady, who noted that the removal of the world’s second-largest continent from school textbooks and atlases would not prevent parents and students from discussing the contentious geographic issue at home. “Some thought seeing Africa drawn on a map might suggest we want white students to feel guilty about themselves. Nothing could be farther from the truth, and we hope this comes across when they see the large landless swath of ocean now visible between South America and Asia. Also, let’s not forget about the role Africa played in the slave trade.” At press time, the board had agreed to compromise with critics by adding a second America where the African continent once was.
Conservatives on Twitter heaped praise on Gov. Ron DeSantis after the Florida Department of Education (DOE) compelled the College Board to cut woke content from a proposed AP African American studies course.
After a previous version of the course containing inappropriate ideological material was rejected for state high schools by the DOE, the College Board revised it to have all elements of Critical Race Theory, gender theory, and other woke items stripped from it.
The New York Times reported, “The College Board purged the names of many Black writers and scholars associated with critical race theory, the queer experience and Black feminism.
It ushered out some politically fraught topics, like Black Lives Matter, from the formal curriculum.”
Florida Commissioner of Education Manny Diaz, Jr. recently explained the DOE’s decision for rejecting the earlier version of the course, tweeting,
“Florida rejected an AP course filled with Critical Race Theory and other obvious violations of Florida law. We proudly require the teaching of African American history. We do not accept woke indoctrination masquerading as education.”
Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla. also signaled his support for the DOE rejecting the original course.
He stated, “This course on Black history, what’s one of the lessons about? Queer theory.
Now, who would say that an important part of Black history is queer theory? That is somebody pushing an agenda.”
There’s an appeal that will definitely end@The Supreme Court.
But as you are well aware, Trump filled 3 Vacancies that came during his time which has now tilted that court to be 6 out of 9
seats held by conservatists.
Alternatively, Congress can pass laws to negate this, but Democrats would need a majority there too…which they currently lack.
Conclusion: America is currently politically polarized.