Florida Officials Sought ‘Opposing Views’ of Slavery

“When Florida rejected a new Advanced Placement course on African American Studies, state officials said they objected to the study of several concepts — like reparations, the Black Lives Matter movement and ‘queer theory,'” the Miami Herald reports.

“But the state did not say that in many instances, its reviewers also made objections in the state’s attempt to sanitize aspects of slavery and the plight of African Americans throughout history.”

“In response, the state raised concerns that the unit ‘may not address the internal slave trade/system within Africa’ and that it ‘may only present one side of this issue and may not offer any opposing viewpoints or other perspectives on the subject.'”