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Squires: Political indoctrination disguised as black history undermines critical thinking |
2023-01-28 |
![]() America’s public schools are ground zero for political indoctrination, so it is no surprise that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ decision to reject a proposed AP course in African-American studies caused controversy. DeSantis said the inclusion of topics like "Black Queer Studies" ran afoul of Florida’s Stop WOKE Act, which prohibits instruction that defines people as oppressed or privileged based solely on their race. Instead, corporate media outlets are doing what they do best: telling half-truths, writing inflammatory headlines, and leaving out key context in order to inflame the public and damage political opponents. No one took the time to explain why students would spend more time reading the black feminist manifesto from the Combahee River Collective than reading the Moynihan Report on the state of the black family. Few pointed out the fact that Florida law already requires teaching African-American history or that the governor signed a law in 2020 that would make the Ocoee Massacre part of the state curriculum. |
Posted by:Besoeker |
#3 There is recent stuff. Jussie Smollett probably had some incidental gaysex with his “attackers” but it wasn’t central to the scandal. I’ve listened to plenty of episodes of The History Guy and there just isn’t enough steamy Nubian gay sex there to fill a paragraph. Jefferson wasn’t using Ben Franklin as a human inkwell during the signing of the Louisiana Purchase. Sure there is probably some naughty video of founding fathers frolicking in only their powdered wigs but that has nothing to do with historical fact. American History is mostly wars and court cases. They need to just mandate a separate indoctrination class for the queer stuff or people will begin to disbelieve all the rest of their revisionist fake stuff and people will begin to think for themselves. |
Posted by: Super Hose 2023-01-28 14:04 |
#2 ^ Andrew Gillum's escapades with black John's and drugs prolly qualifies, since it gave us Governor DeSantis |
Posted by: Frank G 2023-01-28 13:23 |
#1 Norma McCorvey getting pregnant is the only significant sexual act that I know of. You could argue about whether some of Clinton’s Oval Office antics were historically significant, but I guess that would depend on your definition of “is.” If there is some black queer sex, I don’t know about it. Don Lemon makes a yearly attempt, but that’s why I don’t watch his show. |
Posted by: Super Hose 2023-01-28 12:29 |