Despite backlash, this AP African American studies class perseveres

[@viscountslappy5085]

Maybe someone should tell these states that facts don't care about their feelings.

[@meahdahlgren5875]

Right

[@keith1854]

Some facts are more useful than others. Black history month is not useful

[@alphazuluz]

Maybe you should go read the bills passed in those states. They ABSOLUTELY allow for the teaching of any objective history, including MANDATING that slavery is taught to kids. You are being tricked. The bills outlaw teaching divisive things that teach children that they’re bad because of their race. They outlaw teaching that our country is evil. Have you read or seen the 1619 project? That’s what’s being taught here. It is anti-American propaganda.

[@civi-s4j]

Two way street. When they through facts at you, cant bury your heads in sand and point fingers in 7 different directions. Crime statistics qualify as facts too.

[@TheOpenSociety777]

Tell that to today's victims of crime

[@jazzyj6640]

African American history IS AMERICAN history.

[@keith1854]

Not really 😂

[@yuuycockdemnations69420]

Agree 100%

[@udififkfkfck]

NO

[@udififkfkfck]

​@@yuuycockdemnations69420disagree

[@datcyanguy7812]

@@udififkfkfck take the class yourself and tell me what is wrrong and not factual about it

[@atokarchik]

It IS emotional to see kids getting stuff that adults don't. Admitting past injustices shouldn't take away from us. It should make us glad that we now see them.

[@gooderlinsen]

and black on black crime still goes up after all these education on past injustice.

[@didntlistendad]

@@gooderlinsenCynicism doesn’t help. Why not focus on making a positive contribution

[@atokarchik]

@gooderlinsen spiritual progress, not spiritual perfection. How long were African Americans subjugated through slavery? If we include the Jim Crow Era, it's 350 years. How can we expect all of the social ills to be fixed in a short time? Its the same with natives in many countries; Canada, the USA, Australia. The colonists have subjugated them for hundreds of years, trying to make them just like us white folk. And now we wonder why there are so many social ills in their communities. They need time to heal!

[@vulpesviridi5499]

@@didntlistendad so just ignore black crime like always?

[@michelej9496]

"If you want to understand my problem in America, you need to focus on who profits from that problem, not who suffers from the problem." -Dr. Amos Wilson

[@davidlancaster8152]

Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Knowledge is power.

[@keith1854]

If you’re focusing on the past you can’t look forward. The future is more important than the past

[@davidlancaster8152]

@@keith1854 wrong. Wrong! You must take the past into account while developing plans for your future.

[@JackieDaytona1776]

Yet somehow it keeps repeating? History is important to study, people are more important. People make history. Most people want to securely shelter and feed themselves and their families amd have enough to live the lives they've imagined with good food and good people. But once people have power it's very unusual for it not to affect them negatively. That won't ever change.

[@davidlancaster8152]

@@JackieDaytona1776 people are history. I'm not seeing the dichotomy. You can't have one without the other. Either you are simple or just trolling. You state "it keeps repeating" which is why you must study it. So it doesn't repeat. So we learn from the mistakes of those that came before us so we don't make the same decisions that lead to catastrophe

[@JackieDaytona1776]

@@davidlancaster8152 lol I'm either simple or trolling? You're either trolling yourself or too simple to understand my point. History continues to repeat itself because people don't learn from history. We see continued trends because the people that make up history typically react in similar manners to similar stimuli. But the way we view history is merely a reflection of our current politics on our past. Look at the historiography of Christopher Columbus as an example.

[@emmadilemma5274]

Shoot we need more teachers like this. Need to pay them more to keep them, too! Thank you for commiting yourself so much to your students!

[@18biohazard]

Gee I wonder why someone would want to forget and not talk about the past 🤔???

[@civi-s4j]

national unity.

[@michelej9496]

​@@civi-s4j😉

[@cindiinfiniti]

I applaud this wonderful teacher & commend these open-minded, amazing kids!! This is what HISTORY & LEARNING is all about! Keeping it 💯, learning from the past & pushing to make the future better. 😊

[@teresalegler2777]

All history is necessary to be taught. Florida has no right to forbid certain segments of history. Therefore, instilling incomplete education. We need to know everything of our history. The Indigenous people are an example of the damaged culture and dignity. Propaganda doesn’t heal a nation and it’s citizens. Respect and dignity of all people and their backgrounds should be understood as part of our national history.

[@gooderlinsen]

but you cannot do algebra, hahaha...

[@alphazuluz]

You’re right, propaganda doesn’t heal a nation, which is why we shouldn’t teach kids to hate our country. That is exactly what this is. You’re being tricked into thinking this is just African American history. It’s not. It is the 1619 project. That is shown multiple times on the teacher’s wall. Have you read or seen any of the 1619 project? It’s anti-American propaganda, plain and simple.

[@didntlistendad]

@@gooderlinsenan that gift from brilliant Muslim minds. We owe them so much.

[@susankochan2860]

Very well said. I feel like I was given totally incomplete lessons in history. I guess I was taught "white history". That's terrible. And it makes me sad and angry. Thank God I had open minded parents who taught us this at home! Most people don't.

[@dandylion18]

@@didntlistendad From India originally.

[@youwild00]

Make this course for regular kids too! They need it just as much

[@rustyshackleford1877]

White, Christian, Strait males are bad.

[@Group_Anonymous]

It is in California

[@glendasexton4777]

I was only introduced to black and Native American history after returning to college at 55. So eye opening. This generation will turns things around and stand for injustice.

[@bweaver760]

Truth is sometimes very hard to take! Are we really free in the USA?

[@meahdahlgren5875]

Right

[@jazzyj6640]

Nope.

[@rustyshackleford1877]

Of course we're not. We're in a socialist society and it's becoming communist society. Follow history and you will see.

[@alphazuluz]

We won’t be free much longer if you keep letting teachers pump anti-American propaganda like the 1619 project into the heads of our children. These classes teach kids that America, its founding, its constitution is all evil and should be changed. These are marxists that are pushing this. They won’t even deny it. Many openly profess it, such as Patrisse Khan-Cullors who led the BLM movement. She admitted on camera that she was a “trained Marxist”.

[@MrKeith-hc2fv]

I think cancelling AP classes and book burning is the same as banning slaves from reading

[@jazzyj6640]

*enslaved people but yes definitely similar tactics.

[@pajdesign]

Wholeheartedly agree!!!

[@melanatedone4894]

Why are people Ashamed of the Past . We have to know it so it’s not repeated .

[@jontewilkes9826]

The worst form of Slavery happened on American Soil...A quote from Martin Luther King... I'm glad I grew up with parents and grandparents that Patronize black history ❤

[@ragingskeptic9753]

It also happened in Africa. White Europeans by the millions were sold as slaves in Africa for centuries before the first black slaves stepped foot on US soil. I envision a time where we teach ALL of history, and not just cherry picked revisionist history. 😔

[@nunyabusiness979]

​@@ragingskeptic9753 Teaching American history is not revisionist history.

[@ragingskeptic9753]

@@nunyabusiness979 But omitting the European slave trading history of African American ancestry IS revisionist history. White shaming and pretending that slavery is a "white" problem IS revisionist history. If we're going to teach history, let's teach ALL of it.

[@tiffparz8749]

@@ragingskeptic9753 In an African-AMERICAN studies class, the fact that slaves have existed around the world throughout history isn’t really relevant. Understand that these are students in an AP class, so they are well aware of such basic knowledge. The suggestion that they’d need to have it spelled out any further is borderline insulting (to them). Of course, it might be tangentially relevant, but given the finite amount of time they have for any class, AP students are going to want to spend it on the far more in-depth, challenging, and relevant aspects of any subject. It would be like taking an AP calculus class and wasting the first week making sure the students knew how to add, subtract, and count to 100. Trust me, they got it !

[@tiffparz8749]

@@ragingskeptic9753 If you’re saying millions of white Europeans were imported to Africa for slave labor, please tell me more. Like when did that happen ? What was the need ? I’m genuinely curious.

[@CloveCoast]

The VA governor’s executive order is insanely vague…

[@mypassion2563]

It’s important to learn about the past and it has nothing to do with race. History has no emotion.

[@didntlistendad]

Yes the facts taught are not selected in a biased way. But of course those facts do reveal the racism inherent in the system. The push for cheap/ free labour is interesting and extends to the British convict transportation system. But in that case and while painful it offered many a new chance in a less rigid class system. Australia, for example, grew a healthy democracy which scrutinises those seeking power. But in the US it was perpetuated to try to create a permanent subclass of exploited people not allowed access to education, opportunity etc. Tragic. And it’s still festering.

[@TheOpenSociety777]

​@@didntlistendadCrime is correlated with intelligence.... You can't change people's IQs, but you can encourage fathers to stay in the home to raise their children. Every study shows that a father in the home is a deterrent to criminal behavior.

[@didntlistendad]

@@TheOpenSociety777 that’s a very determinist take on the matter. It’s nature plus nurture isn’t it? Nurture being multifactorial- good nutrition, good sanitation, good education, good health care. But agree a stable family helps. And nature is genes- genetic potential.

[@TheOpenSociety777]

@@didntlistendad There is no firm reason to anticipate that the intellectual capacities of peoples geographically separated in their evolution should prove to have evolved identically. Our wanting to reserve equal powers of reason as some universal heritage of humanity will not be enough to make it so.

[@didntlistendad]

@@TheOpenSociety777 sorry. Too vague and sweeping to reply to. If you want others to engage, aim for clear, precise and grounded in facts. Big vague overly abstract airy- not so much. You’re tripping over your own language in places. No offence meant. I’m off. Bye.

[@stefunruh3205]

Freedom is always, and exclusively, freedom for the one who thinks differently.” ― Rosa Luxemburg

[@dandylion18]

All discussions of slavery should include the role of African Kingdoms and of the Arab slave trade.

[@stephenpatton8690]

Thank you for your integrity, Ed!

[@Life_in_Motion-By]

A couple days ago randomly I found Virginia Christian’s execution story. My heart fell a apart. I wanted to go her burial place and say sorry to her. I can swear but can not prove that she was oppressed by her house lady and resulted with accidentally murder. She was a teenager and white authority did not give her any chance. Unfortunately American History has many incidents like this which is not human and resulted by white supremacy ideas.

[@danpress7745]

Because "All men are created equal" slavery is blight on the USA Let's, also, not forget those who fought, were maimed, and died make "All men equal" in these Untied States.

[@rustyshackleford1877]

Christian abolition ended slavery in the UK and America at the same time.

[@danpress7745]

@@rustyshackleford1877 thus, like all of humanity, there are the good, the bad, and ...

[@TheOpenSociety777]

Imagine being a grown man in 2024 and still talking about slavery 😂😂😂

[@BedStuyDOD62]

All praise to this brother and his students🗣💯facts

[@snakeplissken3063]

American History should include all Americans. Lots of people have been treated poorly (Italians, Irish, Poles, Chinese, Hispanics, etc). We don't need separate history classes for different races or ethnicities, and it should be a regular class, not an AP class.

[@antoniobanderas9769]

To be more specific , Clovis Native , Vikings Spaniards , Mexicans , French … etc

[@morganmckinley7946]

But they are basically teaching one POV of history. If they don’t teach the work of Thomas Sowell and other black intellectuals who have a different POV then they are just teaching them how to be victims of history…

[@mesoed]

Do you know that they aren't?

[@Sndyj457]

Sowell isn’t an historian he’s an economist and political pundit. This is about HISTORY

[@AdamWood-dx7xm]

Thomas Sowell was born a whole century or so after the more extreme instances of slavery and colonialism. We have written records and books from other black intellectuals during the more pertinent periods of those aforementioned institutions. Sowell is a secondary source, not a primary source. And I personally believe he is over-referenced in matters involving black history.

[@ragingskeptic9753]

What schools aren't already teaching this? I learned about US slavery and heroes of the underground railroad since grade school.

[@DrFaust-pr8vw]

It's very incomplete. I didn't learn the crucial details until college. Also remember some states are trying to stop teaching it altogether.

[@brucehamlin2970]

Black History is important but I wonder if the kid has ever been taught American History that's my question

[@williammunny1844]

Let me tell you… As a person who went to a HBCU and took two African American Studies classes, you can’t answer this question with a simple yes or no. There were things I learned in those classes that I didn’t learn in high school. However, I learned (and sadly exhibited) a certain level of anti-white, anti-American sentiments. It took me a long time to unlearn that stuff. I feel like the classes set me up to be scammed by race hustlers for the better part of my 20’s and 30’s. I blamed my shortcomings on “the white man”, because it taught me if I didn’t get something I felt like I deserved, it was because a white man had their thumb on me. I disrespected police for the fun of it. I resented white people deep down. When I joined the military, I was promoted several times, simply because they needed to hit a quota for minorities. I certainly didn’t turn it down, but when I learned there were more qualified people that were passed over because the color of their skin, while I was promoted for mine, it started to bring things into perspective. My college was free, I got a special rate on my mortgage, I got preferential treatment in almost every aspect of my career, and white people welcomed me. This idea that white supremacy reigned over my life, that I learned from AA Studies, wasn’t true… or at least isn’t true anymore. It’s important to know history, but it’s equally (if not more important) to realize that we live in 2024, not 1850. We need to appreciate the fact that we’re in America, because America is the greatest place on Earth to be black. If you don’t think so, go to Asia, go to Europe, or even go to Africa. Wait til you meet an African, and tell them you’re an “African American” LOL. Nah… Im not an African American. I’m just a plain ol’ American. America isn’t perfect by any means, but it’s definitely the best place for me, straight up. 🇺🇸✊🏾

[@brionwyatt]

Russian bot!!!

[@irenegonzalez201]

Much respect.

[@spiderlegs50]

Sir, you would be a great speaker for the younger generations.

[@kurtellestad4070]

Definitely! On a small scale, you are correct. Though, All those "benefits" you received are because of classes like this. They teach people why benefits like that are necessary. You can enjoy the sentiments in which the government is trying to make up for its wrongdoings while at the same time appreciate the fact that systematic racism is real. Your teachers were wrong for letting you blame anyone! for your situation in life..... But yourself. But don't throw the baby out with the bathwater! Lol... What a dumb expression!

[@ragingskeptic9753]

THIS

[@Habit7]

I think this piece excludes the true reason why some states review these AA History classes. It is not because they teach history, it is because they also attached modern critical theory notions that White people are in inherently racist and that racism is evident in every area of life thus making AA perpetual victims. This teaches children to attach inherent moral values to races which is racist in of itself. But this news piece makes it feel as if some states don’t want kids to know tidbits about Black slave history.

[@jaebee9308]

Exactly! Very well said.

[@matthewpepper902]

Yeah as long as there can be irish American studies german American studies korean American studies.. ect as well. I dont see why not

[@alexanderleach3365]

We should never forget the lessons of the pass. We should always remember the history that defines America.

[@lizliz4186]

It would be great to see more history about women too.

[@Buttercup697]

That’s an entire curriculum at any liberal arts college… but yeah, more history about women in secondary school would be good. 👍🏼

[@dlj332]

God bless this teacher.

[@azmosam4572]

Getting them to chant responses then yelling CORRECT definitely isn't indoctrination.

[@blackmanblue8937]

Two issues are being discussed here: History and His-story. History is supposed to be a report on what happened and it's impact on society. His-story is the individual or collectie personal opinion about the who, what, when, where, why and how about what happened. History needs to be taught in our k-12 schools, but His-story needs to be optional. More people need to recognize the distinction. Everybody is responsible to seek to excell in the society they are in no matter the obstacles AND facilitate changes peacefully where they can effectively have an impact for good.

[@peterclarke7006]

As someone with a degree in History, you have absolutely no idea what you're talking about. The study of history is the study of recordings of the past and the historical interpretations of those records. You cannot study one without the other, and only an ignorant fool believes otherwise.

[@ColdDevil96]

Tell the children the truth

[@sherrelllewis7548]

Im 42 and black/native american I want to take the class❤

[@davidkramp1829]

Why do I feel like disagreeing with the viewpoint of this professor would be frowned upon in this class

[@beetlebob4675]

Seems to me that he was simply disappointed that common ground couldn't be reconciled in that one student. Not that I don't understand, I do understand her position. I just think you're misrepresenting what the instructor's reaction was about.🤷

[@TheBLGL]

Well, you don’t even know the difference between a teacher and a professor, so….

[@davidkramp1829]

@@TheBLGL your a dork if that really bothers you bud. Do better

[@kurtellestad4070]

I don't.... having someone that disagrees makes teaching easier.

[@Fboadu1]

That makes no sense at all! How is it not of value? Do they not have to learn about the civil war or the declaration of independence or how their constitutional law came into effect? African American history is very much apart of American history. So how is it not relevant?

[@saylurrodriguez3315]

History should not be censored

[@christinestephens37]

That's why everyone around the world is stuck in the same cycles. No one is willing to teach true History.

[@emmadilemma5274]

Im from Oklahoma, and AP african American history wasn't even an option at my school.

[@henryTech720]

First have America Indian u know the people whose land u occupy

[@joegrizzle9482]

If poor people could come together and vote based on class, maybe we could get out of these poverty loops.

[@liamluciano6555]

In Southern California my HS had one semester Chicano studies and the second as African studies for an elective. If it's based off of full historical content and not opinion or politics why is it such a problem

[@sierraansley]

On a personal level, self-awareness and accountability is hard- it takes courage and strength- but it's the only way to grow and develop and become the best version of yourself you can be. It's the same on the level of the community and the nation. The parts of ourselves that we feel ashamed of and don't want to accept is our shadow, and the more we try to ignore it or hide it the bigger it gets until it ultimately destroys us. America as a nation has a lot of shadow work to do and the more it gets delayed and suppressed the higher price we pay. It doesn't go away, it's with us all the time, it's the reason for the things that are bringing us down in the present. Facing our shadow and dealing with it is hard but it's the only way our country can survive the challenges it faces. When people try to suppress the truth about our history for their own comfort that is cowardice and weakness.

[@CloveCoast]

Too bad it’s only an AP class, that tends to always be the case with this side of American history.

[@lissarodrigues8950]

The black kids are seam emotional hearing the history. It's sad but I think it's should be taught so we know what what has happened so we can fix what has been broken and heal the sound so it doesn't hurt and we don't fall on that trap again.

[@lightinmind]

pretty cool kids can articulate their ideas. Wish us school teaches history, politics, and conversation before they meet the reality after school.

[@NastyNater]

I didn't fully understand just how upset I can get in 6 and a half minutes. If we erase history we are doomed to repeat it. What else should we learn about? One of your government approved reading materials that numbers keep getting smaller and smaller? Oof, this country.

[@cherish8479]

Very much appreciated news segment. And the question is, are we really free will always be there. Whether the history on slavery or white supremacy is taught or not. We live in the actions of those that came before us. And what they did was despicable. What would stop them from doing it again???? History has a way of repeating itself.

[@branevans3705]

It's dead-on racism to remove this from the curriculum. I hate what this country is becoming.

[@TheDylanjduncan]

Funny. They’re becoming ignorant fist pumping Bolsheviks eager for a revolution of indoctrination not unlike what happened to the Russian Empire during the transition to Soviet Union. They’re smart… they take small misfortunes of others and wage their own values. People don’t see it because they are self important and their problem is the only problem.

[@MikeMitchell-y3m]

No one wants to be reminded of thier racist history if they are still struggling with the sin of racism

[@gingerredshoes]

I teach sociology and my job is illegal in Florida. 🤨

[@ColdDevil96]

Anybody watching this listen to the song by bob marley called Babylon system this is still happening today

[@megatronll9044]

He was my high school teacher at Granby!!!

[@G_moneyy]

Facts don’t lie. If you have a problem with this in particular you should address your beliefs.

[@carrie8751]

As we all know about slavery, we are all taught in the same classrooms. There are children of all colors in our schools today. It’s American history not any certain race it describes the people who make up your country. We are not slave owners and in most of our lives there haven’t been any here.But in Africa there are still thousands of slaves and you blame us for being the worst people on earth. Gives us a break and remember your past don’t use it as an excuse for all your woes. Blacks where not the only slaves so were white Irish people, but they were called indentured servants they had to pay for their boat trip. But we fought for everything we accomplished and didn’t get special treatment . We all make America America we have nothing to be embarrassed for till now. Our forefathers are turning over in their graves. Stand up America and be proud of America. Freedom was the best they could do. And it’s up to Americans to keep it that way. Vote like your life depends on it, because it does.

[@henryTech720]

Why not have European American History ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@ak102986]

I want to agree with him, it is just history, fact-based history, but it is how they teach that history that is the problem. Facts can be twisted.

[@AndrewMiller-h8l]

Good they should also cover the Barbary Slave trade and the full history of the colonization of Africa

[@othellosson1621]

What school is this in Norfolk?

[@brucehamlin2970]

You're right Black History is American history but it's not all black

[@oregonghost3782]

This sounds like operation contra. Confuse the enemy

[@jasonrichard7560]

Without having the FEELING of oppression?

[@TheBLGL]

He’s in high school, calm down.

[@jjtheherald008]

Facts based class. I really want to hear some of these "facts" and ask some questions. 1619? That has been been proven irrefutable false. I would like to ask that student what political party performed Jim Crow?

[@Edmundo75]

AP Victimhood studies

[@rustyshackleford1877]

Ask any immigrant from Romania Cuba China Venezuela,they can smell these tactics from a mile away.

[@peterclarke7006]

What tactics do you mean?

[@rustyshackleford1877]

@@peterclarke7006 Taking down statues, changing of the language,class/racial division, changing the names of sports teams/food brands, making people ashamed of their roots/history, breaking down the nuclear family, imprisoning political opposition. I could go on and on.

[@rustyshackleford1877]

Taking down statues, changing what language is acceptable, changing sports team names and food brand names, breaking down the nuclear family,class/race division, making people ashamed of their roots/history/traditions,imprisoning political opposition, and spreading these views through university and public schools as well as the media/propaganda networks.

[@peterclarke7006]

@@rustyshackleford1877 tricky, isn't it? When you realise your history isn't squeaky clean, and some people you now expect to still do the jobs you don't want to say "yeah... That was slavery, and you should be ashamed." But the people in power, the ones who benefited from the horror, just like rapists and child abusers, they always say "that was in the past. Get over it." Funny, that.

[@rustyshackleford1877]

@@peterclarke7006 I've tried to reply several times but censored by KZbin on behalf of your gov

[@TheSuperTeacherStudent]

I attended Jefferson Davis Middle School near Ft. Monroe back in the 80s. While it was appropriate and necessary to remove his name from the school, it was not appropriate to remove the study of the effects from the leadership of him and others like him.

[@theman13451]

Here are several questions I have about this: Does this course teach that the democratic party fought to keep slavery in the south? No of course not. Does this course teach that Lincoln was THAT close to keeping slavery in the south but only Balked just weeks before the Civil War started? No of course not. Sorry but the lying in this segment is ridiculous

[@2ctheocean]

My brother took this course in high school last year and learned all about the switch between the party platforms and Lincoln being willing to keep Slavery if it meant keeping the union together. He said it wasn't nearly as devicive as he expected it to be. We come from a family of both parties and he leans more conservative.

[@kimbalmack6938]

I was taught this in my college course years ago.

[@rickgray6718]

All of a sudden your ashamed of what your forefathers did, now you want to hide , lie and rewrite HIS STORY

[@williamjoseph1300]

Yeah, my forefathers died and were injured to end slavery. There were hundreds of thousands of others who died. Yeah I’m pretty ashamed of what they did, you know with ending slavery and all

[@empress_me]

🎉 🥳🙏🏾

[@ganesannarayanan5128]

What is taught in African American AP anyway? That slavery was a racist institution? Well I got some bad news for ya. Slavery is as old as mankind itself and before man could cross the oceans, europeans enslaved other europeans, africans enslaved other africans, asians enslaved other asians and the american natives enslaved other natives. In fact, slavery exists even today. An estimated 21 mil to 45 mil. But you will not hear NAACP or Sharpton talk about it because it will jeopardize the reparation narrative. *** warning as comment risks deletion.

[@TheDylanjduncan]

Misleading and this is CRT put in other ways. Teaching slavery is done in all schools…. Who has ever met any single person who doesn’t know this?

[@alphazuluz]

Y’all are being tricked. Here is what Florida ACTUALLY teaches regarding black history: -From Kindergarten to 4th grade kids are asked to identify black Americans that have had positive influences in realms like invention, military, etc. -5th grade is the first mention of slavery, specifically focusing on the Underground Railroad and the abolitionist movement. - in 6th through 8th grade, students learn about the slave trade, slave revolts, and some legislation that covered slavery, like the 3/5 compromise -in high school, kids focus on the slave passage, living conditions for slaves, slavery in the colonies before the declaration, legislation that enshrined slavery, and the modern civil rights movement. In all grades, kids are taught about notable black and white Americans that opposed slavery and fought against it. It teaches about violence against blacks like the Tulsa massacre and rosewood massacre. WHICH PART OF THIS IS AVOIDING TEACHING SLAVERY?!?! Then, Florida passed a bill, called the Stop WOKE Act that did the following: It bans teaching: -members of one race are morally superior to another -a person, by virtue of his race, is inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive -a persons moral character or status as either privileged or oppressed is determined by his or her race -virtues such as hard work, merit, excellence, fairness, neutrality, objectivity, and racial colorblindedness are racist. It MANDATES the teaching of: -the history of America, African Americans, and the holocaust -the study of Hispanic and women’s contributions to the US -civics, character, and mental health education -conservation of natural resources -HB7 also included many new requirements for African American history. House bill 7 includes: -CRT training is unlawful as a work training practice -ensures floridas K-12 students and employees are not forced to take CRT indoctrination. Seriously, which part of this bans teaching history or slavery? I say again, y’all are being tricked and lied to.

[@bch5513]

I'm curious if they discussed that the entire world has experienced slavery throughout history and this was just "one" of the more modern episodes. Almost all cultures and races can identify with slavery in their ancestors. Still TODAY there are reportedly more slavery than the entire transatlantic slave trade history COMBINED yet we don't want to discuss it .

[@SnowLeopardForever]

Please stop deflecting from the topic of this video, I see what you are trying to do. You are trying to imply that slavery in the US wasn’t as bad since there has been slavery all over the world at different times in history. I know why you are trying to do that, so you can make excuses for slave owners from the past which were probably your own ancestors which makes you feel bad and you don’t want to feel bad. No, you should feel bad for what your ancestors did BUT the fact you are trying to make US slavery seem not so bad, THAT you should be ashamed and feel bad about. And you aren’t clever!

[@wilkesreid]

@@SnowLeopardForever It's not trying to claim that slavery in the US wasn't as bad. It's trying to counter the false idea that black folks in America are the sole inheritors of the victimhood of slavery. The reason it's an idea worth opposing is that some people are currently trying to use the idea of the exclusive status of black people as the sole victims of slavery to justify the establishment of systems that provide black people with more opportunity than anyone else on the basis of their skin color. It's a sympathetic desire because the ancestors of many black people in America did legitimately suffer horribly during slavery, and there are entire majority-black communities that are economically disadvantaged because of racist post-slavery behavior. Nobody here is trying to make excuses for the vile actions of white slaveowners in the US. But there are some videos on youtube that will show you that it is surprising the number of young people in this country who legitimately believe that black people are the only victims of slavery in the history of the world, and that it only happened in America. The purpose of learning the correct history isn't to draw attention away from what's important. It's to make sure that we don't actually lie to young people in the name of justice.

[@jazzyj6640]

We are speaking of the United States of America not the rest of the world.

[@ragingskeptic9753]

@@jazzyj6640Convenient, since white Europeans by the millions were sold as slaves in Africa for centuries before the first black slaves stepped foot on US soil. I envision a time where we teach ALL of history, and not just cherry picked revisionist history. Don't you think it's a little hypocritical for black people to deride white people for slavery when not not only did Africans enslave Europeans for centuries, but they also enslaved the Hebrews in Egypt for 400 years. No one denies that slavery in America was an evil institution, but some people sit a little too high on their horses.

[@ragingskeptic9753]

@@SnowLeopardForeverShould you feel bad for what YOUR ancestors did? White Europeans by the millions were sold as slaves in Africa for centuries before the first black slaves stepped foot on US soil. Africans also enslaved the Hebrews in Egypt for 400 years. I envision a time where we teach ALL of history, and not just cherry picked revisionist history. 😔

[@scotland1980]

Oh please.....not again

[@bighaasfly]

This feels like a tidy fluff piece that fails to explore the complex consequences of other teachings that fall under the same umbrella. I feel as though this is portrayed through a narrow lens when it is in fact a wider, more uncomfortable subject.

[@brave-i9l]

I read a recipe for slaves in the American South in the 19th century. They ate better than farmers in Europe at that time, not to mention compared with farmers in Asia and Africa at that time.

[@darlstephenson]

This video downplays the divisive aspects of the 1619 project if that is what he is teaching. African American history has been taught and emphasized in schools for years. Unfortunately. as former test scorer in one state I can attest that often it does not sink in when a simple question is asked. “Explain “Jim Crow laws.” Too often we would get answers that they were about women’s rights or even that they expanded rights for blacks.

[@rainburroughs5816]

This is THE reason I cancelled cable over ten years ago. This is reporting an historic event? No thank you.

[@KelliRocks]

Did they remove the CRT and gender theory from the class? Do they discuss who sold the slaves in the first place?

[@bradycg]

CRT and gender theory have never been taught in schools. They definitely do cover the full extent of the slave trade it Africa

[@psikeyhackr6914]

There is no such thing as freedom. There is only power. One can claim to be free when there are no external inhibitions on ones power. So the question is: What right do any people have to inhibit or coerce other people?

[@colettemajor5251]

Move on bruh

[@EndOfSqaures]

Brain rot, these children are doomed

[@lindastone4927]

I haven't or the people I grew up with haven't really dealt with the repercussions of slavery, Jim Crow and segregation. Because you don't have any.

[@meahdahlgren5875]

Right

[@jazzyj6640]

Interesting.

[@pinsfast4165]

It's not HISTORY, it's OUR STORY

[@keith1854]

They force kids to learn about fake black history 😂

[@dsmarty6395]

Like, uh, you are clearly fake smart. "if you scared. . .say you scared!" --Sunn m-Cheaux

[@irenegonzalez201]

​@@dsmarty6395sunn mcheaux is scared. He removes any comments that ask tough questions. He called a white woman a Karen in one video bc of a look she gave him. A look. He admitted she said nothing at all to him, he just didn't like the way she looked at him. I asked him why was she a Karen. What made her a Karen, the color of her skin? He wouldn't answer. I politely asked again on another video, and he banned me from commenting on his page. So yes, he is scared.

[@dsmarty6395]

@@irenegonzalez201 . . .Why not ask yourself the same question whenever you encounter Black people. . .Sunn m’Cheaux does not waste time on the obtuse

[@irenegonzalez201]

@@dsmarty6395 huh? That wasn't my post though. We are in replies of someone else's post. I didn't respond to the OP. It was your response that caught my eye because u mentioned that silly racist man.

[@dsmarty6395]

@@irenegonzalez201 Yes, I caught that. . .thought I deleted in time. However, I did respond to your comment.

[@johniewilliams1951]

The History of the United States cannot be taught without Afrikan History. Afrikans were the original indigenous people of the Americas before Slavery. Until the education system stop promoting the White Supremist lies about Afrikans in America our children will never know the truth about who they are. " WE DID NOT BEGIN AS SLAVES" . What about the Seminole Indians, Blackfoot and Crow indigenous people, Charkchaw. What about the Great Afrikan Kingdoms Timbuktu, Mali, Ghana. The Great Kings if Egypt. So stop the lies and teach the truth. Nuff said

[@meahdahlgren5875]

Right