'Poisoning the well': Florida middle schoolers to be dragged into DeSantis' war on history

[@annakingry9157]

Slaves had no more "personal lives" than their hammers had. They were regarded as tools, not human beings. Shame, shame Florida!

[@donnaarnold3044]

NO. 🤔 shame on the Governor of Florida. Ron DeSantis who 's a poor excuse for a human being and Governor. Disgusting man. Wake up Florida before it's to late. 😤

[@whatever3773]

Please be kind, Florida is suffering from a severe infection of taker deplorables right now.

[@doncharle7102]

Not Fl DeSantis

[@patthenry3568]

​@@doncharle7102 And his legislature. And his administration. And his supporters. And his donors. That's millions. I'm in FL. too. Things are fixin' to get UGLY here as the cult sees their house of cards fall back into the latrine.

[@queensavage9896]

This is terrifying. As a Black Woman and Floridian...this has already been in the water. Every day I see a new reason to leave and never come back.

[@jaynemarino7011]

Please honey, get out of Florida 💞😭🥴

[@baddapplesauce]

Y'all need to file a lawsuit. A parent(s) should file a class action lawsuit.

[@KGarn]

@@jaynemarino7011 : a bunch of insurance companies have already taken your advice, thank you. Good luck.

[@tamarabrown5700]

Get out, Florida is not a safe state for sensible people

[@cinnamonliebe]

i know it’s hard but consider leaving florida. that state will only get worse. sincerely, an asian-californian.

[@Kristine-h2y]

If slavery was so beneficial for Black folks, & that they were taught new skills, then how come they were NOT allowed to learn to read or write? Wouldn't that have been the most beneficial skill for them before all the others?!

[@dahat1992]

That's a phenomenal point. It directly and irrefutably contradicts the idea that slaves eventually had a better life in the US than they would have had in Africa. Their quality of life wasn't an issue anyone in charge cared about back then. In fact, it was illegal to give them the most important skills of all.

[@dontbanmebrodontbanme5403]

Honestly, at the end of the day, it doesn't matter. If I kidnap someone's kid, my argument can't be that I've got more resources and they kid turned out better. I still kidnapped the kid. So the argument that the slaves learned skills is so disgusting, the only conclusion that one can draw is that the person making the argument KNOWS that they're being evil and they're enjoying it.

[@oliver_twistor]

@@dontbanmebrodontbanme5403 Yep. I would like to ask DeSantis and other slavery apologists if they would accept my proposal: they lose all rights they currently enjoy, right to bodily autonomy, right to freedom of movement, freedom of speech etc. In return I prove to them I could provide them with everything their every need. Universal healthcare, check! Exquisite dinners every day cooked by the world's finest chefs, check! The world's most comfortable beds, check! I don't think they would accept my proposal, even if I can prove to them that they will have an objectively better life, at least materially. Freedom is in and of itself very valuable, and it is what makes us human, in my opinion. It's peculiar that American Republicans can't see that, given how much they value their freedoms in other areas.

[@evelespier7833]

This move of DeSantis is UNACCEPTABLE!!!!!

[@ChrisMo16]

Once we accept an action we can.lve forward with changing it. We have to accept it because the actions by Desantis has and is happening. We have to work to make it better and. change his actions

[@themsmidge69]

He is bringing back the Florida state guard, but on steroids-please look up what he is doing with it-he is putting some serious planning, preparation, and money into what is basically his personal army. I think he is convinced Trump is going to win, and even if he doesn’t win, they have already promised a ‘bloodbath’ in November…I’m not paranoid, but things are definitely getting wonky in the US!

[@martientegelaers3428]

no, DeSantis is not acceptable

[@mistiecantey1]

So Desantis knows better. It’s not ignorance; it’s evil and manipulative.

[@mtaylor7307]

DeSantis studied fascism and how to make that happen.

[@JessesanMan]

The guy laughed at men being tortured

[@mtaylor7307]

@@JessesanMan right and then when he got called out on his participation in torture, DeSantis didn't deny it, but instead how could anyone really remember what happened close to 20 years ago to identify him? I know people that survived the Holocaust, liberated from camps as children, that can still identify the soldiers and officers of that camp. Maybe it was just a daily blur of the job to DeSantis, but to the men he hurt, it mattered.

[@mananimal3644]

Actually it’s it’s telling the whole truth to school children. My Great Great Grandfather was a slave in the inhumane institution. He was a black smith and was able to market that skill when emancipated by his enslaver and migrated to PA. He set up his own business. He was able to buy his daughter and wife freedom. Slavery is a sin in the eyes of God, but my family’s history has a right to be told in schools as well. as well. And not to burst anyone’s bubble but just like any other racial group black violence justified or not justified is history. Let’s tell the whole truth no matter how uncomfortable it is.👍🏿💯

[@toneyingram732]

Well racist believe evil is the way of God

[@kateuhler7803]

Yale should REVOKE HIS DEGREE. He makes their school look like CRAP.

[@Arulane]

Pretty much. He makes white people look worse than they already do. And yeah, I am white too. I want him gone. Out of the country or out of public life. Don’t care which.

[@Soapboxstomper]

A true embarrassment to the educational institutions from wence he sprung!!

[@lmak-rf9fn]

Doesn't every single graduate of Yale do that?

[@actor260]

​@lmak-rf9fn Excuse me? No, we don't. He's truly an anomaly. But, let me guess, you're from Harvard?

[@Chasityolaf]

I’ve noticed people who go to really good schools are really bad at history

[@kevinbarr9003]

Florida has gone all 1770's racist

[@laycey]

1770s were less racist than florida republicans today.

[@linneamcdonald8134]

FACT

[@marionlofton649]

Now it all becomes crystal clear what trump means when he says make America great again he had 1770's in mind this is from a guy that claimed he's the least racist person in America

[@californianorma876]

3 centuries behind 🤮🤬🤮

[@bevalindaj.443]

Tallahassee should be careful. they could turn Florida into another "summer of love". maybe they want that. these people are crazy.

[@DFM3333]

🧑🏾As a retired teacher I am ashamed of my governor and every single Floridarian who doesn’t fight racism🧑🏾

[@Breena1214]

Vote blue

[@LadyJpraise2024unbound]

Be ashamed of all those who put him into power and do not call for his removal. This is a testament to what is truly going on in the hearts of white people overall. Good people need to stand up

[@bettyvan1213]

@@Breena1214 Yea people don't elect people like DeSantis.

[@brianmills1100]

if you voted for him you should be ashame.

[@jryland6]

I, CERTAINLY, DID NOT VOTE FOR DESANTIS & WOULD NEVER VOTE FOR HIM IN ANY ELECTION!!!!!!! HE & TRUMP ARE CLONES OF EACH OTHER!!!!!!! BOTH ARE EVIL!!!!!

[@YZ250W1]

Ron does an excellent job of making Florida dumber every day.

[@Arulane]

That is the point. They want a nice regimented society. He know what he is doing and it is not good for anyone but him!

[@linneamcdonald8134]

Fact

[@cstuartdc]

DeSantis is a first class creep. That usually appeals to GOP voters. Ted Cruz, Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell…it’s not a flaw..it’s a feature of Republicans

[@theresebortzfield188]

VERO INVESTIGATE PROSECUTE CONVICT AND JAIL RON DESANTIS for human trafficking and miappropriantion of funds for the people of Florida

[@balidream]

He shows that Floridan are racist. They voted for him in large numbers, knowing that he is racist

[@missj8145]

The bigger problem is the board of education cosigned this BS.

[@justtubing767]

This is what you get when national conservative organizations put money into electing conservatives in local school board elections nationwide.

[@toneyingram732]

Well they are Satan seed

[@brandontrammel4581]

It's his Florida board of education he literally made for this purpose

[@USMC-CPL-0311]

That's because more people than you believe in what he's doing. Believe me you're all the minority

[@patgorden5002]

People that he appointed On The Board of Education

[@pamtaylor8921]

I am a retired teacher, and if I were teaching in Florida, I would NOT teach that nonsense. I would rather be fired than promote this lie. How can you "revise" American history?

[@TheMrSlyxx]

This is so very sad and shocking. Who would have ever thought the information age would have led to our country being governed by absolute morons? It's stupefying.

[@SeeStuDo]

Totally drives me nuts too.

[@Kentrc11]

When you got people agreeing that rainbows exist due to a 24th century B.C.E. global flood, despite civilizations thriving at that time having no record of said natural disaster, disinformation like this is not unexpected.

[@sherievans2617]

And to pull the nation back to the C7th with regards to medicine and healthcare, and the -C17th regarding women’s healthcare rights and role.

[@StopWhining491]

I'm pretty sure all those kidnapped, enslaved Africans could have learned those "skills" just fine as free men and women.

[@marshcreek4355]

One of my favorite character actors, now deceased, Reg Cathey (The Wire, House of Cards, Oz, etc.) said in an 2016 interview in The Guardian, "the world is being destroyed by psychopaths." He was referring to all the dark and corrupt forces that culminated in Trump being elected. His quote was actually the title of the article as it wasn't just about his career, but also our being in the world. So whether "absolute morons" or psychopaths we're in a bit of trouble. If we've learned anything it's that the law is very frail and can't seem to deal with either. In this case it may not save us.

[@timothyyoung2962]

Like the old saying goes, "Everything old is new again.", sadly, this even applies to racism and bigotry.

[@janew7008]

Only if people let it.

[@Cynna1065]

It's not as if it ever went away. Their renewed confidence just makes them more brazen.

[@f0xygem]

Ah, but then history doesn't actually repeat, it rhymes.

[@jaaksavat7916]

@janew7008 the trumpsollini maga GOP is trying very hard to do so, playing ignorance with the food ignorance thrives on, hate and xenophobic fearmongering

[@davidwilliamson9333]

Speak for yourself, this notion that slavery has never been taught in the past years is a lie . It may not be taught the MARXIST way , which is what Democrats want .

[@gremlinn7]

"You were educated in Florida, weren't you?" might become a common insult in the near future.

[@shihtzusrule9115]

And Oklahoma is penning their thank you note now.

[@tubulardude44]

@@shihtzusrule9115Yes, Oklahoma is NOT OK

[@Caganissoyeah]

​@@tytania3545That's very funny...like your grammar. It's You're not your.

[@Caganissoyeah]

@@tytania3545 French, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, Tagalog, and some Arabic.

[@mdkotler]

It already is. This just makes it worse.

[@chrispswann6825]

The same people who are always downplaying slavery are the same people that believe that being told to wear a mask while shopping is the greatest form of oppression in human history

[@brandontrammel4581]

Facts

[@peterd9698]

There was an interestingly repeated tactic of deliberately trivialising genuine issues by co-opting them. “I can’t breathe” “My body, my choice” Also holocaust Star of David references. The distain they have shown for the first two issues is so bitter I’m surprised they would even associate with those slogans. Would you adopt a slogan of “child murderers” to gain empathy for your point about masks? I think this indicates disingenuity about those issues. I also believe this implies the same about the third.

[@756Attitude]

Yup

[@zachaddington5264]

America is white too white and republican

[@2FadeMusic]

@peterd9698 great point.

[@60sStyling]

This gets my blood boiling. I can't believe that this is actually happening in this day and age.

[@MichaelDeHaven]

It shouldn't be. It's a sad testament of how far and the low the Republican party has fallen. They have been given license to let their fear, bigotry, and hatred out. This is what happens when a political party stops running on policies and just runs on "culture war". All good honest conservatives, liberals, moderates, progressives, etc. need to make it clear we will not stand for this. Hopefully after a significant enough defeat at the ballot box most will return to their senses. They are after all our fellow citizens. But until they can respect basic reality, not to mention the rights of others, they must be opposed.

[@jessicamacallister9272]

Then you haven't been paying attention to what has always been there. This is not new. That Alex Wagner is claiming this is "coming back" is ignoring the fact it never went anywhere.

[@daphnewilson7966]

@@jessicamacallister9272 It's the relative power of competing world-views that waxes and wanes. Look at the brief shining (relatively) moment of "Reconstruction." Snuffed out politically by "Jim Crow." You are right: the evil is eternal. Alex is right: the power structure is breathing down our necks now. Note she asks, will they get away with the (tyranny)? Jelani says, could be.....

[@Cynna1065]

If anyone has old textbooks or historical analyses lying around, maintain them well and keep spreading the truth..

[@jessicamacallister9272]

@@Cynna1065 This is *from* old textbooks.

[@RegisterRedVoteBlue]

And they call black people the barbarians

[@gregorybaisden503]

...when in fact, amidst areas of apt bitterness, few communities have given more to our society, and to our sacred precepts of Liberty & Justice for All.

[@edvh88]

It is really sickening. Makes me infuriated that we could have all moved on by now if reconstruction hadn’t been sabotaged/ too wimpy. Imagine. If all those freed people had gotten to keep their 40 acres. Reparations now!!!

[@mr.calypsococonut]

A barbarian is actually a German. It is a white person that was not of the Latin Romulus set that called themselves Gens. Today, because it has a negative Historical account of their behavior and ignorance around history, it is being labeled to us in Hollywood, and in other areas of secular recital. African people and their diaspora are factually and without a doubt "jews" (Yehudi/Yehudit). 100%

[@WoundedWings]

​​@@edvh88ight, they are actively making a case for reparations

[@Willy_Tepes]

They sure act like it.

[@donaldmarwitz2046]

It sure took media too long to start focusing on this criminal politician.

[@johnhall3570]

They were too focused on the BIGGER criminal politician, 🟧!

[@marcosjuarez7809]

Ron DeSantis has embarrassed lifelong Floridians like me.

[@fishybusinessco.8398]

Well you got the rest of your life to come live in Arkansas

[@BunnyLang]

I'm happy to hear you see him for what he is. Thank you.

[@jayshaft3179]

I join with you as a fellow Floridian. It has long passed the point of being a sick joke between my free thinking friends.

[@maryford650]

Then please do everything you can to get rid of him. He is horrible. He reminds me of Hitler.

[@krisr3612]

VOTE THEM OUT!! FIGHT BACK!!

[@corneliussqualls1544]

Thanks Ron for finally revealing what your battle against the woke really is: it's a battle against the truth!

[@casanovafrankenstein8538]

He's a psychopath and must be stopped at all costs!!!

[@Forgftd5436]

💯

[@Yogastrong908]

Ron is the woke

[@josgretf2800]

I think the long term plan for him and his anti-woke crusade is to convince people things like civil rights are woke. I genuinely think if he had his way we'd return to jim crow

[@cosmiccocoa2689]

This!!!

[@jillcampbell3510]

This law is basically for teaching students that a person who is kidnapped and tortured and held against their will got some kind of benefit from it. They wouldn't think that modern day human trafficking victims "benefit" from the crimes committed against them yet both are victims of horrific crimes. Just because one used to be legal in some states doesn't make it somehow a "benefit " to the victims.

[@kathcasey2090]

So very aptly put. Thank you for posting.

[@sparklesp9304]

It's part of continuing to dehumanize our ancestors.

[@Marvmoney777]

Because that mindset is rooted in anti blackness; if they didn't see is as inferior and unworthy, we wouldn't be 3x likely to die giving birth or more likely to experience police brutality. They are projecting their own internalized beliefs and biases by refusing to acknowledge racism let alone their own racism.

[@kissit012]

They do though. It’s why they treat victims of trafficking like they’re criminals and make such harsh laws and movements against immigrants. They think they’re duping the system somehow.

[@mikochild2]

Anything to get rid of the guilt. I just saw a video about "white slavery". I thought people knew that people around the world have experienced slavery. But that's not the point. My reason for mentioning this is they instantly went from "wow, there were white slaves?" To "Wow, why do black people make such a big deal about it? Why can't they get over it like everyone else?" Conveniently ignoring the differences and everything that happened after "emancipation'.

[@Just-a-bystander]

Truly, the more I find out about slavery, the more I am shocked. I’m a west coast Canadian. Second generation. My history doesn’t include anything with slavery. As I hear these stories I am shocked. It makes the white washing of the history even more egregious.

[@oldmanghost219]

Have you seen the right wing videos trying to get people to think that the problem has been coming from the left? Thomas Sowell's The Hidden Facts of Slavery or Never taught in schools. That information has always been available until now. It is only now the there are Book bans.

[@92cgray]

I wish more ppl like you could speak up like this. Thank you for having empathy ❤

[@ClarityDetermination]

Did Harper include Black history when he destroyed Canadian archives?

[@JR-pr8jb]

Read Edward Baptist's "The Half Has Never Been Told" (2014). Not easy reading but explains the cruelty of southern slavery, and its key role in America's economic dominance.

[@loriannrichardson7644]

You don't know the half. I thought I knew some things, but I was wrong. The heinous, barbarity inflicted upon the enslaved is the stuff of unimaginable nightmares.

[@NKMitch42]

There should be national education standards. And school funding shouldn't be based on property taxes.

[@ivanrousseau5066]

trumps project 2025 calls for the elimination of all public schools and funding.

[@neptunesdreams]

DeSantis, Trump, Mussolini, Stalin, Hitler... same dictator, different day.

[@rbailey3309]

So true, but what is even scarier is that, no matter how many times history repeats itself, people still fail to heed the warnings.

[@ucapt-it6vf]

Mitch McConnell?

[@turret72]

@@ucapt-it6vfHe’s a behind the scenes operator. He doesn’t like to be in the spotlight anymore than he has to be.

[@paolazo-l4790]

fortunatelly desantis and trump dont have much power, for now! dont give them any

[@immovableobject6851]

Trump was never this bad

[@jcfh19981]

Shameful. I left teaching in Florida for several reasons. In fact, left the state. This is horrible and I feel for the children caught up in this revisionist history. I am ashamed of my former home state.

[@blondhairblackstrat]

You did the right thing--congrats on getting out of that neo-confederate state. Blue states need good teachers.

[@davidwilliamson9333]

You should be ashamed, teaching children to be either a victim or an oppressor, Democrats, the left are teaching a MARXIST agenda. Patrice colours, co founder of BLM has said openly she is a devout MARXIST. And you support this? Shame on you 😕

[@kathcasey2090]

@@blondhairblackstrat - All states need good teachers. That the republicans answer to "more educated people lean liberal" is to stop the education.

[@Willy_Tepes]

I am glad you left teaching. You are a system NPC.

[@kimcritchley8231]

It makes me ashamed to be a Floridian. You CAN NOT unwrite was has already transpired in the history of the United States.

[@suzanne9150]

Trying to have ignorant generations in the future to the truth about Black History.

[@melanied2989]

Unfortunately most has been rewritten since 2020 ….. definitions of words, genetics, concept of science

[@MsBerries25]

Rewriting history began way back. We're talking after Ancient Egypt was discovered to be ruled and built by the Kemet Pharaohs. It's not possible Africans could build such a significant and powerful civilization with advanced knowledge of the constellations and advanced medicine. No way, huh

[@bitwright9469]

DeSantis is evil, he's claiming to know black history, but he knows but doing horrible things to innocent black people, little does he know he will never, never, ever be president, he has no knowledge to be anything but the IMMIGRANT that he is, he could be a RUNAWAY IMMIGRANT!!! 🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃

[@bitwright9469]

When your head is as big as D's it seems as if he has some KNOWLEDGE, but no his head is full of EVIL HOT AIR.🗑️

[@mmmi6908]

I was born in Florida and have lots of family there. We are embarrassed!! Embarrassed

[@annalieff-saxby568]

Can parents not sue because their children are being denied a proper education? I'd be *raging* if my child was not given a broad, accurate and unbowdlerised knowledge of history.

[@quidagis33]

Floridians need to make their own liberal "moms for liberty" group to stop this garbage.

[@barbarabonanno1879]

Yes, of course. Let the lawsuits begin!

[@californianorma876]

They all drink from the same well 🤦🏽‍♀️🤮

[@mtaylor7307]

Floridian parents gave full loyalty when he signed free lunch for all public school students. They traded the quality of the future for their children to get a free lunch today. Poverty has a price.

[@MamaKatt]

White washing history has been happening since the beginning of public education.

[@angelm.bouchard3722]

The GOP needs to be voted out!

[@charlespartrick528]

The current majority of them for sure. There are good Republicans out there and it was once a respectable party. I'm an independent, and have been the 53 years I've been eligible to vote. I've always voted for the person and not the party. In today's RRR there are very few qualified candidates. The current RRR majority are racist, Christian fascists.

[@skankhunt3624]

​@@charlespartrick528they've always been racist, think about Reagan.

[@charlespartrick528]

@@skankhunt3624 He's where it really took hold. In the first half of the 20th century, up to the 1950s, the south was controlled by the Democrats and they were very racist. Reagan wooed, welcomed, embraced and support these racist , white, evangelical Christians as they were no longer happy as the Democratic party veered away from racism and bigotry.

[@hsgcoun]

Vote blue

[@spencers4121]

Some change is coming in the racist gerrymandering in the southern states, just ruled illegal by the Supreme Court.

[@tflowers31]

People need to get out and vote.

[@egmccann]

More specifically, people need to get out and *vote out* these people. And do so at every election, from local school board on up.

[@laycey]

People are getting out and voting in Florida, and they're voting republican. Voter turnout isn't the problem. A nation that believes socialism is a bad word is the problem

[@ReluctantWarrior]

We did a year ago, it wasn't enough.

[@keithrodgers1030]

And be ALLOWED to vote, no more sly tactics which we know white Republicans use.

[@mZsZ73]

Vote blue!

[@JaclynGoetz]

This is sick. This is why we are choosing not to have children. I won’t send a child to Florida public schools.

[@ChineseAmerican50]

GOP rather your kid to hold guns more than let them to hold books. That is signature of GOP today

[@SonsOfLorgar]

Then get those guns, and enough of them to defend the books.

[@nomore6167]

"GOP rather your kid to hold guns more than let them to hold books" - There's a reason I call it the Guns Over People party.

[@WeirdBarbiesBoyfriend]

What an excellent comment. On point 🔥.

[@mirjamkohler263]

Totally agree with you 💯

[@Odinarcade00]

They want you to pick up tools instead of books so you work hard but won’t learn anything. And possibly terrorize people with their unhinged conspiracies that favor white supremacy…..so there’s that.

[@danieltaylor8382]

OMG dear lord please don't let this happen! Floridians don't let this happen! NAACP don't let this happen! Federal Government don't let this happen! Black Americans don't let this happen! "Live Free or Die!"

[@jessicamacallister9272]

It will.

[@Arulane]

This is now on Fl to get rid of him. You all voted him in. Stand up to him, for gods sake!

[@flyrobin2544]

@@Arulane Not all of us voted him in, the gerrymandering is horrible here. Plus the Latino population in bombarded with misinformation. Do you really think Cubans who left Cuba to flee communism want dictators running this country? Yet, S.Florida some how turned red after many years of voting blue. They poured millions into false ads scaring them into voting red.

[@MrCsifan55]

Not just black Americans. There are quite a few white people who are descendants of slaves who will gladly stand shoulder to shoulder in this fight.

[@ClarityDetermination]

Can you share this?

[@junheceta268]

Teachers, educators, defy these laws. Don't obey them, go on strike!

[@8arrows]

They are HOPING they would strike then quit. They been training thousands of Filipinos to come here and replace them for cheap labor. Goog’it

[@awesomness36]

@@8arrowsshare your sources instead

[@8arrows]

@@awesomness36 really? You want the link? Are ur fingers broke? I didn’t make it up. Go look it up.

[@edvh88]

@@8arrowsyou definitely made it up. I don’t believe that someone as anti immigration as RD would import teachers. Also, how the heck would that even work, they speak Tagalog there.

[@Doc5thMech]

Sources seem to be largely in 2022. Broward hired 102 Filipino teachers in 2022, and is hiring more. Central Florida school district also imported Filipino teachers.

[@tcsmagicbox]

Yale should rescend DeSantis' college degree.

[@tanyahanson-meier8571]

Yes, DeSantis creates his own narrative of history.

[@jessicamacallister9272]

Because Yale is so much better...oh wait.

[@Cynna1065]

Someone should see about Clarence Thomas' as well.

[@jocelynlopez6858]

Harvard too!!!

[@jessicamacallister9272]

@@jocelynlopez6858 Oh because they aren’t racist. Oh wait. Remind me why W.E.B. Dubois was denied entry?

[@donholmstrom6482]

Instead of just listening to politicians talk about slave life we need to offer these people the opportunity to truly experience it. This would be an educational experience. After this experience they will be able to speak with authority about the "benefits" of slavery because they will really have first-hand knowledge/experience. The following is a description of this camp experience: Go to the two-week historically accurate "Slave Camp". There you will eat what the slaves ate, live in slave quarters, wear what they wore, perform the work they performed, and blindly follow the orders of your "Master" - again historically accurate orders.

[@frogdogink4415]

They wouldn't last long enough to get lunch on their first day.

[@Rikajael]

As someone with a history degree, I feel sick. This is disgusting and immoral. I would never tell a student this BS. I’d rather never teach again, than teach these lies.

[@alexmartinez5859]

I’m studying for mine (technically I’m taking taking classes for my other major and my minor this semester) and I fear that anything I’ve learned can be tucked under the table because of people, like DeSanctimonious, in power.

[@billthecat22]

You should ask for a refund on your indoctrination...

[@Patrick-lf5xi]

@@billthecat22comments like this ffs

[@fantrash5698]

@@billthecat22imagine being this dumb

[@DjeauxSheaux]

​@@billthecat22that's right. Everybody who doesn't agree with you, especially people who went to college, have been indoctrinated. Your natural biases are all correct! Everything you already believed is true, and you don't need to change at all! How wonderful it must be to be you, the person who is just intuitively right about everything without needing to do any research or learn anything!

[@Tracy81258]

The ultimate example of white privilege is being able to pass legislation to protect themselves from having to feel uncomfortable about their own history.

[@geoJetson2208]

NAILED IT !!👈🎯🎯

[@LaVerite49]

Amen to that!

[@Autumn938]

Tracy81258 Boom!

[@MamaKatt]

This is not about history. This is all about being able to continue to do something and never truly acknowledge why you are doing it.

[@dev0luti0n]

@@MamaKatt Read more please.

[@lpluva1]

When I was stationed in Japan years ago it baffled me how so many people knew NOTHING about their history with regards to war. Nothing about what they did to the Koreans, the Chinese, the Filipinos, and so on, nothing about the unspeakable horrors they perpetrated on millions of defenseless people. The Hiroshima memorial museum mentions the attack on Pearl Harbor once in a tiny near unnoticeable sign that said, Japan was THRUST into the war in the Pacific after the attack on Pearl Harbor....Didn't even mention they're the ones that did it or that they did the "thrusting"! It was explained to me that they are embarrassed, and out of some perception honor they don't talk about it. Conservatives are trying to achieve the same goal here in America in a somehow more pernicious and nakedly racist way, rather than confront our history and try to move past it what they are saying is, "we are ok with what happened, so who cares? It doesn't suit the narrative I have been lying to my kids about". They want to feel better about the past because they wish things were that way now.

[@Broadsword999]

The way WW2 history amounts to little more than our soldiers went on extensive hiking and beach holidays in the Pacific until those nasty Americans nuked two of our cities.

[@c.eb.1216]

This isn't conservative. It's downright backwards.

[@MamaKatt]

@@c.eb.1216 Yes it is conservatives who seek to keep things exactly as they were when 'America' was white.

[@bobfrank7339]

I mean we wrote their constitution so we probably had our hand in deleting that part of history. We did benefit from the destabilization of all those countries from free labor to essentially making Korea a country in our image. Also you were part of an armed force in a country not your own not too different imo

[@keithhigh7773]

It was explained to me some years ago by an elderly Japanese supplier, that they see WW2 as a great stain on their nation. Like the German population too, many ordinary Japanese were lied to by their politicians. The Germans also committed atrocities, as did the Russians who were supposed to be on the side of the Allies. Even today, most Russians are told that WW2 was the Great Patriotic War defeating Germany. The participation and sacrifices made by the Allies to give Russia a fighting chance is rarely acknowledged.

[@carolbulmer8253]

OMG… how can these people look at themselves in the mirror? How can this be allowed in a free country?

[@crptnite]

If there were ever a case for the Universalization of Public Education, Ron DeSantis sure is making it for us 🤦🏽

[@shawnnewell4541]

But he graduated from Yale University! Who did he sleep with to get in and/or graduate?

[@daphnewilson7966]

As someone who was in high school (grad. 1970) "universalization" could mean uniform censored propaganda! (My "civics" was all about evil Commies, whatever.) How about the opposite? There is so much still being learned about the past. We still had "home economics" in junior high, and that was (slave) wives skills. But not African: just female. Woman human enough to vote; 1920: 50 years after male African descendants. Don't "universalize!" We need to keep learning.

[@debpowell4556]

Agreed. DeSantis is not making Florida more free, he is making it more him! Vile, narrow, and fascist!

[@marybrown7203]

@@shawnnewell4541 He majored in History. He must have focused on how Hitler did it. He knows exactly what he's doing.

[@shawnnewell4541]

@@marybrown7203 Unfortunately, he learned the wrong lessons from history.

[@amberandrews6842]

They aren't even capable of being ashamed of this .

[@Arulane]

Yes, you get that incredulous look, like, how can you not see this is perfect. And all you can do is gape back and wonder what happened to that person’s soul.

[@Cynna1065]

@@Arulane That's not all that can be done, not by a longshot. Floridians who give a flip need to act. Start organizing,, start planning, and start lawyering up.

[@nomore6167]

"They aren't even capable of being ashamed of this" - They wouldn't be ashamed of this even if they had the capability. They are proud of this, which is the truly scary part.

[@honestdon1772]

@@nomore6167 I see that too. He's trying to make it his own racist country and wants to fix the rest of it to be Taliban level Authoritarian. Send him home to police morality from there.

[@pinkangel9894]

Who is "they"? Floridians are horrified by this.

[@rozgnatt1]

Professor Katie Cannon, in her course,"Codes of Ethics and the Slave Narratives," gave me the research task of delving into the history of slavery in Florida. My maternal family was deeply engrossed in this history. To this very day, it still poisons the intellectual well of thinking and believing. Florida was among the most brutal of the slave states. My great grandfather's gravestone: "A lover of Christ and a friend to his fellow man: KKK" speaks to the Florida era. This man considered himself a good Christian, building 3 Baptist churches in and around the Palatka area. He proudly said, "I give my Darkies a day of rest, just like my other animals." That is the fetid racist ground of Florida.

[@melindaunknown6411]

😲 WOW!

[@larryscarr3897]

Good Christian = magically stupid.

[@Pe-S]

Holy crap. How awful. 😳

[@shirleyrogers3145]

Take heart; Disney is in the mix. Let's see how Don Ron stacks up against Mickey in the Polls. Disney can probably just buy the Governor's chair and fill it with a much more cooperative and sane candidate. 🎉

[@nanszoo3092]

I grew up in South Florida and did not know there was slavery in the state until I was almost 30 and an older college student. My part of Florida was more Yankee and Melting Pot than Deep South, and I started school just as the desegregation began, but even I knew that racism was still a thing with the old folks - although I thought it was going away. Wow, was I wrong! Just goes to show that without progress everything regresses.

[@mjmitzey6873]

This is beyond sickening. Enough!! Vote Blue, period

[@BranThePoet1989]

I can't believe we have to have this conversation. Desantis is a reckless politician, and a stain (like Trump) on our democracy.

[@fleurpouvior2967]

I actually genuinly despise comparing things to the Holocaust, because it's often done by ignorant pos who want to sound dramatic while proving their own stupidity. But in this case, the echos are there and I am strongly reminded of Patton forcing germans from the near by village to walk through the camp and really look at it, because there was no way they didn't know; and any ignorance they claimed, was from willfully looking the other way while people screamed and died next to them.

[@sheritacotten5293]

@@fleurpouvior2967why compare demonic spirits?

[@marjorjorietillman856]

@@fleurpouvior2967 But remember Hitler was inspired by the way the US enslaved Blacks. The only difference in the Holocaust is that Hitler killed more people. But transporting Blacks from Africa is how roughly a million souls were murdered. And an additional half million to a million died after years of brutality! And they would’ve killed them sooner, but they preferred to work Blacks to death to get as much out of them as possible, and they did. And so much has been hidden about the horrors of slavery in the US, therefore, people love to downplay what Blacks have suffered in this country, and that plot against truth has been very successful! But the truth cannot be hidden forever!

[@tatersalad76]

​@@marjorjorietillman856 Hitler was actually inspired by how the U.S. committed genocide on the Indigenous People. But I see the confusion, the U.S. Government has done some of the most horrific acts in the last few centuries

[@PatrickThreewit]

I think DeSantis could be even worse than Trump.

[@PsychoKittee1]

This is beyond comprehension. That a group of people would see this as acceptable is akin to mass insanity.

[@Redridge07]

@PsychoKitee1 this mass insanity includes 71M Americans

[@dev0luti0n]

@saramill2097 Is English your second language?

[@Lichan11]

@saramill2097 what are you babbling about magat?

[@monumentofwonders]

If mass insanity is mass hatred, then you are right. But think these white politicians are criminal, not crazy, and fully culpable for their crimes.

[@keithhigh7773]

That's what cults represent: mass insanity.

[@billmago7991]

Its crazy...kids will read Floridas textbooks then access the internet and find out their educators are feeding them BS

[@Cynna1065]

Exactly!

[@tomatoseed1443]

True!

[@TimmyTheTinman]

Yeah, they already are like enough. Kids will just go on TikTok or other apps, and find out that this is all BS.

[@ellenfaulkner7616]

It’s not the teachers it’s someone like Desatan who don’t want children to be taught our history good or bad

[@xelamercedes]

That's assuming they make their way to legitimate history sources. The madness that FL Bd of Education is advocating also exists on the internet...

[@emanbehnoor9250]

Those who forget history will be doomed to repeat it again.

[@jeffsaxton716]

Back in the 1960's a Jr. High history teacher told us the civil war wasn't about slavery, it was economic. I raised my hand and asked "Don't you mean the economics of slavery"? He sent me to the principal's office.

[@gointothedogs4634]

Great question you put to him. That's what it was.

[@Herschel1738]

Read the "Cornerstone Speech" by A.H. Stephens who was the vice president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865, and was elected as the 50th governor of Georgia in 1882. This speech makes it very clear that the secession of the states & the Civil War was about preserving slavery. Stephens said that the American Constitution was wrong by asserting that all men were created equal & that slavery should eventually disappear. The Confederate Constitution confirmed the "inequality" of Africans and the moral, religious & scientific right of their superiors to enslave them.

[@elizabethcimino6559]

Good for you! If that happened today, that ignorant teacher would be held accountable.

[@amramjose]

@@Herschel1738 I believe slavery continued under the guise of "trade schools, training, " etc. There is no changing white nationalists as DeathSantis, instead we have to resist every day this form of fascist racism.

[@d.burton6889]

Sounds about right. Even back then, you were too smart to go for that teacher lies.

[@timothyblack3322]

I am disgusted by DeSantis, but I’ve had a front row seat in Tallahassee. Wanting him out of the Governor’s Office, but praying he never caught fire as a Presidential candidate. He has 2 more years, before he is term limited out of Tallahassee, Florida.

[@LibbyRal]

Expect him in the Senate or the House next. He gerrymandered the state to make it happen

[@paulettebaker8602]

Thats why he is having his own guards that when his time up he stay in power

[@nomore6167]

"He has 2 more years, before he is term limited out of Tallahassee, Florida" - Is that just a state law or is it part of the Florida Constitution? Either way, I wouldn't put it past the Florida legislature to change that to allow him to remain for as long as he wants. As for catching fire, if I were religious, I'd be praying that he does catch fire, literally.

[@toonlyrics]

It's amazing how much damage one governor could do since 2019. Human rights, education, health, cost of living, environment - he's Mr. Disaster in every department.

[@Etherdave]

If he fails to be nominated, I would expect him to look to the US Senate as his next destination.

[@petergriffiinbirdistheword]

If they truly believed that then they wouldn't be so threatened by black people. Seems more like they were trying to convince themselves of something they knew deep down was false.

[@ghostprince4284]

Yup! Blind Fear,Envy, Jealousy,Crazy And Hatred For Different Human Beings Is One Helluva Drug.

[@oliver_twistor]

It's mind boggling that Americans who claim to be all for freedoms and rights try to argue that slavery is somehow good for the enslaved. The act of enslavement itself is an inexcusable violation of a person, regardless of how well they are treated. I don't think any slavery apologists would find it appealing to be forced away somewhere far from their families and their homeland, and held there against their will, even if they will be served the best food in the world, get the best healthcare in the world, be treated as good as possible. Americans of all people should really understand that, especially Republicans who rather want to be free than to save their children from school shooters, and to save themselves and their loved ones from dying from covid.

[@rzelaya2283]

Lies and n pushing denial on kids . Literally erasing history. We must - must Vote 💙💙💙 and take them to court on this action

[@BunnyLang]

I agree about taking them to court, they're conditioning our kids to accept slavery as a good thing, which in the end will devastate the poor and give corporations total control of our country.

[@Cynna1065]

In the information age, deleting history won't be as easy as DeeSantis thinks.

[@diannestephen-rocco2156]

Voting will not change those facts. Most public schools have not been allowed to teach this history by both parties.

[@diannestephen-rocco2156]

@@BunnyLang Corporations already control this Country.

[@BunnyLang]

@@diannestephen-rocco2156 I know, but by taking this type of move, they are grinding in.

[@delmaplain5358]

This is truly appalling. I was never in Yale in fact I barely got to graduate high school, but I know wrong when I see it, and this is wrong. As a woman who was born in the 50s, I ask in all sincerity, what is wrong with the people of Florida that they tolerate this?

[@Cynna1065]

The sad part is that it's not just them. There's a reason why DeeSantis is number 2 on the Republican roster.

[@nanszoo3092]

Well a lot of them are not allowed to vote, still ... even the ones who the voters said they wanted to be able to vote since Ron refused to allow them to. But yeah, I'm wondering the same thing. How did he get reelected with all the stuff he pulled in his first term.

[@katherinecrossman8521]

I am 72 . And I am so disgusted with people who can not look at people and see people . They do not see themselves as different color than someone else . They see them only as different color religion , therefore not a person . That seems to make it right to take away rights . And persecute what they don't like . But those persons can not give you , me , or anyone else , a rational reason for their own behavior . So we as old people have got to keep talking about what history and logic we know and have .

[@nanszoo3092]

@@katherinecrossman8521 I'm 12 years younger than you and my son was about 18 when he called out my naivete 5 years ago for thinking these things were on the way out. This younger generation has seen things regress more than progress as they have been growing aware of the world around them. He votes and has voted in every election since. So far his vote hasn't made much difference on a larger scale, but it has in the smaller elections locally. The scale will tip soon I hope.

[@mtaylor7307]

DeSantis gives free lunch to all public school system children which won him loyalty from many Florida parents. Floridians traded their children's future for lunch.

[@HairyPinkTroll]

My grandma was still trying to get me to believe that crap as a kid. She was from Missouri and really believed it was true. I reformed her by leaving every time she would say any creepy thing and giving her the correct information - so she could think about when I was gone. Then bring treats the next time I visited 😂. How to train your racist relatives

[@davidwilliamson9333]

Stop being judgemental yourself, that would be a good start, next , Stop patronizing black people, they don't need your phony pity 😑.

[@Dbb27]

Good for you!

[@dahat1992]

Unlearning those racist lessons is very hard. It feels so shameful when you confront that part of yourself, but it's absolutely necessary.

[@sparklesp9304]

Thank you.

[@kamikeserpentail3778]

How stupid do you have to be to believe that? Or is it just heartless? I don't believe you can fix someone like that.

[@rhondacalderone862]

This so disgusts me. I am a retired teacher in Florida as well. They have a shortage of teachers here. You couldn't pay me all the money in the world to go back. He disparages teachers as well. DeSantis is a terrible human being.

[@m.d.carter5368]

"Roots" and "12 Years a Slave" both need to be re-released on the silverscreen for ALL to see.

[@lyndaweister9984]

@m.d. carter5368~My thoughts EXACTLY~re-release "Roots" and "12 Years a Slave"! Make People Aware!! The movie, "Roots" had a Major impact on me~it's one thing reading about something~seeing it on the screen~or living through it 😱😡😭👀📚

[@travcollier]

Silver screen? How about just posting them on KZbin so younger folks might actually watch them ;)

[@sandyc5428]

@@travcollierthe silver screen is a metaphor. You must be young.

[@sandyc5428]

Desantis bans books but allows fake whitewashed Black history to indoctrinate your child in his right wing school system. The FL Board of Education decision poisoned the well of education must be radical extreme Trump party members. There is no CRT taught in school it’s Republican’s evil mind game. Don’t send your child to a Florida school. They will not learn the truth of American history.

[@travcollier]

@@sandyc5428 I'm not young, unfortunately. "Silver screen" just normally refers to movies in the theater in my experience. Contrasting with TV. Maybe it is a regional dialect thing.

[@janjr165]

Enslaved Africans ALREADY had the skills - that’s WHY they were enslaved to take advantage of their skills for unpaid labor. What an embarrassment and shame that the residents of Florida are allowing this to happen.

[@jantjedoedelus8079]

Eeh no, enslaved Africans were enslaved by other African tribes because they were weak and easy to exploit. Then Africans sold them to Europeans or Arabs, who in turn used them for labor. You really think working in a mine quarry requires skill ?

[@TheDarkDresser]

True. Before they were forcibly brought to this country, they were living their lives in Africa where they developed many manual skills, just like all societies throughout history.

[@trulytrey3645]

No one is allowing it. There were many people who spoke against it. The DOE is appointed. We did not choose this.

[@lazarushernandez5827]

@@trulytrey3645 A couple of years ago the people of Florida overwhelmingly voted to have prisoners/ex prisoners who served their sentences, have their voting rights restored. RDS altered what was voted into law by the Floridians to say these people had to pay for their crimes (is that not one of the reasons for the prison sentence?). He also had many of these same people arrested when they exercised their newly restored voting rights, saying they were doing something illegal. A lot of these cases were conveniently dropped after the last election cycle. A lot of what he is doing know is not even voted on by the people of Florida.

[@denisemcdougal6445]

I will NEVER visit or patronize Florida

[@StephanieDraconia]

This is not only disgusting and sickening that they want to do this, but middle school age is such an impressionable time in a child's life where they actually start thinking about more "adult" topics like politics and such. I started to become interested in politics when I was 12 or 13 and quickly discovered that Republicans were always doing things I disagreed with. I'm afraid these kids are going to learn this and either think everything they are taught in school is a lie or they'll believe this narrative and think everyone who tells them different is just lying. I'm afraid these kids will become indoctrinated to believe Republican lies and vote Republican because of the belief of those lies.

[@tinytim5377]

Desanctous is a grooming and he complains about others. The issues he has about LGBTQ community and this woke thing show signs of him loosing a boyfriend sometime ago and someone of color took his boyfriend and now he's getting back with his authority. It's like someone took what he was getting or giving or both from him.

[@nanszoo3092]

A lot of them will probably totally reject the party. As they get older, they will realize how much they are being lied to and take much offense. With KZbin, Tik Tok and everything else, they don't have to consume what is fed to them as earlier generations did. Nothing makes a teenager ignore your words and reject your teaching more than when they know you are lying to them or if you don't live what you preach. That is why so many young people are progressives now, (besides the mindset at that age that anything is possible). They reject the idea that they are pawns in someone else's rigged game. These kids have grown up with people fighting to exist in their own bodies be it civil rights or gun violence. They are very different from the generations before them. I don't think this will work the way the GOP thinks it will - not in the long run anyway.

[@theanomaloushousewife886]

This is the typical method of an abusive personality - minimize their harm, maximize the perceived harms of their victims, and then profess this distorted reality to anyone who'll listen. When the US population gets wise to how to spot an abusive personality, we might make some progress. Until then, too many people fall for their manipulative lies.

[@velvetfog4310]

Well said. DeSantis seems to despise every group or type of people.

[@FuhqEwe]

You’ve literally fallen for manipulative lies and propaganda. It’s hilariously sad.

[@jhonklan3794]

OMG, calm down. They were highlighting African Americans who perserved in spite of slavery. Not justifying or minimizing slavery.

[@tammyjohnson1927]

​@@jhonklan3794okay what about the African Americans that didn't prevail what about the rapes the murders. The generational effects of families being torn apart and sold. You-need-to-calm-down your racist panties are showing. Not to mention you sound so uneducated. Ron DeSantis is a white supremacist maybe you are too.

[@Chango_Loco]

​@@FuhqEweYour reply makes no sense. She was not taking any side, she was explaining how to spot an abusive personally. Looks like you fit the bill!

[@romanz3423]

Desantis is a disaster

[@thomasjohn6041]

He must have the Biden disaster virus. 🤣

[@b.t.2795]

​@@thomasjohn6041 Look in your own backyard before you make ludicrous comments.

[@romanz3423]

@@thomasjohn6041 Worse than that...he's got the wanna be like trump virus.

[@angelitogutierrez-qy3fm]

@@thomasjohn6041Another trump zombie with empty brain 😡

[@YabbaDabbaDooooo]

@@thomasjohn6041Nice how the simple minded can entertain themselves with their own lame tropes.

[@suzannevansickle5190]

Its a horror that some people can be so cruel to another human.

[@rdubitsk]

This is stunning and frightening.

[@ds7675]

Yes, and the reds want it to go nationally too. Sure, rewrite history and put your white spin on everything so you feel better about living in the south.

[@Arulane]

This is deliberate. He knows what he is doing and why. He wants perfect little Ronnie-minis running around, who all think like him. He is a wannabe fascist on his way to making his dream come true. He is Trump with brains and still no soul.

[@Etherdave]

Imagine being a descendant of slaves in Florida, being told in school that your relatives were lazy indolents, who did not appreciate the 'benefits' of their enslavement. Now imagine a boot, stamping on a human face, forever. This is Florida in the 21st century.

[@RevLeigh55]

This is outrageous and morally -reprehensible. If I had a kid in those schools, I would fight hard to not allow my child to be indoctrinated like this. I have a BA in history, and I don’t live in Florida. But I would work in my own state if necessary to offer public classes teaching the TRUTH to parents and their children.

[@reginagolden3291]

You can't erase history, it's like closing your eyes and pretending it never happened .

[@Willy_Tepes]

It literally did not happen like that, and the 1940's sob stories did not happen at all.

[@merriferrell2818]

They can erase history..that's their goal

[@jacquelinetrotter1162]

Black Parents NEED to teach our children the Truth!

[@wag8535]

Every one needs to teach their children the correct history. This is project 2025 . I am disgusted beyond belief. Unfortunately florida is largely republican the democrats just dont have the same numbers. I will keep voting for truth

[@sumiland6445]

In Oklahoma, Gov Stitt refuses to go to any ceremony to commemorate the massacre or observe Juneteenth 😡🤬

[@Pe-S]

Unbelievable. It's beyond the pale. 😡

[@lmak-rf9fn]

Then vote? Idk what to tell these states? They voted for it. This is what you voted for, you didn't do your research and you believe the slick marketing campaigns. Idk what to tell these people. These are statewide offices, there are fewer republicans than democrats, they really shouldn't hold office anywhere just based on stats, yet here they are... So , again, you voted for it wo understanding the true implications of your vote. And that's on you.

[@sumiland6445]

@@lmak-rf9fn wrong ... magas cheat!! Seriously, in Oklahoma they do!!

[@MamaKatt]

@@lmak-rf9fn This is the results of decades of gerrymandering working to the advantage of the racist whites of America. This did not just start yesterday. It has been a long time goal and I fear it is too late. White people rarely care unless they are losing a right that directly impacts them.

[@blondhairblackstrat]

Stick is doing his best to emulate Hot Wheels and DeSatan.

[@ikindred]

I just could not be a teacher in Florida and be required to tell these types of outright lies!

[@Arltratlo]

you are maybe not white enough!

[@vernongillam9522]

Lie you cation

[@Markajamu62]

And there will be plenty of Black " teachers" who will " go along to get ALONG ".

[@hestratittsworth4107]

Exactly 💯

[@hestratittsworth4107]

I think I may know 2 people that are like that. One of them used to own a church and would have the congregation stand up and recite the pledge of allegiance before church services. Yes and they were black trying to prove something. I would go to the bathroom and wait till it was over and then come back out to my seat. Now I nolonger go to church since I came into the truth. The Most High Yah is my fortress not the Anti Christian that some of us been taught to be live in. You know that picture and image they taught us to believe in.

[@aseretstudio1724]

As a human, this makes me sick and very sad. I just can't believe what is happening; it is terrifying to see how far this man and his followers will go to spread their evil.

[@davidwilliamson9333]

Spare me your phony moral high ground routine 🙄

[@deannapeterson2217]

@aseretstudio1724 AGREE

[@ArtistMgmtATL]

THE DISTURBING MOMENT: Learning that DeSantis graduated from Yale with a degree in history! Wow. Where are his peers from Yale on this issue? That's the craziest part of it all -

[@patwo4259]

How can a governor in an American state legally be allowed to do this? He's just doing any stupid thing that pops into his head and his fascist representatives rubber stamp it? I am disgusted by DeSantass. I am a Floridian. I am embarrassed to say I'm a Floridian. Unfortunately I have family living here and if I left I'd be deserting them too. My 15 year granddaughter is stuck in this poisonous school system. I'm afraid it will affect her ability to get into a good college.

[@Lmcrae73]

Or that your children and grandchildren will start to believe Ron's garbage

[@sierralovat5498]

Either educate her yourself or convince the parents to get her homeschooled with a good private tutor. That is the only way i can see that working. And reduce the screen time.

[@GrandduchessAnastasia-ko5rg]

Or to get a good job when she's done with school.

[@PatrickThreewit]

Learn more about white conservative Christian nationalism. We even have that movement beginning in a segment of our state of Idaho.

[@MichaelBrodie68]

No need to apologize at all...sane votes all over the States are thrilled you're a Floridian!

[@Junkman2008]

Any black athlete who is being recruited to attend any Florida colleges should show them the middle finger.

[@Joseph-lr3lt]

Or accept the opposite for an education, be grateful, & contribute to society

[@Junkman2008]

@@Joseph-lr3lt Accept it like you clowns never accepted the FACT that Cheeto Jesus lost the election? Nahhh.... we'll pass. There are 50 other states, plus all of the HBCU's that offer not only a better level of education, but a education that is founded in THE TRUTH, regardless of how you SNOWFLAKES feel about what your ancestors did. 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

[@Judahscattered4corners-ms4lm]

​@@Joseph-lr3ltAlready contributed. Thats why you have a nation.

[@Jazzgirlaust]

History like this poor man lived through, just proves how horrible human beings can be to fellow human beings... sadly we have not changed in a lot of ways!

[@Arulane]

And this is why history is important!

[@NativeMatt]

MAGA thrives on this

[@Etherdave]

Enslavement was about wielding power over others. This is the same.

[@darlenejames4341]

How can the U.S. Education department even allow these lies to be taught to Americans.

[@elaine8477]

Desantis keeps getting more deranged.

[@suehowie152]

It's the fascist way..

[@paulinelarson465]

Desperation and time, is closing in on him. He sees his power is fleeting.

[@lellyparker]

*"Who controls the past controls the future; who controls the present controls the past."* - _from 1984 by George Orwell._

[@JoshSweetvale]

Nineteen-Eighty-Four. And it's proved *false* by the book. Man will always endeavour to find freedom.

[@christinagossage1449]

So true and so scary 😢

[@lellyparker]

@@JoshSweetvale *"And it's proved false by the book."* - I take it you have not read the book?

[@llm7013]

Someone in Florida needs to SUE against this board of education so that the court can at least put an injunction in place.

[@edennard1]

The young Progressives wanted to but the old, tired and weak senior members ( who has the majority within the party ) wanted to restrain from doing so AND THERE IN LIES THE PROBLEM. It's way past time to remove these old tired Moth Balls out of the Party.

[@jbos5107]

Am I the only person that feels like I'm screaming and no one can hear me? Do the people in Florida not realize or care that they are destroying their children's futures? They will know it when their kids can't get into a decent college or university.

[@mZsZ73]

I Hope Desantis regrets all his decisions when his kids go to college

[@jbos5107]

@@mZsZ73 He'll just take over all the schools in Florida and his kids will graduate at the top of their class. As long as they stay in Florida they'll be fine. The rest of us need border patrol to make sure that they stay in Florida.

[@willow2333]

@@mZsZ73his children are not in the public school system….

[@donaldmcfatridge4138]

In Canada this would be a hate crime.

[@Cynna1065]

Truly? That's amazing.

[@erikasigurdson312]

I don't know about that. It's a matter of degrees, but here in Alberta we went through this same fight over a regressive curriculum change. It's not to the same degree by any means , but honestly I'm shocked by the similarities to this Florida curriculum document

[@StephanieSpearma.n]

This is why it is so important to listen to our elders. My grandfather was born in 1894 and he had a lot of history to tell his grandchildren as he was from the state of Mississippi, and lived in Tennessee during Jim Crow law. And we, his grand children have passed that down to our children and our children, hopefully will continue telling the stories. They can try to take it out of the books, but they can’t take it out of our minds.

[@valsyaranamual6853]

THAT is history.Australian aboriginal history goes back thousands of years (in song and dreamtime).Their race has been in Australia for 65,000 years -the most ancient records!

[@Sekhubara]

✊🏾

[@gointothedogs4634]

What if your elders are racists, like so many?

[@msdepree7950]

I feel the same way, my grandparents oral history will NEVER be erased.

[@sweetmusic3821]

​@@gointothedogs4634... What an ourageous comment. Shame on you for even asking that.

[@ThatLadyDray]

The repetitive acts of evil done to Our People for hundreds of years is so horrific they try to either hide or sanitize it while telling us we shouldn't feel any type of way about it.

[@phoenixhenson3689]

Yeah they tell us to forget about it?

[@davidwilliamson9333]

You mean like Democrats? Totally agree 👍

[@phoenixhenson3689]

@@davidwilliamson9333 Republicans are far from Saints!

[@coffeeaddictexpress5038]

We are still way behind. I absolutely loved American history, and was heartbroken later to know I was NEVER taught about one black scientist, or author, or inventor! It wasn’t until I was an adult to realize this.

[@sumernoel1553]

“It’s horrible but not surprising because it’s always been like this.” That statement alone hits hard.

[@kathcasey2090]

Truth bombs were dropped in this interview for sure! "This is just a repetition" are powerful words too. Ie: Learn from history or repeat it. Republicans = stop the learning!?! It's tragic.

[@jacobruiter592]

I also hated that being said, but I KNOW it's true. Ignorance and racism persist even now. I am trying to be a better person, I will not perpetuate this cycle.

[@marylamb7707]

Except, Ron didn't write it. You're all believing msnbc lies.

[@troyedwards8863]

My problem with this situation is that the people of Florida aren't speaking up loud enough!

[@wilhelmtomas4023]

High-school & college students across Florida HAVE been raising their voices against all this stuff, though they've been mostly ignored by institutional corporate media. Some of these student activists are facing serious criminal charges because of it. The problem is that students don't have any power. Meanwhile, those who do have power - such as college administrators - have all bent the knee before DeSantis's fascism. Another problem is that Florida voters obviously approve of this crap. Rhonda got re-elected by almost 20 percentage points, against a former Republican repackaged as a Democrat.

[@kgolem79]

Exactly! Wheres the outrage!! How bout class-action lawsuit against Florida Board of Education???

[@eddihaskell]

Come to Palm Beach and Broward Counties where I live in Southeast Florida. We account for 4 million Floridians and we are outraged by what is going on. The turnout for election in 2024 is going to be heavy, especially if there are going to be issues on the ballot addressing our 6-week abortion ban, gun control (Parkland is here), and similar issues. Florida is not a deep red state, and certainly not down here.

[@dthomas9230]

@@eddihaskell I used to live on Sunrise Bay and loved it. In '96 we moved to Sweden and had two girls.

[@wekatz1]

It tells you who lives in Florida and the mindset of the majority. Very sad

[@AntieMoe]

This is so disturbing and disgusting on so many levels. I am embarrassed to live in this state.

[@shane99ca]

Tell it to your therapist.

[@edwardrichardson7076]

Vote with your feet = LEAVE.

[@AntieMoe]

@@edwardrichardson7076 If only I could. Moved here to care for my aging parent.

[@theresedavis2526]

​@@shane99ca Tell it to the demon you worship!

[@frankennis311]

You can vote.

[@SuperFitness12]

DeSatan is ruining Florida. Besides the mess with the home insurance that is out of Control!!

[@ItsMeAshley0347]

It’s time to create a federal criteria of education. This state is willfully handicapping the education of Florida children. It’s embarrassing and dangerous.

[@LandSharkEatsU]

Exactly.

[@angelainamarie9656]

Letting the states create their own educational standards has been a mistake and especially letting southern states have anything to do with those educational standards like the whole issue where all the textbooks in the country have to be approved in Texas. This is a right I feel very comfortable needs to be taken away from States and return to the federal government and standards need to be issued. And pissant little men like Ron DeSantis need to be permanently removed from the process.

[@JFrazer4303]

As long as politicians who were not educators are left out of it.

[@royc2390]

Right, let's bring in more drag queens and gender mutilations.

[@PjMcDonnell]

My heart goes out to all who are being affected by this insanity my states governor is pulling. I don't get how someone can be so blatantly heartless.

[@mZsZ73]

That’s desatan for ya! Vote that rascist dictator out

[@gregorybaisden503]

Justifying Slavery suggests rationale for reinstituting slavery.

[@MamaKatt]

There are accounts on TICTOK that speak of the virtues of slavery.

[@WoundedWings]

​@@MamaKattdoes that make it true!?!???.?

[@Realmariah510]

Maybe that's their point?

[@l.baughman1445]

Get kids out of Florida - now. Parents, throw out those lying bas**# or keep them at your peril. Lies are not truth.

[@enviromental2565]

As long as the Republicon party holds Florida, I will never vacation there. This is disgusting.

[@sharonreynolds7423]

The history of our black brothers and sisters in America is so horrible and miserable. We have so much to be sorry for and sad about. Brushing over it and pretending it did not happen is just more horror. DeSantis and other Republicans just flat out STINK.

[@Willy_Tepes]

It's history, get over it! What I would like is for them to act like normal human beings today so we don't have to regret freeing them.

[@appslg3phone]

Telling the truth about the black people who were involved in the massacre is not brushing over anything. It's exposing what actually happened. If they wanted to brush over it they would prevent it from being taught. Like the wokesters do with our constitutional history. If the problem had become so bad that some black people took up sides with the evil slave owners I don't think that's something that should be concealed in any way. It's demonstrative of how bad this sort of thing can get out of hand. To cover this up and conceal it is wrong. Not to shed light on it so the full history can be heard.

[@zebeart8808]

​@@Willy_TepesKarma is had to accept and I feel racial hatred like yours will face karma

[@kathleenandallancaplan2661]

You need to read the curriculum or my comment above. All this outrage is based on one small sentence in an over 200 page document.

[@mariecreativity9065]

@@Willy_TepesDo you enjoy feeling superior to others? What a disgusting comment by a disgusting human.

[@randomoldlady_]

A Board of Education did this? Where and who are these people. WOW! Why are we going backwards while the world is burning! We need to get together and take a real look at our world

[@TrainerTherese]

This is so sicking😢

[@Biloxiblues77]

How African Americans, Latinos and asians can vote Republican is simply beyond me!

[@MamaKatt]

Me either. They are the very example Stockholm syndrome. Thomas Sowell did not support the civil rights movement.

[@michaelandrews4783]

propaganda and misinformation works especially well for the poor and uneducated. That's why these groups tend to be more religious or "superstitious" if you like.

[@waynemcneil7714]

I wonder why Africans in America keep voting for the same ineffectual Democrats with false promises over and over again. The first time is hope, but the second time is naiveté....like with Biden/Harris. Blacks would be making an error in supporting Biden a second time....and making a larger error in supporting Trump (or whoever the Republican candidate will be). Let them fight it out amongst themselves and see how that goes. The Democrats will see that they can not secure the Presidency without the Black vote. Then, come next election, they will listen to their constituents. Because they sure as h*ll absolutely not listening now. Word.

[@wrylife57]

Plus women, of all races.

[@Willy_Tepes]

@@michaelandrews4783 And you are the smart ones??? I guess you are as smart as your president, and act similarly around kids. I never thought I'd see the day when the US was lead by a obviously corrupt and senile kiddy sniffer.

[@macjim]

What on earth is going on in the USA? It’s truly worrying.

[@busterofcoviddeniers]

We allowed people of all different races to immigrate here by the millions and now they’re just bashing European Americans so we’ve had enough

[@WoundedWings]

It's called fascism.

[@blueingreen1717]

The rise of fascists. They have infiltrated the government on the State & Federal levels.

[@Chasityolaf]

Angry old people trying to change the world before they die

[@pacomiguel6923]

It'll only last so long.

[@miamianz]

So apparently the GOP says those who are involved in human trafficking even to this day are learning working skills.

[@chinaarlene7035]

Right!

[@OtakuOujo]

I'm sure Matt Gaetz is saying that, yes.

[@TruthrConsequences]

Evading taxes... but, yes they are contributing "members" of society providing services that are in demand, and learning a trade.

[@debrasimon7044]

I don’t understand how this is legal and why the parents of these Florida children don’t protest these lies

[@barabarabrosnan4554]

even here in NZ we know the song 'John Brown's body lies mouldering in the grave and his soul goes marching on '. good to know who that is about. Americans may not be allowed to know their history but the rest of the planet does.

[@meganwatson4479]

Amen

[@jimsmith7212]

Different John Brown, but yeah. The song was written about a pre Civil war (white) abolitionist. "John Brown's Body is an epic American poem written by Stephen Vincent Benét. Its title references the radical abolitionist John Brown, who raided the federal armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia in October 1859. He was captured and hanged later that year. Benét's poem covers the history of the American Civil War." (Not all of the U.S. is as willfully ignorant as Florida)

[@MsRedsphere]

@@jimsmith7212 However John Brown was from my hometown Akron OH. His home still stands as a memorial to his family. He was an abolitionist who sought to destroy the evil slave owners. Harper's Ferry raid. I'm very happy your education included this . I'm fearful as to our future.

[@MsRedsphere]

However John Brown was from my hometown Akron Ohio. His home still stands as a memorial to his family. He was an abolitionist who sought to destroy the evil of slave owners. Harper's Ferry raid.

[@MichaelDeHaven]

​@@MsRedsphereWe live not far from Harper's Ferry. Beautiful area. It's not too bad now, but we had a lot of Confederacy apologists growing up. I was once nearly punched for calling Gen. Lee a traitor. Hope Akron is a beautiful place too.