Reminder that these are the people we are dealing with here (2023 story below):
(This was later repealed IIRC, but not before first being approved.)
Florida’s public schools will now teach students that some Black people benefited from slavery because it taught them useful skills, part of new African American history standards approved Wednesday that were blasted by a state teachers’ union as a “step backward.”
The Florida State Board of Education’s new standards includes controversial language about how “slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit,” according to a 216-page document about the state’s 2023 standards in social studies, posted by the Florida Department of Education.
Out of curiosity, what is the counter-argument for “slavery was bad,” Mr. President?
Don’t worry, Republicans got you covered on that already! It was the life skills!
New Florida standards teach students that some Black people benefited from slavery because it taught useful skills
(This was later repealed IIRC, but not before first being approved.)
Mother of god.
But it makes me feel bad to think about and it was soooooo long ago
“Slaves make me money”
The creepy thing to me is the random capitalization. That’s a German thing.
It’s not random in German. All nouns are capitalized. English started following the same rules in the 1600s, so you’ll see capitalized nouns in the Declaration of Independence for example.
But this capitalizing random words to add significance is standard crazy person stuff, like Time Cube or something