Reminder that these are the people we are dealing with here (2023 story below):

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(This was later repealed IIRC, but not before first being approved.)

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.

    • Final Remix
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      121 day ago

      Why can’t the army use steam? Steam is so powerful. Computers aren’t powerful. Everybody’s talking about steam.

      • @banause@feddit.org
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        524 hours ago

        See when we had steam. The best steam. You would ask: “Where did it go?" That’s what they ask. Where is my beautiful steam? Even Obama said it. It was not on the news.