A 216-page document approved by the Florida Board of Education this week includes updates to standards for Black history.
Ms. Harris is expected to deliver remarks at the Ritz Theater and Museum in Jacksonville “on the fight to protect fundamental freedoms, including the freedom to learn and teach America’s full and true history.”
“Just yesterday, in the state of Florida, they decided middle school students will be taught that enslaved people benefited from slavery,” Ms. Harris said. “They insult us in an attempt to gaslight us, and we will not stand for it.” “The intent of this particular benchmark clarification is to show that some slaves developed highly specialized trades from which they benefited. This is factual and well documented,” they said, outlining examples such as shoemakers, blacksmiths and other industry workers.
Some critics say his efforts go too far and amount to book banning, while his defenders say they are rooting out content that is clearly inappropriate for children.
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