[csusbpeace] Ron DeSantis Threatened With Legal Action Over AP African American Studies Ban
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Ron DeSantis Threatened With Legal Action Over AP African American Studies Ban
Florida high school students threaten to sue the GOP governor over a ban on
an advanced placement course he dismissed as “indoctrination, not education.”
Jan 25, 2023
Attorney Ben Crump chants "Yes to community, no to censorship" in
Tallahassee, Florida, during a "Stop the Black Attack" rally Wednesday.
Alicia Devine/Tallahassee Democrat via Associated Press
Three Florida high school students are threatening to sue Florida Gov. Ron
DeSantis and the state of Florida over a recently announced statewide ban
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on a new Advanced Placement course on African American history.
The threatened legal action was announced Wednesday on behalf of the AP
honors students who accuse the state and its Republican governor of censoring
public education while heavily favoring white history over Black.
“Certainly there are other advanced placement histories, such as AP European
History, AP U.S. History and AP World History, all predominantly generated
towards white people,” high school junior Victoria McQueen, one of the
potential plaintiffs, said at a press conference alongside civil rights
attorney Ben Crump, who would be representing them.
Crump, left, stands with the three Leon County high school students who are
threatening to file a lawsuit against Gov. Ron DeSantis and his
administration over Florida's ban of a proposed AP course on African American
studies.
Alicia Devine/Tallahassee Democrat via Associated Press
“If he does not negotiate with the College Board to allow African American
studies to be taught in classrooms in the state of Florida, these three young
people will be the lead plaintiffs in a historic lawsuit,” Crump said of
DeSantis.
The pilot program on African American studies was banned in Florida under
DeSantis’ so-called “Stop WOKE Act,” which he signed into law last year. The
legislation places restrictions on how racism and other aspects of history
can be taught in schools and workplaces. It includes a ban on teaching
“critical race theory,” a college-level framework of study which argues that
racism is embedded in legal systems and government policies.
Florida’s Department of Education (DOE) said a number of topics ― including
on critical race theory, Black queer studies and intersectionality ― need to
be removed in order for the course to be taught in the state’s schools.
A "Stop the Black Attack" rally in Tallahassee, Florida, on Wednesday,
protests recent state legislation and policies that are seen as racist.
Alicia Devine/Tallahassee Democrat via Associated Press
“As Governor DeSantis said, African American History is American History, and
we will not allow any organization to use an academic course as a gateway for
indoctrination and a political agenda,” said Florida Department of Education
Communications Director Alex Lanfranconi in a statement Wednesday.
The College Board announced Tuesday that it will present its official
framework on the course on Feb. 1 after considering feedback it has received
from high schools and colleges that have already participated in the pilot
program nationwide.
“This framework, under development since March 2022, replaces the preliminary
pilot course framework under discussion to date,” the nonprofit organization
said, without sharing any specifics on how the official course may differ
from the pilot.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has called the AP course "indoctrination, not
education."
Florida’s DOE, in a letter to the College Board last week, said the AP course
includes historically inaccurate content and “significantly lacks educational
value.” It suggested that the course be amended for any future consideration.
The pilot course is “indoctrination, not education,” DeSantis said at a press
conference Monday.
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“Who would say that an important part of Black history is queer theory?” he
said. “That’s the wrong side of the line for Florida standards. When you try
to use Black history to shoehorn in queer theory, you are clearly trying to
use that for political purposes.”
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