New Guidelines Pushed By DeSantis Teach Florida Students That Slavery ‘Benefited’ Slaves
Florida middle schoolers will start learning that enslaved people had “personal benefit” from slavery after new academic standards were passed. This has ignited a firestorm in the state, specifically with teachers’ groups. These standards were approved by the Florida Board of Education and teachers will have to teach students that slaves “developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit.” This comes after the 2022 “Stope WOKE Act” which states that race is to be taught to children objectively and cannot “indoctrinate or persuade students to a particular p...