White House Attacks DeSantis For Blocking High School Course Teaching ‘Black Queer Studies’

Friday’s attack on the Biden administration was aimed at “incomprehensible” Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s move to block a controversial African American studies course from being taught in the state’s public high schools, even as leaks revealed the course’s syllabus leans into wokeism.

The College BoardFlorida Department of Education informed, who is currently developing the curriculum, that it wouldn’t allow the new course to be taught in its schools. The decision was criticized by many, including the White House. It suggested that Florida was preventing the teaching of black history.

“If you think about the study of black Americans, that is what he wants to block,” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said, later adding that Florida didn’t block the more traditional AP European History or Art History. “But the state chooses to block a course that is meant for high-achieving high school students to learn about their history of arts and culture. It is incomprehensible.”

The College Board’s AP African American Studies course is currently in the pilot phase, and the company has not publicly released the curriculum. The curriculum has been made available to students. leaked to The Florida Standard This shows that it has a woke streak.

One source that will provide this information is “likely be examined,” according to the curriculum, is Kimberle Crenshaw’s “Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence Against Women of Color.” Reading is a foundational text “intersectionality,” One term academics used to use to emphasize the various ways that minorities could be oppressed. It also suggests using the curriculum as a source “The Case for Reparations,” Ta-Nehisi Jackets and includes a section of “Black Queer Studies.”

The College Board’s own website also lists potential career paths by major. For those majoring in African American Studies, the only job path is activism and community organizing. The company declined to answer why African American Studies — which is being touted in the media as a history course — does not have the same career paths as a history major.

The College Board has not released the curriculum publicly, citing the significant changes that could be made through the piloting process, after receiving feedback from students, scholars, policymakers, and teachers.

“We look forward to publicly releasing the updated course framework as soon as it is completed and well before this class is widely available in American high schools,” The Daily Wire received information from College Board

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