Why DeSantis Should Be Skeptical Of Promised Revisions To The White House-Backed Racist AP Class

College Board seems to have given up on Gov. Ron DeSantis’ refusal to allow the class into Florida. The massive curriculum company was shut down Tuesday. said It is currently revising its Advanced Placement African American Studies class and will release the changes in less than a week.

The White House press secretary, and U.S. Vice President, will be publicly available on Friday and Sunday, respectively. criticized The DeSantis administration was responsible for refusing class entry to Florida. They were both described as “American history” Critical race theory-laden teaching materials, which spoke positively of violence and racism and provided no alternative or divergent perspectives.

DeSantis responded Monday by pointing to that drafts for official materials concerning the class, which College Board refused to release publicly, included “queer theory” Black Panther-style extremist racism is seen as representative of black Americans.

“Who would say that an important part of Black History is ‘queer theory’? Somebody pushing an agenda on our kids… They have stuff about intersectionality, abolishing prisons. That’s a political agenda.”

🔥@RonDeSantisFL The latest False Media Narrative HEAD-ON🔥 pic.twitter.com/mn9ruFbsaB

— DeSantis War Room 🐊 (@DeSantisWarRoom) January 23, 2023

After College Board’s Tuesday announcement, the DeSantis administration celebrated the promised revisions as a win.

“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. We look forward to reviewing the College Board’s changes and expect the removal of content on Critical Race Theory, Black Queer Studies, Intersectionality and other topics that violate our laws,” responded Florida’s education department in a statement.

Excellent news. Many thanks. @GovRonDeSantisThe College Board will revise the course of the nation’s education system to reflect its principled stand for education above identity politics.

Florida Department of Education@EducationFLOnce submitted again, ), will review any changes to ensure compliance. https://t.co/p4JWwsKGay

— Bryan Griffin (@BryanDGriffin) January 24, 2023

This is definitely a win, but as DeSantis Press Secretary Bryan Griffin notes above, it’s not yet a complete win. The College Board deserves continued scrutiny, if not an expanded investigation of its teaching materials in every Republican-controlled state, for multiple reasons.

People Who Can’t Tell Their Draft Was Racist Aren’t Credible

The original draft is the main reason. College Board acknowledges that this course’s racist preliminary draft is being piloted at high schools across the country. A company that puts out such materials into classrooms is not a company one can trust to fix what’s wrong with them.

This appalling draft was also published by the company undeSecrecy is not covered. College Board claims that the curricula it uses in public schools was almost entirely funded by taxes. “trade secrets” and therefore can’t be released to the taxpayers paying for them. This type of secrecy or intimidation is suspicious and should be treated as such.

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