It is increasingly difficult to say what Black history means in Florida. A host of laws by the administration of Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) requires teachers to give — or stay away from — certain lessons, on penalty of possibly losing their jobs.
— an element of the legislation touted by the governor’s supporters as proof he wants to teach accurate history.DeSantis has based his White House bid on modeling a federal agenda that mimics how he has governed in Florida. He has emphasized using government power to shape corporate and academic positions on controversial social issues, especially diversity and sexuality.
Teachers are already contacting Spar of the Florida Education Association about the standards, he said, sharing worry and frustration. If educators fail to teach to the standards, they could lose their teaching certificate, Spar said. He added that by attacking teachers’ certificates, Florida’s government could also make it very hard for erring teachers to get school jobs in other states.
Donald Ritchie, former historian of the U.S. Senate who has written history textbooks since the 1970s, said America has a long tradition of justifying slavery. He said the “moonlight and magnolia” school of thought held sway from the 1860s to the 1960s, asserting that plantations were lovely places in which slaveowners treated the enslaved like family.
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