Gov. Ron DeSantis’ press secretary shared a letter addressed to Vice President Kamala Harris on Florida’s recently updated African American history standards, inviting her to visit the state for a discussion on the matter.
July 31, 2023 at 11:01 pm EDT
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Governor Ron DeSantis’ press secretary took to Twitter Monday evening and shared a letter addressed to Vice President Kamala Harris on Florida’s recently updated African American history standards, inviting her to visit the state for a discussion on the matter. In the letter, Gov. DeSantis stated"Yet, time and again, D.C. politicians choose to malign our state and its residents. Over the past several weeks, the Biden Administration has repeatedly disparaged our state and misinformed Americans about our education system. Our state pushed forward nation-leading standalone African American History standards-one of the only states in the nation to require this level of learning about such an important subject.
Vice President Harris, during her trip to Jacksonville, critiqued Florida’s Black History curriculum labeling it as ‘propaganda.’ She did not mention DeSantis by name, instead referring to “so-called leaders.” Harris stated during a press conference that “Any insinuation that slavery was a benefit to Black people is offensive. It’s offensive, it’s wrong and we need to teach our children the truth of slavery... They dare to push propaganda to our children. This is the United States of America. We’re not supposed to do that.”
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