The oldest historically Black collegiate fraternity in the U.S. says it is relocating a planned convention in two years from Florida because of what it described as Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration’s “harmful, racist and insensitive” policies towards African Americans.
Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at the Republican Party of Iowa's 2023 Lincoln Dinner in Des Moines, Iowa, Friday, July 28, 2023. – The oldest historically Black collegiate fraternity in the U.S. says it is relocating a planned convention in two years from Florida because of what it described asadministration's “harmful, racist and insensitive” policies towards African Americans.
Willis Lonzer, the fraternity's general president, said in statement on Wednesday that the decision was motivated in part bythat require teachers to instruct middle school students that slaves developed skills that “could be applied for their personal benefit.” DeSantis, who is running for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination, has come under fire this week over Florida's new education standards.the Florida governor on Friday was a rival for the Republican nomination, U.S. Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, the sole Black Republican in the Senate.
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