The hosts of The View expressed heavy criticism of Gov. Ron DeSantis's (R-FL) stance on black history in Florida schools, with Ana Navarro and Whoopi Goldberg expressing the most.
Navarro and Goldberg's comments on the governor come after the Florida Board of Education unanimously decided to revise the state's black history curriculum, with one of the criticisms being that standards require middle schools to teach students that slaves benefited from skills they learned. Navarro said that she was"spitting mad" about the culture wars that DeSantis has been creating in the state, and that slavery was"the darkest moment of American history.
"They explain. We’re telling you this history," said Goldberg."It’s our American history because you need to know so we don’t repeat it, and here you come, DeSantis, trying to repeat it. Well, you know what? As long as the Smithsonian is standing, as long as there are books, as long as there are families, because remember, we didn’t have books. All these stories come to us from our families. You don’t call our families liars.
Vice President Kamala Harris also condemned Florida's education decision, stating that Florida is trying to"push forward revisionist history," adding that they"insult us in an attempt to gaslight us." DeSantis has pushed back against Harris's comments, issuing a statement on social media the same day she visited Florida.
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