Whoopi Goldberg began Thursday's TheView by addressing GovRonDesantis, whom many believe partially responsible for the College Board's overhaul of the AP African American studies course. 'Queer history is American history is black history,' she said.
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"He wants to argue that Florida mandates teaching black history. It’s been mandated since 1994, but funding was never mandated," she claimed."It’s been poorly enforced. And 11 of 67 of Florida school districts are considered to be truly meeting the mandate. Most districts limit instruction on black history to Black History Month.""Ron, your own statute says students should learn to understand the ramifications of prejudice and racism," Goldberg said.
According to Sunny Hostin, this is because"The less people know, the easier it is for those people to sort of gaslight them and snooker them." Hostin then said that black people are the"very foundation of this country" and"we built this country for free."
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