A review of internal comments by the Miami Herald found that Florida officials objected to an “oppressor vs. oppressed” view of slavery
on race relations or diversity that imply a person’s “status as either privileged or oppressed is necessarily determined by his or her race, color, national origin, or sex.”reviewed the state’s internal comments on the APAAS curriculum, finding that reviewers raised objections to discussions financial and material enrichment of Europeants participating in the sale of African slaves because it “may lead to a viewpoint of an ‘oppressor vs. oppressed’ based solely on race or ethnicity.
In one instance, in which the proposed lesson plan mentioned that African slaves had no rights to accumulate property or inheritance , the state wrote that the claim “may be promoting the critical race theory idea of reparations.” “This topic presents one side of this issue and does not offer any opposing viewpoints or other perspectives on the subject,” reviewers added. contained “content prohibited under Florida law.” Walker, a freed slave, called in 1829 for the enslaved to revolt against their owners. The state did not elaborate on what content they found objectionable.
Reviewers also raised concerns that presenting the Black is Beautiful movement of the 1960s as a driving force behind the establishment of multicultural and ethnic studies as fields of academic study could “possibly teach that rejecting cultural assimilation, and promoting multiculturalism and ethnic studies are current worthy objectives for African Americans today.”
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