'Factual?' 'Lies?' What to know about Florida schools' new Black history standards
Should Florida's middle school students be taught that some enslaved Black people personally benefited from slavery because they learned valuable s...
Should Florida's middle school students be taught that some enslaved Black people personally benefited from slavery because they learned valuable skills? The Florida Board of Education signed off on a new K-12 curriculum for social studies in the state last week and kicked off a firestorm. A single controversial line in a clarification about "personal benefits" has drawn the most fire, but educators, historians and Black community advocates have spoken out against several items in the new African American History section , including what some are calling victim-blaming in the teaching of historical anti-Black atrocities.