DeSantis Defends Nixing AP Black History Course

• DeSantis made in argument  following criticism from the White House.
• “The issue is, we have guidelines and standards in Florida. We want education, not indoctrination,” said DeSantis, according to a video from a press conference.
• The governor also argued the state already requires a non-Advanced Placement course on black history.
• DeSantis focused his argument about the AP curriculum on its inclusion of black queer studies.
• “Who would say that an important part of black history is queer theory? That is somebody pushing an agenda on our kids. … When you try to use black history to shoehorn in queer theory, you are clearly trying to use that for political purposes,” the governor says in the video.
• The Florida Department of Education rejected the course on Jan. 12.

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