• A columnist with The New York Times defended Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration for rejecting an advanced placement (AP) African American History course.
• The columnist, Columbia linguist John McWhorter, said the course is “advocacy” rather than educational due to its emphasis on “left-leaning writers,” viewpoints and a lack of opposing arguments from the political right.
• The Florida Department of Education (DOE) rejected the course for containing components of critical race theory (CRT) and queer theory, which the state of Florida banned from its school system.

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