Florida

Most of us were not taught that the police systems started as slave patrols in some areas. Nor was it stressed that police only protected rich white people. And to be fair, that wasn't country wide and there are police departments that work hard to be the thin blue line between the community and criminal activity.

What is difficult is even having worked with the 5th Precinct in Minneapolis as a block leader many years ago, I NEVER knew about how Chauvin was racking up 18 police brutality accusations that the union swept under the rug so that he was still on the force when he murdered George Floyd on the street in front of everyone with a crazy grin in his eyes.

There ARE good police officers, but the system is a good place to hide murderous white supremacists too.



https://apnews.com/article/florida-race-and-ethnicity-government-and-politics-education-74d0af6c52c0009ec3fa3ee9955b0a8d

The new rules say classroom instruction “must be factual and objective, and may not suppress or distort significant historical events.” It goes on to mention the Holocaust, slavery and the Civil War, as well as the civil rights movement and the contributions of Blacks, Hispanics and women to the country.

But it also makes specific mention of “theories that distort historical events” that are inconsistent with board policy, including any teaching that denies the Holocaust or espouses critical race theory, which the new rules say asserts “that racism is not merely the product of prejudice, but that racism is embedded in American society and its legal systems in order to uphold the supremacy of white persons.”




I think they will have to be careful. I mean generally, there are a lot of laws on the books that are no longer relevant, maybe they can talk about how we need to "outgrow" any system that allows racism to be used against people vs saying ALL the laws are basically racist, which is what DeSantis equates "critical race theory" with - as if you say there are systems in place that hold people back due to race, that it teaches children that America is a racist country - period. He doesn't leave any room to look at specific systems and how they can be improved.


DeSantis is equating ANY dissent as calling America completely racist and that will not be tolerated.



If you watched how they went through the jurors on Chauvin's trial, people basically said they were open minded and would base their decision on what was presented at the trial.

So educators may have to put themselves out there as more "CENTRIST" and showing HOW laws CAN be used by unscrupulous people to meet an agenda that promotes whites VS that the laws were designed that way.

They will have to talk around it a bit so that they don't lose FUNDING for the school or their jobs.