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Middle school students in Florida will soon be taught that slavery gave Black people a “personal benefit” because they “developed skills.”

After the Florida Board of Education approved new standards for African American history on Wednesday, high school students will be taught an equally distorted message: that a deadly white mob attack against Black residents of Ocoee, Florida, in 1920 included “acts of violence perpetrated against and by African Americans.”

There is a reason slavers are a common villain trope in a lot of fiction. The idea that slavery is in any way good is generally thought to be a universally rejected concept. Way to undoubtedly show your cards ~~leadership~~ slavers of Florida.

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[-] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 65 points 1 year ago

Is it really that hard to say our ancestors had fucked up practices? Why even suggest slavery had upsides to it?

[-] Cqrd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 41 points 1 year ago

Because the GOP is keen on bringing it back

[-] irongamer@beehaw.org 40 points 1 year ago

Fits right in with the GOP's desire to bring back child labor.

[-] PostmodernPythia@beehaw.org 27 points 1 year ago

Yes. The closer labor costs are to zero, the happier the average capitalist is.

[-] SkepticElliptic@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

Why do you think they support FOSS so much? 😏

[-] PostmodernPythia@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

That’s a different topic, as they don’t own the outputs in FOSS.

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