{"id":1820749,"date":"2023-01-23T15:35:03","date_gmt":"2023-01-23T20:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1820749"},"modified":"2023-01-23T15:38:21","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T20:38:21","slug":"theyre-advocating-for-things-like-abolishing-prisons-desantis-discusses-why-he-banned-african-american-studies-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/theyre-advocating-for-things-like-abolishing-prisons-desantis-discusses-why-he-banned-african-american-studies-course\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018They\u2019re Advocating For Things Like Abolishing Prisons\u2019: DeSantis Discusses Why He Banned African American Studies Course"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftheyre-advocating-for-things-like-abolishing-prisons-desantis-discusses-why-he-banned-african-american-studies-course%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1820749&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>Florida Republican Governor <a href=\"http:\/\/dailywire.com\/topic\/ron-desantis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ron DeSantis<\/a> He discussed the reasons he had for preventing public high schools from offering the AP African American Studies program currently in development by The University of Alabama. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/education\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">College Board<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Recent news from the Florida Department of Education <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/contrary-to-florida-law-desantis-rejects-high-school-course-emerging-nationwide-over-wokeness-concerns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">informed<\/a> the board that the course\u2019s content is \u201cinexplicably contrary to Florida law and significantly lacks educational value,\u201d The state could reevaluate its course of action if the material is not received by it, he said. \u201clawful\u201d  \u201chistorically accurate.\u201d DeSantis, who signed legislation last year preventing the state\u2019s government schools from teaching discrimination on the basis of race, color, or sex, detailed a number of his <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FLVoiceNews\/status\/1617550727534252032\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">concerns<\/a> With the course in a conference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re advocating things like abolishing prisons. Now that\u2019s a radical political position,\u201d He told reporters. \u201cYou\u2019re free to take that in your own life, I don\u2019t think very many people think that would actually work, but how is that being taught as fact?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis believes that radical left-wing content is being included in the AP African American Studies curriculum. This curriculum is currently under development. <a href=\"https:\/\/apcentral.collegeboard.org\/about-ap\/how-ap-develops-courses-and-exams\/pilot-ap-african-american-studies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pilots<\/a> At five dozen schools in the country, the policy is clearly at odds with those of racial minority groups.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not fair to say that somehow abolishing prisons is linked to black experiences, that that\u2019s what black people want,\u201d He went on. \u201cI think they want law and order, just like anybody else wants law and order. So that is more ideology being used under the guise of history, and we want to do history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to a survey, 28% of blacks support defunding police. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2021\/03\/07\/usa-today-ipsos-poll-just-18-support-defund-police-movement\/4599232001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">poll<\/a> Ipsos and USA Today both reported that 18% of people said the same. Another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/support-black-lives-matter-plummets-among-african-americans-poll-1708122\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">survey<\/a> According to the University of Massachusetts Amherst, black respondents experienced some of the largest declines in affirmation of Black Lives Matter movements in recent months.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis stated that black history is not inherently different from the national history.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s what our standards for black history are: it\u2019s just cut-and-dry history. You learn all the basics, you learn about the great figures,\u201d He made the comment. \u201cI view it as American history. I don\u2019t view it as separate history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Proponents of teaching African American History argue that it encourages holistic thinking about American history. However, some skeptics claim that the curriculum emphasizes narratives of left-wing grievance and advocacy. The College Board\u2019s website suggests that a major in the subject can prepare a student for only <a href=\"https:\/\/apstudents.collegeboard.org\/choosing-courses\/major-career-results\/major\/african-american-studies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one<\/a> The organization suggests that students with a history degree can be prepared for activism, community organizing, and career fields. <a href=\"https:\/\/apstudents.collegeboard.org\/choosing-courses\/major-career-results\/major\/history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">multitude<\/a> Many career options are available, including law and anthropology.<\/p>\n<p>The College Board has not yet made public the African American Studies Curriculum. They claim that the curriculum contains proprietary information. Before any national implementation, the course will likely undergo revisions.<\/p>\n<p>After DeSantis launched the initiative, Florida continues to work towards removing politicized content from its government schools. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/florida-colleges-vow-to-ban-critical-race-theory-after-overhaul-from-desantis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">overhaul<\/a> in the state university system\u2019s use of diversity initiatives. The chief executive asked postsecondary institutions for a brief description of each diversity initiative, as well as the amount of funding used and the percentage that was funded from taxpayer funds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must ensure school systems are responsive to parents and to students, not partisan interest groups, and we must ensure that our institutions of higher learning are focused on academic excellence and the pursuit of truth, not the imposition of trendy ideology,\u201d DeSantis made the following observation during his second inaugural <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flgov.com\/2023\/01\/03\/governor-desantis-delivers-inaugural-address-sets-priorities-for-second-term\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">address<\/a>. \u201cWe will enact more family-friendly policies to make it easier to raise children and we will defend our children against those who seek to rob them of their innocence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eric Quintanar contributed this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis discussed his reasons for barring public high schools in the state from offering the AP African American Studies course presently in development by the College Board. The Florida Department of Education recently informed the board that the course\u2019s content is \u201cinexplicably contrary to Florida law and significantly lacks educational value,\u201d &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":1710320,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[16152,16151,7975,4123,7066,4980,10659,9646,4039,7011],"class_list":["post-1820749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-abolishing","tag-advocating","tag-african","tag-american","tag-banned","tag-desantis","tag-discusses","tag-prisons","tag-studies","tag-theyre"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1820749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/99"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1820749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1820749\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1710320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1820749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1820749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1820749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}