{"id":1985473,"date":"2023-07-28T19:34:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T23:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-black-academic-who-co-created-floridas-african-american-history-curriculum-shreds-democrat-lies\/"},"modified":"2023-07-28T19:36:01","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T23:36:01","slug":"top-black-academic-who-co-created-floridas-african-american-history-curriculum-shreds-democrat-lies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-black-academic-who-co-created-floridas-african-american-history-curriculum-shreds-democrat-lies\/","title":{"rendered":"Prominent Black Academic Exposes Democrat &#8216;Lies&#8217; on Florida&#8217;s African American History Curriculum"},"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\">24<\/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%2Ftop-black-academic-who-co-created-floridas-african-american-history-curriculum-shreds-democrat-lies%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=1985473&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--><h2>Academic Slams Kamala Harris for \u2064&#8221;Lies&#8221; About Florida&#8217;s\u2062 African American History \u2064Curriculum<\/h2>\n<p>One of the academics behind Florida\u2019s African American history \u200dcurriculum has strongly criticized Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/kamala-harris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kamala Harris<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-democrats-push-back-on-false-claims-from-media-about-desantis-response-to-building-collapse\/\" title=\"Florida Democrats Push Back On False Claims From Media About DeSantis Response To Building Collapse\">spreading false information<\/a> about the material. He called her\u2062 remarks &#8220;categorically false.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Harris sparked a \u200dfalse narrative when she visited Jacksonville, Florida, and \u2062falsely claimed that\u2062 &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-black-academic-who-co-created-floridas-african-american-history-curriculum-shreds-democrat-lies\/\" title=\"Prominent Black Academic Exposes Democrat 'Lies' on Florida's African American History Curriculum\">middle \u2064school students<\/a>\u2064 will be\u200b taught that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harris-attacks-extremists-in-florida-after-desantis-education-fight\/\" title=\"Kamala Harris criticizes Florida extremists amid DeSantis education clash.\">enslaved people benefited<\/a> from slavery.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Harris focused on \u2064a \u2063single sentence\u200d from the\u200d 216-page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fldoe.org\/core\/fileparse.php\/20653\/urlt\/6-4.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">curriculum<\/a> that explained how freed slaves used the skills they acquired\u2064 during \u2064slavery to\u200c improve their lives: &#8220;Instruction \u2064includes how slaves developed\u200d skills which, in some instances, could be \u200dapplied for their personal \u200bbenefit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The College Board&#8217;s AP African American Studies \u2063course <a href=\"https:\/\/apcentral.collegeboard.org\/media\/pdf\/ap-african-american-studies-course-framework.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">framework<\/a> \u200bfor\u200d 2023-2024 also\u200d includes a similar item. It states that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ap-instruction-on-slavery-includes-same-fact-central-to-white-house-attacks-on-florida-curriculum\/\" title=\"AP Instruction On Slavery Includes Same Fact Central To White House Attacks On Florida Curriculum\">enslaved people learned specialized trades<\/a> and used those\u2064 skills to\u200c provide for themselves and others after gaining freedom.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2063 College Board&#8217;s \u200bAP classes \u200bare widely <a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.collegeboard.org\/advanced-placement-student-participation-and-performance-climb-unison\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">available<\/a> in schools across the U.S.<\/p>\n<h3>Dr. William Allen, a member\u2063 of Florida&#8217;s African American History Standards Workgroup and former chairman of the U.S. Commission on Civil\u200b Rights,\u200b criticized Harris and \u200bothers for spreading\u200b &#8220;lies.&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>Fox News \u2062host Jesse Watters pointed out that ABC News only aired an edited clip \u2064of Allen&#8217;s remarks about\u2064 the curriculum, \u2063further perpetuating the false \u200cnarrative.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILY WIRE APP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Allen clarified his position, stating:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The only \u2064criticism\u2062 I\u2019ve encountered\u2063 so far is a single one that was articulated by the Vice President,\u200b and which was an error. As I \u2064stated in my response to the Vice President, it was \u200ccategorically \u200cfalse. It was never said that slavery was beneficial\u2062 to\u200d Africans.\u200b What was said, and \u200canyone\u2064 who reads this will\u200c see this \u200cwith clarity: <strong>It is the case \u200dthat \u200bAfricans proved resourceful, resilient and adaptive. And were able to develop \u200bskills \u200band aptitudes which serve to their benefit, both while enslaved and after enslavement.<\/strong>&#8220;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>During \u200ban interview with Watters, Allen emphasized the importance of truth and accused \u200dHarris of spreading lies. He also suggested that those \u200don \u2062the Left pushing false claims have their own agenda and want to control the narrative of slavery.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dr. Allen from Florida\u2019s African American History Workgroup \u2064takes <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@VP<\/a> to task on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JesseBWatters?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JesseBWatters<\/a> for her dishonesty about the state\u2019s new curriculum, \u200bsaying \u2064\u201cKamala Harris has retailed a lie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Watch: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9oPtxpQLRc\">pic.twitter.com\/9oPtxpQLRc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jeremy Redfern (@JeremyRedfernFL)\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeremyRedfernFL\/status\/1683647510013779971?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 25, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Allen highlighted the\u200b story of Frederick Douglass,\u2063 who learned to read\u2062 despite\u2062 the obstacles imposed by his slave owner. He used his knowledge \u2063to benefit himself and his \u200dcountry. Allen emphasized that the curriculum\u200b aims \u200bto tell the stories of those who lived through slavery and should not be\u200d interpreted or distorted by others.<\/p>\n<p>In\u200c an interview\u2062 with Megyn Kelly, Allen revealed that the group responsible \u200cfor creating the curriculum\u2064 conducted their deliberations publicly and invited input from various stakeholders, including teachers\u2062 unions. However,\u2062 the unions\u200b remained silent throughout the process and only criticized \u2064the curriculum after it was completed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Absolutely brutal look for the FL teachers union here, though\u2063 VERY on-brand. The partisan bosses don\u2019t care about educating\u2064 kids at all. They care about politics and self-interest. Bruising: \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5gm6JPvhPI\">pic.twitter.com\/5gm6JPvhPI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Guy\u200d Benson (@guypbenson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/guypbenson\/status\/1683956616511602689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 25, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Tim Pearce contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One academic criticized Vice President Kamala Harris for spreading falsehoods about Florida&#8217;s African American history curriculum. He called her statements &#8220;categorically false&#8221; and accused her of lying. 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