{"id":1987138,"date":"2023-07-31T17:52:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T21:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/historian-levels-kamala-harris-schools-her-on-african-american-history\/"},"modified":"2023-07-31T17:53:34","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T21:53:34","slug":"historian-levels-kamala-harris-schools-her-on-african-american-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/historian-levels-kamala-harris-schools-her-on-african-american-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Historian critiques Kamala Harris, educates on African American history."},"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\">18<\/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%2Fhistorian-levels-kamala-harris-schools-her-on-african-american-history%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=1987138&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>An actual historian of black history has\u2063 taught Vice President\u2062 Kamala Harris a much-needed lesson.<\/h2>\n<p>Kevin D. Roberts, who \u200cholds a Ph.D. in American History from the University \u200bof Texas, defended Florida\u2019s embattled history\u200d standards against Harris\u2019 frivolous criticism.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Roberts tweeted a series of comments\u200d endorsing the new standards.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">1\/9 The\u200c outcry over Florida\u2019s African American History standards\u2063 is absurd. That happens to be my academic field \u2064as a historian; I \u200cuse\u200d to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heritage-foundation-president-blasts-false-claims-about-floridas-african-american-history-curriculum\/\" title=\"Heritage Foundation President criticizes inaccurate claims on Florida's African American history curriculum.\">write extensively\u2014including curriculum standards\u2014<\/a>on\u200d the topic. So I took some time to review Florida\u2019s. The bottom line: they are\u2064 excellent.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kevin Roberts\u2063 (@KevinRobertsTX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KevinRobertsTX\/status\/1685034819275591680?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 28, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Florida \u2064officials announced\u200c the state\u2019s new history standards \u200bon July 19. The controversy over those standards began \u2062two days later when\u2064 Harris, \u200din a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2023\/07\/21\/remarks-by-vice-president-harris-on-the-florida-state-board-of-education-curriculum-updates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">speech<\/a> delivered \u2062in Jacksonville, Florida, accused state officials \u200bof trying to \u201creplace history with lies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMiddle school \u200dstudents in Florida [are] to\u200c be told that enslaved people benefited from slavery,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kamala-harris-goes-viral-brutal-attempt-explaining-ai-intellect-3-year-old\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harris<\/a> added.<\/p>\n<p>Here the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-and-kamala-harris-use-january-6-to-demand-federal-takeover-of-elections\/\" title=\"Joe Biden and Kamala Harris Use January 6 to Demand Federal Takeover of Elections\">vice president referred<\/a> to a single \u200bline in the\u2063 new curriculum. \u201cInstruction includes how slaves \u2064developed skills which, in \u200csome instances,\u200c could be applied \u2062for their personal benefit,\u201d the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fldoe.org\/core\/fileparse.php\/20653\/urlt\/6-4.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> \u200cnew \u200bstandards<\/a> said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kamala-harris-humiliated-cnn-panelist-calls-completely-made-claim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Critics<\/a> blasted Harris for her obvious exaggeration.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, in\u200d a social-media post on Wednesday, Republican Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/byron-donalds-takes-shot-host-view-dares-panel-invite-guest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Byron \u200dDonalds<\/a> of\u2064 Florida appeared to\u2063 echo Harris\u2019 criticism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe new African-American standards in \u2063FL are\u200d good, robust, &#038; accurate. That being said, the attempt to feature the \u2064personal benefits of slavery is wrong &#038; needs to be adjusted. That obviously wasn\u2019t the goal &#038; I have faith that FLDOE will correct this,\u201d Donalds tweeted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The \u200bnew African-American\u2064 standards in FL are \u2063good, robust, &#038; accurate. That\u2062 being said, the attempt to feature the personal benefits of \u200bslavery is wrong &#038; needs to be adjusted. \u200bThat obviously wasn\u2019t\u2062 the\u2062 goal \u200d&#038; I have faith \u200dthat FLDOE will correct this.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/muq8zi1p85\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/muq8zi1p85<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Congressman Byron Donalds (@RepDonaldsPress) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepDonaldsPress\/status\/1684199331505504256?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 26,\u2063 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Republican Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-complete-fraud-reveal-msnbc-host-creates-fake-desantis-slavery-comment-thin-air\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ron DeSantis<\/a> of Florida <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ron-desantis-fires-back-byron-donalds-says-gop-rep-siding-kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">responded<\/a> \u200bby defending the new \u200dstandards and accusing Donalds of siding with Harris.<\/p>\n<p>Roberts, who now serves as president of\u2062 the\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/conservative-group-heritage-foundation-turns-6-figure-donations-big-tech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Heritage \u2064Foundation<\/a>, a\u200d conservative think-tank, brought a sensible perspective to this manufactured\u2063 controversy.<\/p>\n<p>For \u200dinstance, Roberts noted that the new standards require emphasis \u2062on \u201cheroic people who fought oppression.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">2\/9 In my experience as a historian of African American history, Florida\u2019s standards actually are a \u2062model for \u200bother \u2063states. They are comprehensive in topics covered, do not shy away from difficult topics, and\u2014as history\u2062 should\u2014use examples of\u2063 heroic people who fought oppression.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u2062Kevin \u200cRoberts (@KevinRobertsTX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KevinRobertsTX\/status\/1685034820571676673?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 28, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">3\/9 For example, FL\u2019s \u200cstandards state: \u201cInstructional materials\u2062 shall include the \u2063vital contributions\u200b of African \u2062Americans\u2063 to build\u2064 &#038; strengthen \u200bAmerican society and celebrate the inspirational stories of \u200bAfrican Americans who prospered, even \u2063in \u200cthe\u200d most difficult circumstances.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kevin Roberts (@KevinRobertsTX)\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KevinRobertsTX\/status\/1685034821708386304?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 28, \u20632023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As for the line that Harris \u2014 and even Donalds \u2014 found objectionable, Roberts called\u2062 it \u201cwholly accurate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome slaves, in some circumstances, were able\u2064 to\u2064 earn money that\u200c some even used to purchase \u2063their\u200c freedom,\u201d Roberts added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">4\/9 The controversial section\u2014\u201dInstruction includes how\u2063 slaves developed\u200b skills, which,\u2064 in \u2062some instances, could\u2063 be applied for their personal \u2064benefit\u201d\u2014is wholly accurate. Some slaves,\u2062 in some circumstances, were able to \u2062earn money\u2063 that some even used to purchase their freedom.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kevin Roberts (@KevinRobertsTX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KevinRobertsTX\/status\/1685034822828269568?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July\u200b 28, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Furthermore, \u2063the fact that some slaves developed beneficial skills does not mean that\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/slavery-investigation-backfires-mainstream-media-every-living-president-except-trump-descended-slaveholders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">slavery<\/a> \u2062 benefited them.\u200b Instead, according to Roberts, \u201cit shows the amazing, heroic perseverance of enslaved people amid an \u2063evil system.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">5\/9 In\u200c no way does mentioning that \u201cpersonal benefit\u201d for some slaves, in some instances, amount to defending slavery or making slavery \u2064sound better\u2013rather, it shows the amazing, heroic perseverance of\u200b enslaved people amid an evil system.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kevin \u2064Roberts (@KevinRobertsTX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KevinRobertsTX\/status\/1685034823977476096?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 28, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Roberts then\u2062 cited an NPR interview with Dr. William B. Allen, a black historian who wrote the standards. In the interview, Allen noted Booker T. Washington and Frederick Douglass \u200cas examples\u200d of former slaves whose remarkable lives illustrated the truth of the new standards.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">6\/9 The author of\u200b the standards, African \u2062American historian Dr. William B. Allen\u2013former chairman of the U.S. Commission of Ciivl Rights\u2013said as much\u2063 in an\u200d interview \u2062with NPR\u2019s \u2063Steve Inskeep, who himself acknowledged that Allen \u2064was \u201ccorrect.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wTL12EAxAC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/t.co\/wTL12EAxAC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kevin Roberts (@KevinRobertsTX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KevinRobertsTX\/status\/1685034825122566144?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 28, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">7\/9 Dr.\u200b Allen, in response to \u2062criticism about \u2063the \u200d\u201cpersonal benefit\u201d phrase:\u2063 \u201cWhen\u2064 I look at that language, I see what Booker\u2064 T. Washington \u200cmeant when he entitled \u200bhis autobiography \u201cUp From Slavery\u201d \u200brather than \u201cDown In \u2064Slavery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kevin\u2063 Roberts (@KevinRobertsTX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KevinRobertsTX\/status\/1685034826317844481?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 28, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">8\/9 Dr. Allen continued: \u201cI see what Douglass meant when he described his slave mistress teaching him to read only at the beginning\u2063 because his owner put a stop to it. But that small glimmer of light \u200dwas enough\u200c to inspire him to turn it into\u2063 a burning flame of illumination\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kevin Roberts (@KevinRobertsTX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KevinRobertsTX\/status\/1685034827450372096?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 28, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Finally, Roberts dismissed\u200c the new standards\u2019\u200d critics as politically motivated and then praised\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-megyn-kelly-puts-ron-desantis-defensive-battle-disney-bud-light\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DeSantis<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">9\/9 This controversy about FL\u2019s history standards has nothing to do \u200cwith history, which is accurately &#038;\u2064 beautifully captured. Rather, it\u2019s\u2063 all about politics and trying to knee-cap one\u200c of \u200dconservatism\u2019s leaders. God bless <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovRonDeSantis?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@GovRonDeSantis<\/a> \u2064for his courage\u2062 amid this ridiculous fire.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kevin Roberts (@KevinRobertsTX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KevinRobertsTX\/status\/1685034828641583104?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 28, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Roberts\u2019 string of comments highlighted the controversy\u2019s true meaning.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, the debate over one\u200d line in Florida\u2019s new\u2062 history standards does involve politics. But it involves much \u2062more than \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/historian-levels-kamala-harris-schools-her-on-african-american-history\/\" title=\"Historian critiques Kamala Harris, educates on African American history.\">ordinary election-related nonsense<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Harris \u200brepresents those who want to reduce American history to a story\u200b of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dem-rep-displays-stunning-lack-knowledge-declaration-independence-slavery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unyielding oppression<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Roberts, Allen, \u2063and DeSantis, on the other hand, acknowledge this oppression but \u2062insist\u200c that students should learn the full context of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/history-left-erased-founding-fathers-helped-obliterate-slavery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">America\u2019s founding<\/a>,\u200b which includes a struggle for liberty in\u2062 which people of every skin color took part.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/historian-levels-kamala-harris-schools-african-american-history\/\">Historian\u200c Levels Kamala Harris, Schools Her \u2063on African American\u200c History<\/a> \u2062appeared first on\u200b <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An esteemed black historian, Kevin D. Roberts, educated Vice President Kamala Harris on Florida&#8217;s history standards. With a Ph.D. in American History, Roberts defended the standards against Harris&#8217; baseless criticism. 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