{"id":1988133,"date":"2023-08-01T18:40:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T22:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-invites-kamala-to-florida-to-set-record-straight-on-black-history-curriculum\/"},"modified":"2023-08-01T18:41:30","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T22:41:30","slug":"desantis-invites-kamala-to-florida-to-set-record-straight-on-black-history-curriculum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-invites-kamala-to-florida-to-set-record-straight-on-black-history-curriculum\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis invites Kamala to Florida to clarify Black history curriculum."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fdesantis-invites-kamala-to-florida-to-set-record-straight-on-black-history-curriculum%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=1988133&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--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> (L) \u2063US Vice President Kamala \u200bHarris. (Photo by\u200c JOSEPH PREZIOSO\/AFP via Getty Images) \/ \u2062(R \u2064) Florida Governor and\u200c 2024\u200d Republican \u2064Presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis\u200b (Photo by\u200b SERGIO\u2062 FLORES\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/brooke-mallory\">Brooke \u200cMallory<\/a><br \/>3:11 PM \u2013 Tuesday, August 1, 2023<\/h2>\n<p>Governor Ron DeSantis invited \u200cVice President Kamala Harris to Florida on Monday\u200d to discuss the state\u2019s new Black history \u200dcurriculum after\u2062 Harris \u2062criticized the new standards for implying that enslaved people profited from skills learned through \u2064forced labor.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cIn Florida, \u200bwe are unafraid to\u2064 have an \u2064open and honest dialogue about the issues. And you clearly have \u200dno\u2064 trouble ducking\u2063 down to Florida \u200bon short \u200bnotice,\u201d DeSantis wrote, referencing Harris\u2019s trip.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cSo given your grave concern (which, I must assume, is sincere) about what you think our standards say, I\u2064 am officially inviting you back down to Florida to discuss our African\u00a0American History standards. We will be happy\u200b to host you in\u200b Tallahassee,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The\u200d vice president\u200d reportedly traveled to Orlando, Florida, on Tuesday\u2064 to speak at the 20th Women\u2019s Missionary Society\u200c of the African Methodist Episcopal \u200bChurch Quadrennial Convention.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cAnd I will tell you, there\u2062 is no roundtable, no \u200dlecture, no invitation we will \u2063accept to debate an\u2062 undeniable fact: There were no redeeming\u200b qualities of slavery,\u201d \u200dHarris said in response.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>DeSantis\u2019 letter comes after the vice president declared earlier this month in Jacksonville that Florida officials \u201cwant \u200cto replace history with lies,\u201d just days\u2063 after the state\u2019s Board of Education outlined its new approach to Black history in a 216-page document.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Harris claimed that \u201cextremist\u201d leaders were attempting \u200dto \u201cpush propaganda to our children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Many\u2064 people had\u200b assumed \u2064that the Democrat vice president was referring to DeSantis \u2064in her\u200d assertion.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis, who barred the teaching of an advanced credit African American studies course\u200c to high school students in \u2064his state earlier this year, accused the Biden administration of insulting\u2062 Florida and misleading Americans about its \u201cnation-leading \u200cstandalone\u201d requirements\u200b on the topic.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cOne would think the White \u200cHouse would applaud such boldness in teaching the unique and important story of African American \u200bHistory,\u201d DeSantis\u2063 wrote.\u2064 \u201cBut you have instead attempted to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/21-house-republicans-vote-against-awarding-medals-to-all-police-who-were-at-january-6-riot\/\" title=\"21 House Republicans Vote Against Awarding Medals To All Police Who Were At January 6 Riot\">score cheap political points<\/a> and \u2064label Florida parents \u2018extremists.\u2019 It\u2019s past time to set the record straight.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Florida governor, who is still trailing behind former President Donald Trump in the GOP primary voter polls, said\u2063 he\u2064 would meet with \u200cWilliam Allen, a member of Florida\u2019s African American History Standards Workgroup, who defended the standards as \u201crigorous and\u2063 comprehensive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis has frequently justified the requirements, saying \u200cthat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-invites-kamala-to-florida-to-set-record-straight-on-black-history-curriculum\/\" title=\"DeSantis invites Kamala to Florida to clarify Black history curriculum.\">slaves \u2064\u201cparlayed\u201d forced labor\u2063 skills \u200b\u201c<\/a>into doing things later in life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some\u2064 Black \u2063members of Congress\u200d have criticized the new standards and DeSantis\u2019s \u200ddefense \u2064of them, including Rep. John James of\u200b Michigan, \u200cwho tweeted his displeasure, saying that\u200c \u201cnothing\u201d about slavery was a\u200c \u201cnet benefit\u201d to his ancestors.<\/p>\n<p>Representative Byron Donalds of Florida also called \u2063on the state Education Department to \u201ccorrect\u201d its new standards. Both \u200bJames and Donalds \u200dare backing Trump in the\u2064 2024 primary.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox\u2062 for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Thousands of people in\u200b Niger have taken to the streets to support a recent coup, denouncing France while waving Russian flags.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Texas\u200d is now the largest and most recent state to leave the \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-withdrawing-from-eric-voter-roll-system\/\" title=\"Texas to Exit Eric Voter Roll System\">nationwide election integrity group<\/a>, Eric. One America\u2019s Caitlin Sinclair has \u200dmore.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Peter J. 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