{"id":1989173,"date":"2023-08-02T19:59:05","date_gmt":"2023-08-02T23:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-doubles-down-on-defense-of-florida-curriculum-not-shilling-for-slavery\/"},"modified":"2023-08-02T19:59:38","modified_gmt":"2023-08-02T23:59:38","slug":"desantis-doubles-down-on-defense-of-florida-curriculum-not-shilling-for-slavery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-doubles-down-on-defense-of-florida-curriculum-not-shilling-for-slavery\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis stands firm on Florida curriculum: &#8216;No support for slavery&#8217;"},"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\">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-doubles-down-on-defense-of-florida-curriculum-not-shilling-for-slavery%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=1989173&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>Gov. Ron DeSantis Defends Florida&#8217;s Controversial\u200b Curriculum on Slavery<\/h2>\n<p>Amid intense criticism\u200d from both sides of\u200d the political aisle, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) staunchly defended \u2062Florida&#8217;s contentious curriculum on the history of slavery. In a bid to address the concerns raised, DeSantis invited Vice President Kamala Harris to Florida for a discussion\u200b on the state&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-doubles-down-on-defense-of-florida-curriculum-not-shilling-for-slavery\/\" title=\"DeSantis stands firm on Florida curriculum: 'No support for slavery'\">updated \u200dblack history standards<\/a>,\u2064 alongside one\u2063 of the academics who helped create them. Joining the defense\u200d were Sen. Tim\u2063 Scott (R-SC) and Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL), who pushed \u200bback against the curriculum&#8217;s passage.<\/p>\n<h3>Harris Steps into \u200bthe Spotlight with Biden at the Beach<\/h3>\n<p>During an interview with Fox News host Harris Faulkner, DeSantis dismissed many of the critics as acting in &#8220;bad faith.&#8221; He \u200cemphasized that the curriculum\u2063 was developed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michael-barone-sorry-progressives-but-america-isnt-intersectional\/\" title=\"Michael Barone: Sorry, Progressives, But America Isn't Intersectional\">black history scholars<\/a>, \u200dmost of whom are black themselves, who \u2064sought to highlight the injustice of slavery rather than promote it. DeSantis clarified that the controversial line in question was not suggesting\u2062 that slavery was \u2062a benefit, but rather\u2064 acknowledging the resourcefulness and skills acquired by enslaved individuals despite their circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m fighting back against false \u2064narratives,&#8221; declared the Florida governor. &#8220;I do not let people like Kamala Harris \u200cor the \u200cmedia take false \u200dnarratives\u200b and run with them. We will stand our ground and we will speak the truth.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Dr. William Allen, one of the \u200bcontributors to the 200-page Florida curriculum, further\u200c explained \u2062that the controversial line was a crucial\u2063 addition to teach the stories of black people\u2062 who \u2064persevered under \u2062enslavement.<\/p>\n<p>Despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-announces-california-gubernatorial-run-as-newsom-recall-nears-threshold\/\" title=\"Republican Announces California Gubernatorial Run as Newsom Recall Nears Threshold\">facing criticism<\/a>, DeSantis remained steadfast in his support for the state&#8217;s\u200c new \u200dguidelines. &#8220;I\u2064 think\u2062 it&#8217;s very clear\u200c that\u200c these \u200bguys did a good job on\u200b those standards. It wasn&#8217;t anything that was politically motivated. These are serious scholars,&#8221; DeSantis concluded. &#8220;So don&#8217;t side \u2062with Kamala on that. Stand up for your state.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click here<\/a> to read \u2063more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) stood by Florida&#8217;s controversial slavery curriculum despite bipartisan backlash. Vice President Kamala Harris recently criticized the inclusion of a line suggesting that black &#8220;slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their own benefit.&#8221; The governor remains firm in his support for the curriculum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1989175,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1989173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"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\/1989173","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1989173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1989173\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1989175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1989173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1989173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1989173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}