An awesome thread:
Great writing by the Miami Herald
It was Florida, now it is Arkansas:
A course meant to inspire more Black students to take AP classes sparked a culture war instead
“The Advanced Placement African American Studies class was designed to prepare more Black students for college. Now, it’s better known as a political wedge.”
Desantis attacking far more than just an AP Course:
This is far worse than attacking the AP Test!
Attacking the AP Test was bad:
Ron DeSantis’ Yearbook Reveals He Didn’t Always Hate AP
When Florida Governor Ron DeSantis floated the possibility of eliminating Advanced Placement classes from his state’s curriculum, he conveniently left out an important fact.
DeSantis was once the “AP US History student of the year,” according to his high school yearbook, pages of which were obtained by The Daily Beast.
Now Florida is attacking the SATs:
Florida leaders consider SAT alternative focused on ‘Christian tradition’
This is so sad:
DeSantis says he could do away with AP courses altogether. Here’s what that means for Florida students.
Students threatening lawsuit over Florida AP African American studies ban call out DeSantis admin.
See it for yourself | Here’s the entire syllabus for the AP African American studies course rejected by DeSantis, state DOE
“Florida Department of Education and Gov. Ron DeSantis setoff a firestorm rejecting an AP African American Studies Course. But what’s in the syllabus? Here’s a copy.”
A great quiz:
The GOP’s Dangerous Practice Of Censoring Truth
“When governments enter the business of banning books and censoring history, alarm bells should ring loudly about the state of democracy in the present. And that’s exactly where we are today in countless states around the country—and, most prominently, in Florida, where Ron DeSantis banned an AP African American Studies Course. In a nation with a long and painful history of racial discrimination, that censorship is especially dangerous.”
This is sad on so many levels!
College Board’s revised AP African American studies course draws new criticism
“The College Board released the official curriculum for a new Advanced Placement course in African American studies on Wednesday, the first day of Black History Month. But people are divided on some of the changes announced in the curriculum weeks after the state of Florida banned the course.”
Kimberlé Crenshaw calls changes to AP African American studies class ‘a shame’
Florida Says AP African American Studies Program ‘Lacks Educational Value’
“The state used Ron DeSantis’ “Stop WOKE Act” to block the proposed program from its schools”
What is Florida’s Department of Education’s complaints?
Let’s breakdown those ‘concerns’
What is “Intersectionality” you ask?
intersectionality
“in·ter·sec·tion·al·i·ty ˌin-tər-ˌsek-shə-ˈna-lə-tē
: the complex, cumulative way in which the effects of multiple forms of discrimination (such as racism, sexism, and classism) combine, overlap, or intersect especially in the experiences of marginalized individuals or groups
[Kimberlé] Crenshaw introduced the theory of intersectionality, the idea that when it comes to thinking about how inequalities persist, categories like gender, race, and class are best understood as overlapping and mutually constitutive rather than isolated and distinct.—Adia Harvey Wingfield”
Since Kimberle Crenshaw introduced the term, reading her writings might be relevant to the topic.
Kimberlé Crenshaw on Intersectionality, More than Two Decades Later
“Twenty-eight years ago, Kimberlé Crenshaw coined the term “intersectionality” in a paper as a way to help explain the oppression of African-American women. Crenshaw’s then somewhat academic term is now at the forefront of national conversations about racial justice, identity politics, and policing—and over the years has helped shape legal discussions. A leading thinker and scholar in the field of critical race theory, Crenshaw, a professor at Columbia Law School, directs the Center for Intersectionality and Social Policy Studies and is a co-founder of the African American Policy Forum, a think tank, both based on campus.”
Angela Davis?
Angela Davis, MLK, and the “Intersectionality of Struggles”
“In an interview in her new collection, Freedom is a Constant Struggle, Angela Davis is asked about being a pioneer in developing the concept of intersectionality. She responds:
There were many pioneers of intersectionality but I do think it is important to acknowledge an organization that existed in New York in the late sixties and seventies called the Third World Women’s Alliance. That organization published a newspaper entitled Triple Jeopardy. Triple jeopardy was racism, sexism, and imperialism. Of course, imperialism reflected an international awareness of class issues. Many formations were attempting to bring these issues together. (p. 18)“
Studying Marx does not make one Marxist. Studying Hitler does not make someone Anti-Semitic. Studying Stalin does not create a mass-killer. Studying Bear Bryant does not make one a great football coach.
How is this historically inaccurate? Roderick Ferguson you ask?
Roderick Ferguson
“William Robertson Coe Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, and Professor of American Studies; Chair of WGSS” at Yale.
Is Desantis upset by the word “queerness”? Bigot much? Again, how is this HISTORICALLY inaccurate?
No one wants to Eliminate prisons or jails. Pretrial detention IS an issue for some.
Imprisoning 1,300 people 4 years without trial is a crime | Opinion
Kalief Browder, teen who awaited trial for 3 years at Rikers, kills himself
After someone has a trial and they are convicted, a pattern forms
DEMOGRAPHIC DIFFERENCES IN SENTENCING
“Key Findings
- Black male offenders continued to receive longer sentences than similarly situated White male offenders.
- Non-government sponsored departures and variances appear to contribute significantly to the difference in sentence length between Black male and White male offenders.
- Violence in an offender’s criminal history does not appear to account for any of the demographic differences in sentencing.
- Female offenders of all races received shorter sentences than White male offenders during the Post-Report period, as they had for the prior four periods.“
Perhaps Desantis needs to read this book? I have read it.
Legal Scholar: Jim Crow Still Exists In America
Let’s be honest here. The words “trans”, “queer”, “gender non-conforming” and “intersex people” is all Desantis sees. This has nothing to do with History. Just Bigotry.
Leslie Kay Jones? Rutgers,
Leslie Kay Jones
“Dr. Leslie Kay Jones is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Rutgers New Brunswick, specializing in social movements. She draws extensively on the fields of race and gender, critical race theory, and online social media in her study of collective mobilization. She teaches qualitative and computer assisted research methods, particularly digital ethnography and content analysis.”
How is her cited quote wrong? Please be specific.
Bell Hooks you ask?
Biography of bell hooks, Feminist and Anti-Racist Theorist and Writer
Same challenge. How is she historically wrong? For example, does red-lining ring a bell?
When you talk reparations, there are two reasons we need to discuss reparations
- Slavery – OVERT Repression
- Jim Crow – COVERT Repression
Examples of reparations?
The Unlikely Story Behind Japanese Americans’ Campaign For Reparations
California beach seized from Black family in 1924 set to be returned to descendants
Example of Jim Crow Covert Repression?
How the GI Bill’s Promise Was Denied to a Million Black WWII Veterans
Other Examples?
In 1912, This Georgia County Drove Out Every Black Resident
“Between the 1860s and the 1920s, white Americans pushed out thousands of black residents from their communities.”
The Red Summer of 1919
Racial Violence and the Red Summer
