stopthatgirl7 to News@lemmy.world • 1 year agoAdvocates say new Florida standards require slavery to be taught as 'beneficial'www.wmfe.orgexternal-linkmessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1221file-textcross-posted to: news@kbin.social
arrow-up1221external-linkAdvocates say new Florida standards require slavery to be taught as 'beneficial'www.wmfe.orgstopthatgirl7 to News@lemmy.world • 1 year agomessage-square40fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: news@kbin.social
The Florida Board of Education approved a new set of standards for teaching African American history in the state.
minus-squarethemeatbridgelinkfedilink9•1 year agoYou could make that argument. Florida Republicans are teaching children that the slaves benefited personally because they learned skills they could use.
minus-squareTelorandlinkfedilink4•1 year agoCapitalism works best when it consumes labor for free… …so, maybe it’s time we got a new economic system.
Devils advocate: it was beneficial to white slave owners.
You could make that argument. Florida Republicans are teaching children that the slaves benefited personally because they learned skills they could use.
Capitalism works best when it consumes labor for free…
…so, maybe it’s time we got a new economic system.