Op-Ed: Florida’s Claims That Slaves Benefited From Slavery Gets Debunked, But Even That Misses The Point
Source: RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images / Getty Florida’s so-called education authorities are still desperately trying to justify the new standards approved by the state’s board of education, which requires teachers to teach that enslaved people benefited from their enslavement because it taught them skills. (It also requires teaching students that Black…