Oh, nothing to see here... Rosa Parks in one proposed FL social studies textbook reduced to a lady..

[demmiblue]

Oh, nothing to see here... Rosa Parks in one proposed FL social studies textbook reduced to a lady who "showed courage" and "rode the bus." With no mention of race or racism in the encounter. This is how fear is destroying public ed in FL. #EdScare nyti.ms/3YUGFlj

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[Joinfortmill]

1. Don't know how we stop this, but we better figure it out and fast. This is fast creeping fascism

[Irish_Dem]

7. Fascism is no longer creeping, it is alive and well here in the US.

[Initech]

36. Yup, it starts with the systematic takeover of school boards and local governments.

Who knows where it ends?

[Irish_Dem]

37. As an undergrad, I took a class on dystopian literature.

So I know how our current situation can end.

[getagrip_already]

8. no creeping here... it's a gallup... n/t

[Cheezoholic]

10. I think you're right

The return of the militant left may be our last resort.

[Ligyron]

41. I'm all for that.

Show me where to sign up.

[wnylib]

18. Kid's TV shows can cover material not being taught in schools.

I wonder how any one explains to kids in Florida what the MLK holiday is.

[Evolve Dammit]

19. Some states (AZ) don't even recognize MLK Day

[ChazII]

21. MLK Day

was celebrated in the Paradise Unified School District when I was teaching. That was in the past and I don't know what is happening in the district today. The district is in Arizona in Maricopa County.

[Evolve Dammit]

38. I am glad to hear it was in some districts. Most states have it as a recognized holiday.

[wnylib]

27. Even though it's a federal holiday.

[eppur_se_muova]

33. Not creeping -- it's all but proudly goose-stepping. nt

[EYESORE 9001]

2. That's absolutely pathetic

And alarming.

[SheltieLover]

3. But the truth might make maga spawn "uncomfortable"

This needs to stop!!!!!!

[colorado_ufo]

26. The truth is, children are never made uncomfortable by this.

They instinctively know a sense of justice. It's the adults who are uncomfortable.

[Walleye]

4. They don't want to teach it because one of them is the racist guy who tried to make Rosa move

This is not ancient history, these old segregationists are still among us. Possibly in high-ranking positions in these schools

[carpetbagger]

9. You're right.

I started 5th grade in the school where DeSantis' home near Jacksonville is zoned to. All the staff would have attended segregated schools, and they did nothing when the recess game, day after day, was the white kids (80-90 percent) pummelling the black kids at dodgeball. Since we were moving to Texas, my mom let me drop out for a month. Those kids are in their 50s now. Color blind my ***.

[Walleye]

14. What pisses me off is, they know what they're doing

I don’t know if they think we are too stupid to see it or too powerless to do anything about it

[carpetbagger]

44. They only do well in the echo chamber.

My response is usually "calling someone woke is just another way of calling someone a ****** lover, which they can't because they pretend they're not racist.". Let them try to explain it from there. They can't.

[teach1st]

5. No paywall link to the NY TImes article

Florida Scoured Math Textbooks for ‘Prohibited Topics.’ Next Up: Social Studies.
Behind the scenes, one publisher went to great lengths to avoid mentions of race, even in the story of Rosa Parks.
New York Times, 3/16/2023
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/16/us/florida-textbooks-african-american-history.html

No paywall (gifted) link

[demmiblue]

6. Thank you!

[Irish_Dem]

11. We are now living with the Thought Police from 1984.

Orwell knew what was coming.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

48. The moment I read the OP, I thought "1984."

Ministry of Truth.

[Irish_Dem]

49. +1

[cannabis_flower]

12. I know middle school kids

If they aren’t told why Rosa Parks refused to go to the back of the bus, they will be using it with their teachers.

Ms. Jones, I won’t move to the other side of the class. Because Rosa Parks.

[NCDem47]

13. RW so dumb

I'm sure many kids would read this and simply ask "Why?" Why did Rosa have to move?

But I'm sure RWingers don't want kids asking questions or developing critical thinking skills so they don't get the whole picture.

[Paladin]

15. Enough of these fascist nightmares!

We're losing our country---we need to do what's necessary to take it back.

[bullwinkle428]

16. DeSantis' America : "Racial discrimination never happened; not happening today."

[Ferrets are Cool]

17. Currently showing in the UnUnited States of Fascism

This is where we are now folks. It will ONLY get worse.

[orangecrush]

20. No public outcry over this in Florida?

No sit ins, marches, demonstrations, etc.?

Isn't it long past time for it?

Shut the fucking schools down.

[Roland99]

22. Shedding light on this can have an effect. From the article.....

The company’s curriculum is no longer under consideration by the state.

After questions from The Times, the company removed its second, scrubbed-down version of the curriculum from its website last week and said that it had withdrawn from the state’s review.

The Florida Department of Education said it had already rejected the publisher, citing a bureaucratic snafu in the company’s submission.

The company may still try to win over individual Florida districts. It has now gone back to its first version of the new curriculum — the one that says Rosa Parks was told to move her seat “because of the color of her skin.”

[AltairIV]

23. Failure to think the consequences through.

As they turn their children into morons, and are unable to pass college courses in half the colleges in the United States or any educational Institute overseas who do they believe will hire these kids? I certainly would not.

[orangecrush]

24. +1

[world wide wally]

25. From the Desantis "Ignorance is Bliss" School of Modern Propoganda.

[LAS14]

28. This is just unbelievable!! But, unfortunately, I believe it. nt

[Marthe48]

29. Oral history

All of us able to and who remember must pass the truth along. When we talk to the younger generations in our families, or in our communtities, we need to related what our history really is, and why some people left their mark.

Avoid passing along the story of traitors and liars. Make them be nameless. But try to promote true humanity, so that we follow ideals instead of lowlifes.

[gratuitous]

30. She's still Black

For now. I guess that's something to be thankful for.

[Marcuse]

31. Nt

https://neaedjustice.org/2016/02/17/educators-librarians-and-activists-force-scholastic-to-pull-happy-slaves-book/?w=525

[Lonestarblue]

34. That is revolting. Kids should see the diagrams of slaves chained in the bottoms of slave ships.

They should see the photos of slaves being auctioned, along those showing huge scars across the back from being neaten. Those are true history, not the manufactured pablum being fed to kids. I don’t know how we stop this vicious destruction of public education.

[BumRushDaShow]

46. In 1977, the dam broke and 1/3rd of the American populace were "educated" in one week

It had never been shown before like this.

[cayugafalls]

32. So, what if the kids in class ask why? Can the teacher tell them? Or does teach just move on?

The white bus driver told Mrs. Parks to move. Mrs. Parks was seated in the 11th row. 1-10 were SPECIFICALLY reserved for WHITEY by LAW.

This fucking bus driver felt he had the power to demand Mrs. Parks move even though the law only specified 1-10, simply because he was a white man and he had PRIVILEGE or so he thought.

Tell that to the kids. Make them all understand what racism is and make them take it all in and fuck the white kids feelings...they should feel shame, shame on their forefather for being so IGNORANT.

FUCK, FUCK, FUCK...

This has to stop...

[sheshe2]

35. Whitewashing.

[live love laugh]

39. That's tragically hilarious. I'm envisioning kids scratching their heads.

[spanone]

40. Blatant. Governmental Racism.

[Rhiannon12866]

42. They're reporting on this right now on MSNBC!

[demmiblue]

43. Watching...

[grantcart]

45. Kind of proves the need to teach Critical Race Theory

[peppertree]

47. The first version's 'sanitized' - the second, deSanti-tized

Dirty - like that greasy pig himself.

[SouthernDem4ever]

50. So does the Floriduh Repuglican Party make all candidates take racist and stupid pills?

And then feeds them to the voters?

[spanone]

51. White Nationalists White Washing American History.