DeSantis Is Right on African-American Studies

With the state of American historical and civic knowledge in near collapse, who thinks high-school students need to be brushing up on ‘Black Queer Studies’?

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Florida governor Ron DeSantis speaks in a neighborhood impacted by Hurricane Ian in Fort Myers, Fla., October 5, 2022.

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Florida governor Ron DeSantis stands accused of a long parade of horribles to which has now been added a new count — allegedly opposing the teaching of African-American history.

Florida rejected the College Board’s pilot Advanced Placement African American Studies course, and the decision has been treated in progressive quarters like the curricular equivalent of George Wallace standing in the schoolhouse door.

Rich Lowry

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Rich Lowry is the editor in chief of National Review.

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