CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JULY 26, 2023
VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS HAS CRITICIZED A MORE THAN 200 PAGE CURRICULUM FOR FLORIDA PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS BECAUSE IN ONE PARAGRAPH IT SAYS THAT SLAVES DEVELOPED SKILLS THEY WERE ABLE TO USE TO SUPPORT THEMSELVES AFTER EMANCIPATION. THAT’S TRUE, BUT HARRIS AND MUCH OF THE MEDIA HAVE TRIED TO RE-BRAND THE CURRICULUM INTO SAYING WHAT IT DOESN’T SAY: THAT SLAVERY WAS GOOD FOR BLACK PEOPLE.
ONE OF THOSE WHO HELPED WRITE THE CURRICULUM IS A PROMINENT CIVIL RIGHTS FIGURE. DR. WILLIAM ALLEN, FORMER CHAIRMAN OF THE U.S. COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS, SAYS HARRIS WAS WAY OFF WHEN SHE CLAIMED THE NEW STANDARDS SUGGESTED SLAVERY WAS BENEFICIAL TO BLACKS. “THE ONLY CRITICISM I’VE ENCOUNTERED SO FAR,” HE SAID, “IS A SINGLE ONE THAT WAS ARTICULATED BY THE VICE PRESIDENT, AND WHICH WAS IN ERROR.” DR. ALLEN IS BLACK, BY THE WAY.
THE LEFT IMMEDIATELY DUMPED ON THE ENTIRE CURRICULUM, WHICH TEACHES THAT SLAVERY WAS A MORAL EVIL AND THAT MANY OTHER COUNTRIES PRACTICED SLAVERY, MOST ESPECIALLY IN AFRICA AND EUROPE. SOME STILL DO.
THIS IS ALL ABOUT POLITICS, NOT THE TRUTH, WHICH THE NEW FLORIDA CURRICULUM SEEKS TO TEACH STUDENTS. I’M CAL THOMAS
