Roberto Clemente Banned in Florida

[Deertick]

Originally Posted by G1911

It very literally and directly states that the path to slavery, the slavery experience, and the achievement of African-Americans are required to be taught, already cited. Nowhere does it ban or imply could be banned any of the things you claimed before reading the bill. You want a section specifically stating Jackie Robinson (and every other baseball player, again, the bill is "any race" except the section specifically stating black achievement and several other topics promoting a positive narrative) can be taught? This bill would be over a million pages if it had to very specifically state everything it does not affect. This is just fundamentally not how law works. No law does this lol

https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/05/polit...ory/index.html

Briefly summarized:

"Indeed, Florida has required its schools to teach African American history since 1994, long before the recent push in many states to move toward a more complete telling of the country’s story. The stated goal at the time was to introduce the Black experience to a generation of young people."

"But nearly three decades later, advocates say many Florida schools are failing to teach that history. Only 11 of the state’s 67 county school districts meet all of the benchmarks for teaching Black history set by the African American History Task Force, a state board created to help school districts abide by the mandate. Many schools only cover the topic during Black History Month in February, said Bernadette Kelley-Brown, the principal investigator for the task force.

“The idea that every Florida student learns African American history, it’s not reality,” Kelley-Brown said. “Some districts don’t even realize it’s required instruction.”

Also the 'review' of books and material results in a de facto ban, until further explicit direction is given. School boards, teachers, and administrators are threatened with civil and criminal sanctions for violations. At this point, ONE person can object to ANY perceived indiscretion to trigger investigation.

While the law as written seems 'common sense' and innocuous, the consistent rhetoric from the governor and 'parent groups' indicate the real-life intent of application.

[BobbyStrawberry]

Originally Posted by Deertick

https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/05/polit...ory/index.html

Briefly summarized:

"Indeed, Florida has required its schools to teach African American history since 1994, long before the recent push in many states to move toward a more complete telling of the country’s story. The stated goal at the time was to introduce the Black experience to a generation of young people."

"But nearly three decades later, advocates say many Florida schools are failing to teach that history. Only 11 of the state’s 67 county school districts meet all of the benchmarks for teaching Black history set by the African American History Task Force, a state board created to help school districts abide by the mandate. Many schools only cover the topic during Black History Month in February, said Bernadette Kelley-Brown, the principal investigator for the task force.

“The idea that every Florida student learns African American history, it’s not reality,” Kelley-Brown said. “Some districts don’t even realize it’s required instruction.”

Also the 'review' of books and material results in a de facto ban, until further explicit direction is given. School boards, teachers, and administrators are threatened with civil and criminal sanctions for violations. At this point, ONE person can object to ANY perceived indiscretion to trigger investigation.

While the law as written seems 'common sense' and innocuous, the consistent rhetoric from the governor and 'parent groups' indicate the real-life intent of application.

Behind the nakedly transparent racism of all this is the true target - public education itself. I can't imagine anyone wanting to be a schoolteacher in Florida right now.

[irv]

CNN...LMAO

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[Mark17]

Originally Posted by irv

CNN...LMAO

Irv, I've got some startling news for you. This dog isn't sniffing the other one's butt.....

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by Mark17

Irv, I've got some startling news for you. This dog isn't sniffing the other one's butt.....

Thats close enough for facebook and twitter.

[irv]

Originally Posted by mark17

irv, i've got some startling news for you. This dog isn't sniffing the other one's butt.....

lol. :d

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by BobbyStrawberry

Behind the nakedly transparent racism of all this is the true target - public education itself. I can't imagine anyone wanting to be a schoolteacher in Florida right now.

or a police officer is most other states.

i also feel that with the failure rates in math and other subject areas in many of the states where the media or other criticism is coming from is so low, why not half the outrage on that versus a 'Clemente' outrage...

the more kids learn real school skills and be educated the more they will have the tools to deal with some of the hardships of life due to many areas..

[Carter08]

Originally Posted by BobbyStrawberry

Behind the nakedly transparent racism of all this is the true target - public education itself. I can't imagine anyone wanting to be a schoolteacher in Florida right now.

Nakedly transparent racism. Yup. And it will somehow be defended on this board.

[Peter_Spaeth]

I was addicted to Brian Williams/Rachel Maddow MSNBC for a while just because it was so unashamedly biased that it was a huge source of entertainment for me. Watching them cover Trump's win over Hillary was special.

[Carter08]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I was addicted to Brian Williams/Rachel Maddow MSNBC for a while just because it was so unashamedly biased that it was a huge source of entertainment for me. Watching them cover Trump's win over Hillary was special.

I think that’s what some folks on the right don’t get. I lean left and get a kick out of left leaning news. I don’t take it seriously. It’s a biased joke sometimes. I hope they get a kick out of Fox News but I think they take it seriously. Ironically, Jon Stewart was the last bastion of true news.

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by Carter08

I think that’s what some folks on the right don’t get. I lean left and get a kick out of left leaning news. I don’t take it seriously. It’s a biased joke sometimes. I hope they get a kick out of Fox News but I think they take it seriously. Ironically, Jon Stewart was the last bastion of true news.

well fox is talking about coverup with the train chemical fire as a main story...we shall see what happens but if the chemicals are deadly they are serving a good media purpose, it will follow a dont trust government agenda but you weigh it against:

CNN will cover the michigan st shooting and say its all white supremecy /guns/republicans fault and story and not sure what the media purpose is for that

[Deertick]

Miami Herald editorial. Lots of links with background info:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/no...8484a040ad5a30

Just one example of how the 'plain unambiguous text' of the law is anything but:

https://popular.info/p/how-to-ban-36...ks-from-school