Pic Of The Moment: DeSantis' Plot To Whitewash American History

[EarlG]

In Ron DeSantis's Florida, a Textbook Publisher Deleted Any Mention of Race in the Story of Rosa Parks

[Harker]

1. So when a child asks the natural questions, "why?" or "what groups of people?"...

they're making it so that a teacher can be arrested for replying honestly, since the historical reality will make some students feel troubled.

I certainly felt troubled by many aspects of the history of the struggle for equal rights for all Americans, and I think those feelings helped me to become an empathetic, loving person.

Obviously, not the sort of citizen the fascists want in their society.

[pazzyanne]

8. Exactly!

"I certainly felt troubled by many aspects of the history of the struggle for equal rights for all Americans, and I think those feelings helped me to become an empathetic, loving person."

The same thoughts have crossed my mind, and I agree completely with you. This country needs more people to feel "uncomfortable" to teach them missing skills.

[Harker]

12. You're right! It's already easy enough to grow up to be an ignorant, opiniated bigot...

and they mustn't get away with institutionalizing it.

I'm heartbroken to see how much bad wood there is underneath the veneer.

It's no coincidence that I have books by Langston Hughes and Margaret Atwood at hand right now.

[geardaddy]

2. Why would the publisher agree to this?

SMDH

[Cuthbert Allgood]

4. Money. Duh.

Florida and Texas pretty much dominate the textbook creation biz.

[geardaddy]

7. Yeah, duh.

I guess if I were a publisher I wouldn't do it.

[Cuthbert Allgood]

13. For the record, as a teacher, I hate textbooks.

But if you are an educational textbook publisher and don't cater to Texas and Florida, you will be out of business soon.

This is just another reason for me to fight against every having to use textbooks as a teacher.

[CaptainTruth]

3. And DeFascist supports this 'certain groups of people' language...

...while he persecutes LGBTQ, trans, & people with "woke ideology," all of whom are "certain groups of people." Oh the irony.

It's like he's saying "don't focus on race because we're much more than racists, we persecute many groups of people!"

That's not the winning message he thinks it is.

[niyad]

5. defascist desantis. orban ron. 1984 incarnate.

[Ziggysmom]

6. This is an abomination on so many levels. What do we tell kids about wars? Just say

groups of people did not like each other? History is finite and cannot be changed. Sugarcoating something does not make it go away.
Aren't these so call Christian hypocrites then denying the Bible? John 8:32 "And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free."

[Jay25]

9. He keeps pushing the envelope, with success.

It will be to the detriment of this country. He is spear heading a division that WILL not have the outcome he plans on.
Minorities know the truth about history and have no intention of repeating it. Come what may, minorities will not bow down
to the Hell that these Satan wannabes are trying to create.

[Baitball Blogger]

10. Someday we'll look back and say that De Santis was the

worst disguised racist in American History. Truth is, he sucker punched everyone who voted for him.

[Ray Bruns]

11. "Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it."

George Santayana

[IronLionZion]

14. Did he remove how people treated his Italian ancestors too?

There was a time when people named "DeSantis" were not considered white or American either.

[czarjak]

21. Blacks, Jews, Catholics. Main Klan enemies when founded in 1865.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

15. K&R

[Richard58]

16. Does this absurdity never end?

So we can't mention race in our American history books? I can't begin to tell you how insane this is. When talking about the Native Americans are the books going to say "A certain group of people lived in teepees and were kicked off the land by another certain group of people and made to live on reservations." Obviously the kids will ask who these certain groups of people were. Are teachers not allowed to say? Is it going to be a secret? Yes let's completely dumb down the curriculum! Hey why mention POC at all? Pretend that everybody in America's past was a white Christian! Problem solved!

[Cobalt Violet]

17. This has already gone way too far.

He is just getting started too.

[Magoo48]

18. I'm embarrassed that Floridians don't possess the numbers or the will to appropriately respond.

[AllaN01Bear]

19. this country has been good at burying its hatefull past i have learned quite a few

things thanks to du.

[AllaN01Bear]

20. sue?

[11 Bravo]

22. Also in Florida textbooks: "A rowdy group of Seminoles were asked to vacate the premises ...

but they refused, so armed officials politely escorted them out."

[YoshidaYui]

23. Unless TRUMP is inidicted, Republicans will have a choice between two evils

both trying to make this country in their own image, and fuck the founding fathers, they both vow to destroy this country.

[Bengus81]

24. Hell Ron...why don't we just BURN all the books you disagree with?

Why screw around with word changing?

BTW.....Your bud Adolf loves you.

[Aussie105]

25. Rosa sat in the front of the bus.

Very naughty of her!

Next step: make the dark skinned people sit in the back of the bus again, after all, they are a hurtful reminder of America's uncomfortable past.

[JohnnyRingo]

26. Unfuckinbelievable!

If this isn't a good dose of right wing grooming, I don't know what is.
Beam me up Scotty. They've gone mad on this planet.

[republianmushroom]

27. DeSantis, more dangerous than trump.