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The College Board on Wednesday released a revised version of an Advanced Placement African American studies course following criticism from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), who refused to allow the program to run in Florida schools.
In a new framework for the course reviewed by The Hill, Black writers and scholars associated with critical race theory have been scrubbed from the curriculum, as have those who touch on the Black queer experience and Black feminism. Other topics, like Black Lives Matter, are now optional.
The Board also added Black conservatism as a potential research topic.
David Coleman, the head of the College Board, told The New York Times that these changes were not made to bow to political pressure.
At the College Board, we cannot look to statements of political leaders,Coleman said. The changes, he said, came from the input of professors and longstanding A.P. principles.
No. Just politics.
DeSantis is the most popularly elected Governor in Florida history and his vision for Education in the state was hardly a secret. The College Board could hardly ignore that fact. Elections have consequences.
It's a pilot program. Nobody who developed it is upset. 60 schools to start - not so bad at all.
Dems are just acting butthurt because, well....it's the black voter (loving) thing to do. And anything anti-DeSantis will play well down the line.