Javier Manjarres is a political consultant and also the publisher of The Floridian, and he’s published a piece about Gov. Ron DeSantis “declaring war on blacks in Florida.” If he’s talking about that Advanced Placement African American Studies course, note that the College Board has heeded a number of criticisms that Florida’s board of education had with the class, such as removing required teachings on Black Lives Matter and the case for reparations from the curriculum.
@GovRonDeSantis DeSantis Accused of Declaring War on Blacks in Florida
Reported by @javmanjarres via @Floridianpress https://t.co/1nWMnMbw9P #Florida #FlPol— Javier Manjarres (@JavManjarres) February 2, 2023
Who’s accusing him? Let’s find out:
State Senator Shevrin Jones called Gov. DeSantis’s recent controversial banning of AP African-American studies at colleges and universities nothing more than “the promotion of Jim Crow 3.0 by ppl who don’t know & don’t care about what’s happening in the Black communities, but desire to referee how our history is taught.”
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Rep. [Michelle] Rayner-Goolsby also repeated the current narrative that Republicans, namely DeSantis, have “declared war on Black people” and are trying erase black history by trying to “erase Black LGBTQ history.”
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“Higher education though, we believe in Florida that it’s about academic excellence and the pursuit of truth. We don’t believe higher education should be for social justice or to impose an ideology on the students,” said DeSantis.
“We have guidelines and standards in Florida. We want education, not indoctrination. If you fall on the side of indoctrination, we’re gonna decline. If it’s education, then we will do.” DeSantis continued saying, “Who would say that an important part of black history is queer theory? That is somebody pushing an agenda on our kids.”
So the same state legislators who had fits over the so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bill think DeSantis is declaring war on black people. And note that we’re already up to Jim Crow 3.0, with Georgia’s “voter suppression laws” being called Jim Crow 2.0 by President Joe Biden.
Nonsense from silly, frivolous people.
— Goldens Rule (@jamesbranch3) February 4, 2023
The drama.
— limepill (@limepill_) February 2, 2023
— I Like It Red (@ILikeItRed1) February 4, 2023
Oh. Okay. No one cares what they think.
— Chemtrail Distributor (@WillNotComply77) February 4, 2023
What a delusional accusation indeed.
— Loki Luck III (@Lokiluck3) February 2, 2023
DeSantis has done more to help minorities than any governor in the country.
— StephenDouglas40 (@StephenDouglasZ) February 4, 2023
This avenue of attack is going to flop just like the “Don’t Say Gay” lie.
Why? Because it is rooted in a LIE.@ShevrinJones this path is not going to help your Party. Do not say so did not tell you.
— Chris Nelson 🇺🇸 🏝 (@ReOpenChris) February 2, 2023
It is going to flop just like the “Don’t Say Gay” lie. Check the polls … check with Floridians … people like what DeSantis is doing.
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