DeSantis says Black people benefited from slavery by learning skills like ‘being a blacksmith’

Photo caption: Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida. Photo credit: AP Photo / Phil Sears, File. Article by Kenneth Niemeyer. Insider – July 23, 2023.

• Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Black people learned beneficial skills as slaves.
• “They’re probably going to show that some of the folks that eventually parlayed, you know, being a blacksmith into doing things later in life,” DeSantis said at a press conference.
• Florida approved a new African-American studies curriculum that teaches about the “personal benefit” of slavery. […]

Click here to view original web page at www.businessinsider.com

Related articles:

Remarks by Vice President Harris on the Florida State Board of Education Curriculum Updates – Whitehouse.gov

Do Florida school standards say ‘enslaved people benefited from slavery,’ as Kamala Harris said? – PolitiFact

Ron DeSantis Defends New Florida Curriculum to Teach Slavery’s ‘Benefit,’ Says ‘Scholars’ Are Behind It – People article via Yahoo!

Florida’s State Academic Standards –Social Studies, 2023 – Florida Department of Education

Florida schools should not be trying to put any positive spin on slavery – The Hill