Politics: Is School a Place for It?

2/6/2023

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S Griffin 1A

2/6/2023 09:03:59 am

White children are definitely old enough to learn about this because some really young black children were young enough to go through it and they had to learn what not to do to get them in trouble so white kids are more than old enough to learn.

Amaya J link

2/6/2023 09:24:35 am

i agree there is no limit for people to learn what the other kids go trew

J ballard 1a

2/6/2023 10:07:37 am

I agree there is no age limit to learn about the history of former slaves and the people of african american culture because the children back then were not spared due to age.

ireuna 6b

2/6/2023 01:08:39 pm

i agree because now days we don't learn about that

James leslie 1A

2/6/2023 09:28:22 am

i agree because it wasnt a problem that them little black boys and girls had to go through that.so it shouldnt be a problem when we try to teach other people about there history.

Alexia Ruiz 1A

2/6/2023 09:34:20 am

I agree 100%, i also think that if they did teach it we would have more white people who try to be less ignorant on topics that have to do with race.

C.lott 2A

2/6/2023 10:56:20 am

I agree, the reason i do is cause the whites usually go based off what they were told by another human being. However, if they taught the actual history people would definetly act a different way. Personally I just feel like they are trying to make an excuse as to why history about blacks are not told.

C. Torres 1A

2/6/2023 09:47:47 am

I agree with you as people should learn from the past and learn from them.

C moore6b

2/6/2023 03:56:34 pm

i agree with you pepole should learn from their past actions so they colud be better

K. Coleman 7B

2/7/2023 12:30:05 pm

I agree with you, because even at a young age people should learn from the past.

J ballard 1a

2/6/2023 09:55:13 am

I agree a hundred percent white children should be educated about the ways the country has changed from the 1800s to now where blacks has rights that we didn't have then.

eduardo maso 2a

2/6/2023 11:25:29 am

exactly! Its sad to see that some are still living in the past and remaining locked up in their own reality.

ireuna 6b

2/6/2023 01:10:08 pm

i agree because you not wrong black kids didn't get to learn how other's did but white's did now we have rights to learn

C moore6b

2/7/2023 11:00:21 am

i also agree about what she is saying but i feel like both black and white kids should get the chance to be educated like even now many kids and people cant or don´t have the chance to get the education they need and how there´s a lot of things that need to change and help stop this problem so kids and everyone can get the learning they need

T Terry 6B

2/7/2023 11:43:30 am

I agree, they should still learn about the diversity of rights of blacks from the past to see how it effects everyone now instead of going based on what they were told opinion based.

G. Calderon Batista 2A

2/6/2023 10:45:29 am

I agree, its better to teach them young so they'll be aware of how privileged they are.

T Terry 6B

2/7/2023 11:44:16 am

Yes I agree it’ll show them the differences.

K. Coleman

2/7/2023 12:31:10 pm

I agree with this, because doesn't matter the age you can still learn from the past.

E Garcia 1A

2/8/2023 09:07:15 am

Yes because back in history, blacks were treated horribly and were slaves for a long time yet white people don't understand that as much because they don't know about their own history and people lack on learning about their history which is why blacks act this way and most of them are afraid since racism still happens till this day.

E. Adame 2A

2/6/2023 10:56:36 am

I agree with you that these children even if they are young they should still be learning about this. There is no age limit to learning and it will continue to teach what is right and what is wrong.

R. Aponte 2A link

2/6/2023 11:36:02 am

Our society is very diverse, but there isn't equality. There is a lack of history in our society which separates Whites from Blacks and Latinos.
African Americans and Hispanics have been through so much to get where we are now and we should give them more credit than given.

S Griffin 3a link

2/6/2023 12:11:57 pm

I agree with you,they continue to ban teaching history and some people just deny it. It might be another peoples goal, deny what happened to black people or deny how bad it was.

Khamari Caldwell 1A

2/6/2023 08:40:13 pm

I agree that there is a lack of history in our society. I feel we should be given more credit for most of the stuff that goes on in today's society.

tony r 5b

2/7/2023 10:09:38 am

i agree because in a way we have to make school put a African american class in them just to show people the truth and other wise

Cscott

2/7/2023 12:25:16 pm

i agree with you that African Americans and Hispanics had to go through horrible and unfair things to get in the position we are in now. Speaking onto the fact that they were discriminated against and wasn´t given their fair right.

B washington 1A

2/8/2023 09:34:21 am

we have been through so much and for them to say just because of age whites shouldn't learn about African Americans is not right.

A. Green

2/6/2023 12:37:07 pm

I agree. Privilege is too common for us to be seen as an "elevated" society.

F. Maltos 3A

2/6/2023 02:00:31 pm

I agree with you because it is true that white children are old enough to know what African Americans have been through since they were old enough to go through this.

Makyia Lyons 5B link

2/7/2023 08:37:57 am

I agree with you there is no limit to learn what people have been going through

T, Shields 5b

2/7/2023 09:45:46 am

I agree, there is no age that shouldn't allow you to extend your knowledge on the black history of how African Americans got here today and still deal with certain problems whites don't have.

M Fairley 1A

2/8/2023 09:42:33 am

Exactly. A world of information is at our fingertips so I don't see how non people of color could not learn more.

D Burris 5B

2/7/2023 09:47:56 am

I agree with you, they are old enough and it is important for them to learn and understand the things that happen.

Arrianah bates

2/7/2023 10:55:27 am

I agree with this because there isn't a certain age you can learn about anything

Banks.M 6B

2/7/2023 10:56:03 am

i agree with this because even when teachers are telling our history they tell the sugarcoated version to save the white kid from feeling uncomfortable so i feel like if we as black people have to learn about it the uncomfortable way white kids can too

B washington 1A

2/8/2023 09:28:37 am

People's age shouldn't get in the way of learning our history

Kimberly Yanez 3A

2/8/2023 01:57:46 pm

Yes, i agree but its not just about the age it could be both young and old but you should have the right to be able to learn about different ethnicitys.It is good to know about different races and be informed

Dontre Eley 3A

2/8/2023 02:24:10 pm

I feel like them not teaching kids about african american studies is messed up, some kids might want to learn about it. When the kids grow up they wont know much about it and might say or use wrong information.

Leonardo Guzman 1A

2/6/2023 09:12:07 am

From what I read, it seems that these specific students were only rejected from these for the sole purpose of their race. I consider it to be outrageous just to reject students from what they'd like to learn all because of their race. "No educational value, like something you can discard, something you can just throw away, something that says you are not important as other people," said by a Latino teacher.

Amaya J link

2/6/2023 09:27:08 am

everybody should now how other people suffer there isnt a age limit to it

C.lott 2A

2/6/2023 10:51:56 am

I agree because the fact that the whites try to make up all these different stories about the real history is insane.I feel like the age limit should not be the problem due to the way blacks were treated. As a result, they just feel as if whites are so priviledged.

A. Green 3a

2/6/2023 12:41:55 pm

We should not just discard black culture like it means nothing.

J Melgar 6B link

2/6/2023 07:08:06 pm

I completely agree with you. Students that were rejected based on their race is completely unacceptable. It's unfair for African Americans and Latinos have to deal with the inequality while white people don't have to face these types of situations. I do believe that white people should be learning this in school.

Kevin Jacinto 6B

2/7/2023 10:47:49 am

I agree, because kids shouldn't be rejected from school just because of their race.

Banks.M 6B

2/7/2023 11:00:50 am

i agree with you because black people already feel like outcast everywhere we go why did we have to feel like outcast at feel around our "friends". our skin color and respect is something every one should know about school can just take that away from us

A Bradley 6B

2/7/2023 11:51:36 am

I agree because it's definitely not okay to be rejected because of their race at a very young age.

C Scott 7B

2/7/2023 12:32:02 pm

i agree with you on this because not letting a child get their education because of their race is sick. could only imagine how those kids felt having to be told they can ´ t attend a certain school because of something they cannot control.no education requires a specific race.

Amaya J link

2/6/2023 09:21:57 am

there is no limit for anybody to learn about what black people go trew everybody should now the movement they did for them to have some sort of right and some sort of a freedom but there shouldnt be a lmit if learning about this aged does not matter

Alexia Ruiz 1A

2/6/2023 09:37:21 am

I agree and i feel like if they continue to ban teaching the history, people will eventually just deny it. And i honestly think that might be their goal, deny what happened to black people or deny how bad it was.

M. Davis 1A

2/6/2023 09:39:12 am

Yes, everyone should get the same opportunities to learn what they want.

R. Aponte 2A link

2/6/2023 11:28:32 am

It doesn't hurt to learn about the people that live in this country. We communicate and have relations with Latinos and African Americans, and you don't know their backgrounds or where they came from. It's a lack of respect for many cultures.

K.Williams 3A

2/6/2023 01:04:48 pm

I agree that it doesn't hurt to learn new history , it could be beneficial in many ways you don't remember.

Alexia Ruiz 1A

2/6/2023 09:30:08 am

I think it's outrageous that they banned teaching literal history. Any "reason" they come up with is just an excuse to suppress the truth and the truth is america is horrible to black people and has been for hundreds of years. I think it should be taught in schools for many reasons but the main one is because everything in history is downplayed. If they continue to ban teaching history it'll just get worse, and it'll be easier for people to deny certain things that happened.

M. Davis 1A

2/6/2023 09:36:04 am

Yes, it is extremely wrong to ban any history.

C. Torres 1A

2/6/2023 09:47:11 am

I agree with you as it will only get worse for everybody in the future so we have to deal with it now.

G. Calderon Batista 2A

2/6/2023 10:51:18 am

yes, i completely agree with this because if they ban certain events i history then future generations wont know the pain colored people went through.

Zariya B. 1A

2/6/2023 11:21:42 am

I agree, history doesn't have an age requirement. You should learn something new everyday, and people who have no color should be interested in learning about horrible things that have happened, and that is still happening to black people. We can only change the world together, and knowing our history is one of the major steps to begin that process. They could never imagine what blacks go through on the day-to-day, and back then, they are really just looking from the outside in, so it is best for them to learn and get knowledge on it at any age.

E. Adame 2A

2/6/2023 11:03:50 am

I agree that it is crazy to not be teaching history. They should not be prioritizing other history over others. All history is important in its own way.

J Martinez 3a

2/6/2023 12:36:04 pm

i agree i feel we need to teach more about this type of history .

D Sparks 1A

2/6/2023 11:16:40 am

I believe you are correct, especially when you speak about the downplaying of history. History gets watered down every year which is causing our society to get worse. Downplaying history has an affect on the world and is an educational problem that has to be fixed to save the later generations.

S Griffin 3a link

2/6/2023 12:14:40 pm

I agree history should be about learning something new everyday, and people who want to learn about the horrible things that has happened to black people.

J Martinez 3a

2/6/2023 12:37:03 pm

i agree its no reason to band history .

F. Maltos 3A

2/6/2023 01:40:39 pm

I completely agree with you because they should not ban history so the future generations can know the truth of what happened to African Americans in the past and know what they went through.

J Melgar 6B link

2/6/2023 07:14:43 pm

I agree with you. Schools continue to make the excuse of not wanting to get too 'political' when it comes race and its history, especially when it deals with African Americans and Latinos. As you stated school need to teach the real history or else it will continue to make it hard for people to understanding the situation.

B Wilkinson 6B

2/7/2023 10:49:40 am

I agree with what you are saying because people should be allowed to learn about different cultures if they choose too.

A Bradley 6B

2/7/2023 03:38:08 pm

I agree because they shouldn't ban African American history. They need to learn what they have been through.

Shamarian Samuels

2/8/2023 11:42:45 am

The article wasn’t saying that they were banning all of the teaching literal history it’s saying that they are trying to downplay our history they are trying to limit our resources.

R. Lynch 3A

2/8/2023 12:52:03 pm

I do agree that it's outrageous to suppress African American history. and when people begin to deny certain things that happened, those "certain things" will begin to repeat itself.

James Leslie 1A

2/6/2023 09:32:19 am

i think white people and other races need to keep learning about african american history.i dont think it is anything worng with teaching it as we have already been teaching it.i think i think they are trying to hide something about thbe truth of amfrican american history

eduardo maso 2a

2/6/2023 11:24:23 am

i agree, the color does not matter we as a society need to start making it known that history has a purpose its not just for a word to be thrown around.

J.Thomas 3a

2/6/2023 12:49:50 pm

I agree with this because lots of children from other races aren't educated the way African American children were..

Lemoey Robinson 6B

2/6/2023 02:41:36 pm

I agree with this comment because it's good for other races to learn about something that happened in history.

Khamari Caldwell 1A

2/6/2023 08:46:24 pm

I think they are trying to hide something but they are probably not going to show what it is exactly. We all have been learning the same thing basically so I agree with you.

M Davis 1A

2/8/2023 10:01:45 am

I feel that Mr. DenSantis made the right decision by tying to put his daughter in African American studies. We should have the right to learn about any culture. It is wrong that they are trying to ban people learning abut the black culture. Every course has educational value.

M. Davis 1A

2/6/2023 09:34:43 am

I feel that Mr. DenSantis made the right decision by putting his daughter in African American studies. We should have the right to learn about any culture. Every course has educational value.

C. Torres 1A

2/6/2023 09:46:11 am

I believe its idiotic that they are rejecting history. They are rejecting the true history that really happened in the real present world. Not just what happened hundreds of years ago they should be taught everything to get the full picture. Just because it was bad dosen`t mean schools should downplay it we teach it, learn from it, and do better for the future. Rejecting history will only cause harm in the future.

D Sparks 1A

2/6/2023 11:10:33 am

It is idiotic because the whole point history is taught is to ensure that we don't make the same mistakes we made in our past. So, when African American history isn't given a chance to be learned on a deeper level, it allows the world to continue to live in ignorance causing some of the same mistakes to be repeated.

Amalio Garcia

2/6/2023 12:42:53 pm

I agree with this point of view. Because it seems people are trying to ignore this important part of the history of African Americans.

Denise Costilla 5B

2/7/2023 09:32:31 am

I agree, history should be learned on a much deeper level, rather than the downplayed history that they teach kids nowadays. The truth of it all.

Shamarian Samuels

2/8/2023 11:27:14 am

Not being able to learn our history keeps us from mentally and physically growing. the whole point of studying history is to see what you can do better and not repeat the same mistakes.

K. Romero 1A

2/8/2023 11:28:52 am

I completely agree, history helps us fix our mistakes and when we don't properly learn it, it doesn't help. we should be given the chance to get history as a whole so the past doesn't keep repeating itself. all history should be learned at a deeper level.

Kevin Jacinto 6B

2/7/2023 11:08:42 am

I agree, because one will have a better perspective on things once they know the history to it.

A.Tindle 7B

2/7/2023 12:53:27 pm

I 100% agree with you. All history should be mandatory to learn, especially when there is still racisim and reccuring things happening. History repeats its self alot, and its good to know all history.

K. Romero 2A

2/8/2023 11:24:58 am

I completely agree, rejecting history is only doing harm it is not helping in any way. no matter how hurtful it can be we as humans need to learn about it, getting only half of the picture is not acceptable. schools should not take out pieces of history just because they don't agree with how graphic they are.

Lemoey Robinson 2A

2/8/2023 11:50:38 am

I agree with this comment because it is idiotic that we cant learn a deeper level about our cultures history. Like some cultures are being able to learn a deeper level of their culture and can fix what mistakes their people were making and do better today but African american don't get the change to fix our mistakes because we don't know what mistakes were made because we aren't informed about them.

J ballard 1a

2/6/2023 09:50:12 am

I agree the children who are not colored should learn about history of the African American culture , and also how the blacks were treated back in the day slave day.We should all learn form those past horrible ways of the past.

E. Adame 2A

2/6/2023 10:54:38 am

I agree that people that are not of color like me should learn about this history and that it should not be rejected. Because if others do not learn it how will the future know the past. All history is important whether or not its positive or negative, If we do not learn this history it will have a negative affect in the future.

K.Williams 3A

2/6/2023 01:02:23 pm

i agree that if we do not learn this history it will have a negative effect on our future.

B Wilkinson 6B

2/7/2023 10:50:39 am

I agree, history is very important to us.

D Sparks 1A

2/6/2023 11:03:05 am

The take DeSantis has on African American studies is bias and fueled by closet racism. It's not fair that African American's have a chance to further their learning when it comes to European history and their expansion, but when it comes to people furthering their knowledge on African American studies it has "no educational value. Intersectional races should have a chance to study both races and further their knowledge to help bridge both of the cultures.

R. Brown 3A

2/6/2023 12:40:32 pm

Almost all of African American history can be summed up as a fight for freedom and rights. Compared to the expansion of European nations and wars, african american studies have much less value. What can you learn from african american history that will help you in the future?

C Valdez 3A

2/6/2023 01:56:21 pm

Yeah removing it would be wrong and people should have the option to learn about African American studies because all histories are important and saying it has no educational value is just an excuse. Students being able to learn about different cultures is a good thing and there's no reason to remove the course as an option. Saying it has no educational value and wanting to remove the course just makes the Governor look bad.

Lemoey robinson 6B

2/6/2023 02:40:33 pm

I agree with this comment because it would be wrong if they just removed history that happened in the past. What's the reason of removing something so important.

E.Adame 2A

2/8/2023 11:09:20 am

DeSantis´ decision to revise and cut material from the AP African American Course is a decision driven by fear. Why would they have a ¨Left-wing bias¨ toward history that helps us improve on our knowledge of the past? Nothing in this course ¨lacks educational value¨ but instead in a study in 2017 shows that there was ¨higher attendance,grade point averages and actually encouraged students to take the course.¨ Learning about African American History is important and benefits our future, getting rid of people of color history is completely absurd.

Lemoey Robinson 2A

2/8/2023 11:47:49 am

I agree with this comment because i think it should be fair that African Americans be able to learn further about their culture. I think learning about our culture shouldn't be considered as not an educational value because if our culture is considered as not an educational value then how are the rest of the cultures considered to be an educational value.

G. Calderon Batista 2A

2/6/2023 11:06:27 am

I agree with the fact that is crazy that they are trying to erase certain parts of history or refrain from letting teachers teach history to potentially make white people look better. Its bizarre to think that future generations wont be taught moments in history that are vital to know how colored people struggled to defend their human rights. "no education value" is something absurd to say by obviously a white guy.

A. Tindle 7B

2/7/2023 12:56:43 pm

I agree. Not only are they trying to erase parts of history, but it happens to be the Latinx and Black history they want gone. Having that part of history be an option is just a problem awaiting. Also, white people should have no say on education value of leaning about Latinx and AA.

eduardo maso 2A

2/6/2023 11:22:25 am

reading this shocked me. I believe every history should be an open book and that everybody should learn about each race history. Its time to stop locking up each others history and to spread the knowledge. The point of history is to literally learn about the past to avoid the same mistakes everything has a educational value.

R. Brown 3A

2/6/2023 12:34:34 pm

No one's history is locked up. almost every human on the planet has an electronic device that is connected to the internet. You have all of recorded history at your finger tips and yet you still say that it's locked up. Some things in the modern world have less educational value than others. The world changes and so do our values.

R Suarez 3a

2/6/2023 12:42:33 pm

i agree with you Mr. Maso history is so we can change in the future.

K. Lake 3A

2/6/2023 01:05:34 pm

I agree, there has been a shortage of history and culture, but only due to the history of not telling. For example, Native Americans. Early Americans and Spanish tried their best to erase Native American history. To the point, where they made them just like them and talk like them as well.

C Valdez 3A

2/6/2023 01:48:01 pm

Yeah they should be able to learn about what they want. History courses don't have less educational value just because they aren't U.S. History. I agree that everyone should be able to learn about each race history.

R. Aponte 2A link

2/6/2023 11:24:52 am

Everyone should learn about different peoples cultures and history. There is a really big gap from Latino and African American history from white history. There isn't equality within the Latinos and African Americans communities.

K. Lake 3A

2/6/2023 01:02:08 pm

I do agree to an extent. For most foreign countries, there is a high majority of color in that country. For example, if go to Korea, your going to see more Korean more than any other race there. So, would it be totally wrong if that country only was to teach, or mainly teach Korean history rather than African-American, Hispanic, European, etc?

S Griffin 3a link

2/6/2023 12:20:07 pm

I believe that history should be a story, in which everybody should hear and learn about each race. We need to acknowledge the fact that there are many people out there who care about black people. The point of history is to learn about the past.

Amalio Garcia 3 A

2/6/2023 12:38:10 pm

I agree, we should all have some knowledge of other cultures

R Suarez 3a

2/6/2023 12:41:51 pm

i agree history should be spreaded no need to hide the truth.

J.Thomas 3a

2/6/2023 12:51:32 pm

I agree whats the point of have all this information about the past if only a select few care to read and learn about it.

J Castillo 3A

2/6/2023 01:01:44 pm

I agree, everyone should be taught about everything that happened in history

A. Hernandez 5B

2/7/2023 09:36:23 am

I agree because every race is important to learn about not just one or two of them. I think every race derserves to learn about their past and not be lied to. No race is better than others we have the same amount of rights.

A. Hernandez 5B

2/9/2023 09:57:35 am

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I believe that people of all different races should learn about all races history because it important for others to know what happened in the past. History is significance to us because we learn about everything that happened. It also teaches us how back in the day was different and all the things we went through to get where we are today.

S Griffin 3a link

2/8/2023 01:56:34 pm

REPOST: People may say they are different communities happening based on the education that is given to people. In this new generation, many people believe history is all about communicating with other people. In this article, "a 2017 analysis of U.S. high school world history textbooks that educators could no longer allow for history textbooks and social material on Afro Latino representation on race". We are now coming into a new year with a lot of opportunities to do better and not let history come between us. If we keep letting them provoke others, then people like Gov. Desantis will pull down on us.

Ryan Brown

2/6/2023 12:29:02 pm

This whole article doesn´t really make any sense to me. Why would you want an African American studies class, all the things that they could teach you would be stuff your parents and grandparents would know. How does the history of African Americans help you? Can you even use that information in the future? Florida Gov. saying that African American studies “significantly lacks educational value.” is true. They never said it was unimportant, Just that it isn´t worth having a class for it. If we were going to have an African american studies then shouldn´t we have a Mexican american or even an Asian american studies?

m.santos7b

2/6/2023 03:58:35 pm

I think they should teach this because it teaches us about the rights we earned from activists in our communities and it can inspire us to do what they couldn't do back then. You learn from what they said and you push boundaries no one thought you could so i think it's important to have african american, Latinx, and asian american studies

K Stern

2/7/2023 09:17:15 am

I disagree because we literally have those classes you mentioned. They have classes like that in college as well. Let black people have something

R Lynch 3A

2/8/2023 12:56:33 pm

I have to disagree with you. African American history gives the future generation insight into the hardships and struggles that oppressed African Americans had to go through back then. Tossing aside this important piece of history will only result in history repeating itself.

J Martinez 3a

2/6/2023 12:33:43 pm

i feel our is very diverse but there isn't equality all the time . And i feel There is a lack of knowledge in our society in history which separates all the races from each other . Many other races have not getting enough attetion about i feel like we should learn more about the culutre .

A. Hernandez 5B

2/7/2023 09:40:46 am

I agree, because till this day there is a lack of equality through out races. Some races are still being mistreated when they arent supposed to. Just because people are different color doesnt mean they should be treated differently

A. Hernandez 5B

2/9/2023 10:04:27 am

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I believe that history should be taught of all races not just one so people of different races can be educated of others. It told us in the article that they wont have African American History which is showing because african americans have become a long way. African american history should be taught because it had significant role how the world is different today.

J Martinez 3a

2/8/2023 12:38:52 pm

I feel this story that someting is really wrong with him mentally saying that the class his daughter wanted to take was “significantly lacks educational value.” We need to come together and tell them why us children need to be educatiated on afircan american history . I dont see why they or how they vaulue eurpoion hisotry more it need to be equal so we can all be educatioated on diffrent demographics .

A. Green 3a

2/6/2023 12:34:45 pm

Black people will always be silenced. This has been shown time and time again, with protests and unnecessary violence. This is yet another example of the silence of black people. Education is power. We need to learn about the mistakes that were made, so that we don't repeat them.

A. Green 3a

2/8/2023 01:14:38 pm

REPOST: In the article, gov. Desantis makes the decision to take away the African American studies course because it "lacks educational value". He says that the state already "requires the teaching of all the important things. But just like the article said, African American studies doesn't only focus on the basics, it also focuses on the culture of African Americans. The problem with Desantis' desision is that it is based on his underlying racism.

Amalio Garcia 3A

2/6/2023 12:35:16 pm

They are old enough and its important to know about the history of how African Americans were treated, they should know of other cultures as well to be well informed of the people that exist in this world.

J Castillo 3A

2/6/2023 01:02:56 pm

I agree, it is important to know about the history of African Americans and other cultures.

C Valdez 3A

2/6/2023 12:36:41 pm

I think diversity programs should be funded and are a good option to have education and they hold educational value. Rejecting an AP course on African American studies is bad because there's no reason to remove it because it's as important as the other histories. Colleges should allow students to pick whatever option is available and removing an option that was already there shouldn't be a thing.

R Suarez 3a

2/6/2023 12:41:03 pm

I honestly believe that history should be something all people all different races should know. The picture is right i think white people no matter the age should know the truth and back story about what really happened. History is literally given to us so we wont make the same mistakes that were made. Like in sports if a play didn't work in the past why run the same play, it only going to cause the same outcome.

K Stern 5B

2/7/2023 09:25:19 am

I agree learning about the wrongs of the past can help prevent horrible things from happening in the future.

A Heela 7B

2/7/2023 12:41:35 pm

I definitely agree with this, people need to learn about the history so repeated mistakes won't happen again

R. Aponte 2A link

2/8/2023 11:36:02 am

People that are Latino or African Americans feel out of touch with their own history because DeSantis is watering away our history. The African American course is about the culture and the interactions, but it is not about their history. Latinos and African Americans are treated with less value than a white people.

R Suarez 3a

2/8/2023 02:18:45 pm

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I honestly believe that history should be something all people all different races should know. In the article it states how they will not have a class for African american history which is incredible knowing the significance it has with people today. Everyone needs to know the past. History is literally given to us so we wont make the same mistakes that were made. Like in sports if a play didn't work in the past why run the same play, it only going to cause the same outcome.

R. Lynch 3A

2/6/2023 12:56:05 pm

African American culture deserves to be studied as equally as any other history. Gov. Ron DeSantis's statement of African American history "significantly lacks educational value" is objectively false. Every type of history has an important value.

Desiree Ware 3A

2/6/2023 02:11:02 pm

Yes I agree, we put more energy into celebrating hispanic heritage month rather than black history month. I genuinely feel like teachers teach black history month just because they have to, otherwise african american history is not talked about in school until it hits February which is black history month.

Raheem B 5B

2/7/2023 09:11:52 am

I agree to disagree because our culture deserves to be spoken upon and learned by the young kids now but I disagree because some history is more important then other and what we're learning right now is at the bottom of the barrel.

m.santos 7b

2/7/2023 09:32:28 am

It is very important that every pov communities feels equal when it comes to educational values. Teachers don't just teach something because they have to they do it so you can hear the eachothers history and things we went through. There are classes were you can learn about poc's history and i think we should push all these comunities history onto younger kids because they should know that they dont struggle alone.

K. Holt 6B

2/7/2023 11:26:08 am

I agree, so much happened in history that we shouldn’t learn about one small part but the whole background

Saniyah Joubert 7B

2/7/2023 12:59:08 pm

I don't believe they're saying let's ignore others background, he's saying the it's not all correct or missing information

K. Lake 3A

2/6/2023 12:56:07 pm

What Gov. DeSantis said wasn't right. It's cool for school to teach European history. But when it comes to African-American history, it deems " significantly lacks education value. " He may as well say that , " It's best to just teach European History and nothing else. " Even though, most of this country's history and success was built upon people of color, Africans, Natives, Hispanics, etc.

J.Thomas 3a

2/6/2023 12:56:59 pm

African Americans and Hispanics have been through so much to get where we are now While we each go through things There isn't equality in the Latinos and African Americans communities. Even with that being said they deserve applause for surviving the struggle. Caucasian people have always seemed to have things handed to them. Whereas, African Americans had to fight for everything.

J Castillo 3A

2/6/2023 12:59:56 pm

I believe that if they teach some part of history why not just teach everything about history, there is much more than what they teach. Every culture has its own history and it should be known to everyone so they can understand more about what their culture represents, what it went through and more information. All types of races are old enough to learn about what happened in history.

Saniyah Joubert 7B

2/7/2023 12:56:39 pm

I agree, they were trying to say that history goes far beyond that just what they teach in the history books.

J Castillo 3A

2/10/2023 02:10:41 pm

REPOST: I believe that if they teach some part of history why not just teach everything about history, there is much more than what they teach. Every culture has its own history and it should be known to everyone so they can understand more about what their culture represents, what it went through and more information.

K.Williams 3A

2/6/2023 01:01:17 pm

In my opinion , kids of other races and cultures are old enough to learn about others struggles. Latino and African American history is very different from white history. Although latinos aren't black they're history is very similar to african american history. I believe all history is important just to be educated on it.

Desiree Ware 3A

2/6/2023 02:07:44 pm

I agree, kids are already exposed to provocative things at such a young age like drugs and even sex. So the fact that african american history is hidden it's crazy to me.

D Burris 5B

2/7/2023 09:40:14 am

I agree, it is important for kids of other races to be educated in others history

Heela A 7B

2/7/2023 12:40:14 pm

I agree with this, many races and cultures don't even get mentioned enough during school, including African-American culture not being shown enough.

ireuna 6b

2/6/2023 01:11:22 pm

i agree because black didn't have rights like white's did now we got right we need to learn more about what happen but now don't nobody teach it

Fanny Maltos 3A

2/6/2023 01:35:48 pm

I think that the way every culture is seen isn't the true picture, they could have history about them and what they represent but we wouldn't know unless it's our culture. For example African Americans and Hispanic people have been through so much and we should not stay silent anymore and raise our voice. Even though we see racism or go through it everyday and it is time to put a stop to it.

rHudson 5B

2/7/2023 09:20:47 am

I somewhat agree, I don't believe they should teach culture unless that student wants to major in it, but history is different. History is what separates us as a society.

F Maltos 3A

2/9/2023 09:17:43 pm

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After reading this article, I find it very disappointing with the govorner Ron DeSantis because he said that African american studies, "significantly lacks educational value''. I believe that it is important to talk about African American studies in school because we should know their history and everything that has happened in the past. So our future generations could know the history of how everything happened and to keep the generations going and going.

Desiree Ware 3A

2/6/2023 02:05:36 pm

Children who are not colored should learn about the history of African Americans, because at the end of the day we all live together. So holding children back from really learning about African american history as in the roots and the background is really inconsiderate.

Raheem B. 5B

2/7/2023 09:09:04 am

I agree because not knowing who you are can short you of your true potential. We have all the tools to advance the world in many ways as just people and were being shorted of this outcome by our school system.

J. Hernandez 5B

2/7/2023 09:14:44 am

I agree they should learn more about blacks, because they have to be on the same earth with them regardless.

J. Hernandez 5B

2/9/2023 09:44:58 am

REPOST: I believe keeping people from learning about another race is morally wrong. Keeping a person of color from learning about their own race makes no sense. Banning a class, because it teaches kids about black history is insanity.

V Taylor 6B

2/7/2023 10:37:48 am

i agree because you can make it more complicated if you dont even try to understand other people and not just yourself because you cant get rid of the fact that we all live on the earth together.

G. Ojeh B6

2/9/2023 10:30:30 pm

We might as well teach culture shock to these kids now as they will eventually experience it.

M.Mitchell 6b

2/7/2023 11:51:19 am

These kids are gonna have their culture shock at some point or another; we may as well introduce it to them now.

R. Waits 7B

2/7/2023 12:30:23 pm

While I see what you're saying, I would like to include that not just people who aren't colored, people who are of color, should join in. Everyone should understand the history of African Americans. Like how schools teach regular history, WW1 etc.

Desiree Ware 3A

2/8/2023 02:16:42 pm

REPOST: After reading this article I learned that school education systems have been disregarding african american history and not teaching the history to young children. The comment made by Ron Desantis saying, african american studies "significantly lacks educational value"was completely ignorant. Slavery has been around since 1776- 1865. Everyone needs to learn about african history month and the fact that these school systems in society now only talk about it when it's convenient, which is in February "Black history month", celebrated for 28 short days. In the article as soon as complaints were being made about Ron Desantis actions were then put into place. The college board released a revised version of the course and now black lives matter movement and reparations are now optional study materials. The point is complaints should not have to be made for african history to be talked about and heard. It' s the same thing with hispanic hertiage month being taught in school systems, african history deserves the same attention.

Desiree Ware 3A

2/8/2023 02:20:18 pm

I reposted and wrote something new I accidentally forgot to reply to my own comment, but my repost is on here!!

Lemoey Robinson 6B

2/6/2023 02:39:12 pm

I feel as white kids are old enough to learn what happened back in the day when their ancestors were doing the things they were doing towards our ancestors. If our people had to go through that at a young age then what's wrong with the white learning about what their ancestors did wrong. I just think it's fair we all learn about what happened in the past.

J Melgar 6B link

2/6/2023 07:19:55 pm

It's unacceptable for schools to ban students based on their race. We should be teaching this in schools. To show what people other than whites have to deal with. At a very young age African Americans and Latinos have to deal with racial issues. If they can deal with that than why can't white children or anyone really be able to learn the truth about this history and the impact is has had on many people.

J. Hernandez 5B

2/7/2023 09:09:16 am

I agree whites should learn more about every races history

V Taylor 6b

2/7/2023 10:35:42 am

i agree with you because whites should learn more about other races besides their own

K. Holt 6B

2/7/2023 11:22:21 am

I agree, white children should learn about what every race went through and not just their own so that they can know the whole background in history

R. Waits 7B

2/7/2023 12:28:17 pm

This is absolutely right. Schools should not ban someone from attending just from what they look like or how they speak or their race. It is inhumane to treat someone as they are but not for who they are.

Pina 7B

2/7/2023 01:01:19 pm

I agree with you learning about the past and where we come from will help us and teach many other people about our ancestors.

J Melgar 6B

2/9/2023 11:50:28 am

REPOST: From what I read, this article is about a student going to take an African American Studies class, yet people are angered by this action. They decide to get rid of the class, because they didn't want this student learning about African American history along with other very important information that follows along with this topic/history. Ted Victor was upset by this because he felt it was wrong to throw away something that says you are not as important as other people. He is a Latino and he believes it's wrong to label people and their history and say it has no value. They are basically trying to prove that we need to change society and how they view people and show the importance of everyone's history

Khamari Caldwell 1A

2/6/2023 08:36:59 pm

Yes I feel like they are old enough to learn how their ancestors treated us. Also it is important for both cultures to learn about the past and try to grow from it. As people it is important to see how things in the past can affect the future. So them learning about the past can encourage them to have different feelings about our people.

Tony r 5b

2/7/2023 09:25:42 am

agree because no one would want people to grow up and look at us colored people like we don't belong

Tutt 6B

2/7/2023 10:51:29 am

I agree because eventually with that being all cultures should be able to be learned/taught.

X. McDonald 7B

2/7/2023 12:30:26 pm

I agree they shouldn't put an age in learning about history.

Makyia Lyons 5B link

2/7/2023 08:41:39 am

There should not be an age limit for other kids to learn about history. I feel like students should learn about the history of Africans Americans and what we been through, but they scared to teach that because we know the truth and they don´t want other finding out about these things.

rHudson 5B

2/7/2023 09:19:27 am

I agree, although I do think students every race should learn about all race' history so it may stick with them all their life.

J. Hernandez 5B

2/7/2023 09:00:20 am

White people should learn more about black history.

K Stern 5B

2/7/2023 09:04:02 am

I believe that history is history and it shouldn't be sugar coded at all. The history of what happened and still happens to black people should be taught and told exactly how it happened. Not the white washed version of what went down.

Raheem B. 5B

2/7/2023 09:06:13 am

I agree with this because from a young age we learn about all the white studies of who found America and who wrote what law. This is cool and all but not as important as learning who you are and what you come from. If us black kids have to learn about what slave owner was a president why can't the white kids learn who was the african kings and queens.

George Arellano 5B

2/7/2023 09:07:52 am

Yes I feel like people should learn about the history of African Americans in the united states and of the suffering they had to endure.I feel like its not alright that the AP African American Studies had it's fundings cut that just shows that they don't really care.It really just shows that the GOV thinks African american history doesn't matter

George

2/9/2023 09:55:24 am

REPOST I agree with what was said in the prompt, children should be taught African american history. The sacrifices that were made for her to be allowed to go to school should still be taught. The woman in the picture isn't even 70 yet that just puts into perspective how recent this was, so yes I do think everyone should learn about African american history.

A Giles 2A

2/9/2023 08:48:47 pm

I agree with you because just because one person thinks that it is not important does not mean that to other people. Everyone should have the choice to choose what they want to do and just because one person does not have any interest doesn't mean everyone else has that same interest too.

Alexis P 4A

2/7/2023 09:09:39 am

i will believe that the white young children should be old enough to learn it, and black young children are old enough to go through it because they should learn and adapt to the society they live in

M .Johnson 6B

2/7/2023 11:27:51 am

I agree because they should be able to have the opportunity to prevent the inequality between races.

D.Dews 7b

2/7/2023 12:28:53 pm

No cap so it can all be over!!!

Alexis Pescina 5B

2/9/2023 10:05:54 am

Poeple of color go through harsh things for example the person who is in the image but white children should learn about the tragedy that many African Americans faced through out their years and black children should be old enough to make a difference in the society.

rHudson 5B

2/7/2023 09:17:57 am

I agree with José Vilson's quote from the article“If you can go after AP African American studies you can go after that whole standard more generally,”. Although it is very important our not just young but older generation of black people learn about their culture and history, every ethnicity's history should be studied instead of keeping us dense. everyone's history is important.

Sanchez 5B

2/7/2023 09:20:05 am

I think that an age requirement is not needed when trying to learn about the past just as we have other topics we learn about why does learning about history/race become such an issue to people.

Arrianah bates 5B

2/7/2023 11:08:05 am

I agree with this because for you to learn something dosen't have anything to do with age

A. Sanchez 5B

2/9/2023 10:05:44 am

REPOST: In this article Educator and community activist Ted Victor was outraged when he learned Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis had decided an Advanced Placement African American studies course his daughter planned to take “significantly lacks educational value.”It’s also a state where, like elsewhere in the U.S., Afro Latinos still struggle for recognition of their place in American history and culture, while grappling with discrimination even within the Latino community. The unjust treatment is something that has gone too far.

Tony R 5B

2/7/2023 09:23:48 am

The things that we African Americans have been through should be taught to kids to show why and how but it shouldn't be an age limit to be taught these things.

D Burris 5B

2/7/2023 09:26:30 am

I feel that there is no age limit in learning about African American history or any history. It is important for people to learn and understand what happened back in that time. So, I feel that you shouldn't take that away from them.

M. Johnson 6B

2/7/2023 11:25:49 am

I agree because you're never too young to learn something new.

D.Burris 5B

2/9/2023 10:22:14 am

REPOST.. In the article it talks about how Florida's Gov. Ron DeSantis, makes a decision about African American Studies and how he feels that African American history " significantly lacks educational value.” Others like Victor, who is an Afro-Latino expresses that “How can you label a people and their history of no value? ... How is it my daughter can take world history, U.S. history, European history and there is no question? In other words, she can study your ancestry, but my ancestry, her ancestry has no academic value?”. For me, I agree with Victor because African American history isn't taught to a FULL extent like they do in other parts of history.

A. Hernandez 5B

2/7/2023 09:26:58 am

I agree, because in school we learn how amercica was found and when it was settled. We also learned about how african amercans used to work for white people as there slaves. I think we should also learn about the african studies.

A. Hernandez 5B

2/9/2023 10:10:04 am

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The article tells us that governor Dessantis wants to banned AP African American studies and diversity programs. This means that people of color wont be able to learn about their race and discriminating peoples value. Its is uncalled for to banned something that is important to learn today.

Denise Costilla 5B

2/7/2023 09:29:01 am

There is no such thing as "equality" in this country. As much as we all wish to be treated equal, we are far from it. Not many people like to face the truth about racism, but it's there, and it has always existed. Let's be honest, white people has/have always been treated superiorly, which is honestly so dumb. Isn't it so dumb how the word racism exists solely based off of what color of skin tone someone was born with? At the end of the day we are all human. Many racist parents pass those same thoughts that they have towards their kids, and some do it without knowing it, and kids don't know any better, so naturally they are going to think the same way. Which is why I believe all kids of all ages should be able to learn history, and not the type of history that is downplayed, but the real history.

T, Shields 5b

2/7/2023 09:56:36 am

I agree, everyday the cycle continues with racism. If it's not where you are it's somewhere else. people of a different race other than white looked at twice when entering a store, because they're wearing black or have their hands in their pockets, or just exciting in general. there will never be "world peace" because of the hate people give and it does sometimes come from family roots being taught that a certain race is "below" the other or hold "less power" just because of their skin.

M.Mitchell 6b

2/7/2023 11:30:36 am

I've always thought the same thing. This is an imperfect world and as long as that's the case complete equality will always be impossible.

Pina 7B

2/7/2023 12:58:23 pm

I agree with you, no matter the age of children they should be able to learn about the history. Kids start at such a young age to be discriminative towards people. Parents should teach their kids to be respectful and open-minded to people´s history and background.

G. Ojeh B6

2/9/2023 10:31:49 pm

I've always had the same viewpoint. Since there are imperfections in the world, perfect equality can never be achieved.

T, Shields 5B

2/7/2023 09:38:21 am

I believe White children are definitely old enough to learn about the African american history. Just like black children are forced in school at an early age to learn about the U.S history and European history, etc. There is no age limit to extended knowledge especially showing how we all got here today with coming from blacks only sitting in the back of the bus, to everyone allowed to sit together, eat together, and be together. I think it's foolish to discriminate against a part of history because All history is important and holds value as well. To say an important part of history "significantly lacks educational value" is thoughtless and offensive.

M. Espino 7B

2/7/2023 12:32:17 pm

I definitely agree, because we started learning about U.S history and America in general at a very young age so it is never "too late" or "too early" to learn about different cultures and what they had to go through.

m.santos 7b

2/7/2023 09:53:52 am

Everyone is comparing two different communities based on the education they are given to people, but why haven't we discussed that there are people who give out the ciriculum and choose what to show. Everyone should have the chance to education the new generation on their history and important beliefs that are in the history. In the article we see intersecting of latinx and african american because of the afro latino scholars and activist who give the bigger picture of why poc history should be pushed more. We are coming into a new year with a lot of opportunities to better our minds and not compete history wth each other. The more we do it the more people like Gov. Desantis will pull us to their level of ignorance.

R Arpero 7B

2/7/2023 12:37:25 pm

I agree because it is never too young to start looking in to that and especially not at 17.

V. Taylor 6B

2/7/2023 10:29:07 am

I believe that white children are old enough to learn about african american history because every other race has to learn about the us history in school. even when this country says it is the land of the free and equality, its never actually been completely true. alot of people continue to come face to face with racism as well as how they identify as.

J Deleon 2A

2/8/2023 11:20:25 am

This i think is the most true and the easiest to see/understand for everyone. This has been stated plenty of times over social media. This response is very good to understand because of recent events and still stands because of the hidden events that happen today.

A Giles 2A

2/9/2023 08:42:36 pm

I agree because this country says we are free and equal but it is just the opposite. Just because of one person's opinion it doesn't mean it is everyone else's. Especially with other cultures in this country they are only learning about american culture when they could have had an oppurtunity to learn about their own.

T. Treveon 6B

2/7/2023 10:49:29 am

I think it shouldn't matter the age of wanting to learn about the culture. As long as you have a open mindset and mature mindset.

Banks.M 6B

2/7/2023 10:50:43 am

For one I would like to say growing up in mainly all white schools i did't hear much about my people's history because my teacher like to say the gravity of the situation was too aggressive for school. so in all honesty i feel like the white men or women took their white privilege to the next level by banning literal history so their kids don't have to know that black lives actually matter. All this is lending up to is that little power black people being took away.

N.Sears 2A

2/8/2023 11:44:51 am

Going to school in mesquite. I feel like we don't get all of the main details about African American and Hispanic history. Even anything about the LGBT community. We don't hear about the important people that helped us get to where we are today. These people who have written books about these topics are being taken away from the students hands and being removed from being read and learned about. These people are written about their history and white people throw it away like it's nothing.

B Wilkinson 6B

2/7/2023 10:54:53 am

I think it is wrong that they are trying to stop the teachings of different cultures and races in school. Just like the person in the picture stated people that are not of color need to learn about racism and slavery. And people in schools should absolutely have the right to learn about these things.

D Jarvis 7B

2/7/2023 12:46:40 pm

AGREED!!! Schools needs to focus more on the real world instead of teaching us things we don't use in the real world. Age is a non factor nowadays the stuff kids see are almost as bad as it used to be.

J Deleon 2A

2/8/2023 11:23:16 am

Agreed, trying to ban or take away an entire cultures studies for all of the interested students involved seems wrong. They (white) have always been superior, but we still say equality, instead of becoming superior.

arrianah bates

2/7/2023 11:00:30 am

I feel like there isn't a certain age where somebody can learn about something. you can learn anything at any age as long as that person is wheeling to wanna learn something. Anybody can motivate you to learn something but its still there choice to wanna learn something or not.

K. Holt 6B

2/7/2023 11:14:06 am

White children are old enough to learn about African American history because it shows the different treatment people get based off their race. It should also show what changes we need in the world so that we as people can make equality. It shouldn’t matter on the race for how you respect someone because we’re all humans.

M. Moore 7b

2/7/2023 12:26:18 pm

I agree that they should be taught more, the deep and not so pleasant things either. Kids our age don't learn enough about what happened in order for us to have what we do, and even then they don't know that today there are still struggles.

M. Johnson 6B

2/7/2023 11:24:27 am

It's not right to ban teaching black history because there are things that are worse than black history and they're still being taught.There shouldn't be an age limit to any type of history because everybody should have the opportunity to try not to repeat the past. If black history is banned, then it will just be easier for people to repeat the past.

X. McDonald 7B

2/7/2023 12:33:01 pm

I agree there are many worse things that schools teach yet they ban something that teaches students about the black history and what black people have been through.

M. Mitchell 6b

2/7/2023 11:33:18 am

Considering all the other outlandish courses that are provided at schools, I can't comprehend how his first concern was with an AP African American studies. It not only educates those on the history of our culture but also on the African American community as it stands today. Considering Florida's large Latinx and black community, learning this history is more effective than Ron DeSantis may realize.

Kevin Jacinto 6B

2/7/2023 11:33:31 am

Banning the idea of teaching history of African american is horrible, because black people have been overcoming all the hatred they've gotten in the past and currently. This can not be forgotten and people learning about it can clear things up and be educated. Therefor it does have an academic purpose."How can you label people and their history of no value?", says Ted Victor.

M. Espino 7B

2/7/2023 12:30:15 pm

I agree, because there are many people who are uneducated about black history and their culture and just start assuming things based on what they heard or what they see on social media.

R Brown 7B

2/7/2023 12:30:22 pm

I completely agree with the statement you made. Taking away an opportunity for black people and other ethnic groups to see what they have pushed past is unacceptable. Their history is a big part of our world, it is something that can never be overlooked.

R Arpero 7B

2/7/2023 12:38:39 pm

I agree that banning the teaching of African American history is a bad idea and disrespectful.

N.Sears 2A

2/8/2023 11:40:32 am

Watering down a course to hide what has happened in the past is wrong. Saying that people of colors history lacks educational value and making us learn all of the European history, but not the entirety of our OWN history is already messed up. Making us seem unimportant than the white race.

m.santos 7b

2/9/2023 10:09:11 pm

I agree with you and i would also say that the way desantis is removing the AP course and banning books is going to lead to people forgetting history. with all the hateful things that circle back to them that hurt them, so through a realization of intersectionality, we as a society can better the way we think.(intersectionality means knowing that everyone has their own experiences of descrimination and oppression)

K Jacinto 6B

2/10/2023 11:30:26 pm

REPOST: So from what I read Gov. DeSantis is rejecting the AP course of African American studies, and this is outrageous. I feel like he is in fear of the knowledge that is held in this course. By saying it has no “academic value”. Many others in the article disagree with him and make him look like a fool.

S Delarosa

2/7/2023 11:43:56 am

This artical is taliking about colloges and high schools and also talking about a 17 year old boy in colloge raised in dominicaon.

c moore 6b

2/7/2023 11:53:59 am

i feel like both black and white kids should get the chance to be educated for example in the article the arthur talks about a response someone that soneone said about how white kids can get more learning then black kids and just by how she address it makes me think and feel like even now many kids and people cant or don´t have the chance to get the education they need and there is a lot that need to change in order for this to be fix so we could learn from are past mistakes and how we could learn from it.

M. Moore 7b

2/7/2023 12:22:59 pm

I agree, anyone should have the opportunity to learn about the past, yet the schools teaching of what happened is so looked over.

R Brown 7B

2/7/2023 12:27:36 pm

I can see where you're coming from. How can we as a whole collectively learn and grow when our education system is putting limits on a selective group of us. That wont help us in the end, it will only hurt us.

S Delarosa 6B

2/7/2023 11:54:11 am

im shoked that the goverment allowed 17 year old in colloge so early. they talk about a 17 year old who was raised in colombia that went to colloge early. they also talk about high schools and diffrent types of colloges.

D.Dews 7b

2/7/2023 12:25:47 pm

Probably got in an activity that helps you graduate early.

T. Brown 7B

2/7/2023 12:20:37 pm

i would have to disagree with banning black history it a very important part of how our world is the way it is today weather your black or white. if they think it is okay to band black history ban all history.

M. Moore 7b

2/7/2023 12:21:28 pm

White children, and any child should learn about the tragedy that many African Americans faced. Stories of history are constantly changed in the classroom to make people less offended. The truth is stories shouldn't be changed to make people okay with them, they should be told as is no cuts no beating around the bush.

D.Dews 7b

2/7/2023 12:22:48 pm

i do agree, just cause you grow older doesn't mean you stop learning.

C Jeffers 7B

2/7/2023 12:29:13 pm

i agree cause everyone needs to learn this

R Brown 7B

2/7/2023 12:25:04 pm

In my opinion I believe that it's not right nor is it fair that they are taking away a big part of history for these people. Knowing and acknowledging the past helps us grow. It wont hold us back as an individual or society, but instead it will propel our education to the next level.

R. Brown 7B

2/9/2023 01:12:41 pm

REPOST. To me, African American studies are something that should be studied in this society, for education. It touches on so many topics and it helps us grasp a better understanding of the obstacles African Americans face on a day to day basis. Something that was said in the article by José Vilson was “If you can go after AP African American studies you can go after that whole standard more generally,” This is completely accurate. Ron DeSantis the Governor of Florida decided to prohibit African American studies at school and that's just the beginning of people getting rid of classes that teach race, diversity, etc in general.

R. Waits 7B

2/7/2023 12:25:38 pm

Even though African american studies are present in schools, some schools. Not a lot of people take them, not a lot of non-POC persons. DeSantis pushed the criticism of people thinking that the teaching of African american history wasn't as important as other histories. That is not okay. Non-POC men and women shouldn't have a say in what isn't important and what is when it oppresses certain ethnicity/race.

C Jeffers 7B

2/7/2023 12:30:37 pm

right because thats dumb

X. McDonald 7B

2/7/2023 12:27:28 pm

I don't believe age should have anything to do with learning about African American culture. Removing AP African American studies just doesn't make sense because we can learn about so many other things in history that have to do with white peoples beliefs, etc but not African American. I think at some point in every one's education they should be taught about other races history and backgrounds.

D Jarvis 7B

2/7/2023 12:39:27 pm

Facts, if at some point in school people could learn about their history. That would help with some of the problems in the world

C. Torres 1A

2/8/2023 09:34:12 am

I agree that age has nothing to do with learning about African American culture. Anyone who is interest in learning about African American culture should be able to do so regardless of their age. This includes students in elementary, middle, high, and college.

X. McDonald 7B

2/9/2023 02:16:24 pm

Investigating AP African American studies seems very strange to me. I feel like they think they're protecting students from stuff but they're just sheltering them from the truth. Also because the class just teaches people about African American history and they're acting like it is teaching them how to join a cult.

X. McDonald 7B

2/9/2023 02:21:06 pm

This is a Repost btw

D Jarvis 7B

2/7/2023 12:27:36 pm

I agree with the tweet because black people go through racism on the daily and to take black history out of schools isn't right. When the black ancestors witnessed things kids shouldn't see. Hispanics should absolutely learn about what was going on in the world.

Ken Coleman 7B

2/7/2023 12:28:41 pm

This kid named Victor was born in the Dominican Republic and was raised there, in Brazil and Brooklyn. He was a 17-year-old in college before he understood that he was part of the Black diaspora. Learning this from another college classmate led him to switch his undergraduate major from math and computer science to African American studies.

M. Espino 7B

2/7/2023 12:28:51 pm

Although America is diverse, there isn't much diversity. Throughout the article, Ted Victor talks about how if his daughter can learn about the history of America, then others should be able to learn about African American Studies. I think it is important to learn about this to understand what happened in history. Some people didn't have the privilege to learn about their history and they relied on school to help them be more educated. Taking that away from them is taking away the opportunity to learn about who they are and where they come from.

Tiana Harris 7B

2/7/2023 12:29:46 pm

yes i agree , i feel that blacks learn more contries than their own its not right to ban teaching black history because there are things that are worse than black history and they're still being taught.

C Jeffers 7B

2/7/2023 12:32:02 pm

bru they should just let people learn what they want to learn fr people just want the truth and people need to learn

H Ahmad 6b

2/7/2023 12:33:23 pm

Yes, I believe white kids should learn about African-American history. Age has nothing to do with learning about the past and the important history. Even younger kids should learn about black history and the struggles they have faced growing up their whole life.

R Arpero 7B

2/7/2023 12:36:16 pm

I am very surprised that the government allowed 17 year old in college so early. They talk about a 17 year old who was raised in Columbia that went to college early. they also talk about high schools and different types of colleges.

A.Tindle 7B

2/7/2023 12:48:20 pm

In this article its talking about how some are trying or are, making studying about Latinx and Black history an option. I personally do not agree with this. If everyone has to stit and learn about all Caucasian history, then why single out Latinx and Black? This whole thing is just another way to let the minority know how much they mean to America.. which is nothing.

Z.woods 3A

2/8/2023 02:17:31 pm

I agree with this because you're right it shouldn't be an option to learn about Latinx and black history it should be mandatory the same way they make us learn about Caucasians. They don't want us educated about our history, they're trying to make us forget about all there wrong doings.

A.Tindle 7B

2/9/2023 12:39:57 pm

REPOST: In this article, Afro Latinos and African Americans are outraged at the fact that Florida Gov. Desantis is rejecting an Ap course on African American studies. He also made a comment about African American studies have no educational value. This is just another way for Caucasian people to make the minority feel less, and feel as if we hold no value.

Saniyah Joubert 7B

2/7/2023 12:48:26 pm

When he said "How is it my daughter can take world history, U.S. history, she can study your ancestry, but my ancestry, her ancestry has no academic value?”. Saying she does have any representation in academic history. Which is also like a brown skin girl walking into Walmart and going to the toy section and only seeing blonde and blue-eyed dolls.

P. Pina 7B

2/7/2023 12:54:28 pm

The governor of Florida should not ban diversity programs in school. It only damages the new generation because they are not learning peoples backgrounds, culture, and ancestry. “This isn’t just for Black, Latino or Afro Latinx people, this is for everybody, because our white students also need to learn this rich history...¨ We should all learn history, get deeper into the history of our ancestries and continue teaching about the past. Learning about diversities should be important to the government and they should make sure everyone is learning not only the basic but even more than that.

C. Torres 1A

2/8/2023 09:29:58 am

I agree with the governor of Florida not banning diversity programs in school. These programs are important for learning the educational disparities and inequalities in society. They provide students with the opportunity to learn about different cultures and perspectives.

A Bradley 6B

2/7/2023 03:17:16 pm

It's wrong to ban African American history because students need to learn about what black people have been through. Black people are still getting hatred, not just the past. And there shouldn't be an age limit because they need to learn about African American history.

D.velazquez

2/7/2023 07:41:10 pm

there is no limit for people to learn what the other kids go through just because you get older doesn't mean you stop learning thing you always learn something new.

J Bryant 1A

2/8/2023 09:04:27 am

I believe that this article is powerful and reads a very great message because, the things that African Americans went through in dark times they do not teach us in school and many white people are not aware how bad the circumstances are so i agree they should learn more about how things were to be more aware.

E Garcia 1A

2/8/2023 09:12:32 am

I believe this article is a good way to point out that white people should know more about the history of what blacks went through so they can come to a realization how far blacks have came from to get the same rights white people have always had. Yet its like history is repeating because racism happens more often.

B washington 1a

2/8/2023 09:21:53 am

The whites should be more educated about what happened in the lives of African Americans. Not just the whites but also every race should be, age shouldn't be a factor of learning about our history.Its very important for all the people to know.

F Garnica 1A

2/8/2023 09:22:21 am

yea because now the white people think they have control over everybody but in reality they never even knew the history behind everything that happend in the past.the world has just gone upside down its sad because they treat us the way they do just because of the certain fact of our skin colors.

C. Torres 1A

2/8/2023 09:25:35 am

Its becoming a concern about the lack of inclusion of people of color in public schools. Public schools wont teach about people of color and if they do they offer a narrative that is incomplete, biased, or unrepresentative. This will leave students without an accurate understanding of their history and contribute to disparities within our society. Public schools should have a more comprehensive and inclusive way of learning that reflects the diversity of the world.

J Bryant 1A

2/8/2023 09:28:27 am

This article is powerful. It holds a great message for non people of color, as the conditions that African Americans endured are not taught in public schools. I agree and think that non-people of color need to be more informed on the history.

Amaya J 1A link

2/8/2023 09:33:36 am

now of days in this society we dont talk much about how african american impact in our generation and what they did back then even in now of days african american get impacted in there life alot with police brutality and even with just people in general but nobody talks about it

M Fairley 1A

2/8/2023 09:34:39 am

White and non-people of color have more than enough access to technology to educate themselves on the history and struggles of black people. If they can google anything else, why would the past of black people be any different? The excuse of simply not knowing is not acceptable.

jkyla dawkins 1a

2/8/2023 10:01:49 am

i could also say this because people of color have less acess to technology and stuff but theyre really the history.

D Walton 1A

2/8/2023 09:42:18 am

The article represents the fact that not many non-people of color are informed of the previous conditions of African Americans. I believe that many people are not informed on the things colored people endured. As people are still unaware and are not taught in public schools of sovereignty.

jkyla dawkins 1a

2/8/2023 09:51:21 am

white children should be able to learn about black history for the simple fact that if youre in school everyone should learn the same thing. in todays society and also in the article they dont want to talk about the people of colors' history because theyre trying to hide it.i could vouch for the quote and say that non-colored people should learn about it.

keira depippo

2/8/2023 11:04:09 am

being a mixed child i dealt with both having a white mother who doesnt undertsand why i have to oil my hair and i cant use the same hair products in her hair than in my hair shes dealth with it all and is very understanding all white people need to undertsand why there are diffrent boundries with colored people and non colored people it is very important that white children learn about black peoples life styles and edgucate themselfs so that tey know what not to say to offend a black person later in the future

Shamarian Samuels

2/8/2023 11:09:05 am

This article highlights the corrupt racism that goes on in politics. It shows how they use their power to not only hide the truth but keep our children from being able to deeply understand our history. DeSantis said African American history “significantly lacks educational value.” The same history that helped make the light bulb that he clicks on every time he goes in the restroom to relieve himself.

K. Romero 1A

2/8/2023 11:12:19 am

In today's society colored people have been titled as unimportant. white kids are old enough to learn about the history of not just them, and colored people should have the right to that information. The fact that people within the same race, the same history, the same ancestors are looking at each other as enemies is just crazy to me, skin color should not determine if other races/ethnicities should learn about your history or not.

R. Aponte 2A link

2/8/2023 11:29:52 am

DeSantis believes that Latinos and African American history is a political agenda and not something important to learn. If Latinos and African Americans are able to learn about European history, everyone should learn about different history. There is always more room to learn and understand about different cultures and history.

J Deleon 2A

2/8/2023 11:17:18 am

The education system, being controlled by the government and the people who make our laws.These men and women have no problem in having children learning European history and ancestors of the white tree. Having a problem with the studies of African Americans and Latinos shows they fear, aren't sure, and are scared of other people.

R. Aponte 2A link

2/8/2023 11:25:14 am

Our society is out of touch with Latinos and African Americans history, and people like DeSantis are holding us back from learning from our ancestry. We are living in our society not learning where we came from and/or our history. We are constantly learning about European history, but we are not able to learn about African American or Latinos history. We should learn and stand up for our history.

Z.woods 3a

2/8/2023 02:06:01 pm

I agree with what you are saying because the school systems really don't teach us too much about Latino and African American history. They try to downplay our history and try less and less about our history.

N.Sears 2A

2/8/2023 11:34:12 am

When reading the article "Afro Latino scholars and activists slam Gov. DeSantis' dissection of AP African American studies" posted by nbc news. As being part of the LGBT community and having a tanner skin color. Not being able to learn about my cultural and ancestry history, but learning all about white history and European history and it affected the world instead of mine is upsetting. Why are these people trying to water down history to hide it from the world like it never happened? DeSantis' said that it's not academically needed. That African American studies lack educational value. As Gen Z teens we are more about finding who we are and exploring our cultures and our true identities, and they want to take it all away from us. They are afraid of us. They want white people to run the world. Leave all of us people of color, and queers out of it. Like we don't matter and we are equal like everyone else. Why does our history lack educational value? Why are we as important as a typical white person?

G. Calderon Batista 2A

2/8/2023 11:41:21 am

I think it's crazy how they are trying to erase vital parts of history. The decision Desantis to water down history essentially to make the future how it was in the past. He said it lacks "no educational value " which he has no right to say because he is a white man who has privilege who hasn't gone through things colored people have gone through to get where they are today. It is unfair how we as colored people cant learn about our own history but we can learn about European history. The united states colored & indigenous peopl.

Lemoey Robinson 2A

2/8/2023 11:43:33 am

In the article DeSantis stated that he thought the African American course significantly lacked educational value.I feel like it actually would be an educational value within some people because some African Americans knows nothing about their culture and its important to know here to came from and what has happen about your races history. I think that isn't fair because we learn about African american culture but not in depth, teachers try to water it down about this subject because they can't talk about it as much and i feel it's wrong. Other cultures get to learn about their cultures in full depth and there's no problem. So it's only fair if we're able to learn further about our culture because even if people say it has no "educational value" it might be educational value to us the black people and even other races.

M Johnson 5B

2/10/2023 11:39:32 pm

I agree, like me and other African Americans, we know nothing about who we are as people or a community. The course doesn't lack any sort of educational value. DeSantis just doesn't want to deal with the fact that some of us are learning more about ourselves.

Q.Williams

2/8/2023 01:07:27 pm

I disagree with this text because African american studies should be included a lot more than it is in today's society.We celebrate every other native group but blacks are the least talked about in every situation.This is the reason i disagree with this text.

Kimberly Yanez 3A

2/8/2023 01:15:33 pm

In the article of the study of Afro American scholars it is giving DeSantis opinion and how he reacts to different situations.From background of DeSanti's is it well said he is a republican and the gov of Florida, he doesn't like the idea of to much in dept information on both race and diversity.Many people like Victor in the article disagree with his ideas and thoughts of removing an important subject of history.intersectionality is used to describe DeSanti's rejection of the course, it is important to learn about each others history in depth and ethnicity to see how as a community be better and learn more about each other. The article highlights how the government is in charge of many things that stops us from learning from the past.

Z.woods 3a

2/8/2023 02:00:54 pm

From what I have read I find it very ignorant for Ron Desantis to think that an Advanced Placement African American studies course "significantly lacks educational value". Does he feel as though just because it isn't world history, European history, and U.S history there is no educational value? In 2017 a study shows that there was "higher attendance, grade point averages and actually encouraged students to take the course." Ap African American studies have great benefits for our future everyone should be able to learn about it.

Riana Thomas 5b

2/10/2023 11:51:02 pm

People of non color should learn about us because we were apart of history too. It is sad that african american leaders don't get taught in our school districts. I am just very mad on the situation because why would he say those nasty comments about color people

G. Castaneda 2A

2/11/2023 12:00:08 am

Races should learn about all of the other races as we are all people and we should learn where they come from and what they have went through. There really isn't any educational value in the american school system because in the real world we will all be together working and being together. Latino and African Americans should be learned about and be understanded and respected.

evan anderson 3A

2/8/2023 02:02:16 pm

the fact that a people can take someones history and try and belittle they're interest and or culture isn't right.everyone should be given the choice to lean about their or another cultures heritage. unacceptable

J.Pearl 2A

2/8/2023 03:40:34 pm

When reading the article about Afro Latino it made me feel upset about how they want to cover up history and not tell us about it. it makes me curious about exactly how much information they are withholding from us.i also would like to know why exactly they don't want us to know this information. school is the best place to teach this information to all young kids.black and white children should learn about their history as well as other races history.

Makyia Lyons 5B link

2/9/2023 09:55:02 am

REPOST:After reading this article I learned that school education systems have been disregarding African American history and not teaching the history to young children. The comment made by Ron Desantis saying, African American studies "significantly lack educational value"was completely ignorant. I honestly believe that history should be something all people of different races should know. In the article it states that DeSantis recently announced that he plans to block state colleges from having programs on diversity, equity, and inclusion, and on critical race theory. They are also saying that they will not have a class for African American history which is wrong and rude especially for the people who had sacrificed for us. Everyone should know the past no matter what color you are.

T, Shields 5b

2/9/2023 10:10:29 am

What I read about was how the Afro Latino struggle with discrimination with having a place in american history and culture, not only in one state in the U.S which sucks because its an on going cycle for races of a different color that's not white. With the not allowing the African american studies and for DeSantis to say "it was not education but indoctrination." indoctrination like the history is brainwashing is dumb. No history is "brainwashing" its gained knowledge, having it limited is one sided like what Ted Victor stated when he said "...something that says you are not as important as other people," Is how i felt as well. We can't make the world inclusive if we don't include everyone in this the racialized world and discriminating against their side of history.

T, Shields 5b

2/9/2023 10:12:31 am

REPOST ^

G. Castaneda 2A

2/10/2023 11:56:35 pm

The American school system does want us to learn about any other race or culture as we are only told of the white race and history. Ted Victor said "something that says you are not as important as the other people" which is saying to me with the american school system is only teaching us about the white race and is kind of saying that the other races aren't as important then the other. People may think that school brainwashes people which in my perspective they only teach you what they want you to know.

Erik Ramos 6B

2/9/2023 12:23:42 pm

Considering how prohibiting the AP African American studies course. They cant just get rid of the history about African Americans it not only educate us but it shows how African Americans community stands today. Ron DeSatins is making unnecessary choice, without Africans Americans and Latinx history the community wouldn't stand how it is today

T.Brown 7B

2/9/2023 01:07:36 pm

in the passage i agree with victor statment and disagree with th egoverment. how can you diregarud something so impportant like its not. how can you teach history but leave some of the most important parts out.“No educational value, like something you can discard, something you can just throw away, something that says you are not as important as other people,” which i can fully understand and agree with. if any other cutural history is up for grabs whats son different about ours. later down the line hes goes on to say the history of african a,erican studies is an inslut. which in completly disagree with because how can facts about the past be an insult to the youth education. not only in youth education in our daily lives we still experience these things.

M. Moore 7b

2/9/2023 01:07:49 pm

REPOST: In the article, Ted Victor expresses his resentment to Ron DeSantis opinions on the importance of his daughter taking an African American study course; he's upset because of the comment Ron makes being, that the course "significantly lacks educational value." You read books written by white men, history that is recorded from a white mans point of view. Ted states "how can you label a people and their history of no value?" Why are we not learning of the struggles the individuals went through, and instead faced with the outside point of view. Learning should never be about 'is it worthy?' ;therefore the text strongly helps support the idea that it's hard to find diversity in history.

A Giles 2A

2/9/2023 08:22:38 pm

I think that just because of one person's opinion everyone should agree is not right. One person's decision should not be everyone's choice. Everyone has their own opinion and just because someone doesn't like learning about something doesn't mean their choice should be everyone else's. If someone wants to learn about something that is their choice and their opinion and interest. You should give choices out in the open to choose from from not just the same place/thing .

G. Ojeh B6

2/9/2023 10:28:38 pm

I believe that both black and white children should have the opportunity to receive an education. For instance, the way the author responded to a comment made about how white children can learn more than black children made me realize that many children and adults still lack access to the necessary education. This situation must be corrected in order for us to learn from our mistakes of the past.

rangel j 6b

2/10/2023 09:11:04 am

After reading this article i am completly shocked about what this governor is trying to do i thought we have grew so much more than this. His comments are disgusting saying " african american studies lacks educational value" but there is some shakespeare books that have killings and insest and everything else he dosent want us reading these african american books because of. Whats the difference? schools only teach about it when its necassary which shouldnt be the case everyone shuld learn about african american history because it is important to everyones life. no matter what color you are it shoudnt be disgarded from anybody

M Johnson 5B

2/10/2023 11:35:42 pm

I agree, the governor is a disgusting person. He doesn't even have any reason to do this stuff. Just makes excuse to continue on with this mess.

Riana Thomas 5b

2/10/2023 11:45:29 pm

I am very disappointed in the flordia governor he honestly makes me sick. What kind of governor would say a comment like that and people of color have been fighting for our rights for years. Its really sad and I feel like our voices should be heard more and we should speak up about it more.

M Johnson 5B

2/10/2023 11:26:57 pm

People should not feel the need to remove parts of history from schools, and other places of learning. Students have a great reason to be upset about this issue, because they have the right to learn everything in full. Most of the time there aren't even any problems with these pieces.

Riana Thomas 5b

2/10/2023 11:39:09 pm

This article I read, was about the governor of flordia rejecting AP courses on african americans. The governor of flordia says that he has a bigger plan to ban diversity programs all in state colleges by prohibiting funding. Now people of color are standing up and finding against the governor because they believe this isn't right. I agree with them because people of non color don't know what we did and how we fought to get our equal rights. It is also sad that some people of color to don't know half of the african american civil rights leaders.

G. Castaneda 2A

2/10/2023 11:46:52 pm

In the article, I learned about how the american school system isn't teaching students about the Latino and African american history meanwhile all they want to teach us is about the basic white/american history. A great example of the american school system not teaching us other cultures is sometimes Ms.D asks us who a certain person is and if no one answers she says "what are they teaching ya'll ". The Latino and African American culture are usually seen as the "bad culture" but no one will ever know if they do not let students learn what has happened in the Latino and African american culture.

R. Beck 5B

2/10/2023 11:48:02 pm

REPOST: In the article desantis states it lacks educational value and the state only requires important things to be taught. But what isn't important about knowing where you come from and how you came to be. His views are based off of racism and fears us as black people and the potential we hold with the knowledge of our ancestors. They are trying to hold us back as much as possible since we already know how to read and write.

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