Just 48 hours before the first day of school, the Arkansas Department of Education announced that Advanced Placement African American Studies wouldn’t count towards graduation. They said they’re reviewing the course for possible indoctrination.
Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders went on Fox News to explain her administration’s decision to de-prioritize AP African American studies.
“We cannot perpetuate a lie to our students, and push this propaganda leftist agenda, teaching our kids to hate America, and hate one another," she said.
Sanders has not pointed to anything specific in the AP African American Studies curriculum. The Arkansas Department of Education notified teachers that they’d deleted the course code for AP African American Studies. That means students can’t get graduation credit for taking it.
So anyone wanting to read what the AP course covers, guess what? It’s been up for public review for nearly ten years. You too can literally read about every aspect that the course covers!
So you don’t have to fear “IF” this is evil, evil indoctrination because you can read it for yourself and come to a conclusion. ALL. ON. YOUR. OWN! Shocker! Something, apparently, the governor cannot be bothered with.
You assume they’re able to read.
Does being unwilling to read count as a form of illiteracy?
Yes although I’d describe that as wilful ignorance.
Hopeless idealist I am thinking people bitching about something would want to educate themselves about it.
But you’re right, it’s willful their spite. For way too many people they’ve got to hate something. Even if it’s unfounded.
Arkansas: Still a racist shithole.
Would it be possible for the AP board to refuse then to recognize any AP courses and tests from Arkansas?
The College Board should award DOUBLE college credit for taking this class to account for the missing high school credit.
Seems to be like that would mostly just hurt students and play right into the Republicans’ plans.
How professional of them to take off their Klan hoods for this announcement.
Fucking hell the right are really doing a speed run in fascism.
It’s really the only way to do fascism once it becomes obvious what you’re doing.
This guy fascs.
There wasn’t enough indoctrination in it, so they’re seeing what they can add.
I am so scared for my kid’s future in this country. For now, I’m just really thankful that we live in a relatively safe area with mostly intelligent, non-evil leaders. Though even here, our school board elections this year had right-wing candidates with cookie-cutter talking points and websites.
Educating kids who want to understand American history is indoctrination, but getting them used to following arbitrary rules for 8 hours a day is what…
Not to mention having to stand for the flag and sing the anthem every day.
…it is every day, right? Because honestly to me as an European it seems sufficiently absurd (and kinda gross) that I just have to ask to make sure lmao
Pledge, yes. Anthem, no. And legally they can’t force students to participate in the pledge. It’s a violation of their 1st amendment rights. Though I couldn’t say how many students actually know that. Meanwhile there are plenty of teachers and faculty that definitely DON’T know that, and will bully kids who refuse to participate.
Yep, my daughter decided she didn’t want to say the pledge anymore in fifth grade because “it’s stupid to say a pledge to a flag.” Can’t say I disagree. Her “teacher” (not an actual teacher despite being a public school, but that’s another story) made her go sit out in the hall for refusing to say the pledge and she got a long email from me telling her all about West Virginia v. Barnette and telling her that if she either forced my daughter to say the pledge or punished her for not saying it again, she’d be hearing from my lawyer.
I got an apology. My daughter, unfortunately, did not, but she never had to say the pledge again. And after that, about half the class sat out.
They can’t punish students for not saying it. But they can use social pressure to essentially force them to say it. It worked on me when I was a kid.
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Sell Arkansas to Mexico. We don’t need them.
