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Eric Padget retweeted
This is a statement from two of the people who wrote Florida's new education standards on slavery. In it they give several names of people to exemplify slaves who learned skills they applied later in life.
Let's go through the supposed truth of this list one by one.
Want the truth on Florida’s African American History Standards? See statement below from experts who crafted them.
“Any attempt to reduce slaves to just victims of oppression fails to recognize their strength, courage and resiliency during a difficult time in American history.”
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
This list is supposedly of enslaved people who "developed ... trades from which they benefitted" but nearly all of these people were either never enslaved, or never held the jobs described on the list.
Some examples:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Cobb
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_How…
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_For…
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_W…
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Was…
Here is a summary of the errors on the list:
twitter.com/etotheipie/sta…
Eric Padget retweeted
Huh. A day before Revisionist History drops its expose of Columbia’s possibly fraudulent shenanigans over boosting its US News ranking, Columbia drops out of the rankings! Coincidence? Tune in tomorrow for more! columbiaspectator.com/news/2… – at Newark, NJ
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On this day in 1916, Ota Benga, an African native who suffered inhumane treatment by being kept in a zoo, committed suicide.
He had been kidnapped in 1904 from Congo, and taken to America and exhibited at the Bronx Zoo with monkeys.
A THREAD!
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Sorry, Margaret.
Florida bill would ban young girls from discussing periods in school washingtonpost.com/politics/…
Here's Ron DeSantis Universe, with GOP lawmakers nosing into your children's most private matters. Welcome to "free" Florida, right? What a farce.
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Go-Bag Consists Solely Of Axe For Taking Someone Else’s Supplies bit.ly/3yEqjCP
ALT Blue duffle with an axe sticking out of it.
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This dude immediately flew back from the Super Bowl and gathered up dozens of engineers in the middle of the night so they could make sure his tweets were more popular than the president's.
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This is the Bronx River the same year the EPA was founded, a place the city referred to as an "open sewer." This week, three dolphins were found eating fish in the river for the first time in decades. Yeah, environmental protection is actually a great thing.(Camilo Vergara, 1970)
ALT Bronx River with tires and debris in river and trucks on cliff in background.
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An Ohio teacher, who was reading The Sneetches to her Grade 3 class, was abruptly cut off by an admin when a student said "It's almost like what happened back then, how people were treated. Like, disrespected. Like, white people disrespected Black people.”
dispatch.com/story/news/educ…
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Wisconsin, state of champions
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Beige: Don’t leave this state without trying a big hearty scoop of beige with tan sauce. bit.ly/37bAPqr
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International Cat Federation bans Russian cats from competitions
wapo.st/3Ca0pHS
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Last week, one landlord in Milwaukee—Joe Berrada—filed 697 eviction cases.
That’s more cases than were filed last week in Boston, Dallas, Philadelphia, and the Twin Cities combined. (1/3)
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Teacher Fired For Breaking State’s Critical Race Theory Laws After Telling Students She’s Black bit.ly/3B1Ye8O
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Biden Vows Not To Forget Lessons Of January 6: ‘We Must Hang Mike Pence’ bit.ly/3t1FGDF
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Total number of deaths in America over the past two years:
Covid: 815,647
Flu: 37,314
Cold: 0
Incredibly irresponsible, misinformed and inadvisable post from LeBron
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Hundreds Of Companies Voice Opposition To GOP Voting Limits On Memo Line Of Donation Checks bit.ly/3pnYRW4
