Florida county rejecting books about MLK and Rosa Parks for school district

[Demovictory9]

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[Lovie777]

1. WTF......

[brer cat]

2. FL isn't educating their students, they are just

indoctrinating them. It will eventually come back to haunt them.

[Mister Ed]

6. Or, to borrow a term, they're "grooming" the kids. n/t

[Evolve Dammit]

18. well said.

[SledDriver]

25. Agreed. "Grooming" them to be Republicans

[plimsoll]

11. I think it will haunt all of us.

At least some of these kids will leave Floriduh. Their grasp of their fellow humans will be limited, and even if they're smart they may not be able to accept a fact based world view because it will be so at odds with what they were "taught."

[TheRealNorth]

29. Exactly

They won't all one to flip burgers or do construction pr landscaping for wealthy retirees in Florida. The contagion will spread.

[PlutosHeart]

12. To haunt us. They want this.

[Baitball Blogger]

27. +1

They are raising an ignorant generation. And, yes, they will not be prepared to work in a diverse workforce.

[kimbutgar]

3. Wow I just did a scholastic news lesson about MLK with second graders this past Friday

As a substitute the teachers always leaves scholastic news for us subs. I wonder is Desatan will ban scholastic news because some of the subjects are about MLK, Rosa Parks and even had a Chinese New Year issue.

Dumbing down students will not lead to a brighter future for Florida.

[Takket]

4. on what grounds, CRT? Fuck off with these facists.

[Demovictory9]

17. They wont admit it but they dont like talk about Jim Crow past

[Evolve Dammit]

19. Can't handle the truth, which is what "woke" is all about. Simply truth.

[SeattleVet]

21. The Jim Crow past...or as they call it, "The good old days"

This is what they really mean when they say they want to 'take the country back'...back to that era.

[MadameButterfly]

5. I wonder how long it will take for people with school age kids to leave

Florida, and when real estate prices will fall. I expect it will start with the teachers leaving, and the schools having long term staffing shortages. Or worse, right wing propagandists will be in the classroom. Maybe there are enough people OK with this and the ramifications won't sink in unless/until their kids apply to college and can't meet standards.

Meanwhile families with teenage girls, and young single women will leave (and out-of staters won't apply to college in Florida).
Transgender families will not be enough to change the numbers much, but they will be out of there for sure.
Maybe people in danger of voting while Black will also go.

Meanwhille, the number of representatives in Congress will stay, along with the gerrymanding, for 10 years.

[Warpy]

13. If you're a conservative of any age or any gender, you don't think it applies to you

until it does, and then it's too late.

[phoenix75]

23. Exactly!

Well said.

[Rebl2]

14. I hope

they will leave FL if they can. The only other thing to do is teach your child on your own about MLK and Rosa Parks and how the fight for equality in the US goes on to this day.

[sinkingfeeling]

7. Duval County Florida is home of Jacksonville and almost 1 million people.

Interestingly, it went for Biden in 2020 by 18,000+ votes.

[MOMFUDSKI]

8. Florida had been its own unique State. But now

these 'leaders' are damned determined to put us into the "just one more Southern State" category. When I moved here in '88 I couldn't believe the lack of education amongst my Florida-educated co-workers and thanked my lucky stars that I was educated in Wisconsin. Sad.

[scarletlib]

9. This is just RACISM AND WHITE SUPREMACY exerting its power.

In the long run a losing strategy but shortchanging kids today. Irreparable harm to children’s
education

[Evolve Dammit]

20. It would seem to be that simple.

[Walleye]

10. So the taxpayers don't mind wasting all that money on books they will never use?

[Mr. Evil]

15. It seems to me

that Gov. DeathSentence desperately wants Florida to be the white nationalist capital of the US. This is only one step in that path. Grooming and indoctrination of children into believing that white people have never done anything wrong. They can disavow, shroud, suppress and refuse to acknowledge history but, they can never erase it.

Anything worth having is worth fighting for. This shit has to be stopped!

[patphil]

16. Florida continues its attempts to white wash history.

With an emphasis on the "white".

[Rhiannon12866]

22. Twitter reply:

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[NullTuples]

24. But...after his father died in 2005, son Mike shifted the Berenstain Bears overtly Evangelical?

Recent (past 10 years?) new titles:

"The Berenstain Bears Say Their Prayers"
"The Berenstain Bears God Loves You!"
"The Berenstain Bears Go To Sunday School"
"The Berenstain Bears And The Golden Rule"
...and so on.

Why would Florida Republicans specifically ban "The Berenstain Bears and the Big Question" which is explicitly about the younger bears learning about (and thus teaching the child being read to / reading the book) the Christian Faith?

[Demovictory9]

30. I rememer the Bernstain besrs..didnt know they went religious

[keithbvadu2]

26. Would they censor a book about Kyle Rittenhouse?

Depends on if the book supports or criticizes KR.

[GenThePerservering]

28. DeSatan is a dollar store dictator

he's doing this because he can. GOP's Big Government is in its citizens' classrooms, their homes, in their children's lives, in women's vaginas...he won't stop until he has completely groomed compliance.

[Demovictory9]

31. Agreed