• poopman_42069@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    https://www.fldoe.org/core/fileparse.php/20653/urlt/6-4.pdf The actual new standards can be found here. This is one bullet point in a sea of new standards,

    Point SS.68.AA.2.3 “Examine the various duties and trades performed by slaves (e.g., agricultural work, painting, carpentry, tailoring, domestic service, blacksmithing, transportation). Benchmark Clarifications: Clarification 1: Instruction includes how slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit.”

    I don’t think this is that terrible. It’s not quite as absurd as “BLACKS BENEFITED FROM SLAVERY!” It seems worth mentioning that the skills developed during servitude may have contributed to their ability to integrate into society post-slavery. I mean, the whole paper is chock full of things that show slavery in a negative light. I don’t think there were negative intentions in this. You can count on the news to write a good headline, though.