conversations. to one side it means being aware of the issues of our injustices in the society, being aware of the struggles that other people have and working to correct them. to the other side it s a per yore tiff. it means whatever it has to. last week it meant woke. when we re talking about canceling math classes, canceling honor classes in the name of equality nobody is canceling math. there s schools in oregon and california that you can look it up yourself. the problem is we hear these phrases. we hear these terms about, oh, well, the s.a.t.s acanceled. realize when you dig down to it, none of it is happening. it sounds terrible. nobody is canceling these things. these things are simply being re-evaluated as they should because our kids deserve the best. this month governor desantis canceled the proposed ap course on african american studies. as we understand it, there were specific topics that governor desantis did not want covered, black queer study, bl
as we understand it, there were specific topics that governor desantis did not want covered, black queer study, black lives matter, black feminism and reparations. what difference is blm from the, you know, 1 million march or from the march that led on selma? it s all history. it s a part of our history, so it needs to be taught. you know, the reason why they don t want to have this taught is because it makes people feel uncomfortable. the kids can handle it. i promise you. they re going to be all right. it s uncomfortable but we need to be having these hard conversations. look, you have one semester, you have one semester to learn about this huge history, one semester so you have to prioritize what s most important. blm didn t make it because blm is not history yet. absolutely 50 years from now, 40 years from now, blm is going to be in the ap textbook. it will be there. history books, it s been 40 years. hold on.