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
i think he s saying it s recent history so you have to make choices. exactly. it s recent. drop that in your current event class. when you get to college you can take an elective on a class that deals with that subject matter. but in a ten-week course there s only so much you can pack in there so you have to prioritize. who is to say that black blm isn t history. it s current history and in ap classes especially a class currently being written and constructed. what is current history? here s the thing. i understand what she s saying. you have got to pick only so much to go into these courses. but why are we not listening to the history whose it is. the black community saying these are the things that matter to them. black lives matter is the most important foundational movement for black liberation in the last 50 years. since the civil rights movement. and you re telling me it shouldn t be in history books.