was going on behind the scenes when florida changed how we teach is black history. most members of the workgroup a hind those new standards tell nbc news they did not agree with a language that claim developing skills that could be quote, personal benefit. meanwhile, former governor understands defended the mattress unraveled him start another republicans criticize him. i would also note, some of those congressman are putting out information that is totally false. you ve got to be willing to stand up and fight back against false narratives. and that s what we do in florida, every day. joining me now, once, again eddie glaad, university professor, msnbc political analyst. false narrative? do you think it s a false narrative there, eddie? what is the false narrative? reporting that there was this outline in the guidelines, saying that slaves benefited from slavery, are false? of course. it s also false that he said
eddie? both cases reveal his corrupt nature. dances goes to the heart of the night not percy,. elephant charged. yet point well taken. okay, safety, renato the, gableman. eddie, you re gonna stick around, we re going to talk about legacy admissions and their impact on non privilege students. that will come later this hour. but first, this is not an aquarium, what you re about to see. you re going to see little fish, their swimming near the ocean reef in the waters of south florida. a water they are in is getting dangerously hot. so, what does that mean for these little guys? we re back in 60 seconds.
america. in fact, as you know, accurate lessons on slavery weren t even taught until after the civil rights movement. in the 1960s! how has that big picture, eddie, undermined and accurate understanding of u.s. history? you know, alex, that the court of so much of power problems. once you choose and who you choose to leave out of your stories actually reveals the limits of your idea of justice. if you don t tell a story that includes native peoples, then your mind is out attuned to what s happening to them in your lives. if you don t tell a story where every day, ordinary working people, play central role in making the nation great, then you are quick to dismiss working people. if you don t tell a story about black and brown folk and women, as being kind of full-fledged citizens, actively participating, then you can easily dismissed the. so, part of what we ve seen over the course of american history, yacob only wrote a wonderful book entitled teaching white supremacy or