From and English professor none the less....
DeSantis is what is right for America.
https://www.aol.com/gov-desantis-enhanced-not-weakened-203803271.html
The examples listed in the document are copious enough to tell us pretty closely what English teachers will place on their syllabi and discuss in class. Here are some names that a quick word search of the document retrieves: Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, W.E. B. Du Bois, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Richard Wright, Gwendolyn Brooks, James Baldwin, Lorraine Hansberry, Alice Walker and James Weldon Johnson. In seventh grade, teachers are encouraged to assign “Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott; in eighth grade, Nelson Mandela’s “Long Walk to Freedom” and Douglass’ “Blessings of Liberty and Education;” and in 12th grade, the poems of Countee Cullen.
The bare inclusion of so many African-American works and themes puts to rest the charge of educational racism. Note, too, that DeSantis initiated the B.E.S.T. project in January 2019, long before the current controversy over African-American studies started and before the George Floyd riots forced issues of race on politicians more strongly than at any time since the Civil Rights era. The B.E.S.T. initiative was not a political action or reaction. The governor wanted abundant literary history on grounds of principle.
DeSantis is what is right for America.
https://www.aol.com/gov-desantis-enhanced-not-weakened-203803271.html
The examples listed in the document are copious enough to tell us pretty closely what English teachers will place on their syllabi and discuss in class. Here are some names that a quick word search of the document retrieves: Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, W.E. B. Du Bois, Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Richard Wright, Gwendolyn Brooks, James Baldwin, Lorraine Hansberry, Alice Walker and James Weldon Johnson. In seventh grade, teachers are encouraged to assign “Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott; in eighth grade, Nelson Mandela’s “Long Walk to Freedom” and Douglass’ “Blessings of Liberty and Education;” and in 12th grade, the poems of Countee Cullen.
The bare inclusion of so many African-American works and themes puts to rest the charge of educational racism. Note, too, that DeSantis initiated the B.E.S.T. project in January 2019, long before the current controversy over African-American studies started and before the George Floyd riots forced issues of race on politicians more strongly than at any time since the Civil Rights era. The B.E.S.T. initiative was not a political action or reaction. The governor wanted abundant literary history on grounds of principle.
