ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida rejected an Advanced Placement African American studies course because it contains critical race theory and state leaders objected to its lessons on “Black queer studies,” Black feminist thought and “the Black Struggle in the 21st Century,” according to the Florida Department of Education.
The department also criticized some of the authors whose works were part of the course because they were communists or wrote about the ideology. And it objected to the AP course’s lessons on reparations, the idea that descendants of enslaved people should be financially compensated, according to a summary of concerns sent to the Orlando Sentinel late Friday.
“All points and resources in this study advocate for reparations. There is no critical perspective or balancing opinion in this lesson,” it said.
