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Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #73

Welcome to Hall Pass, a newsletter written to keep you plugged into the conversations driving school board politics and governance.

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Protesters march through Miami to object to Florida's Black history teaching standards

Dozens of teachers, students and activists marched to a Miami school district headquarters to protest Florida’s new standards for teaching Black history, which have come under intense criticism for what they say about slavery

The Independent UK

Scottish island hotel urged to acknowledge historic slavery connections

A SCOTTISH island hotel has been urged to publicly acknowledge its historic links with slavery ...

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Savannah considers Black people and women for city square to replace name of slavery advocate

The historic downtown of Savannah, Georgia, boasts nearly two dozen public squares

The Independent UK

Scores of delivery riders arrested in London this year amid clampdown on illegal workers

Campaigners and unions say delivery riders are at risk of modern slavery and racial profiling

Evening Standard

DeSantis once again defends slavery curriculum: Enslaved people ‘showing resourcefulness’ developed ‘skills’

‘They developed skills in spite of slavery, not because of slavery,’ governor says. Millions of enslaved people never saw freedom

The Independent UK

‘It’s hard to keep a straight face opposite a Dalek on Viagra’: how we made The Tomorrow People

‘We referenced the Troubles, child slavery and drugs and even had a teenage recruit blown up onscreen by Russian Intelligence. It felt important not to talk down to children’

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The Orlando Magic spat in the face of Black players by supporting Ron DeSantis

The NBA team’s backing of a US presidential candidate who has crusaded to delegitimize the horrors of slavery is hypocritical and disgusting

The Guardian - US

Six held in Romania and London as part of human trafficking investigation

The Metropolitan Police believe an organised crime network is using male recruiters to traffic women and force them into prostitution.

The Independent UK

Six women rescued from ‘modern slavery’ in north London after being lured from Romania by fake boyfriends

Victims have been forced into sex work, domestic servitude, agriculture, cannabis factories and car washes, barbers and nail bars, police said

Evening Standard

Dismantling the myth that ancient slavery 'wasn’t that bad'

As someone who researches slavery in the ancient Mediterranean world, especially in the Bible, I often hear remarks like, “Slavery was totally different back then, right?” “Well, it couldn’t have been that bad.” “Couldn’t slaves buy their freedom?”

The Conversation

'No good options': Sudan's warring sides have committed 'extensive war crimes,' Amnesty says

Amnesty International has accused Sudan’s warring factions of committing “extensive war crimes” including mass killing of civilians and rape and sexual slavery of women in their monthslong fighting to control the eastern African nation

The Independent UK

Florida Unveils Controversial New Education Curriculum Standards On Slavery

The debate is around language saying schools should teach “how slaves developed skills which could be applied for their benefit.”

Zenger

Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #71

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Kamala Harris rejects Ron DeSantis offer to discuss slavery curriculum

Vice-president says she will not accept invitation ‘to debate an undeniable fact: there were no redeeming qualities of slavery’

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Harris says she won't debate DeSantis on new Black history standards in Florida

In Orlando, Vice President Harris rejected Gov. Ron DeSantis' invitation for a discussion about the state's new curriculum on slavery, calling it an "unnecessary" debate.

The Independent UK

It's Kamala Harris vs. Ron DeSantis in the fight over Florida's new teachings on slavery

Vice President Kamala Harris is now taking a leading role in the Biden administration's response to prospective Republican challengers, and her top target as of late has been Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis

The Independent UK

Matt Gaetz calls DeSantis ‘thirsty’ for inviting Kamala Harris to discuss controversial slavery curriculum

The Florida governor invited the vice president to Florida to discuss the state’s controversial curriculum

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DeSantis wants Kamala Harris to meet the controversial right-wing scholar behind Florida’s slavery curriculum

The governor invited the VP to discuss the state’s newly approved Black history guidelines

Newsroom.co.nz

Questions over NZ modern slavery law as cosmetics exploitation report released

As the Government starts the process towards a Modern Slavery Act, findings from a new report into child labour in the cosmetics industry suggests stronger measures are urgently needed

The Guardian - US

Why Ron DeSantis’s Florida slavery curriculum is so dangerous

By denying the true ills of slavery, DeSantis is working to release the government from the obligation of fixing inequality today

The Times of India

PM Modi is rattled: Congress on BJP MP’s remark over removing India from Constitution

NEW DELHI: In its first reaction to a BJP MP’s remarks on Friday that the word ‘India’ should be removed from the Constitution as it is a symbol of colonial slavery, the Congress said the ruling party is feeling nervous and has got rattled.

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GOP’s Tim Scott Reminds DeSantis There Was ‘No Silver Lining’ In Slavery: ‘It Was Just Devastating’

Republican presidential candidate Tim Scott has criticized fellow contender Ron DeSantis

The Independent UK

Tim Scott rebukes DeSantis for new Florida Black history curriculum

Senator Tim Scott slams fellow GOP presidential candidate Ron DeSantis for supporting new teaching standards suggesting Black people benefitted from slavery

The Independent UK

Tim Scott criticizes Ron DeSantis over Florida's new slavery curriculum

U_S_ Sen_ Tim Scott is criticizing fellow Republican presidential candidate and Florida Gov_ Ron DeSantis for supporting standards requiring teachers to instruct middle school students that slaves developed skills that “could be applied for their personal benefit.”

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