(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Take Action: College Board Wants to Whitewash Black History [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.', 'Backgroundurl Avatar_Large', 'Nickname', 'Joined', 'Created_At', 'Story Count', 'N_Stories', 'Comment Count', 'N_Comments', 'Popular Tags'] Date: 2023-02-11 What we know Just last week, the College Board – which administers ACT/SAT testing and designs “advanced placement” (AP) high school courses – caved to right-wing criticism over their new AP African American Studies class by eliminating content that the College Board once viewed as fundamental to the course. New reporting from the New York Times reveals that the College Board and the DeSantis administration were in regular contact for nearly a year as the DeSantis administration made demands and threats to keep the curriculum out of the state’s schools. This revelation undermines an aggressive media campaign by the College Board trying to deny that any changes were made in order to appease the DeSantis administration and other critics. It was the latest victory in the Far Right’s war on truth, history, and the freedom to learn. Sign the petition: Tell College Board to restore the AP African American studies curriculum What this means This erasure of Black history, announced during Black History Month, is part of a dangerous campaign by the Far Right. The political attack on “wokeness” is a smokescreen for an effort to restrict teaching about topics that do not align with the right wing’s political worldview or advance its political agendas. We must speak out and demand accountability for those advocating for these changes – and those who enable them. What you can do We’re demanding that the College Board fully restore the coursework for the AP African American Studies class and hold them accountable for relenting to Gov. DeSantis’ extremism. Sign the petition: Tell College Board to restore the AP African American studies curriculum About People For the American Way [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/2/11/2152340/-Take-Action-College-Board-Wants-to-Whitewash-Black-History Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/