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Slaves Did Not “Personally Benefit” From Slavery

Slaves Did Not “Personally Benefit” From Slavery

The recommendation to teach students as young as grade 6 that there is anything beneficial about slavery for the people who were enslaved is outrageous. The “benchmark clarification” in the Florida standards for social studies teachers that states, “[i]nstruction includes how slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit,” is highly problematic. Conservatives who are defending this as a “fact” are not only giving leftists ammunition to argue that social justice and Diversity, Equity,

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