Kamala Harris Condemns Florida's New Black History Standards in Visit

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Kamala Harris Condemns Florida's New Black History Standards in Visit
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Vice President Kamala Harris is set to travel to Florida to speak out against the state's new Black history standards, which have been criticized for promoting a revisionist view of slavery. The Florida Board of Education recently approved new standards that teach students that some Black people benefited from slavery. Harris, whose mother was a civil rights activist, plans to meet with parents, educators, civil rights leaders, and elected officials during her visit. She condemned the efforts to ban books and push forward revisionist history, stating that such actions insult and gaslight the community.

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