Florida’s Black History Program Teaches ‘Benefit’ of Slavery

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• Florida has approved a new set of standards on how African-American Studies should be taught.
• The new curriculum highlights the 'personal benefit' of slavery to Black people.
• It has been criticized by the NAACP and Florida's largest teachers union.

The Florida Board of Education approved a new set of standards for teaching African-American Studies in public schools, which includes instruction on the "personal benefit" of slavery to Black people.