They aren’t even trying to hide it

Created
Wed, 16/08/2023 - 03:30
Updated
Wed, 16/08/2023 - 03:30
Sarah Huckasanders is competing for the vaunted title of most racist governor. Florida, Alabama and Mississippi Govs have early leads but she’s making a real run for it: The Arkansas Department of Education (DOE) abruptly rejected AP African American Studies, saying the course may violate Arkansas law. “The department encourages the teaching of all American history and supports rigorous courses not based on opinions or indoctrination,” Kimberly Mundell, Director of Communications for the Arkansas DOE, told Popular Information on Monday. Mundell said the course may violate a new Arkansas law regarding “prohibited topics” in public schools.  In March, Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) signed the LEARNS Act, which prohibits “teaching that would indoctrinate students with ideologies, such as Critical Race Theory [CRT]” or “that conflict with the principle of equal protection under the law.” The law, however, explicitly allows teaching the history of racism and “public policy issues of the day and related ideas that individuals may find unwelcome, disagreeable, or offensive.” The Arkansas DOE did not explain what in the AP African American Studies course constitutes prohibited indoctrination. The College Board, which has spent a decade developing the AP African American Studies curriculum, describes it as “an evidence-based introduction to African American studies” that “reaches into a variety of fields—literature, the arts and humanities, political science, geography, and science—to explore the vital contributions and experiences of African Americans.”  The first signs of trouble for AP African American Studies in Arkansas were reported over the weekend by the Arkansas Times. According to…