It was them showing resourcefulness and then using those skills once slavery ended. And the people that put those standards together were scholars of African American history. These were not political standards. Florida eliminated critical race theory because it's ideology and we want education, not indoctrination. When we did that, a lot of people were saying, oh, you don't want to teach about African American history. The bill actually required more robust standards. (26:20–26:26)
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