[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 25, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H314]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             ATTACKS ON AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURE IN FLORIDA

  (Mr. PAYNE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PAYNE. Madam Speaker, I rise today to address the recent attacks 
on African-American culture in Florida.
  Recently, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis blocked a new advanced 
placement course on African-American studies.
  The course was inclusive of study of African-American culture that 
included literature, the arts, politics, science, and even geography. 
In addition, it included discussions about the Black struggle in modern 
America.
  Govern DeSantis said that the class lacks educational value because 
it includes other subjects and the theory of slave reparations.
  Clearly, Governor DeSantis believes education should reject any 
content that allows students to think for themselves, and he wants 
Americans to think that nothing bad ever happened in American history.
  That does not sound like education to me. It sounds like 
indoctrination, and it should not be welcome anywhere in America.
  Wokeness on the Republican side has become a new word, a code word. 
Let's eradicate that position.

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