The new educational regulations in public schools in the state of Florida, governed by Governor Ron DeSantis, they continue to cause controversy even within the Republican Party.
In fact, Will Hurd, presidential hopeful and former congressman from Texas, questioned DeSantis on Sunday about these new rules, which indicate that some African-Americans “benefited” from slavery because it taught them “useful skills.”. This was reported by the news portal NBC News.
In an interview on NBC News’ Meet the Press, Hurd asserted that slavery did not have any positive aspects.
“I was the first Republican to come out and say that slavery is not a jobs program. And anyone who is implying that slavery had positive aspects is crazy.Hurd said in the interview, according to NBC News.
The presidential hopeful harshly criticized Ron DeSantis: “A real leadership would have stepped up and said: ‘Hey, there is nothing positive in slavery. Slavery was not an employment program‘. But this is just another part of a behavior pattern of Ron DeSantis being obnoxious and hateful.”
According to information from NBC News, the new rules from the Florida State Board of Education include statements that “slaves developed skills that, in some cases, could be applied to personal benefit,” according to a 216-page document published For the state.
Kamala Harris, vice president of the United States, questioned these new guidelines during a recent visit to Florida, saying that the changes seek to “replace history with lies,” according to NBC News.
Although Governor Ron DeSantis has stated that he was not involved in these new guidelines by the Board of Education, he has indicated that they were not politically developed.
“I think what they’re doing is probably showing some people who eventually used, you know, being a blacksmith to do other things later in life,” he continued, referring to enslaved people.. “These were scholars who gathered that information. It was not something done politically,” DeSantis said, according to NBC News.
Hurd, whose father is African-American, was one of the few black Republicans when he served in Congress. Currently, there are five African-American legislators from the Republican Party in the House and the Senate.
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