Florida’s new curriculum intensifies the debate over the teaching of Black history
NewsNight
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An analysis of the Florida Board of Education’s revised Black history curriculum. The new standards include instruction that slavery benefited African Americans because it taught them useful skills. But critics, including Vice President Kamala Harris, say it amounts to “whitewashing” history. NewsNight gathers reaction, and the panel discusses the political fall-out.