Stripping down AP African American studies is stripping history
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African American Studies are the history of U. S.
Universities and colleges are supposed to be places of higher learning. Where students are given the opportunity to explore differing perspectives and decide for themselves what they believe in. The fact remains that there is no community in this country that does not feel the bite of racism. So, censoring the retelling of our actual history in the classroom—and, make no mistake, racism is OUR history—is just that, censorship. As is the exclusion of certain versions of humanity. We are hetero, homo, bi, and asexual. We are black, brown, white, and a plethora of shades in between. And every version of us should be included in the history of U.S.
Legislators and governors who claim that students who study critical race theory and African American Studies are at risk of indoctrination, fail to recognize that they are at greater risk of indoctrination when given limited information. The impact that our genuine American history has on our students should be up to them, not a body of government that is trying to hide from the truth and rewrite history. Let our students decide for themselves. That is the essence of higher learning.