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The College Board announced a new framework for their African American studies class Wednesday, turning topics like the Black Lives Matter movement and queer studies optional after a previous version of the course was vocally rejected by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
The course includes content on Africa, slavery, the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the Civil Rights Movement.
But much of its modern content — like Black Lives Matter, affirmative action, Black queer studies, and reparations — has been both watered down and labeled as optional for a required research project.
According to the course framework, those optional topics “are not a required part of the course framework that is formally adopted by states and that defines the exam” and “can be refined by states and districts.”
There is also a lengthy section in the course introduction detailing that College Board “opposes indoctrination” — language DeSantis and Republicans have used in the past — and that “AP students are not required to feel certain ways about themselves or the course content.
