Black leaders in Miami apologized to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis after one of their board members called him a racist in response to his actions related to content in schools.
MSNBC guest and Operation Hope founder John Hope Bryant condemned Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ public school policies, particularly the push to have an AP African-American studies course stripped of woke, CRT-style content.
Black leaders in Miami apologized to Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis after one of its members called him a racist. Pierre Rutledge, chair of the Miami-Dade Black Affairs Advisory Board, issued a statement on behalf of his board that apologized to DeSantis for a comment made at their Wednesday meeting from a member who said,"Our governor is racist."
"We take it to heart when someone uses the term racist," Rutledge said Friday."Words matter. And so as chair, I must start by saying we want to pull that back. There’s nothing wrong with saying ‘we’re sorry.’ That’s not what we intended to say or be depicted by anyone. And that’s not the feeling of this board."’s rejection of an African-American history Advanced Placement course due to content about Black Lives Matter and queer issues.
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