College Board criticized for weakening AP African American course after DeSantis ban

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

68% : In 2021, Texas banned critical race theory from public schools.
57% : But students are expected to analyze the causes and effects of new laws and policy developments like voting rights, civil rights, fair housing and affirmative action.
43% : But the College Board removed the names of many Black writers and scholars associated with fraught topics likely to inflame conservatives, such as critical race theory, the queer experience, Black feminism and the Black Lives Matter movement, The New York Times reported.
43% : Sample project ideas include more controversial topics like affirmative action, the AIDS crisis and African American health, gay life and expression and "the complexities of Afrocentricity and Black Nationalism."
43% : They won't find topics like critical race theory or Black Lives Matter in the state class either.
37% : The academic theory probes the way policies and laws uphold systemic racism -- such as in education, housing or criminal justice.

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