Historian Levels Kamala Harris, Schools Her on African American History
An actual historian of black history has taught Vice President Kamala Harris a much-needed lesson.
Kevin D. Roberts, who holds a Ph.D. in American History from the University of Texas, defended Florida’s embattled history standards against Harris’ frivolous criticism.
On Friday, Roberts tweeted a series of comments endorsing the new standards.
“The outcry over Florida’s African American History standards is absurd. That happens to be my academic field as a historian; I use to write extensively — including curriculum standards — on the topic. So I took some time to review Florida’s. The bottom line: they are excellent,” Roberts wrote.
1/9 The outcry over Florida’s African American History standards is absurd. That happens to be my academic field as a historian;
