* So, “critical race theory” has been ruled out by the State Board of Education. But not critical race whitewashing? Maybe critical race theory is too fraught with polarizing political connotation? Maybe just call it Racial Reality 101. It’s an insidious, human-condition issue, not just an abominable American original sin. Race and racism have impacted life throughout history—including before there was an America. “Preferring fact over narrative” should be more than a disingenuous, Ron DeSantis punch line.
* “Are we not strong enough as Americans to dissect our own history and learn from it?”–Dr. Kideste Yusef, chairman of Bethune-Cookman University’s justice and political science department.
* So, look who’s pushing legislation to reduce the national debt? None other than the Tea Partying hypocrite Rick Scott, who had to put the debt ceiling on hold until President Donald Trump was out and a Democrat was in.
Lest we forget, Trump’s skewed tax cut added at least $1 trillion to the deficit—before the pandemic. Now it looks like a 2022 campaign issue for cherry-picking GOPsters.
* “The Cold War seems to be over everywhere else, but it’s never been in Florida.”–Lillian Guerra, a historian of Cuba at the University of Florida.