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Here is the Lost Cause education that Florida students will receive via Prager U

This is their lesson on Frederick Douglass

Conservatives will cheer

https://twitter.com/davidhth/status/1688623282096926720?s=57&t=l8XxLtAy7PR0pMVSwGllUQ

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Your twitter reference contains about one minute of a Prager U cartoon aimed at 3rd to 5th graders. I have some issues with it, but I don't think the full cartoon (which is 7 and a half minutes long) is so terrible. The views attributed to Douglass sound to me very much like those of Abraham Lincoln as expressed in his Cooper Union speech. Here is the link to the full version: https://www.prageru.com/video/leo-and-laylas-history-adventures-with-frederick-douglass

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Sigh

Thankfully, we live in different worlds. The video is about Frederick Douglass but opens with mention of stating things on f fire. Why?

Next we hear that math class is being used to discuss social issues. This has no revelance when it comes to Frederick Douglass.

Then comes the statement that the United States was the first country to work on abolishing slavery. This is a bald-faced lie.

The argument is that Garrison wants to set things on fire. He burned a copy of the Constitution as a stunt. The children say “We have those types in our time”

The video makes a mockery of Frederick Douglass. This is a political ad. If it is ever brought to a schoolroom, it should be challenged.

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