“I Will Home School My Children if They Try and Do This”: Amid Florida’s Curriculum Claim of Slavery “Benefit”, World Champion Claressa Shields Joins Vice President Kamala Harris in Condemning the State

Florida’s Board of Education has taken a significant step to promote Black history education in middle schools by approving an updated curriculum. This 216-page document, available on the Florida Department of Education website, introduces fresh guidelines that aim to provide a comprehensive understanding of the experiences and contributions of African Americans. The curriculum sheds light on the resilience of enslaved Black individuals during adversity and explores the dark history of massacres involving African Americans, such as the Ocoee massacre in 1920.

However, it has become a reason for a huge controversy as of now. Many are afraid that this move will stop the new generation from learning the honest truth about the country’s history. Though the Florida Department of Education has stated that “The intent of this particular benchmark clarification is to show that some slaves developed highly specialized trades from which they benefitted. This is factual and well documented”. Even Vice-president Kamala Harris went on a huge rant against the new curriculum for black history. Recently, world champion Claressa Shields joined her in condemning the state.

Claressa Shields stands in unison with the vice-president

Recently the video of Kamala Harris addressing Florida’s state board of Education, this Friday surfaced on Twitter.

In the video, she addressed her concerns about the controversial new Black history standards. The first female and Black vice-president labeled the changes as “revisionist history.”

Moreover, she stated, “Just yesterday in the state of Florida, they decided middle school students will be taught that enslaved people benefitted from slavery.”

Harris went further and added, “They insult us in an attempt to gaslight us and we will not stand for it.”

The undisputed middleweight champion Claressa Shields also took to Twitter to state her stance on the ongoing controversy. She wrote that she would just homeschool her children in light of the recent incident. She stated, “I will homeschool my children if they try and do this!!!”

Shields is someone who is outspoken and takes a stand for what she believes in. Previously, she even delivered a powerful message for women’s empowerment as well.

Claressa Shields sticks up for another woman

Shields don’t hold back when it comes to speaking her mind. Previously, when Keke Palmer’s husband Darius Jackson criticized Palmer’s outfit on Twitter and sparked a major controversy, Shields came out in support of the actress.

She supported Palmer’s autonomy regarding what she desired to wear. Shields pointed out that Palmer is a public figure and it was not alright for Jackson to make his opinions public like that. She also criticized the people who supported Jackson’s actions in her Tweet.

Furthermore, when one user expressed his disagreement with her opinion and criticized her femininity, Shields sarcastically declared her appreciation for alpha males. She jokingly wrote, “I love p*nis, i love alpha males”.

Overall, the champion stood tall for her ideals with Palmer and made a case for the actress being an adult and able to make decisions for herself.

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In the meantime, what do you think bout this recent controversy? Do you agree with the vice president and Shields? Or do you think it’s nothing worth fussing over? Share your thoughts in the comments below.

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