On February 1, 2023, College Board, the organization that is responsible for creating standardized tests such as the SAT and AP, revealed the changes that it made to its African American studies course. This came after Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and the Republican party condemned the class and banned the original version from Florida schools. The new version is without names of major events in contemporary history, mention of the Black Lives Matter movement, black feminism, black queer theory, critical race theory, or intersectionality. According to a College Board representative, however, "To be clear, no states or districts have seen the official framework that will be released on February 1, much less provided feedback on it." However, College Board has historically given in to many conservative leaders' demands in other courses, such as AP United States History, where readings would focus less on colonial settlers' harm towards indigenous people and more on founding fathers and their religious influences.
on february 1 2023 college board the organization that is responsible for creating standardized tests such as the sat and ap revealed the changes that it made to its african american studies course this came after florida governor ron desantis and the republican party condemned the class and banned the original version from florida schools the new version is without names of major events in contemporary history mention of the black lives matter movement black feminism black queer theory critical race theory or intersectionality according to a college board representative however "to be clear no states or districts have seen the official framework that will be released on february 1 much less provided feedback on it" however college board has historically given in to many conservative leaders' demands in other courses such as ap united states history where readings would focus less on colonial settlers' harm towards indigenous people and more on founding fathers and their religious influences