Devin Hermanson

If you thought DeSantis requiring teaching that the enslaved could “parlay” skills learned was bad. You ain't seen nothing yet. The African-American studies curriculum has been turned into conservative talking points for political posturing. Educators are required to teach that George Washington was a “key figure in the quest to end slavery.”  Let's be clear, Washington never introduced legislation, an executive order, or a handwritten note seeking to abolish slavery. He stated that whipping was “very proper.” He died owning 317 enslaved people. Educators are also required to teach “but Black people owned slaves too.” A study by Black historian Carter G. Woodson revealed that census records show the majority of Black owners of enslaved were such from the point of view of philanthropy. The husband purchased the wife, or vice versa … The enslaved of Black people were the children of a free father who had found and purchased his wife back and the children were listed as enslaved on the census. Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when DeSantis practices to deceive. #FreshVotesBlue #FreshWords

Pence just said, “We want to live in a color-blind society.” Why is it that Republican white men are the only ones saying we want to live in a color-blind society? Yet again, white men speaking for Black people. White men deciding on Black History AP courses. White men rewriting Black History. They won’t be satisfied until we are erased. I am a fucking Black woman. Descendant of enslaved people. Ancestors that fought for freedom. Fought to vote. There was no 400-year head start. You will not erase me. #FreshWords