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Ron I-am-not-a-racist DeSantis, Governor of Florida, has been carrying on about the content of the high school Advanced Placement course in African American Studies. He claimed that the original program “pushed an agenda” and was particularly concerned about topics like Black queer studies and movements for Black lives.*

And the College Board, which oversees the AP program, has just announced changes—a new course framework that eliminates some of DeSantis' concerns.

Unfortunately for the College Board, the State of Florida has pre-empted the CB’s move and developed its own AP examination in African American Studies. We here at drmormalvision with our secret spies have obtained an advanced copy of the examination.

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FLORIDA’S DECIDEDLY NON-PARTISAN, COMPLETELY OBJECTIVE TEST

INSTRUCTIONS:

Circle only one answer for each question

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1)  Clarence Thomas is most famous for

A—Dancing with Shirley Temple

B—Breaking Babe Ruth’s home run record

C—Serving for a long, long time on the Supreme Court

D—Having a great Afro

2)  Herschel Walker is famous for

A—Trombone solo on “Take the A Train”

B—Losing a Senate race

C—Writing songs for Motown

D—Having a great Afro 

3)  Michael Jordan did all but one of these:

A—Sold sneakers to Republicans

B—Dunked a basketball

C—Starred in "Mutiny on the Bounty"

D—Hawked underwear

4)  Diamond and Silk were

A—Brilliant political commentators

B—Excellent tap dancers

C—Antifa agitators

D—On sale at Macy’s

5)  Donald Trump did more for Black people than

A—Martin Luther King, Jr

B—Abraham Lincoln

C—Lyndon B. Johnson

D—All of the Above

6)  Black History Month celebrates

A—Boston Blackie

B—Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England

C—The Black and White Minstrels 

D—None of the Above

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* https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/01/african-american-studies-course-desantis-00080390