This is a congressional resolution that takes a stand against what it calls racist and inaccurate teaching of African American history. Specifically, it criticizes Florida's new standards for teaching African American history in elementary and secondary schools, arguing that these standards downplay the severity of slavery and present misleading information about the Black experience in America.

The resolution calls on Congress members to publicly reject these Florida standards and pushes the Florida Board of Education to completely rewrite them. The core complaint is that the current standards allegedly minimize the horrors of slavery and include claims that Black people could have benefited from slavery—something the resolution firmly rejects. The resolution advocates for teaching a complete and accurate version of U.S. and African American history that honestly addresses the hardships and injustices that Black Americans faced, rather than what it views as a sanitized or distorted version.

In practical terms, this resolution doesn't create new laws or requirements—it's a statement of position by Congress expressing disapproval of Florida's approach to history education. However, it signals pressure on Florida's education board to reconsider and revise their standards to include what supporters of this resolution believe is a more truthful and complete account of American history.

Condemning revisionist education and revisionist history as it relates to the African-American experience.

Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila

<p>This resolution condemns racist education and revisionist history as it relates to U.S. history and African American history.&nbsp;</p><p>The resolution</p><ul><li>condemns racist education on all fronts,</li><li>calls upon Members of Congress to denounce the racist tropes found in Florida’s new African American history standards for elementary and secondary school students,</li><li>pledges to advocate for education that tells the full narrative of U.S. history and African American history,</li><li>rejects the decision to downplay the horror of slavery in the United States,</li><li>promotes the dignity of African American youth by allowing them to learn the accurate historical account of their ancestors and the hardships they faced,</li><li>rejects the decision to rewrite history to ingrain white supremacy into the minds of children, and</li><li>urges the Florida Board of Education to immediately reverse its decision and promulgate new African American history standards that are free of inaccurate racist tropes and the assertion that Black people could find slavery beneficial. &nbsp;</li></ul>