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On Thursday's The Beat on MSNBC‚ fill-in host Katie Phang devoted a segment to promoting the fake news that Republican governors like Ron DeSantis are preventing black history from being taught in schools even though the curriculum he adopted requires the teaching of black history‚ including the parts that involve slavery. Phang loaded the segment with hyperbole as she fearmongered that teachers could be arrested "simply for teaching history" or for "simply telling the truth‚" and even cracked: "It sounds like it's going to get to the point where you can't be black and actually physically be in a classroom at this rate." This installment of fake news began with a clip of author Toni Morrison from 1982 claiming that whites were trying to stop their children from being allowed to read certain things‚ leading Phang to use it to set up the discussion: "But those words‚ they ring true decades later as today marks the first day of Black History Month‚ and many educators across the country are grappling with restrictions on how they can teach it‚ if at all. So far‚ 17 states have enacted laws restricting how teachers can discuss race in the classroom." She added: GOP governor Ron DeSantis leading the way here in Florida with the most aggressive legislation with teachers facing jail time for simply teaching the truth. One Florida teacher telling Axios that they're approaching teaching black history‚ quote‚ "carefully‚" because‚ quote‚ "no one wants to be fired." So its all part of a broader right-wing push to whitewash American history‚ a blatant refusal to come to terms with racism in America. After playing several clips of conservatives discussing the issue of black history‚ Phang brought aboard radical Rutgers professor Brittney Cooper. The MSNBC host began by posing: Professor‚ I get pretty mad when I watch that. It's a combination‚ right? I'm mad‚ I'm angry‚ but I'm sad that that -- this is a conversations (sic) we've been having now for God knows how long. I wanted to get your thoughts on this ongoing push to restrict black history in the classroom. It sounds like it's going to get to the point where you can't be black and actually physically be in a classroom at this rate. Cooper portrayed black Americans as being deliberately deprived of education as she began her response: Listen‚ that thing has been true for our history in America longer than the idea that we have been able to read -- have been able to be in a classroom. Our default position in our country is that black people are not worthy of education‚ that they don't get a chance to read‚ that they don't have the life chances that other folks have -- and I think the thing we should recognize is that is what Ron DeSantis is trying to do. So he wants an undereducated citizenry so that he can control them. This push on the right is designed to take away our ability to understand ourselves in history so that we are doomed to repeat that history. The two then continued pushing misinformation‚ claiming that conservative leaders do not want children to be taught about bad things that were done against blacks in the past: PHANG: The problem I'm seeing is how they're actually legalizing this. They're making it so that‚ for example‚ you have bills where you can't have these conversations‚ Professor‚ where the teachers are fearing backlash by way of being fired or‚ you know‚ losing their jobs -- maybe even getting arrested for simply teaching history because the reality is they don't want us to learn about the sins of the father‚ right? COOPER: That's right. They don't want us to learn about the sins of the father‚ the mother‚ the whole family. They don't want us to learn about the sins of the state apparatus. Cooper soon claimed: "These folks want to take us towards a place where they build a world that is just for them and not for anybody who doesn't look like them. And that is what this assault on books is all about." PS: Cooper is the same kook who suggested white people should be eliminated:  Rutgers professor: "White people are committed to being villains‚" "We gotta take these MF'ers out." This professor spewed hatred on a YouTube video with @TheRoot. pic.twitter.com/QrGsv77CCC — MRCTV (@mrctv) October 26‚ 2021 Transcript follows: MSNBC's The Beat February 1‚ 2024 6:41 p.m. Eastern TONI MORRISON‚ AUTHOR (dated 1982): The same sensibilities that informed those people to make it a criminal act for black people to read are the ancestors of the same people who are making it a criminal act for their own children to read. And I don't see a great deal of difference between them. KATIE PHANG: That was acclaimed author Toni Morrison on the history of censorship in education in 1982. But those words‚ they ring true decades later as today marks the first day of Black History Month‚ and many educators across the country are grappling with restrictions on how they can teach it‚ if at all. So far‚ 17 states have enacted laws restricting how teachers can discuss race in the classroom. GOP governor Ron DeSantis leading the way here in Florida with the most aggressive legislation with teachers facing jail time for simply teaching the truth. One Florida teacher telling Axios that they're approaching teaching black history‚ quote‚ "carefully‚" because‚ quote‚ "no one wants to be fired." So its all part of a broader right-wing push to whitewash American history‚ a blatant refusal to come to terms with racism in America. CHARLIE KIRK (from The Charlie Kirk Show): I don't think there should be a Black History Month. GOVERNOR RON DeSANTIS (R-FL) (from Fox News Channel): That particular passage wasn't saying that slavery was a benefit. It was saying there was resourcefulness‚ and people acquired skills in spite of slavery. JOHNNIE JOEY JONES (from Fox News Channel): The word "racism" is almost extinct now because we can't discern true racism from wokeness. Wokeness is racism in and of itself. JESSE WATTERS (from Fox News Channel): It's all activism. It's all ideology. It's no history. GOVERNOR SARAH HUCKABEE SANDERS (R-AR): We cannot perpetuate a lie to our students and push this propaganda leftist agenda teaching our kids to hate America. PHANG: Joining me now is Brittney Cooper‚ professor of Women's and Gender Studies and Africana Studies at Rutgers University. Professor‚ I get pretty mad when I watch that. It's a combination‚ right? I'm mad‚ I'm angry‚ but I'm sad that that -- this is a conversations (sic) we've been having now for God knows how long. I wanted to get your thoughts on this ongoing push to restrict black history in the classroom. It sounds like it's going to get to the point where you can't be black and actually physically be in a classroom at this rate. BRITTNEY COOPER‚ RUTGERS UNIVERSITY: Listen‚ that thing has been true for our history in America longer than the idea that we have been able to read -- have been able to be in a classroom. Our default position in our country is that black people are not worthy of education‚ that they don't get a chance to read‚ that they don't have the life chances that other folks have -- and I think the thing we should recognize is that is what Ron DeSantis is trying to do. So he wants an undereducated citizenry so that he can control them. PHANG: Yup. COOPER: This push on the right is designed to take away our ability to understand ourselves in history so that we are doomed to repeat that history. PHANG: So what's the solution‚ then? Right? Because I like coming to the table with a solution. The problem I'm seeing is how they're actually legalizing this. They're making it so that‚ for example‚ you have bills where you can't have these conversations‚ Professor‚ where the teachers are fearing backlash by way of being fired or‚ you know‚ losing their jobs -- maybe even getting arrested for simply teaching history because the reality is they don't want us to learn about the sins of the father‚ right? COOPER: That's right. They don't want us to learn about the sins of the father‚ the mother‚ the whole family. They don't want us to learn about the sins of the state apparatus. So first let me say that the way that I learned black history was because my family members made a concerted effort to make sure that I had a library card‚ and‚ when they had access to books‚ they sent me books. So we're going to have to have a concerted push to make sure that young people have library cards and they go to the public library‚ and we don't have to concede this ground‚ right? We have to have people running for school boards and determining policy. We have to have parents showing up the school board meetings and reminding them that protecting this narrative -- this whitewashed narrative for children -- like educating white children -- under-educating white children doesn't save anybody either. It doesn't actually make the life of any American child better. And it is amazing to me that in a country where we have literacy rates where most Americans read at a sixth grade level -- 54 percent of Americans read at a sixth grade level -- that we think that the solution and the thing that we need to be doing is bringing less books‚ less knowledge‚ less stories. But it's also part of this insidious campaign not simply to whitewash history but really to wipe black and brown folks off the map. The way that you communicate that its people are not valuable is you tell them that their stories don't matter. You tell them that they are not worthy to see themselves in the place that they spend most of their time. School is where children spend most of their time. And the idea that they would be there and that they don't get stories about their own experience is something that should appall us all. It is a thing that creates society where we have less empathy -- less ability to actually correct injustice -- less ability to dream about what freedom could actually look like. And that is the point. These folks want to take us towards a place where they build a world that is just for them and not for anybody who doesn't look like them. And that is what this assault on books is all about. But I fundamentally believe in the power of the people. It wasn't so long ago‚ Katie‚ that you and I were in school and that we didn't get to read lots of diverse books. I didn't read lots of black history as a child growing up in the '80s and '90s in this country‚ but I had a community. I had a community -- I had parents -- I had aunties -- I had teachers who made sure that I knew about other kinds of readings and knew where to go get them. And so we don't have to take this. We can continue to take our children to the library and continue to give them books‚ and‚ for my part‚ I'm writing books for children. ... But I write books for children‚ and I write books for children because that is my contribution‚ right? One of the ways we can do this is we've got to all commit to telling the most diverse stories that we possibly can. PHANG: And‚ to your point‚ Professor Brittney Cooper‚ they're not going to erase us. We're not going anywhere. So thank you for being here‚ and thanks for writing those children's books. That's important -- I appreciate you.

A 14-year-old girl from Mount Vernon was found safe in Michigan on Thursday. She had been missing from her home for almost a month‚ according to Fox News Digital. The man who had taken her was 30-year-old Keith Freerksen‚ who was previously convicted of possessing child pornography in 2017.After the authorities looked into ride-share service history‚ they speculated that the teenage girl could have used a ride-share service on January 5 to meet Freerksen."Mount Vernon has limited ride-share options‚ so investigators were able to locate a particular ride that Ella may have taken‚" the authorities said. "Investigators were able to identify the subject ‘Keith’ who ordered that ride share for her and his address in South Haven‚ Michigan."The authorities said there was probable cause to charge the man with second-degree kidnapping since he purchased a vehicle to transport the teenage girl across state lines‚ according to the report. After the police located the girl‚ they immediately contacted her parents‚ who were reportedly "elated" with the news.Lt. Dave Shackleton of the Mount Vernon Police Department said‚ "Locating {her} safely is directly attributed to the family‚ friends and many who showed concern and compassion for her well-being. It's also directly attributed to our Federal‚ State‚ and Local Law enforcement partners who helped when investigative leaders went beyond our jurisdictional boundaries or abilities.""In particular‚ we thank the Van Buren County Sheriff's Office for their efforts in ultimately locating {her}."The teen's mother had been working with friends to post fliers of her daughter in the area in the hopes of bringing her back safely. The mother shared with one outlet that she believes her daughter was communicating with someone over social media leading up to her disappearance."A couple of kids did see her speaking to an adult male on a video on our computer‚" the mother said. The mother went on to say she believes her daughter met the unknown man on a social platform called Omegle‚ which allows users to meet random strangers. The site shut down in November‚ according to reports."It's like a roulette‚" the teen's mother said. "It just matches you with random people.”Freerksen has now been charged with first-degree criminal sexual assault‚ failure to register as a sex offender‚ and contributing to delinquency with children‚ per reports. Like Blaze News? Circumvent the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

The New York Times published an article warning of the potential dangers of children undergoing so-called "gender-affirming care." The article cited several individuals who had detransitioned after realizing that puberty blockers and transition surgeries were not the cure-alls that doctors and transgender activists had advertised. The New York Times published an opinion piece on Friday by writer Pamela Paul‚ titled: "As Kids‚ They Thought They Were Trans. They No Longer Do." The piece stands out from previous NYT articles because it reaches a far different conclusion regarding transitioning children with unproven procedures and drugs that may have hidden and life-altering consequences. According to the op-ed‚ transgender activists have pushed "ideological extremism‚" which demonizes any opposition to children enduring potentially disruptive treatments for gender-oriented pursuits.Paul noted‚ "Clinicians are expected to affirm a young person’s assertion of gender identity and even provide medical treatment before‚ or even without‚ exploring other possible sources of distress.""Many who think there needs to be a more cautious approach — including well-meaning liberal parents‚ doctors‚ and people who have undergone gender transition and subsequently regretted their procedures — have been attacked as anti-trans and intimidated into silencing their concerns‚" Paul continued. The article cited a recent study published in the Archives of Sexual Behavior that pointed out that 39% of young detransititioners held the "belief that gender dysphoria was an expression of other problems."The study also found that 55% "believed they had been inadequately evaluated‚ medically or psychologically‚ before they transitioned."Paul pointed out‚ "Parents are routinely warned that to pursue any path outside of agreeing with a child’s self-declared gender identity is to put a gender dysphoric youth at risk for suicide‚ which feels to many people like emotional blackmail."A parent of a gender-confused child told Paul about a meeting with a specialist‚ who allegedly said‚ "In front of my son‚ the therapist said‚ 'Do you want a dead son or a live daughter?'"A February 2021 survey published in the Journal of the Endocrine Society determined that it "could not draw any conclusions about death by suicide."The Wall Street Journal published an article citing 21 clinicians and researchers from nine countries that found there was "no reliable evidence to suggest that hormonal transition is an effective suicide prevention measure."Research from the Australian Journal of Psychology published in 2021 stated‚ "Children with gender dysphoria often experience a range of psychiatric comorbidities‚ with a high prevalence of mood and anxiety disorders‚ trauma‚ eating disorders and autism spectrum conditions‚ suicidality and self-harm. It is vitally important to consider psychiatric comorbidities when prioritizing and sequencing treatments for children with gender dysphoria."The New York Times interviewed multiple individuals who had weathered gender-focused treatments as children‚ but detransitioned after they had matured. Grace Powell – who started cross-sex hormones and had a double mastectomy to transition in her senior year of high school – told the Times‚ "I wish there had been more open conversations. But I was told there is one cure and one thing to do if this is your problem‚ and this will help you."Powell‚ 23‚ said none of the medical professionals asked about "reasons behind her gender dysphoria or her depression" or previous trauma during her medical or surgical transition. Powell revealed that she had been sexually abused as a child. Powell admitted‚ "The process of transition didn’t make me feel better. It magnified what I found was wrong with myself.""I expected it to change everything‚ but I was just me‚ with a slightly deeper voice‚" Powell confessed. "It took me two years to start detransitioning and living as Grace again.The article from the left-leaning New York Times read‚ "As one detransitioned man‚ now in a gay relationship‚ put it‚ 'I was a gay man pumped up to look like a woman and dated a lesbian who was pumped up to look like a man. If that’s not conversion therapy‚ I don’t know what is.'"The individual added that if she transitioned to a man‚ she could pursue relationships with women instead of being criticized for being a lesbian "dyke‚" and "not a real girl." Paul Garcia-Ryan – now a 32-year-old homosexual psychotherapist who detransitioned at age 30 – said‚ "When a professional affirms a gender identity for a younger person‚ what they are doing is implementing a psychological intervention that narrows a person’s sense of self and closes off their options for considering what’s possible for them."Like Blaze News? Circumvent the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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