Speaking to a Crowd About Sensitive Subjects
Talking About Forced Breeding and Rape in Public
I’ll be a speaker in the Global Exchange area at the annual Fusion Fest in Orlando. Fusion Fest organizers contacted me earlier in the year, who’d been following my material on Medium and Substack. We met for lunch and had a wide-ranging discussion about the topics I usually cover: politics, education, history, and race. They invited me to speak briefly at the Global Exchange, where community members share their experiences.
Global Exchange
Experience the enriching diversity of short informative talks and interactive experiences by our own community members.!
Sat 11 am — 5 pm, Sun 1–5 pm
Since I met with the organizers several months ago, I’ve taken on a mission to see one change in the teaching of Black History in Florida schools. I want them to stop teaching “natural reproduction” to describe the dramatic increase in the number of enslaved people from 1780–1865 “in spite of the desire of the Continental Congress to end the importation of slaves.”
The quotes come from Florida’s 2024 Social Studies Guidelines, which dictate what will be taught in Florida Schools. Nowhere do the guidelines mention forced breeding and rape to describe a process that…
