Current Events > Florida Board Of Education Removes Africa From World Maps

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https://www.theonion.com/florida-board-of-education-removes-africa-from-world-ma-1850066134

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TALLAHASSEE, FLSaying the continents existence raised numerous questions of bias and accountability in the classroom, the Florida Board of Education reportedly responded to heated statewide controversy Friday by removing Africa from all world maps. Many parents expressed concern that we were teaching their children to be unpatriotic by depicting the existence of the African continent, said board chair Thomas R. Grady, who noted that the removal of the worlds second-largest continent from school textbooks and atlases would not prevent parents and students from discussing the contentious geographic issue at home. Some thought seeing Africa drawn on a map might suggest we want white students to feel guilty about themselves. Nothing could be farther from the truth, and we hope this comes across when they see the large landless swath of ocean now visible between South America and Asia. Also, lets not forget about the role Africa played in the slave trade. At press time, the board had agreed to compromise with critics by adding a second America where the African continent once was.

I still don't know if it's satire

shockthemonkey posted...

Honestly wasnt sure if this was gonna be satire when I clicked the topic

Same, and the fact that this actually had any chance to be real at all is terrifying in itself.

I'm still having a hard time

Smackems posted...

I still don't know if it's satire

The Onion is known to be satirical

I miss the times when articles like these were obvious satire.

Wouldn't be in the least bit surprised if they announce this next week.

StapleGenius posted...

The Onion is known to be satirical

But what if they're just telling the truth this time

I would believe it

I know it is onion, but seriously, I wouldnt be that surprised if Florida man did that.

Wasn't sure it was fake or not until I read The Onion. That's how bad Florida is.

Funkydog posted...

Wouldn't be in the least bit surprised if they announce this next week.

The Onion got hold of a leak from DeSantis' staff.

I hate how I can't tell reality from satire anymore. I read that title and went like, yeah that sounds like something that would happen in the US.

I know this is fake, but I have chosen to believe it's real.