Final A.P. African American Studies Course Avoids Some Disputed Topics
ByDANA GOLDSTEIN
The New York Times
5min
December 6, 2023
The latest version of the College Board’s A.P. African American studies framework may not fully please its critics — either the discipline’s scholars or politicians who have tried to legislate against it.
The Advanced Placement curriculum, released on Wednesday, leaves out critical race theory and structural racism, which academics say are key concepts. L.G.B.T.Q. issues continue to be mostly absent, except to mention that the civil rights leader Bayard Rustin was gay. And despite the course’s origins around the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020, study of the movement is optional.
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