black
Jul
25
2023
A Black teacher asks his class what benefits Black people gained from slavery. Four panels answer: cross-country running from slave catchers, a free transatlantic trip via the Middle Passage, swamp survival from hiding, and pain tolerance from whipping. Plante savagely targets the 2023 Florida curriculum standard describing slavery as teaching job skills.
Jul
24
2023
DeSantis stands in front of a Florida government building gesturing toward enslaved workers while his speech bubble lists benefits from a Florida curriculum standard: all expenses paid trip from Africa, learn skills, get room and board. A blackboard sign reads History of Slavery 101.
