Former Education Secretary blames DeSantis' 'White nationalist agenda' after CRT removed from AP course

President Barack Obama's Education Secretary accused Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis of holding a "White nationalist agenda" after an AP African American Studies course was revised due to criticism over lessons involving elements of Critical Race Theory.

The state of Florida rejected the course earlier this month for violating the governor's "Stop W.O.K.E. Act." DeSantis had criticized the course for holding an "agenda" because of lessons on "queer theory," intersectionality, and abolishing prisons.

On Wednesday, the college board unveiled the new framework which made some of the more controversial lessons optional topics for a research project and no longer required them for the exam.