Robert Patterson
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CNN Claims 'White Supremacy' Is Why DeSantis Opposes AP Class
CNN Tonight host Laura Coates had a peculiar standard for what constitutes expertise as she welcomed African-American Studies Prof. Robert Patterson to the program to allege that “we know that white supremacy is a central part of American education,” which explains Florida’s opposition to the original AP course of the same subject.
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