“Florida “decided middle school students will be taught that enslaved people benefited from slavery.”
What PolitiFact found
In a section about the trades performed by enslaved people, the state standard says "instruction includes how slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit."
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Kamala Harris (vice president) made this claim around 20 July 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 24 July 2023, 4 days later. Its rating was “Mostly True”.
Kamala Harris has 63 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 13 of them false or fake, 40 misleading or mixed and 7 true.
This check was done by PolitiFact, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.