In the biggest culture-war duel of the summer, Barbie: the Movie competed against another blockbuster — and it wasn’t Oppenheimer. It was the coincidentally-released Florida state standards for the teaching of African-American history. While MAGA went nuts over a barely-seen cartoon map and gender-warring dolls, Democrats (and a few Republicans) took aim at the state-sanctioned soft-pedalling of slavery. Host Tish Durkin compares the controversies.
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