probably
can’t
say
Negro
either”
Last
month,
the
Trump
administration
tried
to
minimize
Black
history
by
removing
plaques
honoring
people
enslaved
by
George
Washington.
Not
to
be
one-upped
by
the
federal
government,
the
effect
of
Florida’s
legislation
is
minimizing
Black
in
the
present
—
literally.
Florida
A&M
University
College
of
Law,
a
law
school
housed
in
a
historically
Black
college,
had
its
speech
chilled
as
they
tried
to
draw
attention
to
Black
History
Month
events.
Click
Orlando
has
coverage:
Aaliyah
Steward
says
she
is
in
her
final
year
at
Florida
A&M
University
College
of
Law,
and
she
has
encountered
obstacles
while
trying
to
promote
Black
History
Month
events
for
the
Black
Law
Students
Association.According
to
Steward,
certain
words
were
flagged
during
the
approval
process
for
event
flyers.“It
was
‘black,’
‘affirmative
action,’
and
‘women’
as
well,”
Steward
said.
Steward
says
she
was
told
those
words
could
not
be
broadcast
or
published.
If
they
can’t
say
Black,
are
they
supposed
to
say
the
N-word
or
something?
Negro,
I
mean.
They
were
told
to
abbreviate
“Black
History
Month”
to
“B
History.”
Come
on,
man,
even
the
Trump
administration
still
lets
you
say
Black
History
Month.
If
things
were
slightly
normal,
the
school
would
have
just
told
the
students
to
go
ahead
with
the
flyers
and
wouldn’t
have
to
worry
about
funding
being
snatched
from
them;
instead,
the
school
rattled
on
about
how
important
it
is
to
stay
in
compliance
with
Senate
Bill
266
and
whatever
regulations
exist
to
make
adding
Black
to
the
list
of
words
you
can’t
say
on
television.
If
merely
seeing
the
word
Black
offends
your
sensibilities,
there’s
no
amount
of
“Don’t
Say
Black”
law-ing,
Kid
Rock
lip-syncing,
or
milk
chugging
that
can
prepare
you
for
the
real
world.
‘Black’
Banned
From
Flyers
For
FAMU
College
Of
Law
Black
History
Month
Event,
Student
Says
[Click
Orlando]
Chris
Williams
became
a
social
media
manager
and
assistant
editor
for
Above
the
Law
in
June
2021.
Prior
to
joining
the
staff,
he
moonlighted
as
a
minor
Memelord™
in
the
Facebook
group Law
School
Memes
for
Edgy
T14s
.
He
endured
Missouri
long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
is
a
former
boatbuilder
who
is
learning
to
swim, is
interested
in
critical
race
theory,
philosophy,
and
humor,
and
has
a
love
for
cycling
that
occasionally
annoys
his
peers.
You
can
reach
him
by
email
at [email protected]
and
by
tweet
at @WritesForRent.