On Friday's broadcast of MSNBC's "The Last Word," guest host Ali Velshi and National Education Association (NEA) President Becky Pringle criticized Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) for a provision in the state's social studies standards about "how slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit." And also criticized DeSantis for not adopting the Advanced Placement (AP) African American studies course whose language says that slaves "learned specialized trades" and "used these skills to provide for themselves and others" once they were free. Pringle specifically stated that the notion that slaves "acquired skills" is "outrageous" to teach.