Tim Scott slams Florida's Black history curriculum: "There is no silver lining" in slavery

Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, a Republican presidential candidate, on Thursday rebuked his opponent, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, and his state over its controversial new standards on how Black history is taught in middle school, which includes instruction on how "slaves developed skills" that "could be applied for their personal benefit."

"There is no silver lining" in slavery, Scott responded when asked by a reporter following a town hall in suburban Des Moines about that element of Florida's new curriculum. 

"What slavery was really about [was] separating families, about mutilating humans and even raping their wives," said Scott, who is the Senate's only Black Republican, and the only Black presidential candidate. "It was just devastating. So, I would hope that every person in our country — and certainly running for president — would appreciate that."