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Florida's Republican Governor Ron DeSantis
blasted the pilot course when its contents were leaked last
fall, saying it pushed a liberal agenda.
"I think history is history. Education is education," Gauff said
after her second round win at the Indian Wells tournament in
Southern California, where she is seeded sixth.
"I know in the state of Florida there's a lot of conversation
about that, but my personal opinion is it's history.
"I feel like when you don't teach kids history, they're bound to
repeat it. Growing up I learned the goods and bads, and a brown
history. I think you can learn a lot from that."
Gauff, who turns 19 on Monday, said her parents and grandparents
truthfully answered whatever questions she had when she was
growing up and said adults should not underestimate the ability
of young people to engage with difficult topics.
"What we teach them can help shape who they are going to be in
the future," she said.
"If we want to have good morals and hopefully a better history
in the future, I think we have to teach even the dark parts of
it, in an age-appropriate way of course."
Gauff faces Czech Linda Noskova in the third round of the WTA
1000 tournament on Sunday.
(Reporting by Rory Carroll in Indian Wells, California; Editing
by Raju Gopalakrishnan)
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