Florida Department of Education Recommends Pride & Prejudice to Read about ‘American Pride.’ Say What?!

Seriously, I can't believe my eyes!! I read on Book Riot's website an article titled: Florida Recommends PRIDE & PREJUDICE to Read about ‘American Pride.’ Not kidding. by Jeff O'Neal. In the article, Jeff O'Neal wrote the following:

Florida, ground-zero for book-banning and censorship, continues to fumble the point of books and reading with its recent decision to include Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice in a list of recommended books for reading about ‘American Pride.” The Department of Education’s inclusion of Austen’s 1813 novel comes with no explanation, excuse, or apparently abashedness. About the only thing you can say for P&P’s relation to America is that it was published after the Declaration of Independence—that is the United States actually existed. I don’t think the U.S. is even mentioned in Pride & Prejudice. Is it possible that someone just saw the word “Pride” in the title and threw it in? And is this actually the explanation that makes the most sense, dumb as it is? I think so.

I am baffled as to why the Florida Department of Education has included Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen on a list of books to read regarding American Pride.