Ron DeSantis is a racist. He seems to be a very short version of Hitler, and wants to out Trump, Donald Trump.
Insinuating slaves benefitted from being slaves is an unforgivable bigoted racist act. So, DeSantis is quite okay with centuries of intense physical and mental abuse of people based on skin color.
DeSantis is quite okay with Black women being and used as sex slaves. He is okay with bull whips used on people at the whim if a 'white master'. He is okay with people being stolen from their homes on another continent, made into slaves, having families broken up by selling wives, husbands, and children to other white masters.
Besides being ultra short, DeSantis is a bigot and racist, and he is leading Florida back into the Jim Crowe Era, and wants to lead the USA backwards into that era.