Monday, February 6, 2023

What is behind Ron DeSantis’s Stop-Woke Act?

 


Florida governor Ron DeSantis has been grabbing national headlines with his relentless attacks on so-called "woke". In addition to his Stop-Woke (Wrongs to Our Kids and Employees) Act, which prohibits educational institutions and businesses from teaching students and employees anything that would cause anyone to "feel guilt, anguish or any form of psychological distress" due to their race, color, sex or national origin, he has barred University of Florida professors from giving evidence against the state’s voting law, claimed that professors at public [schools] have no right to freedom of speech, and organizing a “hostile takeover” of the New College of Florida, one of the best liberal arts colleges in the country.

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