Florida Governor Ron DeSantis's history & race policies force Professors to cancel or change their classes
Podcast |
Your Call
Publisher |
KALW
Media Type |
audio
Categories Via RSS |
Society & Culture
Publication Date |
Feb 14, 2023
Episode Duration |
00:38:52
Two Florida Professors join us to discuss the ramifications of the state's so-called Stop Woke Act. Last year, state lawmakers across the country proposed 137 bills restricting classroom conversations and staff training about race, racism, gender identity, and sexual orientation in K-12 schools, according to PEN America.
On this edition of Your Call, we discuss Florida's so-called Stop W.O.K.E. Act, which restricts how race is discussed in schools, colleges, and workplaces. The law prohibits teachings that could make students feel they bear personal responsibility for historic wrongs because of their race, color, sex or national origin, according to the Tallahassee Democrat. The law also blocks businesses from using diversity practices or training that could make employees feel guilty for similar reasons. Governor Ron DeSantis is also moving to ban a new AP African American Studies course for high schoolers, arguing the course "lacks educational value" and violates state law. During the 2022 legislative session, state lawmakers across the country proposed 137 bills restricting classroom conversations and staff training about race, racism, gender identity, and sexual orientation in K-12 schools, marking a 250 percent increase since 2021, according to a report from PEN America. How are these bans affecting educators and students and how are they responding?

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