Posted on Jan 20, 2022
Florida could shield whites from ‘discomfort’ of racist past
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A bill pushed by Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis that would prohibit public schools and private businesses from making white people feel “discomfort” when they teach students or train employees about discrimination in the nation’s past received its first approval Tuesday.
The Senate Education Committee approved the bill that takes aim at critical race theory — though it doesn’t mention it explicitly — on party lines, with Republicans in favor and Democrats opposed.
Democrats argued the bill isn’t needed, would lead to frivolous lawsuits and said it would amount to censorship in schools. They asked, without success, for real-life examples of teachers or businesses telling students or employees that they are racist because of their race.
The Senate Education Committee approved the bill that takes aim at critical race theory — though it doesn’t mention it explicitly — on party lines, with Republicans in favor and Democrats opposed.
Democrats argued the bill isn’t needed, would lead to frivolous lawsuits and said it would amount to censorship in schools. They asked, without success, for real-life examples of teachers or businesses telling students or employees that they are racist because of their race.
Florida could shield whites from ‘discomfort’ of racist past
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State of Florida
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Well, we have now gotten to the point where both sides of the aisle agree a person shouldn't feel discomfort. I have news for the esteemed Governor, no law will stop discomfort in life. It is a means by which our sharpness as humans is honed. This amounts to that which is so often decried, cancel culture. I prefer discomfort to ignorance
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Crazy how the folks who toss around phrases like "safe space" and "snowflakes" are now calling for "safe spaces" because they are so "oppressed". Remember when white folks couldn't drink from other races water fountains or vote in elections? Of course you don't. I want racist people to be very uncomfortable in society.
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in 2019 I was abducted by aliens traveled back in time to 1876 and watched Edison's reaction as he got the patent for his mimeograph and then ate some canned sardines. I was returned back a few days after I was abducted. Anecdotal evidence is unreliable. We have well established history on racism in the US and many of us grew up learning about it just fine.
It's sort of amusing for a white person to give an account of their oppression that can't be verified and make it seem as though it was greater or equal to the jim crow era.
It's sort of amusing for a white person to give an account of their oppression that can't be verified and make it seem as though it was greater or equal to the jim crow era.
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