Posted on Mar 20, 2023
Not just Florida — the GOP war on education goes national
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Gov. Ron DeSantis made a name for himself by bragging that his state of Florida is where "woke goes to die." He, like most Republicans, sprints away from anyone asking him what exactly he means by the word "woke." Still, the past year in Florida, where educators have been crushed under various "anti-woke" laws signed by DeSantis, has made the parameters quite clear: "Woke" is acknowledging that racism is a thing that ever happened and/or accepting that LGBTQ people exist. DeSantis' vision for Florida is very much Disney in its most reactionary, "Song of the South" era. But probably with fewer kids reading since books are categorically viewed with suspicion in DeSantis' "anti-woke" paradise.
Not just Florida — the GOP war on education goes national
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Why should he define "woke" as the definition seems to be changing on both sides? And the kids in Florida were in school when many in liberal states were locked out. I'll take that.
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War on education? Lol, some students entering college think America started slavery. No the left isn’t educating students they are clearly indoctrinated them! Any kid who attended Sunday school knows Joseph was sold not slavery by his brothers. https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll/opinion/cc-op-blatchford [login to see] 1208-fullr3qh5rfell5olayji2hdru-story.html
Blatchford: America didn’t invent slavery, despite what college students may think | COMMENTARY
Slavery existed thousands of years before this country was a glimmer in anyone’s eye. American Indians held slaves. That’s a fact. The English, Dutch, Spanish and Portuguese and others introduced slaves to this country — not Americans.
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SSgt Richard Kensinger
As a former faculty member at 4 universities I resent this intrusion. It attacks a flexible education and robs students of vital academic knowledge.
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LTC David Brown
SSgt Richard Kensinger - lol, woke isn’t accepting or seeing PAST American injustices, it is finding ever new grievances to try to add guilt to Americans. This is how we end up with the irony of a Black female Department of Defense equity officer saying, “I had to put some Karen in her place because Black people can’t be racist because they don’t have power”.
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PO1 Robert Ryan
When I went to college (VOC REHAB) I was educated this way I could make decisions based on understanding not indoctrination as it is now.
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