DeSantis's "STOP WOKE ACT" will give parents right to sue and if kids taught CRT

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DeSantis’s “STOP WOKE ACT” will give parents right to sue and recover attorney’s fees if their children are taught critical race theory


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7:42 AM · Dec 15, 2021

[Wingus Dingus]

1. Being warm all winter is not enough a draw to make me want to live in that craptacular

state ever again.

[Baitball Blogger]

2. Yep. And you all wonder how they manage to keep their white suburbs white.

[Lovie777]

3. And Floridians support this guy? .....

even the Latinos? . ...

I mean even their history will not be taught. Shakes head, why would Latinos support this?

Many came from dictatorship countries.

[Baitball Blogger]

6. Many latinos see themselves as white.

Make no mistake that this fight against CRT is a racist maneuver. It will resonate with too many in Florida.

[yellowdogintexas]

22. Census criteria classify Latino/Mexican persons as White racially

Unless they declare a different race (example: their heritage is mixed and they identify as African-American, Asian, or Indiginous)

I had this conversation a number of times when I was doing census polling.

Mexican/Latino is not a race; it is a cultural heritage or nationality. I would have to list the races and ask where they identified in that list. The categories are: White, Black or African American, American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, and Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander. They would (with some surprise)declare "white"

[Baitball Blogger]

27. That's the way the census works.

It forces you to answer "white," because the hispanic or latino option doesn't turn up until the question about culture.

Racism can capture the latino american culture, just like any other. Many are very proud of the fact that their European family roots never mixed with the indigenous cultures of the countries they settled in.

The ones that confuse me are the ones that have inter-mixed, and are still racist.

[spanone]

4. even desantis is smart enough to know that CRT isn't being taught in Florida schools.

what bullshit gaslighting

[Mariana]

16. His supporters aren't that smart, though, and he knows it. nt.

[Caliman73]

21. Exactly. This is not about DeSantis and other right wing leaders being dumb or ignorant.

There are definitely people like Boebert, Greene, Gosar, and Roy, who are not very intelligent. Most Conservative leaders know that they are lying. They also know that their supporters are very ignorant, not very intelligent, and they WANT to be lied to.

Not one of DeSantis' supporters will actually even know what CRT is. They will not do any objective research into the Theory or where it is taught.

I would like to see the text of the bill. I am sure that CRT is mentioned, but the focus is actually any anti-racist curricula and the accurate teaching of US history that offends the White Supremacy of Florida's parents.

[snowybirdie]

5. Just more b.s.

to get his dumb face in front of a camera.

[Liberal In Texas]

7. This repub legislating vigilantism is going to come back and bite them on the butt.

If we didn't have SCOTUS members who were bought and paid for this crap would have been thrown out a long time ago.

Now the gov. of California is talking about using it to punish gun owners and sellers. We'll see how that goes, but the repubs better be prepared for more of this back at 'em.

[Baitball Blogger]

9. The waiting for their comeuppance is the hardest.

[NCDem47]

8. Only RW assholes use "woke" now

It's the new "poltically incorrect." They think they're cute by using it incessantly and saying it with dripping distain. It only has meaning in code on their side. Everyone else:

So, Florida's not teaching slavery in American History anymore??

[Baitball Blogger]

10. We need someone to stand up and show them their hypocrisy.

Or ignorance. Either one of them could apply.

[greenjar_01]

11. We truly live in the dumbest timeline

[Solly Mack]

12. The Embrace Ignorance Act. When you want children to be as ignorant as their parents.

Embrace denial. Embrace lies. Embrace white supremacy. Make ignorance blissful again!

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

19. If I catch some teacher filling the grandkids' heads with ...

.. history, literature, geometry, science, there will be hell to pay!

[Solly Mack]

20. Exactly.

lolol

[edhopper]

13. How does the act define CRT?

which isn't taught. Teaching about slavery? Telling kids the South lost the Civil War?
Never mentioning the Civil Rights movement?

[Mz Pip]

15. Anything that makes them uncomfortable

Would be my guess.

So that could be anything.

[nolabear]

18. Without definition they'll lose every single case.

It’s an invitation to the ignorant to act as his tools to keep division going and get them all re-elected.

[Eugene]

28. It's the usual teaching "hate of America" and "erasure of history." DeSantis also attacks "equity."

Beyond that, reporting is vague about standards. The act also attacks school employee training. Some reporting also indicates that it also would affect workplaces in general.

DeSantis ranted how "race hustling" is a cottage industry.

[OneGrassRoot]

14. Anyone know how they're defining it?

I tried searching for the actual text to no avail. I keep seeing things like they're banning any discussion"that refers back to CRT" - so it sounds like basically anything that has the whiff of racial injustice will off limits. Not surprised but wondering just how overt they're going to be in the teaching of the glories of past, present and future white supremacy.

[Poiuyt]

17. Would this include the parents of law school students?

Since that's where CRT is taught.

[inthewind21]

23. Smoke and mirrors

Since CRT is not now, has never been and will never be taught in public schools. How refreshing it would be if people would actually learn WHAT CRT ACTUALLY IS!

[Takket]

24. When is the no boogeyman and Bigfoot act going to pass?

I am very worried about many imaginary threats. Not just CRT



Get used to this. The gop is planning to make 2022 a referendum on CRT. it worked great for them in VA.

[Initech]

25. Hey Ron, you might want to try turning off Fox News and living in the real world, OK?

[peggysue2]

26. Of course, he is!

And you know what you'll get? A repeat from the likes of Moms for Liberty suing a teacher for reading a bio of Martin Luther King to her 2nd grade class. The Liberty Moms claim this is an example of CRT.

No, Ladies (using the term loosely).

It's called history.