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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJudge takes final step to overturn Florida's 'Stop WOKE Act'
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) A judge issued a final order Friday to overturn a Florida law pushed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis that attempted to limit diversity and race-based discussions in private workplaces.
U.S. District Judge Mark Walker previously ruled the law is unconstitutional. That decision was upheld by an appeals court in March. Walkers latest order makes his temporary injunction permanent.
The law, called the Stop WOKE Act, attempted to prohibit teaching or business practices that contend members of one ethnic group are inherently racist and should feel guilt for past actions committed by others. It also bars the notion that a persons status as privileged or oppressed is necessarily determined by their race or gender, or that discrimination is acceptable to achieve diversity.
DeSantis frequently referred to the law during his unsuccessful run for president, with the slogan that Florida was where woke goes to die.
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2024/07/26/judge-takes-final-step-to-overturn-floridas-stop-woke-act-2/
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rzemanfl
(30,110 posts)Eliot Rosewater
(31,983 posts)Deuxcents
(18,305 posts)Maybe that slogan will change, too.
Attilatheblond
(3,566 posts)Things can't be fixed for all of us until that pocket of judges on the take get impeached