A federal judge blocked Florida from enforcing the #StopWOKEAct in the state’s colleges and universities. #Florida is just one of over a dozen states across the country that have passed laws censoring discussions around race and gender in the classroom, and this is the first time a court has ruled that this type of classroom censorship law is unconstitutional.
https://www.aclu.org/news/free-speech/lessons-learned-from-our-classroom-censorship-win-against-floridas-stop-w-o-k-e-act
#censorship

Teaching kids about the Stop WOKE Act would violate the Stop WOKE Act. #florida #StopWOKEAct #desantis #gop #opinion

https://www.aclu.org/news/free-speech/lessons-learned-from-our-classroom-censorship-win-against-floridas-stop-w-o-k-e-act

#ruling #Florida #stopWOKEact

"[T]he Individual Freedom Act and the Stop-Woke (Wrongs to Our Kids and Employees) Act ... prohibits educational institutions and businesses from teaching ... anything that would cause anyone to “feel guilt, anguish or any form of psychological distress” due to their race, color, sex or national origin."

US district court judge Mark Walker quoted Orwell's 1984 and wrote "Our professors are critical to a healthy democracy, and the state of Florida’s decision to choose which viewpoints are worthy of illumination and which must remain in the shadows has implications for us all."

#Florida #StopWokeAct

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/18/judge-florida-ron-desantis-stop-woke-law

Perspective | DeSantis aims to scare academics. Unfortunately, it’s working.

by #DianeRoberts for #WashPost

#lgbtqiaplus #academia #reality

#STOPDictatorDeSantis
.#STOPDeSantis (Don't forget, this #farrightkook also wants be U.S. president)

Gov. #DeSantis’s #StopWokeAct is trying to keep #Floridaacademics from teaching what’s true and right

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/08/18/florida-stop-woke-act-teaching-desantis/

#Florida "#StopWOKEAct" Blocked in Court, But Prof Says #DeSantis 🤮 Push to Scare Academics Is Working

A federal judge has blocked key portions of Florida's new "Stop WOKE Act" that attempts to block discussions of #racism and
#whiteprivilege in #workplaces and ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyVDPOM6vqI