Subscribe to Receive the Daily Report

Thursday, May 18th, 2023

Ron DeSantis’ ban of school diversity programs is coming to these states next

Author:     BIANCA QUILANTAN
Source:     Politico
Publication Date:     05/17/2023 03:13 PM EDT
 Link: Ron DeSantis’ ban of school diversity programs is coming to these states next
Stephan:  

When Republicans tell you they are for small government what they mean is they are for little or no regulation of corporations, and very low tax rates for the rich and the corporations they control, and who control them. Republicans are actually advocates of the biggest of big governments. They want the government to control women, and they want the state to decide what your children can be taught. They want the White race to be always in control of the culture. Voters in the states listed in this article are about to find out what it means for your children to be indoctrinated not educated. It will affect them for the rest of their lives, and it will affect the schools and colleges in those red states as applications drop off, just as OB/GYNs are leaving the state, and the already poor healthcare for women in Red states degrades even further. Weapons manufacturers will move into Red states, as leading edge high tech corporations, if they are present, leave, as will anyone in the LGBTQ community. Over the next five years Red states are going to become increasingly inferior places to live compared to Blue states.

A Republican governor in the South is peeling back diversity programs in public schools and limiting how gender and race can be discussed in classrooms — and he’s not from Florida.

While Florida governor Ron DeSantis made headlines on Monday for signing a law that bars colleges from using state or federal funding on most diversity, equity and inclusion programs, conservatives are pursuing similar tactics in other GOP-led states.

Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick in Texas are shepherding legislation through Austin requiring public universities to shutter their DEI offices and ban diversity training and hiring statements but, unlike Florida, avoids interfering with course instruction. In Tennessee and North Dakota, Republican-controlled legislatures have passed new restrictions on DEI training or are pressing to pass them before their legislative sessions end.

After signing a suite of curriculum rules last year, Florida has the most sweeping set of restrictions on classroom discussions about race and gender in the nation. But the work in the Sunshine State has inspired dozens of copycats this year among conservatives who say diversity programs are working to “indoctrinate” young people and being used as a “club to silence” critics.

“DEI programs advocate for racial […]

Read the Full Article

1 Comment

  1. Rev. Dean on Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 10:32 am

    The Republicans are totally wrong-headed! We MUST tax the rich the way president F.D.R. did way back when he was in charge.