The Supreme Court just offered their blessing to the Texas abortion ban, which rewards bounty hunters for snitching on those who “aid and abet” abortions. Now less than one week later, Republicans are looking to use similar mechanisms to ban not just abortions, but the teaching of history.
In Florida, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has offered up the use of this novel enforcement mechanism to fight the culture wars in classrooms and corporations, which should send a chill down any freedom-loving person’s spine. Called the “Stop WOKE Act,” the bill would allow any parent to sue a school district for teaching “critical race theory.”
While “critical race theory” is a scare term the right uses to make it sound like there’s some novel and esoteric indoctrination going on in schools, a little digging shows what Republicans actually mean by the term is any lessons or materials that acknowledge racism had any impact on American history. Conservatives groups are demanding schools ban books about […]
Wait what? ban “Beloved” by Toni Morrison???
The motive behind that move is crystal clear for anyone who has actually read it. Ron DeSantis doesn’t care about children. We all remember that he withheld Covid funds to schools for children, motivated by his cold hearted intention for political advancement in his party -which is way more important to him, than what’s best for children on any level.