Florida Governor Ron DeSantis scored another victory in his efforts to root out divisive teachings in Florida’s public school system Thursday, as the state legislature passed a bill limiting teachers and businesses from discussing race.
- 24-15: the final vote tally on the bill to limit discussion around race. The vote split on a strict party line.
- What the bill says: “A person should not be instructed that he or she must feel guilt, anguish, or other forms of psychological distress for actions, in which he or she played no part, committed in the past by other members of the same race or sex”
- Republican State Sen. Manny Diaz: “My parents left that country because education wasn’t about creating thinkers, it wasn’t about having a debate like the one we’re having today. That wasn’t allowed. It was about indoctrination. Indoctrination by the government to tell you what you must think,” Diaz said. “We send our students to school to learn, to be thinkers, not to be told what to think.”
Gov. DeSantis is expected to take swift action signing the bill into law.
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