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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration has rejected an African American history course that is set to be a part of the College Board's slate of Advanced Placement courses in high schools.
across the state have told ABC News that they fear DeSantis' effort to rid schools of so-called "trendy ideologies" will target and erase important curriculum on the racial history of the U.S. from schools.
This is just the latest effort in DeSantis' war on "woke"-ness, or marginalized identities, in education. He has made this a centerpiece of his gubernatorial campaign, and has been speculated to be a potential 2024 presidential candidate for conservatives. "We seek normalcy, not philosophical lunacy, we will not allow reality, facts and truth to become optional. We will never surrender to the woke mob. Florida is where woke goes to die," DeSantis said during his Jan. 3 inauguration. DeSantis is behind the "Stop WOKE" Act, which restricts race-related content in workplaces, schools and colleges. However, the law has been temporarily blocked and is being battled in the courts. He also signed into law the so-called "Don't Say Gay" law, officially known as the Parental Rights in Education law, which restricts content on sexual orientation and gender identity from some classrooms."Far from indoctrinating students into a so-called 'woke agenda,' educators often struggle to teach about the history and origins of racism ... [Stop WOKE] would deepen this learning gap as educators, understandably fearful of public threats to police them, seek to avoid the penalties embedded in the law for teaching about prohibited topics such as the factual disparities in wealth, education and housing for Black people in this country," the Southern Poverty Law Center said in response to the law. DeSantis has also begun investigating data on higher education courses related to "diversity, equity and inclusion," as well as "critical race theory."
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