Timely article
showing 100% why Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) must never be elected president of
the United States since he is the most-radical and anti-social everything candidate
ever to run for that office.
What follows are
examples of his harsh and in some cases downright nutty attack on social
progress in education reported on from here from AMERICAN OVERSIGHT with this their story headline:
“RIGHT-WING ATTACKS ON
EDUCATION AND STUDENT EXPRESSION”
Mostly led by GOP FL Gov. Ron
DeSantis conservatives and Republican state leaders are attempting to prevent
students from learning about race or gender through censorship, restrictions,
and right-wing indoctrination.
Conservative political leaders across the country are launching attacks on public education by limiting what instructors can teach about racism and gender, demonizing and restricting the rights of LGBTQ students and teachers, and banning books that they deem “inappropriate.”
American Oversight is using public records to investigate these egregious attempts to politicize, censor, and weaken public education, from early elementary school through higher education.
Watch this “Lincoln Project” video (2:30 minutes) it targets
DeSantis as the “Worst Governor in America.”
Examples follow:
1. DeSantis
has all but declared war against students of color and gay and transgender
students in FL.
2. DeSantis
signed the Stop
WOKE Act in 2022, which prohibits the teaching of certain concepts that could make
students feel “guilt, anguish, or any other forms of psychological
distress” because of their race or national origin, along with other vague
restrictions that serve to stifle discussion of racial injustice.
3. He
also signed the Parental Rights in Education Act (AKA: Don’t
Say Gay bill) — which banned teaching children about gender or sexual
identity.
4. DeSantis
also supported laws that ban including transgender
female student athletes from playing on girls’ and women’s teams
and requiring that books available in classrooms go through an extra layer of
review, actions that have been echoed by
conservative leaders with similar agendas in other states (e.g., don’t read this book or that book unless he approves of it
and says so).
5. In
January 2023, DeSantis said he would reject a
proposed AP (Advancement Placement) African
American Studies course for including content
such as “intersectionality and activism” and “Black Queer studies.”
6. The
College Board later removed many
of the criticized contemporary Black authors and content from its required
curriculum nationwide, though asserting that the changes were not in response
to political pressure from DeSantis or Florida – all the while, DeSantis and other conservative leaders also have attacked the concept of social-emotional
learning.
7. DeSantis
has also targeted higher education, including by working to turn New College of Florida, a progressive public college, into a conservative institution.
After replacing the school’s board of trustees with conservative allies —
including prominent anti-critical race theory (CRT) activist Christopher
Rufo — the new trustees appointed DeSantis’ former education
commissioner as the college’s president.
8. DeSantis has also expressed his intent to
ban diversit, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs at public universities in FL. His
newly appointed trustees at New College voted to scrap the school DEI programs.
9. Other
states (e.g., Texas) have also targeted DEI
programs just like FL.
My 2 Cents: From the “what it’s worth department” and, no not the
song of the same title, Gov. DeSantis must never be anywhere near the White
House in any capacity except maybe for a visit – but certainly never as
president – no ifs, ands, or buts.
That is my opinion and
based on the above article and his overall record in FL reinforces my opinion,
and I hope it that will help the readers and voters as we move along in this
critical 2024 election cycle in their decision to not vote for him.
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