Ron DeSantis declares Florida a state in violation of the Constitution. Author: Getty Images
The NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) issued an official travel advisory for the state of Florida, saying it has become “hostile to black Americans” under Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
“In an apparent effort to silence African American voices, the Governor and the State of Florida have demonstrated that African Americans are not welcome in the State of Florida,” the traveler’s newsletter said.
“Because of this ongoing, brazen, relentless, and systematic assault on democracy and civil rights, the NAACP is issuing advisories to African Americans and other people of color regarding hostility towards African Americans in Florida,” the group added. It is reported by The Hill.
The notice points to several controversial DeSantis policies, including a law he signed into law Monday last week barring universities from spending public funds on diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.
Florida’s governor also previously signed the Stop the WOKE Act, restricting discussion of race in workplaces and schools during mandatory instruction or instruction, and blocked the Advanced Placement African American Studies course in the state’s public schools, saying it lacked “educational value.” “.
“Let me be clear: failure to teach an accurate depiction of the horrors and inequalities that African Americans have faced and continue to face is a disservice to students and a dereliction of duty to everyone,” said NAACP President and CEO Manager Derrick. Johnson in his statement. .
“Under the leadership of Governor DeSantis, the state of Florida has become hostile to African Americans and is in direct conflict with the democratic ideals on which our union was founded,” Johnson added.
Ron DeSantis, who is running for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024 against former President Donald Trump, signed into law on Monday, May 15, a law preventing the state’s public universities from using Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) funds, in a final blow. in opposition to higher education.
He signed the bill at Florida’s New College, a liberal arts college, where he recently replaced the school’s board of trustees with conservatives who quickly disbanded the college’s DEI chapter.
Speaking from a podium adorned with a sign declaring Florida an “Education State,” the Republican governor said the DEI’s efforts were an attempt to “impose an ideological agenda” on students and teachers and promote “exclusion” and “discrimination,” noted another. Article published in The Hill.
“This bill states that the entire DEI experiment is coming to an end in the state of Florida,” he said. The governor said students who want to study areas such as “gender ideology” should study at schools in other states, such as UC Berkeley.
The law also states that general education courses, which are required for all university students, “may not misrepresent significant historical events or include a curriculum that teaches identity politics, violates or is based on theories that systemic racism, sexism, oppression and privilege inherent in the institutions of the United States and were created to maintain social, political, and economic inequalities.”
Free speech organization Freedom for Individual Rights and Express (FIRE) criticized DeSantis for signing the measure and urged affected college professors to call them.
“The extension of the Stop, Wake Up Law is just as unconstitutional as the first edition. Florida universities should be a place open to the free exchange of ideas. When legislators start voting on ideas outside the debate, no idea is immune from censorship,” said FIRE attorney Adam Steinbaugh.
Another bill signed by the Governor would ban schools from forcing students or teachers to sign diversity statements, calling them “loyalty pledges.”
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