In Gov. Ron DeSantis’ fight to eradicate “wokism” from schools and the workplace, a bill has made it through committee that has promise of making it to his desk to become law. HB 148 or the “Stop Wrongs Against Our Kids and Employees Act (WOKE),” which the governor said would “do a number of things that are very important”, is now being heard by the judiciary committee. The bill’s goal is to prohibit Critical Race Theory (CRT) from being taught in schools or used in employee training sessions, the bill’s sponsor Republican state Senator Manny Diaz Jr. said. Diaz said the bill is designed to protect individual freedoms in the workplace and would prohibit employers from subjecting employees to any type of certification process, examination, or any other “required activity” that is centered on any number of race-related concepts. DeSantis described them as things that could create a “hostile working …
Florida’s Stop WOKE Act Makes It Through Committee Stage
January 21, 2022
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