Indoctrination by cartoon? DeSantis’ latest attack on ‘woke schools.’

Ron DeSantis says Florida schools should be about “education over indoctrination.” So why is his state now bringing in lessons on race and social justice from a right-wing group whose leader brags about indoctrinating kids? Mehdi breaks down the hypocrisy behind DeSantis’ war on ‘woke’ schools.


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[ianreed]

"Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave."

Frederick Douglass

[JasonBoyce]

"You can't judge people in history for the time they lived in." -- That is literally how history works. We look at it as examples of what we want to do better for our children

[marthakarol]

Slaves jumped off a slave trade boat because preferred death over slavery.

[houdini]

"Hi, I'm Frederick Douglas" "Love your hair." Putting their racism front and center right off the bat.

[leslieschwab]

As one who has been a teacher in FL for 25 years, any teacher showing that crap from Prager U should have their teaching certificate revoked.

[l.h.tnguyen]

"being a slave is better than being killed, no?" No, I would rather be killed.

[marilynreallon-ngri]

DeSantis can never pass up the opportunity to show the world how unqualified he is to run a state let alone run a country!

[freetochoose]

Why aren’t Floridians suing Ron Desantis for destroying their education system?

[mikeg]

If History doesn’t make you “uncomfortable” you’re not doing it right!

[DaveCM]

When he said that being a slave was better than death, it is completely ignoring all of the slaves that chose death rather than slavery.

[GratefulOneHere]

As a Florida resident, our state has been totally despicable under Duh Satan. It gets worse by the day, don’t let him do this to our country.

[luisdavidllense]

Florida is where intelligence goes to die. I am ashamed of my state.

[JudyFayLondon]

Shouldn't the parents make decisions instead of the governor? Why do people allow any governor to decide everything for them?

[missycee]

It's interesting that she calls them "my kids" and not "our kids". It also speaks volumes that him picking them up from school moved her to tears. Does he usually doesn't do anything with/for them?

[jasonito]

It always amazes me when people expect some type of praise for taking care of their own kids.

[higgs]

DeSpotic is doing everything he can to ensure that Florida's children are sufficiently ignorant to vote Republican for life.

[juliec]

So happy to be a Canadian. If i lived in FL i would move out especially if I had young children

[LeoPard-HQ]

What's even more concerning than Ron DeSantis' campaign against the 'Woke' movement is the fact that there are Black individuals who support him and are actively distorting history. This is one of those deeply unsettling issues that keeps me up at night.

[rydermccall]

The GOP says “from my cold dead hands!” and “I’d rather die on my feet than live on my knees!” now say, “Slavery is better than death.”

[Lichenroc]

My concerns go out to students in Florida they will be greatly hindered in their education compared to the rest of the country and even the world. They'll have hard time getting accepted to universities and higher institutions outside Florida.