Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Dec. 15 that legislation he’s proposing would allow parents and teachers to sue schools, and employees to sue employers, who make them participate in policies or teaching involving the principles of critical race theory (CRT). The Republican governor already has banned CRT teachings in public schools. The proposed Stop Wrongs to Our Kids and Employees (Stop WOKE) Act would be the first legislation of its kind in the nation, his office said, and would take on corporate wokeness and CRT in schools in a way that would allow employees and parents to push back. CRT evolved from Marxist teachings of critical theory, and paints most of what goes on in society as dominated by a power struggle between the race of the oppressor and that of the oppressed. It’s the theory that propels Black Lives Matter, and demonizes the country’s Founding Fathers. Woke is a …
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