If Florida, teachers are advised to hide their books to avoid felony charges. At one school, “the kids began crying and writing letters to the principal, saying, ‘Please don’t take my books, please don’t do this.’”
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"In" Florida. Although the list of "disallowed" books is unclear, a teacher could face up to five years in prison and a $5,000 fine for displaying or giving students one.
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It's not just Florida. "15 states now have active educational gag orders ... with punishments including fines, civil suits, firing and criminal penalties for those who violate the broadly defined provisions." nytimes.com/2023/01/31/opi
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"Teachers, librarians and school officials providing guidance on diversity, equity and inclusion are said to have been pushed out of their jobs and gotten death threats. Last year reported the chilling story of a Black educator who was chased out" of a Georgia county.
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It's unclear how the review of books in Florida schools will affect study & knowledge of African American contributions. “Our world is so small when it comes to Black folks. We don't even know there's all this history that we can learn,” says
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Free speech! Actually, no. FASCISM
There's a tv movie seared into my brain from when I was a kid (can't remember name) which warned about the U.S. becoming the USSR. Teachers instructing kids that thinking was bad, trust dear leader, etc. DeSantis has now BROUGHT IT TO AMERICA
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Presumably, Cliff, you will reconsider the next time you go off ranting about how you want government to limit certain political speech.
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Waiting for committed Free Speech absolutists like and to express their profound outrage and concern.
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