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DeSantis' 'war on woke' looks a lot like attempts by other countries to deny and rewrite history

  • Written by Rochelle Anne Davis, Professor of Cultural Anthropology, Georgetown University
DeSantis' 'war on woke' looks a lot like attempts by other countries to deny and rewrite historySB 266 aims to stop college professors from teaching about systemic racism.Spencer Platt/Getty Images

A Florida law that took effect on July 1, 2023, restricts how educators in the state’s public colleges and universities can teach about the racial oppression that African Americans have faced in the United States.

Specifically, SB 266 forbids...

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