Florida advances DeSantis-backed ban on making white people feel ‘discomfort’ or ‘guilt’ from past racism

The Wee

By PETER WEBER

January 19, 2022

A bill that would ban public schools and private companies from making white people “feel discomfort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological distress” when being taught or trained about discrimination in the nation’s past passed out of the State Senate Education Committee on a party-line vote Tuesday, The Associated Press reports. All committee Republicans voted in favor and all Democrats voted against the bill.

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