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FERN MCBRIDE (NYC)'s avatar

Yes, Peter, as you wrote '..., if the world's to be saved, it will be by ordinary people.' We must see and act against what is happening before our eyes -- the Republicans, chief among them, DeSantis, are STOMPING on education, the precious lives of our children and the future of the country.

'And now, in 2022, we are in a new educational moment. Between January 2021 and January 2022, the legislatures of 35 states introduced 137 bills to keep students from learning about issues of race, LBGTQ+ issues, politics, and American history. More recently, the Republican-dominated legislature of Florida passed the Stop the Wrongs to Our Kids and Employees (Stop WOKE) Act, tightly controlling how schools and employee training can talk about race or gender discrimination.'

'Republican-dominated legislatures and school districts are also purging books from school libraries and notifying parents each time a child checks out a book. Most of the books removed are by or about Black people, people of color, or LGBTQ+ individuals.' (Letter)

Stay tuned for information about how states are destroying public school education.

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Pensa_VT's avatar

Censorship by fascists. Our free speech needs to be revisited due to extremists' mind-control propagandist tactics. They sure are petrified of Democracy, Truth, Justice and our Melting Pot!

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