DeSantis Stop WOKE Act would ban CRT indoctrination in workplace as civil rights violation

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' recent proposal to ban so-called critical race theory in K-12 public schools is the latest of several bans proposed or implemented by Republicans at the state level. 

But the DeSantis proposal is significantly different in two ways. It bans CRT workplace training, making it a violation of the Florida Civil Rights Act, and provides a mechanism for citizens to sue entities that don't comply with the law. The litigation approach is modeled after the recently enacted Texas abortion ban. 

"In Florida we are taking a stand against the state-sanctioned racism that is critical race theory," DeSantis vowed. "We won't allow Florida tax dollars to be spent teaching kids to hate our country or to hate each other."

Unlike other state laws or proposals that only ban CRT from being taught in K-12 curriculum, the Stop the Wrongs to Our Kids and Employees (Stop WOKE) Act allows parents to sue colleges, and employees to sue corporations, that teach it.