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Florida Legislative Black Caucus Responds to Governor Ron DeSantis’ Blatant Attack on the Teaching of Black History
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FNN NEWSTallahassee, Fla. – This past week Governor Ron DeSantis and his Department of Education released statements announcing the banning of the College Board’s Advanced Placement African American History course. The Commissioner of Education Manny Diaz Jr. released a statement saying that various sections of the curriculum violate the State’s “Stop WOKE” law that passed last session. The news comes as a shock to many around the State and has prompted this response from the Legislative Black Caucus.
Representative Dianne Hart (D- Tampa) Chair of the Legislative Black Caucus, Chair of Region 6 of the National Caucus of Black State Legislators issued the following statement:
“The purposeful erasure of Black history, people, and culture from our State and it’s schools by this Governor is simply appalling. Black history is American history and should be respected and taught just as every other aspect of history, including the other voluntary AP courses that AP African American History was a part of. This has gone on for far too long, and one must ask the question what are you afraid of? Are you afraid that by learning the truth about American history that Black children will want revenge? Are you afraid that the truth about what has transpired in America will ruin the vain perspective of American Exceptionalism that we push on the world? Or are you afraid that your children and grandchildren will see you in their textbooks as the direct anthesis of “All men are created equal”?
Ron DeSantis has proven that he sees no value in the history and the lives of Black people. It is with that in mind that we can no longer sit idly by and continue to allow others to control our story. We must think critically about how to take the teaching of our history into our own hands and bring it to our community. We will be calling on the NAACP, National Council of Negro Women, Clerical Leaders, National Panhellenic Council and others to join us in the Reestablishing “Freedom Schools” (Community gatherings) with the sole purpose of educating our children about their rich and triumphant history so that they will not have to wait on a state or Governor to see the value in their history, but they will know for themselves.”
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Congressman Maxwell Frost Slams TikTok Bill Ahead of Scheduled House Vote
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FNN NEWSWASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost (FL-10) released a statement ahead of the scheduled House vote on a bill that could unilaterally ban social media app TikTok.
In a statement, Rep. Frost says:
“Tomorrow, the House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on a bill that will most likely lead to a ban on TikTok in the United States. I am voting no.
“Let’s be clear that I am deeply concerned about our foreign adversaries accessing our private data online, but this bill is not the comprehensive reform we need to reign in Big Tech and protect Americans from harm and manipulation.
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Sierra Club Florida Urges Governor DeSantis to Protect Local Economies and Workers by Vetoing HB 433
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FNN NEWSTALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Today Sierra Club Florida sent Governor Ron DeSantis a letter urging him to veto HB 433, “Employment Regulations.”
If signed into law, HB 433 would preempt local governments’ ability to pass protections for workers in extreme heat at a time when climate change is pushing record temperatures higher year after year. Of the many threats climate change poses to Florida’s economy and well-being–including rising insurance rates and storms– the impact of extreme heat is one of the biggest.
In 2022, heat exposure in the U.S. led to the loss of almost half a trillion potential labor hours, a significant increase from previous years. In 2021, a report by The Atlantic Council found that loss of productivity from heat led to a loss of about $100 billion dollars a year in the United States. The same report concluded that “without meaningful action to reduce emissions and/or adapt to extreme heat, labor productivity losses could double to nearly $200 billion by 2030 and reach $500 billion by 2050.” These impacts will fall on the shoulders of working-class Floridians at a time when Florida is also growing disproportionately less affordable compared to the rest of the nation.
Additionally, extreme heat is already a leading weather-related cause of death and workplace injury across the country. In the United States, extreme heat was estimated to be the cause of about 120,000 workplace injuries every year, and without action, that number could rise to about 450,000 per year in 2050. From 2019 to 2022, heat related deaths rose a staggering 88% in Florida. These deaths and injuries also disproportionately impact marginalized communities.
Sierra Club Florida Political Director Luigi Guadarrama said, “Governor DeSantis himself has admitted that ‘Florida’s economic success is tied to our environment,’ yet the legislature continues to produce bills that threaten the well-being of both. We cannot and will not ignore the devastating impact that this bill will have on our economy and the health of hard-working Floridians.”
Sierra Club Florida Executive Committee Chair James Scott said, “The cost of inaction on climate change is ethically intolerable and economically unsustainable. Preventing local governments from taking action will cost Floridians their paychecks and their lives. While big business and big-government Tallahassee legislators may choose to ignore that, Florida won’t.”
Inaction on climate change is costly. Sierra Club Florida urges Governor DeSantis to take this threat to our economy and our workers seriously, and veto HB 433.