4 Mar 2023 10:40 am
Trump and DeSantis take up sinister Nazi playbook
Trump and his followers continue to wage a concerted attack on Black Americans, Asians, Muslims, Jews and LGBTQ+ communities. It began with the more subtle exhortations to “build a wall” to prevent immigrants from entering the United States and evolved into a wider culture war against “wokeness.”
But while Trump is at times clumsy in his approach, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is positively Machiavellian in his efforts.
DeSantis has packed school boards with his followers, turned the Florida Board of Education into his propaganda machine to ban books like “The Color Purple,” “Native Son,” and books on Hank Aaron and Roberto Clemente. That board wants to now ban an Advanced Placement African American Studies course, because any historical information that paints white people in a negative light should be banned, nor should there be any books on LGBTQ+ issues either.
https://www.miamitimesonline.com/opinio ... 7d073.html
Trump and his followers continue to wage a concerted attack on Black Americans, Asians, Muslims, Jews and LGBTQ+ communities. It began with the more subtle exhortations to “build a wall” to prevent immigrants from entering the United States and evolved into a wider culture war against “wokeness.”
But while Trump is at times clumsy in his approach, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is positively Machiavellian in his efforts.
DeSantis has packed school boards with his followers, turned the Florida Board of Education into his propaganda machine to ban books like “The Color Purple,” “Native Son,” and books on Hank Aaron and Roberto Clemente. That board wants to now ban an Advanced Placement African American Studies course, because any historical information that paints white people in a negative light should be banned, nor should there be any books on LGBTQ+ issues either.
https://www.miamitimesonline.com/opinio ... 7d073.html