Woke Capital in the Twenty-First Century - by Wesley Yang

Woke Capital in the Twenty-First Century - by Wesley Yang

"...On March 28, Republican Governor Ron DeSantis signed the “Parental Rights in Education” bill. 

• The law bans formal classroom instruction in public schools regarding sexual orientation or gender identity in grades K-3 (hence “Don’t Say Gay”). 
• It also requires Florida public schools to inform parents if their child receives any “services or monitoring” from the school, a measure intended to prevent school staff from hiding a child’s gender transition from his/her parents. 

Both practices exist in American public schools, and thus the Florida law is hardly gratuitous.
Well before DeSantis signed the bill, the powerful LGBT interest group Human Rights Campaign was ramping up its lobbying. 

HRC’s forte is less persuading politicians than pressuring CEOs. 

On February 28 it released a letter signed by over 150 corporations stating their opposition to the Florida bill and all similar legislation in other states. ...Read all.