DeSantis Moves to Ban Critical Race Theory from Classrooms, Workplace
Marshall Swanson 
Gov. Ron DeSantis stated this week that Critical Race Theory should be banned from the classroom and the workplace. DeSantis will propose legislation next month to eliminate a practice that is causing debate around the nation.
The yet to be formalized proposal will also allow parents to file suit and collect attorney's fees from schools engaging in lessons some accuse of being racist and anti-American in nature.
“In Florida, we are taking a stand against the state-sanctioned racism that is critical race theory,” DeSantis said at an event before cheering supporters in Wildwood. “We won’t allow Florida tax dollars to be spent teaching kids to hate our country or to hate each other.”
The Florida Board of Education in June banned K-12 schools from discussing critical race theory, which closely aligns with perspectives demonizing the founding and history of the country as racism and bigoted.
DeSantis said he hopes not only to ban CRT from schools but also from being taught in seminars and training sessions for K-12 school employees and in all workplaces in the state, visiting examples from other states like Arizona, California and Pennsylvania.
"We also have a responsibility to ensure that parents have the means to vindicate their rights when it comes to enforcing state standards," he said of the lawsuit provision.
Democratic lawmakers expressed anger and frustration at the proposal despite many historians disagreement with CRT's basic assumptions about American history.
