>>> GOVERNOR DeSANTIS IS DRAWING
>>> GOVERNOR DeSANTIS IS DRAWING
SOME CRITICISM.
>> NBC 6 REPORTER JAMIE GUIROLA
>> NBC 6 REPORTER JAMIE GUIROLA
EXPLAINS FOR US.
>> AND I THINK WE’VE DONE MORE
THAN ANY OTHER STATE TO PLACE A
RENEWED EMPHASIS ON AMERICAN
CIVICS AND TEACHING KIDS ABOUT
THE CONSTITUTION AND WHAT IT
MEANS TO BE AN AMERICAN.
>> Reporter: GOVERNOR RON
DeSANTIS ANNOUNCED HIS PUSH TO
LEGALLY BAN TEACHING THE
LEGALLY BAN TEACHING THE
CRITICAL RACE THEORY IN GRADES
K-12 AND THE WORK PLACE.
>> SO WE WANT ALL OUR STUDENTS
TO UNDERSTAND WHY WAS OUR
TO UNDERSTAND WHY WAS OUR
COUNTRY FOUNDED?
WHAT WERE SOME OF THE KEY IDEAS
THAT MADE US DIFFERENT?
>> Reporter: THE CRITICAL RACE
THEORY OR CRT, HOLDS THAT RACISM
HAS A SYSTEMIC ROLE IN TODAY’S
LAWS AND DECISION MAKING AND
LAWS AND DECISION MAKING AND
THAT CRT IS ROOTED IN LAWS IN
THE JIM CROW AREA.
>> IN AREAS OF LAW, OF CRIMINAL
JUSTICE.
THEY SPOKE ABOUT HOW THOSE
POLICIES HAVE MORPHED INTO BEING
RACIST POLICIES.
>> Reporter: JONES IS ADAMANTLY
OPPOSED TO THE PROPOSED STOP
W.O.K.E. ACT.
>> THAT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT
CRITICAL RACE THEORY WE’RE
TALKING ABOUT BLACK HISTORY
TALKING ABOUT BLACK HISTORY
WHICH IS AMERICAN HISTORY.
>> Reporter: SHEVRIN ADDS A RULE
>> Reporter: SHEVRIN ADDS A RULE
WAS PASSED AGAINST CRT
CURRICULUM.
>> INSTEAD OF LOOKING AT IDEAS
TO IMPROVE PEOPLE’S DAILY LIVES
THE REPUBLICANS WOULD RATHER
MANUFACTURE A CRISIS OF A
NONISSUE.
>> Reporter: DeSANTIS’ PROPOSAL
WOULD FIRM UP THE EDUCATION RULE
ALLOWING PARENTS TO SUE IF THEY
ALLOWING PARENTS TO SUE IF THEY
FEEL CRT IS TAUGHT IN THE
CLASSROOM.
>> I THINK WHAT YOU SEE WITH THE
>> I THINK WHAT YOU SEE WITH THE
RICE OF THIS W.O.K.E. IDEOLOGY
IS AN ATTEMPT TO REALLY
DELEGITIMIZE OUR HISTORY AND
DELEGITIMIZE OUR INSTITUTIONS
AND I VIEW THE WOKENESS AS A
AND I VIEW THE WOKENESS AS A
FORM OF CULTURAL MARXISM.
>> THAT WAS JAMIE GUIROLA
REPORTING FOR US.
REPORTING FOR US.
THERE IS NO CURRICULUM FOR
CRITICAL RACE THEORY IN FLORIDA.
>> THE PROPOSED LAW WOULD CHANGE
>> THE PROPOSED LAW WOULD CHANGE
ANY EXISTING CURRICULUM.
ABOUT 15 STATES HAVE CONSIDERED