The Florida State Senate Education Committee voted 6 to 3 to pass a bill outlawing the most vicious forms of anti-White discrimination and racial demonization in public schools and the workplace.
Senate Bill 148, called “Individual Freedom,” was introduced by State Senator Manny Diaz Jr in response to Critical Race Theory being taught in public schools. Critical Race Theory is a derivative of Critical Theory, initially formulated by Marxist Academics at The Institute for Social Research at Goethe University Frankfurt in the early 1930s.
The bill was passed by Chairman Gruters and committee members Bradley, Broxson, Diaz, Hutson, and Passidomo. It has moved on to the Rules Committee.
The bill would ban public schools from using materials from the far-left 1619 Project and explicitly ban Critical Race Theory, as well as materials that “include denial or minimization of the Holocaust.” It also orders schools to define American history as “a new nation based largely on universal principles stated in the Declaration of Independence,” and not in any way that demonizes White people or the founders.
Employers would also be banned from promoting anti-White ideologies at the workplace.
The bill acknowledges that:
- No individual is inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive, whether consciously or
unconsciously, solely by virtue of his or her race or sex. - No race is inherently superior to another race.
- No individual should be discriminated against or receive adverse treatment solely or partly
on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, disability, or sex. - Meritocracy or traits such as a hard work ethic are not racist but fundamental to the right to
pursue happiness and be rewarded for industry. - An individual, by virtue of his or her race or sex, does not bear responsibility for actions
committed in the past by other members of the same race or sex. - An individual should not be made to feel discomfort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of
psychological distress on account of his or her race.
The bill also codifies a 2020 executive order by Donald Trump, prohibiting divisive concepts, race or sex stereotyping, and race or sex scapegoating, into Florida state law. Biden revoked this executive order shortly after assuming office.
- One race or sex is inherently superior to another race or sex.
- The United States is fundamentally racist or sexist.
- An individual, by virtue of his or her race or sex, is inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive,
whether consciously or unconsciously. - An individual should be discriminated against or receive adverse treatment solely or partly
because of his or her race or sex. - Members of one race or sex cannot and should not attempt to treat others without respect to
race or sex. - An individual’s moral character is necessarily determined by his or her race or sex.
- An individual, by virtue of his or her race or sex, bears responsibility for actions committed
in the past by other members of the same race or sex. - Any individual should feel discomfort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological
distress on account of his or her race or sex. - Meritocracy or traits such as a hard work ethic are racist or sexist, or were created by a
particular race to oppress another race. - Promote race or sex stereotyping, which means ascribing character traits, values, moral and
ethical codes, privileges, status, or beliefs to a race or sex, or to an individual because of his
or her race or sex. - Promote race or sex scapegoating, which means assigning fault, blame, or bias to a race or
sex, or to members of a race or sex because of their race or sex. It similarly encompasses any
claim that, consciously or unconsciously, and by virtue of his or her race or sex, members of
any race are inherently racist or are inherently inclined to oppress others, or that members of
a sex are inherently sexist or inclined to oppress others.
