Critical Race Theory

There's a lot of confusion about critical race theory, which has become a hot-button political issue.

DeSantis says new legislation is necessary to “give businesses, employees, children and families tools to fight make against ‘woke indoctrination.’”

Gov. DeSantis said he will introduce legislation called the Stop W.O.K.E. Act while calling critical race theory “corporate-sanctioned racism.”

In making his proposal, state GOP Chairman Joe Gruters says the school board races have grown increasingly political.

“It is a growing community that has often been ignored and neglected, and we want to change that,” said Rep. Anna Eskamani, D-Orlando.

The meetings turned into rowdy affairs with some parents who loudly voice their opinions on the mask mandate and critical race theory.

The meetings turned into rowdy affairs with some parents who loudly voice their opinions on the mask mandate and critical race theory.

Iman Alleyne has forged a community of teachers, parents, and students that want transparency in primary education. Florida banned public school teachers from teaching critical race theory in June.

Joint Chiefs Chairman Mark Milley also said he wanted to understand "white rage" in a tense exchange that Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz had with him and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.

Legislators are calling Critical Race Theory divisive and pushing to ban it in classrooms. NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Gloria Ladson-Billings, one of the first to apply the theory in education.

A group gathered at a plot for a future community garden in West Tampa on Saturday to honor Juneteenth with an event dubbed the "Love Feast."

It says that racism can only be taught as interpersonal, and not as a structure embedded in American laws and norms.