A recent poll found that 61% of Floridians oppose a bill that would effectively ban courses and activities on diversity, which is backed by Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Isabela Casanova, an organizer of Tuesday’s protest and president of Florida State University’s chapter of Students for a Democratic Society, said the proposal by Republican lawmakers was in direct opposition to student’s desires.
Faculty in a number of departments at FSU noted that the language of the bill — which bans courses “based on unproven, theoretical, or exploratory content” — would affect a wide range of disciplines.. “Science is unproven theoretical, exploratory content.” polling conducted by the University of North Florida’s Public Opinion Research Lab earlier this month
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