Imagine the following scenario: You’re teaching Introduction to Sociology at a community college in Florida, and today, you’re trying to explain the well-documented pay gap between men and women in the United States. You check the guidance you just received from your dean, who received instructions via email from the executive vice chancellor of the Florida College System.

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[–] 31 points 8 months ago

Never in the history of the world have the good guys banned books.

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  • [–] 26 points 8 months ago

    Florida is a shithole within a shithole.

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    [–] 15 points 8 months ago

    Blessed be the fruit

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  • [–] 7 points 8 months ago

    The solution to this is simple! Each college should put out an official policy statement that says, "we will not use any textbooks selected by a majority committee of white people."

    Legally, what could the board of governors do about it? The discussion of the existence of racism is barred by Florida law!

    Tell them to cite, in the sociology textbook they manufactured, precisely where racism or any sort of discrimination like this is mentioned. Ask them to give a historical example of how this could possibly be a problem!

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago

    I miss the old Florida that was just rednecks and old people. The worst stories were about them wrestling alligators or driving 20 under the speed limit in the left lane.

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