What does it mean to be woke?

What does it mean to be woke and what does DeSantis mean by the Stop Woke Act?

One definition of woke is to be well informed …
Here’s a photo of Governor DeSantis talking about his Stop Woke Act

Two parts of the Stop Woke Act have been at least temporarily stopped.

The judge opened his 139-page order with a quote from George Orwell’s novel “1984” and called the law “positively dystopian.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/11/17/judge-nixes-higher-education-portions-floridas-stop-woke-act/

Are you worried about the suppression of speech? Please consider writing your legislators.

Florida officials may get new tools to silence dissent and prevent demonstrations at the State Capitol … The Florida ACLU warns, as currently written, the proposed rules are a how-to guide to chill political speech. … The proposal would have enabled officials to block 2022 protesters from gathering outside of the House and Senate Chambers to chant “gay, gay, gay,” while lawmakers arrived to debate an education bill, and pranksters who celebrated the end of session by littering the rotunda with DeSantis dollars to highlight corporate tax cuts lawmakers approved. … “It’ll be on the Capitol Police and those enforcing the rules to make the determination,” said Kara Gross, legislative director and senior policy counsel of ACLU Florida. “And they will have the unbridled discretion to determine which speech is permissible and to remove people if they think (protestors) might be disruptive in the future,” said Gross.

https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2022/11/26/florida-deems-state-capitol-limited-public-forum-prevent-protests/10713550002/

About Susan

Susan joined the First Coast Freethought Society in 2008 after hearing about the organization on NPR. Susan has coordinated the FCFS book group since 2016. She retired in 2018 after working as a CPA for 42 years! Now, she is a member of the Advocacy Overview Committee for FCFS.