DeSantis’ ‘war on woke’ looks a lot like attempts by other countries to deny and rewrite history

SB 266 aims to stop college professors from teaching about systemic racism. Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesA Florida law that took effect on July 1, 2023, restricts how educators in the state’s public colleges and universities can teach about the racial oppression that African Americans have faced in the United States. Specifically, SB 266 forbids professors to teach that systemic racism is “inherent in the institutions of the United States.” Similarly, they cannot teach that it was designed “to main