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Podcast: On Becoming
Episode: What Ron DeSantis Doesn’t Want Students to Know
Description: In this episode, we consider what's going on the state of Florida regarding education. Under a new law there, discussion of anything to do with sexuality is considered 'inappropriate' for all students from kindergarten to twelfth grade. Similarly, discussions of injustice that have to do with race, colour, sex, or national origin are equally off limits. In order to see why this law is so problematic, I introduce the idea of 'intersectionality', the idea that we are all composed of multiple features, all of which serve to provide our identity. My conclusion is that DeSantis is only concerned with...