Florida moves to restrict what schools can teach about systemic racism
Ana Ceballos:
Right.
So one thing to know about DeSantis is that, since the pandemic, he has really paid a lot of attention to education, and he has really focused on the so-called culture wars and how those have concerned parents specifically. And that has really caused him to be a national star within — with the political right.
And so he's really tapped into the emotions, right, of these parents that are more receptive to conservative culture wars in a way. And so what we're hearing is that he is remaining steadfast in maintaining an approach of being the main fighter against — quote unquote — "woke culture," and whether it's higher ed or K-12. And we're seeing a lot of that through some of the measures that he's backing and some of the noise that he's making in press conferences, and how he's advocating and really causing a wave at the national level, because he's becoming such a prominent figure in Republican politics, that a lot of people are following his lead.
And you have to remember that, for DeSantis, he's a very strategic government — governor, and he's ambitious. And so I know that he's listening to the base in terms of what he's trying to embrace. And a lot of what we're seeing right now is, I think, that.
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