A federal judge delivered a final blow to the part of Florida's 'Stop Woke Act' that sought to ban critical race theory training in private workplaces.
A federal judge on Friday permanently blocked part of Florida's 'Stop Woke Act' that was pushed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and other GOP lawmakers to ban critical race theory training in the workplace and in education. Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker granted a permanent injunction against the part of the law that prohibited race-related training in private workplaces, ruling that the 2022 law violated the First Amendment.
It said a mandated training program or other activity that 'espouses, promotes, advances, inculcates, or compels such individual to believe any of the following concepts constitutes discrimination based on race, color, sex, or national origin,' citing eight race-related concepts.
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