How Florida’s School Censorship Spreads
This culture war didn’t start with canceling AP African American Studies. It’s not ending there, either.
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Episode Notes
Governor Ron DeSantis canceling the rollout of AP African-American Studies course in Florida is more than just another salvo in the culture war. It has implications across public education, across the country—and its chilling effect is already evident.
Guests: Jeremy Young, historian and Senior Manager of Free Expression and Education at PEN America.
Chyna-Lee Hunter, a 12th grade student at Robert Morgan Educational Center in Miami, Fla.
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Podcast production by Elena Schwartz, Carmel Delshad, and Madeline Ducharme, with help from Anna Phillips, Jared Downing, and Laura Spencer.
