University of Miami Race & Social Justice Law Review
Document Type
Article
Abstract
The recent spate of anti–‘woke’, don’t say gay, anti–trans, and anti–immigrant legislation, led by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, puts the sunshine state in the unenviable position of serving as the nation’s test case for Republicans’ neofascist agendas. This paper explores the exclusionary, targeting, and banning aspects of these culture war assaults on public education and outgroups. The specific banning of Critical Race Theory is discussed alongside cis–heteronormative efforts to target queer and trans communities, as well as DeSantis’ executive memoranda of transporting those at the border to sanctuary cities and S.B. 1718 aimed at excluding immigrant communities from public life and pathways to citizenship. Overall, we will discuss the constitutional challenges to Florida Republicans’ legislative agenda of hate and lawsuits, grassroots mobilizations, potential coalitional politics, and other responses to Florida’s neofascist creep.
Recommended Citation
Ronald Mize, et. al,
From Fairy Tales to Fascist Nightmares: Countering Ron DeSantis’ Florida,
16 U. MIA Race & Soc. Just. L. Rev.
41
(2025)
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https://repository.law.miami.edu/umrsjlr/vol16/iss1/4
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