Reveal host Al Letson goes home to find a changed Florida.

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** THE WEEKLY REVEAL
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Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024

Hello! In this issue:
* Reveal host Al Letson brings us to a changed Florida, digging into new policies affecting Black Floridians and other people of color.
* As the death toll continues to skyrocket in Gaza, some Palestinian and Israeli families are working together for peace.


** THIS WEEK’S PODCAST
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** Black in the Sunshine State
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Teachers, students and labor leaders protest Florida's new academic standards for teaching Black history in Miami in August 2023. Credit: Michele Eve Sandberg/Sipa USA/Sipa via AP Images

On Aug. 26, a White supremacist killed three Black people at a Dollar General in Jacksonville, Florida.

Gov. Ron DeSantis attended a vigil for the victims. He was met with boos and mourners shouting, “Your policies caused this.”

Last summer, Reveal host Al Letson returned home to Jacksonville. He found a changed state: The Republican Legislature had passed a slate of laws targeting minority groups. Educators could now face criminal penalties over the material they teach regarding gender and sexuality, and schools across the state were banning books about queer families, transgender youth and Black history. All of this contributed to the NAACP issuing a rare travel advisory stating that “Florida is openly hostile toward African Americans, people of color and LGBTQ+ individuals.”

This week ([link removed]) on Reveal, Letson digs into the policies DeSantis and the Legislature have passed in recent years and their effects on Black Floridians and other people of color. He interviews state Rep. Randy Fine, a Republican who championed many of the new policies, including the Stop WOKE Act, which restricts how racism and history are taught in schools. And he digs into the effects of redistricting on Black Jacksonville residents.
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** A Quote to Remember
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“We are struggling together, Israelis and Palestinians. We cannot continue killing each other forever.”

Bassam Aramin is Palestinian. His daughter Abir was killed by Israeli border police in 2007 at 10 years old. He’s now a member of the Parents Circle ([link removed]) , an organization of Israeli and Palestinian families who’ve lost loved ones to the conflict.
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This issue of The Weekly Reveal was written by Kate Howard and edited by Nikki Frick. If you enjoyed this issue, forward it to a friend ([link removed]) . Have some thoughts? Drop us a line (mailto:[email protected]) with feedback or ideas!

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