DeSantis uses sports in war on ’wokeness’ in colleges | Edge of Sports

The New College of Florida has become a testing ground for Governor Ron DeSantis’s war on “wokeness“ in education. The state government has shut down entire departments, gutted the office of diversity, equity, and inclusion, and fired allegedly left-wing faculty en masse. And the student body itself is also in the crosshairs. As many students look for the exits in the face of these institutional attacks, the New College of Florida is replacing them by doling out sports scholarships, recruiting a whopping 150 student athletes from primarily Christian private schools since this spring (the school’s entire student body is only 700). In this edition of ’Choice Words,’ Dave Zirin lays out the purge unfolding at the New College of Florida, and the twisted role of college sports in DeSantis’s takeover. Studio Production: David Hebden, Cameron Granadino Post-Production: Taylor Hebden Audio Post-Production: David Hebden Opening Sequence: Cameron Granadino Music by: Eze Jackson & Carlos Guillen Watch the ‘Edge of Sports with Dave Zirin’ live YouTube premiere on The Real News Network every Wednesday at 7PM ET: @therealnews The Real News is an independent, viewer-supported, radical media network. Help us continue producing ‘Edge of Sports with Dave Zirin’ by following us and making a small donation: Donate to TRNN: Sign up for our newsletter: Like us on Facebook: Follow us on Twitter: #EdgeOfSports #EdgeOfSportsTV #therealnewsnetwork