Florida House Bill 999, which seeks to eliminate "diversity, equity and inclusion" programs and certain college majors, advanced in the state House. It is supported by Gov. Ron DeSantis.
A sort of collective amnesia sets in as organizations begin to refer to the new category’s long history and develop narratives about the rich cultural basis of the classification. By then, the category is completely institutionalized, and the new classification is, like other classifications, assumed to have existed. Cristina Mora, Making Hispanics: How Activists, Bureaucrats, and Media Constructed a New American