This year, Snow White and Superman have come under attack as being rewritten to be “woke.” But last week, Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a directive that the U.S. State Department would no longer use the Calibri font to “abolish yet another wasteful DEIA program.” This week, Milton Alan Turner discusses whether or not a font can actually be “woke” and why some stories are changed to conform with modern sensitivities.

This year, Snow White and Superman have come under attack as being rewritten to be “woke.” But last week, Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a directive that the U.S. State Department would no longer use the Calibri font to “abolish yet another wasteful DEIA program.” This week, Milton Alan Turner discusses whether or not a font can actually be “woke” and why some stories are changed to conform with modern sensitivities.

Anti-woke and anti-DEI movements and legislation around the country have some teachers wondering what they can and cannot teach in their classrooms. This week, Milton Alan Turner discusses why diversity equity in inclusion topics are not only appropriate in world languages instruction, but that they are in fact a fundamental part of world language and culture education.

Watch "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Keep Us Connected (Full Performance)" on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/V9dP6KBFmQU?si=Yt5U0VgrN3aMITlL

"Nyota Uhura (Celia Rose-Gooding) sings her way through a complicated mystery, saving the Enterprise in the process."