Current Events > NAACP issues travel advisory for Florida

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https://abc7.com/naacp-travel-advisory-florida-governor-ron-desantis/13276719/

The NAACP Board of Directors issued a travel advisory Saturday for the state of Florida, urging people to avoid the state.

The advisory comes as a direct response to what the Board says is an "aggressive attempt to erase Black history and to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in Florida schools" by Governor DeSantis.

The formal notice from the group states, "Florida is openly hostile toward African Americans, people of color, and LGBTQ+ individuals. Before traveling to Florida, please understand that the state of Florida devalues and marginalizes the contributions of and the challenges faced by African Americans and other communities of color."

"Under the leadership of Governor Desantis, the state of Florida has become hostile to Black Americans and in direct conflict with the democratic ideals that our union was founded upon. He should know that democracy will prevail because its defenders are prepared to stand up and fight. We're not backing down, and we encourage our allies to join us in the battle for the soul of our nation," NAACP President & CEO Derrick Johnson said.

Earlier this year, Desantis blocked student access to a new Advanced Placement course for high school students on African American studies.

Other organizations representing marginalized groups in the state, including the Florida immigrant coalition and the LGBTQ civil rights group have also issued similar advisories.

Equality Florida says the advisory, issued Wednesday, was prompted by "the passage of laws that are hostile to the LGBTQ community, restrict access to reproductive health care, repeal gun safety laws, foment racial prejudice and attack public education by banning books and censoring curriculum."

A spokesperson for Gov. Ron DeSantis' office told ABC News in a statement: "We aren't going to waste our time worrying about political stunts. We will continue doing what is right for Floridians."

More like the NAAAPC, right guys?

Valid.

I mean

It's hard to see how they're wrong.

A spokesperson for Gov. Ron DeSantis' office told ABC News in a statement: "We aren't going to waste our time worrying about political stunts..."

Lmao. As if that's not the only thing that assclown ever does.

A gay rights organization issued a similar warning last month.

My parents live in Florida and we've told them that we won't be visiting them for the time being.

Remember the days when travel advisories like this were to warn you against visiting certain countries? Now they're warning you about visiting certain states of the United States of America, the "greatest country in the world."

This is the result of education being devalued, hostile political beliefs being protected (its just their political belief; you need to respect their political party), and religion

Fair.

Dark_Arbron posted...

Remember the days when travel advisories like this were to warn you against visiting certain countries? Now they're warning you about visiting certain states of the United States of America, the "greatest country in the world."

Guides concerning areas of the USA that are safe or unsafe for people of color to travel in are, sadly, nothing new.

They've just been away for a while.

CyricZ posted...

Guides concerning areas of the USA that are safe or unsafe for people of color to travel in are, sadly, nothing new.

They've just been away for a while.

there was a movie about them that won Best Picture a few years ago

Youre safer driving through Florida than traveling through most liberal cities statistically speaking. Yeah, Florida has issues but this is a bit much when they issued ZERO statements about major outlets closing stores in inner cities which is far worse and more impactful NOW. Hypocrisy 101.

The Australians here are out in full force to trash the US despite...

CreekCo posted...

Youre safer driving through Florida than traveling through most liberal cities statistically speaking. Yeah, Florida has issues but this is a bit much when they issued ZERO statements about major outlets closing stores in inner cities which is far worse and more impactful NOW. Hypocrisy 101.

You understand the difference between danger from crime and danger from the government, right?

Aloc posted...

The Australians here are out in full force to trash the US despite...

Despite...

CreekCo posted...

Youre safer driving through Florida than traveling through most liberal cities statistically speaking. Yeah, Florida has issues but this is a bit much when they issued ZERO statements about major outlets closing stores in inner cities which is far worse and more impactful NOW. Hypocrisy 101.

Florida has a homicide rate higher than NYC, is a fact I'd point out if I believed you were interested in facts

Intro2Logic posted...

Florida has a homicide rate higher than NYC, is a fact I'd point out if I believed you were interested in facts

Walk down any street in Florida versus a subway in NYC at a similar time. Anyone who has done both irl understands.

The facts don't care about your feeling unsafe around minorities

Kloe_Rinz posted...

This is the result of education being devalued, hostile political beliefs being protected (its just their political belief; you need to respect their political party), and religion

And unabashed white supremacy, particularly from elected officials like DeSantis

Dark_Arbron posted...

Despite...

The US is way less racist than Australia

Intro2Logic posted...

The facts don't care about your feeling unsafe around minorities

I *am* a minority, genius

I like the jump from a purported reliance on statistics to an express reliance on anecdotal evidence. That was mildly funny.

CreekCo posted...

Walk down any street in Florida versus a subway in NYC at a similar time. Anyone who has done both irl understands.

If a white person did that I 1000% agree with you. Ive done both. But a brown or black person? Idk

CreekCo posted...

I *am* a minority, genius

But conservatives aren't a protected minority group.

Aloc posted...

The US is way less racist than Australia

Can you quantify that?

Also, last I checked Australia having problems doesn't disqualify me from criticizing the US. I'm not a nationalist, and my statements are not posturing.

CreekCo posted...

Walk down any street in Florida versus a subway in NYC at a similar time. Anyone who has done both irl understands.

And I'd feel more comfortable in NYC.

CyricZ posted...

Fair.

Guides concerning areas of the USA that are safe or unsafe for people of color to travel in are, sadly, nothing new.

They've just been away for a while.

Yeah, before this (2017), one was issued for Missouri for the first time in a long time.

I'd note that walking along the streets in Florida is dangerous for reasons unrelated to crime, too:
https://www.vox.com/23178764/florida-us19-deadliest-pedestrian-fatality-crisis

In Florida, which has long been one of the deadliest states to be a pedestrian, 716 people were killed walking on roads and streets in 2020. In 2021, the death toll reached 899, the highest numeric increase of pedestrians killed in any state. The way to think about Florida is as a leading edge, says Eric Dumbaugh, a professor of urban planning at Florida Atlantic University and associate director of the Collaborative Sciences Center for Road Safety. Because theres so much growth going on relative to other places, we see trends that happen nationally go on a lot faster here.

In 2011, state and local officials in Pasco County began meeting to discuss how they could make the road safer, following a national report indicating that the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater area, where the county is located, was the second most dangerous metropolitan area in the country for pedestrians (the top four were all in Florida).

pistachio12 posted...

But conservatives aren't a protected minority group.

Who pulls out an alt for a post like that? Im a moderate.

Im also forgetting these topics tend to draw out in negative ways plus 261 people have no one else to argue with.

I only posted because its insane for a group to issue a travel advisory when travel is not the issue. The actual issue is politics. Now, instead of lobbying for better laws in Florida (which they should), they are avoiding their actual duty by issuing a cheap provocation. This is bad btw because now they are giving Florida Man ideas :(

Mainly people are too busy being crazy in Florida to actively target anyone and its out of state people bringing and projecting their problems. NAACP did nothing to prevent thieve laws from being passed (they knew about them) they also didnt do much of anything to help Ed Reed when he attempted to protect Black students from institutional harm at Bethune Cookman and still havent. This is just them wanting to get free publicity imo.

Im guessing accidents cause these deaths?

Dark_Arbron posted...

Can you quantify that?

Also, last I checked Australia having problems doesn't disqualify me from criticizing the US. I'm not a nationalist, and my statements are not posturing.

You aren't posting criticism, you're making flippant statements about things that endanger innocent people.

Antifar posted...

I'd note that walking along the streets in Florida is dangerous for reasons unrelated to crime, too:
https://www.vox.com/23178764/florida-us19-deadliest-pedestrian-fatality-crisis

Yeah Florida is nuts. I tried to avoid some roads turning like A1A in a car I wouldnt even consider walking across the street during summer traffic.

Youve got insane drivers, alligators Florida Man.

CreekCo posted...

Yeah Florida is nuts. I tried to avoid some roads turning like A1A in a car I wouldnt even consider walking across the street during summer traffic.

Youve got insane drivers, alligators Florida Man.

Yeah, keep making "lol gators and Florida Man" jokes to distract from the direct cause of what this warning is about (the political party controlling the state). And no one believes your "I'm an unbiased logical moderate!11" garbage when the first thing you did was demonize "liberal cities." It doesn't matter whether you're a minority or not, that's a racist dog air raid siren.

DarkProto05 posted...

Im guessing accidents cause these deaths?

Florida is one of the most beautiful but insane states in America. Theres parts of it that are indeed NO GO ZONES and this is a well known fact. There used to be a Green Book detailing safe places to travel through the South (not even joking look this stuff up). Florida has so much going on theres whole Facebook groups solely devoted to posting hilarious Florida meme almost daily I want to say I think Samuel L. Jackson might have had a whole daily radio segment devoted to Florida Man and his adventures and they was never a lack of material for that segment.

CreekCo posted...

Im a moderate.

I don't know why anyone can think to say this out loud and expect to be taken seriously.

CreekCo posted...

Florida is one of the most beautiful but insane states in America. Theres parts of it that are indeed NO GO ZONES and this is a well known fact. There used to be a Green Book detailing safe places to travel through the South (not even joking look this stuff up). Florida has so much going on theres whole Facebook groups solely devoted to posting hilarious Florida meme almost daily I want to say I think Samuel L. Jackson might have had a whole daily radio segment devoted to Florida Man and his adventures and they was never a lack of material for that segment.

There are plenty of other beautiful states (I wouldn't call Florida beautiful tbh) that don't have floods, abhorrent weather, and disgusting water. Out of any state in the US to swing for, it's not Florida.

I mean NO SHIT Florida is trash but what a mindfuck of a precedent in the year 2023 that we're approaching back to the ye old segregation days again.

Is Creek a Patty alt or main?

Interesting considering how many people are moving to FL.

Irony posted...

Is Creek a Patty alt or main?

No.

CreekCo posted...

Florida is one of the most beautiful but insane states in America. Theres parts of it that are indeed NO GO ZONES and this is a well known fact. There used to be a Green Book detailing safe places to travel through the South (not even joking look this stuff up). Florida has so much going on theres whole Facebook groups solely devoted to posting hilarious Florida meme almost daily I want to say I think Samuel L. Jackson might have had a whole daily radio segment devoted to Florida Man and his adventures and they was never a lack of material for that segment.

Why are they considered no go zones?

Prismsblade posted...

Imtwresting considering how many people are moving to FL.

Yeah, and they probably aren't LGBT or minorities. Especially black people.

brestugo posted...

A spokesperson for Gov. Ron DeSantis' office told ABC News in a statement: "We aren't going to waste our time worrying about political stunts.

I mean, technically it's not "wasting their time" if political stunts are literally the only thing they do with their time.

DarkProto05 posted...

Why are they considered no go zones?

They are so bad that, in fact, they *should* have travel advisories (not joking). Theres a stretch of the panhandle below the interstate that youd be well advised not to tarry in after dark.

CreekCo posted...

They are so bad that, in fact, they *should* have travel advisories (not joking). Theres a stretch of the panhandle below the interstate that youd be well advised not to tarry in after dark.

Oh because of crime. Gotcha.

DarkProto05 posted...

Oh because of crime. Gotcha.

Sure

I didn't know the NAACP was still actually relevant

Aloc posted...

The US is way less racist than Australia

That's pretty unfortunate if true.