The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People issued a Florida travel advisory Saturday, warning the state is "hostile" under Gov. Ron DeSantis.
The group joins Equality Florida, the League of United Latin American Citizens and the Florida Immigrant Coalition in releasing statements advising against travel to the state, which is locked into DeSantis' "anti-woke" agenda under a Republican supermajority.
NAACP's official advisory reads, "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."
The statement explains that it comes in "direct response to Gov. Ron DeSantis’s aggressive attempts to erase Black history and to restrict diversity, equity and inclusion programs in Florida schools."
Last week, DeSantis signed legislation to defund diversity programs at Florida colleges and universities and prevent them from requiring "political loyalty tests." [Ed. note: What's meant by "requiring university staff to sign a political loyalty test" is requiring university staff to be supportive of different groups of individuals, including people of different races, ethnicities, religions, abilities, genders and sexual orientations. That's not politics, that's basic humanity.]
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