NAACP Issues Its First Statewide Travel Advisory, For Missouri -blogged by- @peachkyss ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The NAACP is sending a strong message to people of color traveling through Missouri, "Go at your own risk," after the state passed a law that Missouri's NAACP conference says allows for legal discrimination. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The NAACP says this is the first travel advisory ever issued by the organization, at the state or national level. The warning cites several discriminatory incidents in Missouri, included as examples of "looming danger" in the state. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The Missouri conference initially published the advisory in June, and it was recognized nationally at the NAACP's annual convention last week. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The Senate Bill 43 makes it more difficult for employees to prove their protected class, like race or gender, directly led to unlawful discrimination. Governor Greitens and other supporters of the bill have said it puts Missouri's standards for lawsuits in line with other states. But that's not how the NAACP sees it. The Missouri NAACP State Conference called the legislation a "Jim Crow Bill." ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ "Individuals that are traveling in the state are advised to travel with extreme CAUTION," the advisory warns. "Race, gender and color based crimes have a long history in Missouri."
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