8-3-17

This is absolutely mind blowing! Something MUST be done about this!

(CNN)The NAACP is sending a strong message to people of color traveling through Missouri: Go at your own risk.

The organization is circulating a travel advisory after the state passed a law that Missouri’s NAACP conference says allows for legal discrimination. The warning cites several discriminatory incidents in Missouri, included as examples of “looming danger” in the state.

The NAACP says this is the first travel advisory ever issued by the organization, at the state or national level. The Missouri conference initially published the advisory in June, and it was recognized nationally at the NAACP’s annual convention last week.

“Individuals 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.”

Why now?

FIRST-EVER TRAVEL WARNING ISSUED For MISSOURI 😲⛳ (ENTIRE STATE)

Source James Munder

NAACP Issues First-Ever Travel Warning For Missouri In Wake Of Racist Attacks

The travel advisory also comes after the passage of the new “Jim Crow Bill” that makes it harder for victims of discrimination to take legal action.  The NAACP, a 108-year old-organization, just issued its first-ever travel advisory in the nation for the state of Missouri.  Citing several recent police brutality assaults on Black residents and a new bill signed into law by Republican Gov. Eric Greitenswhich requires victims of discrimination to prove the motivating factor of discrimination, the NAACP hopes to prevent Black people from being victims of racist encounters and attacks in the state.  The recent attacks on Black people in Missouri include the hot glue gun attack of a teenager in St. Louis and the death of a 28-year-old Tory Sanders, who died in jail after an altercation with police. Sanders allegedly took a wrong turn while traveling through Missouri and ended up in jail, although he hadn’t been accused of any crime.  Nimrod Chapel Jr., attorney president of the NAACP in Missouri said discrimination is being legalized in Missouri.

“The advisory is for people to be aware, and warn their families and friends and co-workers of what could happen in Missouri People need to be ready, whether its bringing bail money with them, or letting relatives know they are traveling through the state.”  

https://twitter.com/JamilSmith/status/892813898721538048

The @NAACP claims that for the first time ever, it is warning people of color to avoid a state. (It’s Missouri.) https://t.co/nQ7R777pCd

— Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) August 2, 2017

The travel advisory cites the attorney general’s report showing data stating that Black drivers in Missouri were 75 percent more likely to be pulled over by police than Whites. Missouri became one of the first states making housing or employment discrimination lawsuits harder to win. Gov. Greitens called the bill common sense reform and says the standard is currently used by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The new discrimination law goes into effect on August 28 and the NAACP is advising people to file any complaints they may have before then. House Minority Leader Gail McCann Beatty publicly condemned the bill a reversal of several decades of civil rights progress in Missouri.  ”With the Missouri Human Rights Act gutted, employers who want to engage in illegal workplace discrimination will have no fear of being held accountable. While SB 43 might not quite return us to the days when businesses were free to hang ‘minorities need not apply’ signs in the window, it certainly reinforces the sentiment.”  Travel advisories are usually issued by the U.S. State Department to warn U.S citizens of dangers in all places in the world. This year, the State Department had issued more than 40 advisories alerting citizens of growing violence, treacherous weather and political instability.

The ACLU issued a similar travel advisory in 2010 when Arizona passed its controversial immigration enforcement law.    Source

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NAACP issues its first statewide travel advisory, for Missouri

The advisory was issued after Senate Bill 43 – which makes it more difficult for employees to prove their protected class, like race or gender, directly led to unlawful discrimination — passed through the Missouri Legislature in June. Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens signed it into law soon after.

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.”

“This does not follow the morals of Missouri,” Conference President Rod Chapel Jr. told CNN. “I hate to see Missouri get dragged down deep past the notion of treating people with dignity.”

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There have been other instances of discrimination in the state that could have elicited an advisory before this, several of which are listed in the warning. Among them are racist incidents reported at the University of Missouri that prompted protests across campus in 2015, as well as the state attorney general’s annual report that found black drivers were stopped by police at a rate 75% higher than white drivers.

Chapel said he met with Greitens about the Senate bill several times. After the bill passed, he said they had a “fair and frank discussion” about what the legislation would do. At a later meeting, Chapel said he brought several faith leaders in the community to talk with the governor about theology and morality.

“Ultimately, none of that worked,” Chapel said.

The governor’s office did not comment on the advisory, but acknowledged that Greitens met with “passionate advocates on both sides” of the bill.

The Missouri Division of Tourism has not responded to multiple requests for comment.   READ MORE

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