NAACP issues its first statewide travel advisory, for Missouri
Source: CNN
Updated 12:11 PM ET, Thu August 3, 2017
Story highlights
The advisory warns of "looming danger" in Missouri
A state law regarding discrimination lawsuits prompted the warning
(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?
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.
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yuiyoshida
(41,864 posts)You know what would be great? If the NFL, Major League Baseball and the NBA were to say,
''Look unless you fix this problem we are pulling our teams out of there..."
watch how things improve when suddenly sports franchises flee an area and cities lose revenue from attendees of the games.
Igel
(35,359 posts)According to the law that they link to, not so much.
It changes the standard for proving discrimination if you're an employee or feel discriminated against in a place of business ("public accommodation" .
Get beat up because you're black and you're still beat up. If they yelled racial epithets, it's still a hate crime. Otherwise, it's a bear to prove it's a hate crime.
Get crappy service because you're black, and you can't just say and have it accepted as proven that since of the 80% of the customers that are white 90% got crappy service while of the 20% that are black 70% got crappy service it's automatically discrimination.
yuiyoshida
(41,864 posts)maybe the NBA, NFL and MLB will step up and threaten to move their franchises to a place they feel is SAFE, if that means the St. Louis Cardinals move to another state and city, to comply with the safe factor, things will change fast there in Missouri.
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)According the the precedent set in North Carolina, it can be effective. When the NCAA and other vested organizations left or threatened to leave the state, the bill was over-hauled and re-written.
Though the law is yet not satisfactory as it stand, it illustrates the power of financial incentives over the GOP's pretense of morality.
demosincebirth
(12,543 posts)chowder66
(9,084 posts)on edit: Kansas isn't flat either but if you are driving west you will drive through the flatland.
demosincebirth
(12,543 posts)chowder66
(9,084 posts)I'm from KCMO but live in Los Angeles now and KC Metro and many of the small cities and towns are beautiful. St. Louis is cool but KCMO was a great place to grow up for the most part. There are things wrong with it like any other city but I always enjoy visiting.
Boulevards, fountains, trees galore. Big parks, rivers, lakes, rolling hills, nature sites, etc. Spring and fall are gorgeous.
demosincebirth
(12,543 posts)chowder66
(9,084 posts)type in Missouri Scenery and click on google images or this link might take you there;
https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&biw=1275&bih=628&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=missouri+scenery&oq=missouri+scenery&gs_l=psy-ab.12...0.0.0.124066.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0..0.0....0...1..64.psy-ab..0.0.0.lU_uJtBdahg
hatrack
(59,593 posts)SusanaMontana41
(3,233 posts)Sneaking contraband into Nebraska (where most of those fireworks are illegal) was delicious fun.