State NAACP Requests Travel Advisory: Black People and Gay People Should Fear to Visit Louisiana: "Exercise Extreme Caution"
(Respectfully Dedicated to the Memory of Lawrence Herr)
“The NAACP Louisiana State Conference is formerly requesting a national travel advisory from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. This comes in light of a disconcerting trend in policies and actions taken by Republican legislators in the State of Louisiana that target and marginalize specific groups within the population, including African Americans, members of the LGBTQIA2S+ community, immigrants, and those who exercise their right to free speech.”
So begins a letter released today.
The Louisiana NAACP continues…
Recent actions under the influence of Republican legislators have fostered an atmosphere of fear and intimidation, marked by a blatant, relentless, and systemic attack on democracy and civil rights. Such policies undermine the principles of diversity and inclusion, disregarding the well-being and rights of the African American community and other marginalized groups.
I’ll interject here:
The “atmosphere of fear and intimidation” and the “blatant, relentless, and systemic attacks” are NOT coming from these people:
The NAACP writes as if all black people are gun-carrying felons… it’s very strange the way the NAACP has structured this narrative.
After requesting the governor to veto the threatening legislation and citing the instance of the death of motorist Ronald Greene, the NAACP continued:
The prioritization of public safety, specifically that of African Americans and those traveling to Louisiana, cannot be guaranteed under the current state of affairs.
In consideration of these developments, we urge individuals, particularly African Americans and people of color, and members of the LGBTQIA2S+ community to exercise extreme caution when traveling to or within the state of Louisiana. Visitors should be aware that the state may not prioritize diversity, equity, and inclusion and may have discriminatory laws or policies that disproportionately affect marginalized communities.
We encourage Louisiana residents to join us in our advocacy campaigns against the regressive laws that Republican legislators are enacting. We can amplify our voices to protect our democracy and civil rights when we stand together.
The laws targeting black people:
“Reduces the opportunity for the reduction of a sentence” for nonviolent felons convicted four or more times
Increases the jail time from 5 to 10 years for possession of a firearm by a felon
Provides for the annual canvass of registered voters
Makes the Secretary of State the only official who can determine the locations of alternative locations for early voting
Provides for the review of textbooks and instructional materials
Repeals provisions relative to police officers making arrests for certain misdemeanors and felonies
Authorizes retired law enforcement officers and retired elected law department heads to carry concealed firearms
Allows 17 year olds to be held and tried as adults under certain circumstances
In other words: FELONS carrying illegal guns shouldn’t feel safe traveling within Louisiana, and the location of early voting polls is a threat to black lives.
If you’re gay or trans, you may as well have a target tattooed on your back. (Come to think of it, likely many of them literally do.)
The Louisiana “Don’t Say Gay” bill prevents safe and inclusive classrooms, blocks teachers from talking about LGBTQ+ issues or people, further stigmatizing LGBTQ+ people and isolating LGBTQ+ kids, silences educators, and bans school employees from talking about their sex lives
Louisiana Republican legislators ban physicians from providing “health care” for transgender minors
Louisiana allows teachers to “misgender” transgender and non-binary students
Issue a travel advisory over pronouns.
The NAACP evidently cares little about the fact that a young black man in New Orleans has a 1 in 14 chance of being killed before his 35th birthday.
They have no comment on the stark realities of life entirely created and owned by the black community itself.
No, the risk is Republican legislators, whom Davante Lewis has called Fascistic.
What role does the African American felon community have to do, though, with everything we hate about New Orleans? Why the obsessive concern from the NAACP about the felon community?
Honest question.
The travel advisory request from the NAACP is total trash.
This column is dedicated to the Memory of Lawrence Herr…
The BEC beat Nola.com on this story, by the way…
But so it begins. We’ll track the narrative and see if it gets picked up, gets any legs or no…
And the Shreveport Times is reporting now on the travel ban, too.
As is WDSU:
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a joke.
Stop it 🔥🔥