Posted on 03/23/2023 10:52:03 AM PDT by Red Badger
TAMPA, Fla. (WFTS) — It's what keeps Florida going; tourism. Visit Florida said 137.6 million people visited here in 2022, the most ever. In 2021, tourism brought $101.9 billion dollars into the state's economy.
"Florida is a nice place to be. You got your beaches, you got your tourists, you see people all over the world," said Gregory Franklin as he strolled the Tampa Riverwalk.
But the Florida State Chapter of the NAACP has its sights set on hitting the state where it hurts most.
"We are letting our voices be heard, and we are just letting people know that we're not gonna take it. We're not just gonna sit still. We're gonna stand up and we're gonna fight. And when we fight, we win," said Hillsborough County Chapter President Yvette Lewis.
Over the weekend, the Florida State NAACP unanimously voted to ask the NAACP National Board to issue a travel advisory. The advisory would ask people to forego visiting and moving to the sunshine state.
"Saying you don't want AP African American Studies here because they have certain topics in it, certain categories, certain words in it. You don't want companies to have the word diversity, equity and inclusion because it has institutional racism in their policy. You know, it takes us back. And we've been fighting so hard," Lewis said.
This isn't the first time a group has pushed for a travel advisory or boycott.
The NAACP issued a boycott of South Carolina in 1999 over the confederate flag being flown at the state's capitol building. It was lifted 15 years after the flag came down. However, that ban cost the state nearly two decades of NCAA tournaments, championships, and bowl games.
In Indiana, a 2015 boycott of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act cost the state more than $60 million dollars as organizers of conferences and other events chose to visit other locations, according to Forbes.
To visitor Gregory Franklin, this travel advisory could yield the same result.
"I think it could change in a way where it would, I believe the state will lose money," he said.
Lewis sees this as the opportunity to see change in Tallahassee.
"My hope is that they will roll back some of their thoughts, their ideas and some of these bills that target a specific race," she said.
The NAACP National Board reconvenes in May. That is the earliest they'll be able to discuss the travel advisory.
I’m okay with that!........................
Addition By Subtraction.
Throw them out of the state.
I can’t believe I read this. The more I hear/read about people from the NAACP talk, the less I want to hear/read about them.
Yeah? Name one!
I figured it would be about the Spring Break curfew. Be a shame if “the community” boycotted that.
Code for-—”they’re not teaching Marxism so we’re going to cry like little babies to get our way”
“2015 boycott of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act cost the state more than $60 million dollars... “I think it could change in a way where it would, I believe the state will lose money”
Not helping make it better, just destroying whatever is available to destroy.
Given what happened in the Miami area in recent days, they won't be missed. 😏
The NAACP has never been about helping African-Americans.
It’s always been about helping the democrat party, and the democrat party has never been about helping blacks. Democrats and the NAACP are both hurting blacks.
Florida, as a whole, is doing something right when both the democrats and NAACP want to ban tourism and people moving to the state. Things are only going to get worse in Florida for the NAACP and the democrat party.
“Florida NAACP moves towards initiating a travel advisory for Florida”
How much do I have to give the NAACP to get them to do the same thing for Wyoming?
If only!
Yea, because American’s live their lives based on NAACP “recommendations”?
Frankly after the violence during spring break, I’m betting a good bit of Florida would be more than happy if most folks who were part of the NAACP didn’t come to Florida...
The NAACP has become nothing but an organization for criminal extortion and making a select group of people wealthy. They have no positive function.
The more people learn to enjoy sports as a community activity, as opposed to watching millionaire college athletes play a game, the better off everybody will be.
Good!!! Stay TF OUT!!!
Hilarious.
Seems strange, given that Florida is safer than most states, as far as violent crime. Especially if you’re Black.
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