Posted on 07/27/2023 7:02:53 PM PDT by dynachrome
Alpha Phi Alpha, the nation’s oldest Black fraternity, said it will no longer hold its 2025 convention in Orlando, making it the latest group to switch venues out of disdain for policies implemented by Florida’s hard-right Republican governor, Ron DeSantis.
The convention drain, reported by localnewsoutlets, comes as the state economy is still heavily dependent on tourism.
Willis L. Lonzer III, the fraternity’s president, said in a Wednesday statement that DeSantis had set in place “harmful, racist and insensitive policies against the Black community.”
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I honestly would like to know what the members of the fraternity think
A good place for this gathering is on a Carnival Cruise ship.
Great...goal achieved!
Yep.
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“Where the white women at?”
I’m sure a lot of citizens of floriduh are just all heart broken about that decision.
Take it to atlanta or chicongo, okland, deeetroit or jackson, miss.
Perpetually aggrieved, offended forever and for the most part, self victimized.
Saddest plight of any race of humanbeings on the planet.
I don’t know what their conditions for membership are, but if in case they hold race as a condition of membership, then I don’t think they are in a position to call anyone else racist.
Bye
Good, less crime and trash on the streets.
Actually, it should increase tourism from the law abiding who otherwise would have stayed away.
Didn’t read the article. Quite frankly not interested but who is going to be privileged to experience the increased crime rate?
As the saying goes, if you’ve lost Alpha Phi Alpha, you’ve lost America.
The people of FL can breathe a sigh of relief.
Right, are they feeling unsafe in Florida because of fear of “racial” violence? Or is their feelings hurt because Florida isn’t embracing CRT and reparations don’t look to be coming soon?
You can take the child away from his mommy,,,but...?
And the Walmart won’t have to close it’s hurricane shutters.
I’d rather see them hold it in Sudan, Somalia or Eritrea instead.
They could go to NYC where illegals from South America are more important than black people. That would really show that mean DeSanchez
Racist organization
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