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NAACP urges pro athletes not to sign with teams in Texas over abortion and voting laws
CBS News ^ | October 28, 2021 | BY ZOE CHRISTEN JONES

Posted on 10/28/2021 12:47:28 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

The NAACP is calling on professional athletes to reconsider signing with professional sports teams in Texas to protest the state's controversial voting and abortion laws.

In an open letter to the unions for the NBA, NFL, WNBA, MLB, and NHL, the NAACP urged athletes to consider the use of their platforms and positions as role models for kids across the country.

"Over the past few months, legislators in Texas have passed archaic policies, disguised as laws, that directly violate privacy rights and a woman's freedom to choose, restrict access to free and fair elections for Black and brown voters, and increase the risk of contracting coronavirus," read the letter, penned by NAACP President Derrick Johnson and NAACP Texas President Gary Bledsoe.

"If you are a woman, avoid Texas. If you are Black, avoid Texas. If you want to lower your chances of dying from coronavirus, avoid Texas."

The letter comes several months after MLB moved the 2021 All-Star game and draft out of Georgia in response to the state's controversial voting law.

"We are now pleading with you — if you are a free agent and are considering employment in Texas, look elsewhere. The Texas government will not protect your family. Demand that Texas owners invest in your rights and protect your investments," the letter adds. "Texas is not safe for you, your spouse, or your children. Until the legislation is overturned, Texas isn't safe for anyone."

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: abortion; colored; hustlers; naacp; people; prolife; race; texas
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

the NAACP urged athletes to consider the use of their platforms and positions as role models for kids across the country.

Role models for kids should certainly support the extermination of (unborn) future kids - in the Bizarro World


21 posted on 10/28/2021 2:02:58 PM PDT by Gasshog
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

So the NAACP hates black babies — because they are the ones most likely to be aborted.


22 posted on 10/28/2021 2:08:29 PM PDT by WashingtonSource
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The Texas government will not protect your family. That is exactly what Texas is doing is protecting.


23 posted on 10/28/2021 2:21:02 PM PDT by pas
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To: ronniesgal

Please explain your post. It sure does not read well.


24 posted on 10/28/2021 2:26:42 PM PDT by pas
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Good. We don’t want you.


25 posted on 10/28/2021 2:30:21 PM PDT by Hattie
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To: pas

what do u want to know


26 posted on 10/28/2021 2:31:04 PM PDT by ronniesgal (if more folks would mind their own business the world would be a better place.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

NAACP, too stupid to see that Blacks will fare even worse than Whites during the Great Replacement.


27 posted on 10/28/2021 2:34:58 PM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

North
American
Association of
Colored
Pimps


28 posted on 10/28/2021 2:57:24 PM PDT by Jhadur ("You are not ready for immortality.")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Not likely. Why?

Money, it’s a hit
Don’t give me that do-goody-good bullshit
I’m in the high-fidelity first-class traveling set
And I think I need a Learjet


29 posted on 10/28/2021 3:41:26 PM PDT by libertylover (Our biggest problem, by far, is that most of the media is hate & agenda driven, not truth driven.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
... it indicates that of the over 44 million abortions since the 1973 Roe vs Wade Supreme Court ruling, 19 million black babies were aborted.

The most rabid Grand Kleagle of the KKK could not have imagined such an horrific massacre of Colored People.

And the National Association of Colored People is urging more black babies be murdered.

Vile, wicked and evil!

30 posted on 10/28/2021 5:14:32 PM PDT by BwanaNdege
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