Posted on 10/28/2021 6:17:06 PM PDT by John W
HOUSTON -- The NAACP sent a letter to the players' associations in five professional sports Thursday asking players to reconsider signing with teams in Texas because of recent laws passed in the state.
In a two-page letter signed by NAACP president and CEO Derrick Johnson that was sent to the MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL and WNBA players' associations, the organization pointed to recent laws on abortions, voting rights and mask mandates during the coronavirus pandemic as reasons to avoid joining teams in Texas.
"If you are considering signing in Texas, I ask you to ensure that owners are upholding their responsibility of protecting you, the athlete, and your family," the letter states. "I ask you to use your influence to help protect the constitutional rights of each individual at risk."
In May, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed an abortion law that bans procedures after six weeks of pregnancy. In September, Abbott signed a bill that significantly tightened voting laws. Earlier in the month, Abbott also issued an executive order that banned vaccine requirements in Texas.
"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," the letter says.
The five leagues mentioned by the NAACP in the letter include nine Texas teams: the Houston Astros and Texas Rangers in MLB, the Houston Rockets, Dallas Mavericks and San Antonio Spurs in the NBA, the Houston Texans and Dallas Cowboys in the NFL, the Dallas Stars in the NHL, and the Dallas Wings in the WNBA.
NCAA has no business sticking their nose in States Rights.
So the NAACP is cool with blacks leading in abortion which contributes to rapidly closing political clout as latinos replace them as the largest minority?
Half of all black pregnancies are aborted. HALF. If the NAACP gave a flying Biden about black children, they would be the most anti-abortion organization in the country.
It's disgusting that an old white male (me) wants to see black children live more than the group that claims to be for the Advancement of Colored People. NAACP, when you care about keeping black children alive, call me and I'll stand with you; until then, SHUT THE BIDEN UP and let us honkies fight for your children.
Obamatron Cancel Culture vs Delorables?
Is there any skin in this game?
What bunch of retards.
The NAACP is fighting tooth and nail for the right to kill black babies.
Clown world.
Lemme see. Tough choice for a black pro athlete:
1. Play for a Texas team that will p
ay me millions of dollars per year;
-or-
2. Refuse to play for a Texas team so I can be virtue signalling douchebag like Colin Suckaprick, ruin my career and miss out on $100 million dollars in career earnings.
What do abortion and mask mandates have to do with the advancement of colored people?
NAACP, not NCAA, and it can shove that letter where the sun doesn’t shine.
lol
The NAACP is a race-baiting, anti-American organization.
I assume the NAACP is a non-profit organization. This is a non-profit getting involved in politics. The NAACP should lose its tax-exempt status.
We can live without them.
How’s that ‘uniting the country’ thingie going?
I assume that CEO Derrick Johnson is Black. Does he not know that most BLACKS oppose abortion?
Are the NAACP having abortions of their offspring? Whe do they want to kill them? It’s not Texas that needs to be boycotted. Abortion is not advancement. REPENT!
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