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Gloria Oladipo

NAACP says Florida is ‘actively hostile’ to minorities and issues travel warning

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis addresses the crowd before publicly signing HB7,
Florida’s governor, Ron DeSantis, rejected an AP course in African American studies, saying it ‘lacked educational value’. Photograph: Daniel A Varela/AP

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has issued a travel advisory for the state of Florida, calling the state “actively hostile” to minorities as Florida’s conservative government limits diversity efforts in schools.

In a Saturday press release, the civil rights organization better known as the NAACP said the travel warning comes as Florida’s governor, Ron DeSantis, “attempts to erase Black history and to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in Florida schools”.

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