Bernice King, the youngest little one of civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, is setting the report straight after Sen. Ted Cruz took to social media and known as the NAACP’S journey advisory “weird” and “completely dishonest.”
The NAACP issued the journey advisory, warning Black individuals to keep away from touring to Florida as a direct response to Gov. Ron DeSantis’s efforts to get rid of African American historical past and packages implementing variety, fairness, and inclusion (DEI). “Florida is brazenly hostile towards African People, individuals of coloration and LGBTQ+ people,” the NAACP mentioned in a press assertion launched on Might 20. “Earlier than touring to Florida, please perceive that the state of Florida devalues and marginalizes the contributions of, and the challenges confronted by African People and different communities of coloration.”
Cruz tweeted his perspective on the NAACP’S warning, saying, “In the present day, Dr. King could be ashamed of how profoundly they’ve misplaced their approach,” insinuating at this time’s leaders aren’t upholding the “good” that NAACP leaders within the Nineteen Fifties and Nineteen Sixties did.
That is weird. And completely dishonest.
Within the Nineteen Fifties & Nineteen Sixties, the NAACP did extraordinary good serving to lead the civil rights motion.
In the present day, Dr. King could be ashamed of how profoundly they’ve misplaced their approach. https://t.co/F9EAiEfDP6
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) Might 21, 2023
“What my father could be deeply involved about is the dangerous, discriminatory laws in Florida,” King responded to Cruz’s assertion, attaching a photograph of her father.
The NAACP requires supporters of the hassle to go to the NAACP web site and be part of forces to “defeat the regressive insurance policies of this Governor and this state legislature.”
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