NAACP’s Florida Travel Advisory – Targeted Power Play or General Retreat? Also, Does Ending the Pandemic Emergency Leave Long Covid Sufferers in Limbo?

May 30, 2023 00:53:19
NAACP’s Florida Travel Advisory – Targeted Power Play or General Retreat? Also, Does Ending the Pandemic Emergency Leave Long Covid Sufferers in Limbo?
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NAACP’s Florida Travel Advisory – Targeted Power Play or General Retreat? Also, Does Ending the Pandemic Emergency Leave Long Covid Sufferers in Limbo?

May 30 2023 | 00:53:19

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James Keys Tunde Ogunlana

Show Notes

With the NAACP issuing a travel advisory relating to Florida in response its belief that Florida is openly hostile to Blacks and other minority groups, James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss the half measure nature of the travel advisory tactic and whether it can be an effective way to exert political influence (01:32).  The guys also consider how the formal ending of the Covid pandemic emergency by organizations like the WHO and CDC will affect sufferers of long Covid (39:09).

NAACP Issues Travel Advisory in Florida (NAACP.org)

NAACP president explains why the group issued Florida travel advisory (Politico)

Florida is No. 2 in number of Black-owned businesses (Florida Politics)

‘The power of the Black dollar.’ NAACP travel advisory in Florida a reminder of ’90s boycott (Miami Herald)

‘Stop playing games:’ Florida officials push back against NAACP travel advisory (Click Orlando)

For Covid Long-Haulers, the Pandemic is Far From Over (WaPo) (Apple Link)

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