10/29/2021- 1:20 p.m.
NAACP urges athletes to avoid signing with Texas teams due to ‘attacks on voting rights and reproductive care’
The NAACP sent an open letter to five players’ unions on Thursday, urging their athletes not to sign with teams 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 two-page letter signed by NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson and NAACP Texas President Gary Bledsoe reads.
“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.”
