NAACP Tells Black Student Athletes to Not Choose Florida Colleges
The NAACP, a former civil rights group, sent a letter to NCAA president Charlie Baker on Monday asking Black student-athletes to reconsider attending public colleges and universities in Florida.
The letter is in response to the dismantling of Marxist Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs throughout the state.
In January, The Florida Board of Governors passed a regulation limiting public funding for DEI programs, defining them as “any program, campus activity, or policy that classifies individuals on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, gender identity, or sexual orientation and promotes differential or preferential treatment of individuals on the basis of such classification.”
The regulation also prevents any expenditures for programs that ‘engage in political or social activism.’
In his letter to the NCAA,
