If you're a civil rights organization, what's the best way to raise money?  Frighten the crap out of the people you supposedly represent. The NAACP has hit upon a scheme to scare blacks all over the country during the age of Trump by issuing a "travel warning" for the state of Missouri.  It's the first time they've ever taken such action, although other special interest groups have also issued warnings for gay people and for Hispanics traveling in the Southwest. Why does Missouri deserve this special treatment? Kansas City Star: Missouri became the first because of recent legislation making discrimination lawsuits harder to win, and in response to longtime racial disparities in traffic enforcement and a spate of incidents cited as examples of harm coming to minority residents and visitors, say state NAACP leaders. Those incidents included racial slurs against black students at the University of Missouri and the death...(Read Full Post)