Black families, donors, and athletes should boycott college athletic events in states that refuse to illegally gerrymander districts in favor of black politicians, according to the NAACP.
The black advocacy group launched “Out of Bounds,” a new initiative that seeks to put economic and political pressure on Republican-led states to change their Congressional maps to uphold illegal districts. Following the Supreme Court’s Louisiana v. Callais ruling in late April, states can no longer draw maps for the explicit purpose of favoring one racial group over another.
“The NAACP identified eight priority states — Tennessee, Louisiana, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, and Georgia ,” as part of its new initiative. The group announced plans to target “flagship public athletic programs generating more than $100 million in annual revenue that continue to recruit Black athletes while their state governments dismantle the political power of Black communities.”