MLK, Florida, and Racial Politics: A Recap

Bernice King responded to Ted Cruz after he criticized an NAACP travel advisory for Florida, which warned BIPOC and LGBTQ people to avoid travel to the state due to discrimination. Cruz invoked Martin Luther King Jr. while calling the advisory "dishonest," but King said her father would have been concerned about discriminatory legislation in Florida. The state has restricted discussions of race, gender expression, and sexuality, with laws authorizing book bans, axing diversity programs, and restricting healthcare for the transgender community, among others.