The NAACP has issued its first-ever travel advisory, warning blacks to use “extreme caution” when traveling through the state of Missouri.

From the official release:

The NAACP Travel Advisory for the state of Missouri, effective through August 28th, 2017, calls for African American travelers, visitors and Missourians to pay special attention and exercise extreme caution when traveling throughout the state given the series of questionable, race-based incidents occurring statewide recently, and noted therein.

The interim president and CEO of the NAACP, Derrick Johnson, said, “The numerous racist incidents, and the statistics cited by the Missouri Attorney General in the advisory, namely the fact that African Americans in Missouri are 75 percent more likely to be stopped and searched by law enforcement officers than Caucasians, are unconscionable, and are simply unacceptable in a progressive society.”

Johnson added, “We share the alarm and concern that black individuals enjoying the highways, roads and points of interest there may not be safe, and the national office will also be closely monitoring the progress of Governor Greitien’s review of Bill SB 43.”

The NAACP is critical of that bill, saying it “legalizes individual discrimination and harassment within the State of Missouri” and “would prevent individuals from protecting themselves from discrimination, harassment and retaliation in Missouri.”

The head of the Missouri chapter of the NAACP — and we’re not making this up — Nimrod Chapel, Jr,  calls it “the Jim Crow bill.”

“They’re legalizing discrimination in the state of Missouri,” Chapel said. He added that the bill is “breathing life into” the bygone era of Jim Crow laws.

However, the bill doesn’t stop people from filing a discrimination suit against another, it only specifies that the accuser must prove that discrimination against a person’s race, religion, or gender was the motivating factor, not simply a contributing factor.

Chapel said gathering evidence to prove discrimination is the single motivating factor in someone getting fired from a company is extremely difficult. But the law hopes to cut down on the frivolous lawsuits where anyone can catch a payday by claiming discrimination.