The Green Book Revisited

Now that the Hollywood movie has provided an account of car travel for African Americans in the 20th century, we are reminded that free travel is still not available for people around the globe.

You may recall I blogged about the Green Book before where I provided a short PowerPoint Slide Show with references. So you can search for more material on the copious subject.

For instance, another Blog also reports on the Green Book (date 17 June 2019).

Now what about today?

Since some American States has denied some rights to their citizens, out of protest, no public funds are available for public sector employees to travel to those states.

Consider this debate about the upcoming Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, ASCP conference in South Carolina:

"We write to engage you in a discussion of great importance regarding our upcoming conference hosted by Clemson University (in Greenville, South Carolina, October 24-27, 2019) as well as decision-making regarding future conference locations. On April 2, the California Attorney General placed South Carolina on a list with nine other states where California employees cannot travel on state funds, due to South Carolina’s discrimination against the LGBTQ community in adoption and foster care (https://oag.ca.gov/ab1887). The ten states include Alabama, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas."

The bottom line here is how to deal with the ethical issue.