LANSING, MI-- State Representative Beau LaFave says he’ll fight a bill that would ban race- and ethnicity-based school mascots.
The Iron Mountain Republican says he hasn’t heard from one Upper Peninsula resident who was offended by a school’s mascot. He cites the Escanaba and Gladstone school districts, which have the Eskymos and Braves representing them. Lafave says the legislation is “just another weak attempt at forcing political correctness onto us.” He says those communities respect and celebrate their local schools’ mascot.
LaFave pledges to fight the bill, should it advance to the House from the Senate.
Detroit Democrat Ian Conyers is the bill’s sponsor.
