The ACLU of Michigan wants a Michigan Walmart store to stop selling merchandise using the word “Redskins.”
The ACLU of Michigan has sent a letter to Walmart CEO Doug McMillon regarding the store in Paw Paw, Michigan. It says the store sells items using the local high school’s mascot… the Redskins.
ACLU attorney Mark Fancher says Walmart should pull those items from its shelves.
“In order to make a statement that the corporation does not stand behind that type of racism.”
Fancher says his organization is not considering legal action against Walmart. But he says the ACLU has documented numerous incidents in Paw Paw’s school district that indicate a hostile racial atmosphere. Those could be used to build federal and state civil rights cases against the district.