SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WTVO) — A new bill would require schools in Illinois to change “the problematic names of certain mascots” if it becomes law.
Rockford Rep. Maurice West (D) filed House Bill 3527 in February, which would create the Prohibition of Discriminatory Mascots Act, which would require schools to phase out “any name, logo or mascot that is derogatory or representative of an individual or group based on disability, as defined by the federal Americans with Disabilities Act.”
The bill is in response to a complaint , filed by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights by the activist group Mascots Matter, which accused Freeburg High School’s mascot, the “Midgets,” of offending people with dwarfism…