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Local Group Wants Race Left Out of Politicking
Updated: Monday, 13 Feb 2012, 9:10 PM EST
Published : Monday, 13 Feb 2012, 6:21 PM EST
myFOXDetroit.com Staff Writer
In the wake of a controversial Super Bowl ad from Michigan Republican Senate hopeful Pete Hoekstra, a local group says racial stereotypes do not belong on the campaign trail.
The Asian & Pacific Islander American Vote – Michigan group says more than 20 other community and civil rights organizations have launched the 2012 Respect America, Respect Michigan Candidate Pledge.
Monday in Madison Heights, the APIA and other groups held a press conference where leaders encouraged politicians not to muck up the political landscape with racially offensive rhetoric.
One community leader pointed out that the ad generated a lot of negative publicity for the state, citing the more than one million hits for the video on YouTube have been found by searching "racist Super Bowl ad."
Hoekstra has had no comment on the pledge proposal.
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