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Article #107Re: "Sambo's" etymology [was: California dining advice needed.]
From: Scrye Malon
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 08:45
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2004 08:45
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I'm a new member to this chat sight but what does this have to do with food talking? Respectfully, Scrye Robert Lauriston <robert@lauriston.com> wrote in message news:<H4dVb.21288$So6.17998@newssvr27.news.prodigy.com>... > Tim May wrote: > > > Alas, the niggardly reaction to the name "Sambo's," belying a deep > > ignorance of the origin of the name, caused that chain to change its > > name (and eventually liquidate, as I recall...only one "Sambo's" > > remains, in Santa Barbara). > > > > --Tim May > > The word "sambo" came from American Spanish and means Negro or mulatto. > > The restaurant name was a concatenation of the nicknames of the > founders, Sam Battistone and Newell "Bo" Bohnett. When they discovered > the old children's book Little Black Sambo, by Helen Bannerman, they > adopted the character as their mascot. Despite its Indian setting, > Bannerman's Sambo was a black caricature. > > The restaurant never changed its name. > > What was that you were saying about deep ignorance?
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