Re: "Sambo's" etymology [was: California dining advice needed.]

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From: Ciccio
Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2004 01:12

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"Tim May" <timcmay@removethis.got.net> wrote in message
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> And why should they? The restaurants portrayed Sambo as an
> Indian....some negroes thought that "black" referred only to them.

Perhaps some. But the overwhelming majority who objected, objected to the
term "sambo."

> Negroes, always intent on a reason to find "he be racist! he be a
> honkie mofo!" never patronized the chain, at least not when I lived in
> Santa Barbara.

White racists for years used the term sambo to insult Blacks. And then the
Blacks associated Sambo with racism... Imagine that.

> "Reading be for whitey."

And the Whites in the prison system have such a high literacy rate. [rolls
eyes].

Ciccio

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