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Article #144Re: California dining advice needed.
From: Ciccio
Date: Sat, 07 Feb 2004 20:06
Date: Sat, 07 Feb 2004 20:06
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"Tim May" <timcmay@removethis.got.net> wrote in message news:060220042319239185% > Alas, the niggardly reaction to the name "Sambo's," I don't think stingy people cared one way or the other, so long as the food remained inexpensive. > belying a deep ignorance of the origin of the name, caused that chain to > change its name The objection to the name had absolutely nothing to do with the name's orgin. Rather, the objection was to what the name had become. Some Whites, belying a deep ignorance of the orgin of the name, believed Sambo was African and over time caused Sambo to becomea racial epithet for Blacks. Thus, many people eventually found the name objectionable. Therefore, it seems, Sambo's wanted the patronage of those who found the name objectionable. Ciccio
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