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yonder

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15. My very first (taxes out of the paycheck) job was at a Sambos in Las Vegas.

Sun Jun 7, 2020, 05:52 PM

Jun 2020

I didn't last long as a dishwasher and the place stunk. I was pretty naive and it didn't dawn on me till a couple of years later that there was a problem with the name. This would've been about '69 or '70.

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Sambos restaurant FINALLY gets rid of that offensive name [View all] Demovictory9 Jun 2020 OP

We had one in my town...I ate there...I will never forget my boss took me there once Eliot Rosewater Jun 2020 #1

I had a boss who tried to take us to the Playboy club for lunch, I refused Demovictory9 Jun 2020 #3

I went to a Hooters once for a bachelorette party. Crunchy Frog Jun 2020 #9

I ate at hooters about 20 years ago. Beer was fine, but the food sucked. madinmaryland Jun 2020 #17

Well, I may have drank enough beer that I didn't notice that the food sucked. Crunchy Frog Jun 2020 #25

Never bothered them until now. 2naSalit Jun 2020 #2

I thought they were gone long ago liberal N proud Jun 2020 #4

nope. they got rid of the Sambo imagery but not the name Demovictory9 Jun 2020 #7

I thought they were gone sometime @1970 rurallib Jun 2020 #21

They're still around? LeftInTX Jun 2020 #5

I remember going to Sambo's as a kid in SW PA back in the 1960s. SMC22307 Jun 2020 #6

yep, in California in 2020!! Demovictory9 Jun 2020 #8

I have this vague recollection of going to one in either Lafayette or Walnut Creek, CA about mr_lebowski Jun 2020 #11

black people didnt like the name, didn't have the voice yet Demovictory9 Jun 2020 #14

Fair enough ... no White People tripped on it, I should've said ... nt mr_lebowski Jun 2020 #20

confed flag, Sambos, imagery from jim crow... whites said blacks were being sensitive Demovictory9 Jun 2020 #24

I also remember going to on in Pleasant Hill kimbutgar Jun 2020 #16

Maybe it was Pleasant Hill I'm thinking of ... mr_lebowski Jun 2020 #19

Yes, I was in college at DVC and went to one with a classmate. kimbutgar Jun 2020 #28

I am also DVC alum ... transferred to Cal Poly after ... mr_lebowski Jun 2020 #31

Transferred to Chico State kimbutgar Jun 2020 #32

I lived some years in Quincy as a child so I know the area ... mr_lebowski Jun 2020 #36

I grew up not far from the Ocean Walking distance from my house so I took it for granted! kimbutgar Jun 2020 #38

Santa Barbara Iggo Jun 2020 #27

Isn't that the story where the tigers ran around in a circle and turned into a pool Maraya1969 Jun 2020 #10

Kind of a Santa Barbara landmark, but should have changed the name 30+ years ago. By the way... Hekate Jun 2020 #12

I wished I'd known about this. I loved that story as a child and wished I could have shared it with Dream Girl Jun 2020 #18

Helen Bannerman had a genuine gift for rhythmic, almost lyrical, language. We had a repertoire... Hekate Jun 2020 #22

The story I remember was about a little boy in India named Sambo. Darwin2019 Jun 2020 #13

Sambo lived in Africa. Babaji lives in India. The tigers chased each other around a tree... Hekate Jun 2020 #23

No, that's ahistorical. Igel Jun 2020 #29

Thanks for all this background. ShazzieB Oct 2022 #39

Yes, Sambo was Indian LeftInTX Jun 2020 #30

There is still a Lil' Sambo's in Lincoln City, OR--supposedly based on the story of the boy in India blitzen Jun 2020 #26

My very first (taxes out of the paycheck) job was at a Sambos in Las Vegas. yonder Jun 2020 #15

We used to go to the Sambo's in San Antonio when I was a kid. Aristus Jun 2020 #33

This was my favorite book growing up Mr. Ected Jun 2020 #34

I loved that book as a child, also kskiska Jun 2020 #35

The last one I remember seeing shanti Jun 2020 #37