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5. Yeah I remember them and when the backlash started

Reply to JimGinPA (Reply #4)

Fri Sep 1, 2017, 05:59 PM

Sep 2017

As you probabaly remember (especially if you grew up in the South) rebel flags were still okay but Sambos was SO offensive that it was part of the reason they went bankrupt.

Seriously the Sambos thing was the earliest I remember hearing the perspective of black America.

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A Dennys Joke on Twitter About Non-Tippers Has Backfired Spectacularly [View all] steve2470 Sep 2017 OP

They bought all but one of the "Sambo's" restaurants underpants Sep 2017 #1

Sambo's Was Racist As Shit When I Was A Kid... JimGinPA Sep 2017 #4

Yeah I remember them and when the backlash started underpants Sep 2017 #5

We can call out both low wages and shitty tippers... Blue_Tires Sep 2017 #2

+1 nt steve2470 Sep 2017 #3