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To: lee martell

He said he was glad to be getting out.

As for me I still remember the pancake stacks at “Sambo’s” Restaurants in the mid 70’s. The P.C’s took them out before P.C. It was California based also.


22 posted on 02/15/2023 9:35:39 AM PST by Luke21
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To: Luke21
The name of the last remaining Sambo's (which was located in Santa Barbara, California) was changed about two years ago to "Chad's". Interesting enough, the original name, "Sambos", was a combination of the two original owners name and didn't have anything to do with African-Americans:

The owners say the "Sambo's" name was a combination of owners names, Sam Battistone Sr. and Newell "Bo" Bohnett.

Also:

The story of "Sambo" featured an Indian boy, in the book Little Black Sambo. The work has been interpreted by many as offensive to Blacks. Even though the restaurant's name was not derived from the book, characters from it were used in promotional materials across the chain in prior decades.
It’s official – Chad’s replaces Sambo’s after 63 years in Santa Barbara

When I was a child in San Diego in the 1960's, they had a Sambos near Old Town. I loved going there for the hotcakes and to see the story of Sambo and the tiger painted around the upper wall of the dining room and on the children's menu. The boy depicted in the drawings was definitely an Indian character, turban and all (and, of course, there are no tigers in Africa).

45 posted on 02/15/2023 11:49:32 AM PST by fidelis (👈 Under no obligation to respond to rude, ignorant, abusive, bellicose, and obnoxious posts.)
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