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Video of the week: Texas restaurant criticized after sign shows blackface caricature

A restaurant in Lubbock, Texas, is defending itself after charges of racism for a sign that uses a derogatory term for black people and depicts a blackface caricature, CBS News reports.

December 19, 2017

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The restaurant, which features vintage signs, claimed in a now-deleted Facebook post that the sign is a "part of history," CBS affiliate KLBK reports.

 

 

 

 

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