A. P. Ticker Rounds Up Some Piggies 2

2 comments

1. George Smith

   April 5, 2013 at 2:18 pm

   Reminds that a friend and I used to eat at Sambo’s in Santa Barbara when we first started going. And there was a row over the name, and great outcry to change it, but they never did. Don’t eat there anymore but not because of the name. There were better locations in and on the marina.

    
2. Frank

   April 5, 2013 at 4:16 pm

   I remember that fuss over Sambo’s.  What I remember most are the lame attempts to pretend that the name should not be considered offensive.   Regardless of the intent of the persons who chose the name–and I have no idea of what their intent might have been–any thinking person should be able to see what the fuss was about.

    

   I think I saw one once, but they aren’t much of a presence in my part of the world.

    

   And, yes, the book was in my house when I was little.  As Mr. Ticker points out, slurs were okay back then.