New Jersey Deli Owner Broadens the 'T' in 'White History Month'
A constitutional right, or stepping over the Main Street U.S.A. line?
Jim Boggess, the proprietor Jimbo’s Deli in Flemington, N.J., has stirred up a fascinating freedom-of-speech debate.
After he posted a sign suggesting that March should be celebrated as “White History Month,” a neighbor complained to him and then the police. The cops have investigated and decided the sign is not a hate crime. From Rick Epstein’s article in the Hunterdon County Democrat:
A neighbor and former customer, Bhakti Curtis, who is bi-racial, said the sign is “mocking Black History Month,” especially the way the T was crossed in “WHITE.”
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