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Two
African-American diners this week saw the image from a hanging
in Texas dating from around 1895. It was embedded in a table
with a bubble placed near the person about to be hanged that
read, "All I said was 'I don't like gumbo!'," TwinCities.com
reported.
One of the diners complained to local media about the photo.
"The City of Roseville was shocked and saddened to learn of the
racist imagery being openly displayed at the Roseville location
of national restaurant chain Joe’s Crab Shack," the city said in
a statement on its website.
"This type of display is wholly unacceptable and unwelcome in
the City of Roseville," it said.
Bob Merritt, chief executive of Ignite Restaurant Group , the
restaurant chain's parent company, said the company understands
the photo was offensive and not in line with its values.
"We take this matter very seriously, and the photo in question
was immediately removed. We are ensuring this photo does not
appear in any of our other restaurants. We sincerely apologize,"
he said in a statement.
(Reporting by Jon Herskovitz in Austin, Texas; Editing by Tom
Brown)
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