Ahead of the Kansas City Chiefs complete domination of Washington’s football team Sunday, a Kansas City restaurant owner used a storefront sign to urge the Chiefs to victory in the most racist of ways. The sign, outside a Sonic chain, promised that the Chiefs would “scalp the Redskins, feed them whiskey,” and “send 2 reservation.”
Sonic’s corporate office apologized Sunday. “The remarks posted on this message board were wrong, offensive and unacceptable,” Patrick Lenow, vice president of public relations at Sonic, said in a statement to NBC News. “In a misguided effort to support his football team an independent franchise owner allowed passion to override good judgment. The owner has reinforced with his employees the boundaries of what is acceptable and unacceptable. On behalf of the franchise owner and our entire brand we apologize for the offensive remarks.”
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