Mushmouth
04-24-2017, 10:45 PM
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POST FALLS, Idaho - A Post Falls company has come under fire for what many are calling a racist image posted on the side of its trucks.
The drawings feature a caricature of a young African-American girl eating watermelon.
Some are calling for Dixie Services to take those images down, but the owner says they are historical, and not racist.
Jim Valentine, the owner of Dixie Services, says it fits the image he wants to portray, which promotes the good and happy times for many people in American history.
His landscaping company also uses the confederate flag as a logo.
“This kind of hatred thing that's been built up around the Confederate flag, there's a lot of goodness and happiness and it's a part of history and a part of heritage, so we put the name on our company,” he said.
Valentine says his company is about promoting the happy spirit that was alive in the South.
So when he saw this image of a smiling young black girl eating watermelon, he saw nothing wrong with the drawing.
http://www.kxly.com/news/local-news/post-falls-company-under-fire-for-racist-image-1/461089400
POST FALLS, Idaho - A Post Falls company has come under fire for what many are calling a racist image posted on the side of its trucks.
The drawings feature a caricature of a young African-American girl eating watermelon.
Some are calling for Dixie Services to take those images down, but the owner says they are historical, and not racist.
Jim Valentine, the owner of Dixie Services, says it fits the image he wants to portray, which promotes the good and happy times for many people in American history.
His landscaping company also uses the confederate flag as a logo.
“This kind of hatred thing that's been built up around the Confederate flag, there's a lot of goodness and happiness and it's a part of history and a part of heritage, so we put the name on our company,” he said.
Valentine says his company is about promoting the happy spirit that was alive in the South.
So when he saw this image of a smiling young black girl eating watermelon, he saw nothing wrong with the drawing.
http://www.kxly.com/news/local-news/post-falls-company-under-fire-for-racist-image-1/461089400