The ill-conceived taco trap
A South Carolina taco restaurant defends its racist uniforms — and more in our collection of strange revelations about the nation
By The Week Staff | January 12, 2013
Only in America #2
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South Carolina restaurant is defending employee uniforms that mock illegal immigrants. Servers at Taco Cid wear T-shirts that depict an animal trap baited with tacos, beneath the slogan, "How to Catch an Illegal Immigrant." The restaurant said the slogan was "a witty and comical statement regarding ILLEGAL immigrants," and not aimed at "any specific ethnic group."
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