Article 65FC5 Ventriloquist Celebrates Bar’s Anniversary with a Racist Puppet

Ventriloquist Celebrates Bar’s Anniversary with a Racist Puppet

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Kalyn Womack
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For a Chicago bar's 45th anniversary party, the owners hired a ventriloquist who introduced a racist puppet of a Black woman...or what was supposed to be a Black woman, per Block Club Chicago. The bar, Touche, held a town hall after the backlash once images of the caricature-like doll circulated social media.

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