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Ice Cream Shop Announces It Changed Name of Jimmies Years Ago — Just In Case ‘Jimmies’ Is Racist

Published on: 06 Jul 2020, 4:36 pm

An ice cream establishment in Salem, Massachusetts has announced a race-conscious change to the menu it quietly made a few years ago.

But it's not clear the original name of the item has a racial connection.

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Tom Joyce Published on: 06 Jul 2020, 5:45 am

When the Secretary of the Commonwealth's office decided that Rayla Campbell would not be on the primary ballot this September, she did not quit.

She turned to her backup plan.