Connect with us

New Jersey

NJ Deli owner says “White History Month” sign hurt business

A N.J. deli owner said his business has suffered tremendously, financially, after putting a ‘White History Month” sign up.

unheard voices magazine profile logo

Published

on

NJ Deli Owner Says "White History Month" Sign Hurt Business
(PHOTO: Gofundme | https://www.gofundme.com/f/rps5dys )

Jim Boggess says his business was already hurting financially, but now he says it’s hurting more ever since he put up a “White History Month” sign.

In a publicity stunt gone wrong the owner of the struggling deli in Flemington, N.J. said he posted the sign encouraging people to, well, celebrate their white heritage.

Jim Boggess, owner of Jimbo’s Deli, says the sign was supposed to be, “a white thing but people read more into it than that.” The sign said: “Celebrate Your White Heritage in March; White History Month.” His business has deteriorated financially since.

His troubles began when a customer complained about the sign last month, according to Mediaite. Both he and the man who complained got some pretty vicious responses. Boggess insisted, “I love everybody, and everybody should celebrate what they are. I shouldn’t have to feel bad about being white,” the report says.

He ended up taking The White History Month sign down, but this week he set up a GoFundMe page saying he’s been suffering financially. To date it has raised $1,175.


Discover more from Unheard Voices Magazine

Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.

Unheard Voices is an award-winning news online magazine that started in 2004 as a newsletter in the Asbury Park, Neptune, and Long Branch, NJ areas to broadening into a recognized Black owned media outlet. The company is one of the few outlets dedicated to covering social justice issues. They are the recipient of the NAACP Unsung Hero Award and CV Magazine's Innovator Award for Best Social Justice Communications Company.

Continue Reading

Archives

Tags

unheard voices shop
unheard voices on google play unheard voices on itunes

Trending