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irisblue

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Wed May 9, 2018, 09:39 AM May 2018

Minnesota Businessman Is 'Very, Very Sorry' For Hanging Up Black Piatas In A Way Resembling A Lynch [View all]

From Blavity.com

Victor Chavarria may have initially thought his display of piñatas was harmless advertising for his business, but he was in for quite the rude awakening.

According to CNN, the owner of Happy Kids Piñatas has apologized after receiving complaints for hanging piñatas of black people on his front porch. On Friday, a passerby took a photo of the piñata display on Chavarria's front porch and the picture immediately went viral.

The way the piñatas were displayed resembled a lynching, which certainly didn't look good for Chavarria, despite his intentions. .....


addition to his apology, Chavarria admitted he realized just how bad the display looked out of context.

"Out of context, I admit the images look disturbing," he said. "Out of context everything can be horrible."

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