# Question for Democrats - Restaurant exclusion sign

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-democrats-restaurant-exclusion-sign/782543>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [March 19, 2017, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-democrats-restaurant-exclusion-sign/782543 "2017-03-19T14:47:48Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 20, 2017, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-democrats-restaurant-exclusion-sign/782543/200 "2017-03-20T21:28:14Z")

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> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#):
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> The racist urban legend about serving cats or other stray animals [shows up most often about Chinese restaurants](http://www.snopes.com/horrors/food/chinese.asp), but it also shows up with less frequency [about Mexican restaurants](http://www.snopes.com/media/notnews/chipotlecatdog.asp). For some reason, and I absolutely can’t imagine what that reason could be, it never shows up about Italian restaurants.
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> The more you know!

Mexican isn’t even a so-called “race.” It’s a nationality.

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