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NAACP condemns lawyer Norm Pattis over 'racist' image
Local attorney Norm Pattis posted Monday a photo depicting three white-hooded beer cans around a brown beer bottle hanging by the neck from a refrigerator rack to his Facebook page. The caption read “Ku Klux Coors.”
Dori Dumas, president of the New Haven Chapter of the NAACP, called it “unacceptable, degrading and disgusting.”
“He’s well aware how damaging and racist something like that is,” Dumas said. “He needs to be held accountable.”
Pattis said he “pulled the page this morning,” and referred to a blog post in which he discusses his dislike of the social media platform.
Read more: https://www.ctpost.com/local/article/NAACP-condemns-lawyer-Norm-Pattis-over-racist-13518133.php