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"Student union officials at the University of East Anglia have banned a Mexican restaurant from handing out sombreros to students, branding the marketing stunt racist.
The hats had been given to students by staff from Pedro’s Tex Mex Cantina, a Mexican restaurant. Union officials took them away from students, and told restaurant workers the hats breached a policy forbidding “discriminatory or stereotypical imagery”. The policy specifies
15 types of discrimination, including age, caste, colour, disability, ethnicity, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, or
any other criterion accepted by the University's Council."
Student union bans 'racist' sombreros | World news | The Guardian