The African Dodger

Carnival clown dunking booths rooted in white supremacy

WARNING: This story is an updated, revised and corrected version of a previous story. Racist and bigoted language, racial slurs, race violence prevalent.

A September, 2019, New York Times story headlined “The Last of the Dunk Tank Clowns” pronounces the gasping demise of the dunking booth, a one-time staple of…