New York's historic steakhouse Keens is removing posters depicting actors in blackface and other racist stereotypes from its dining room walls
at its core. Posters for the Bryant’s Minstrels, a troupe that was once popular in New York, featured phrases like “rival darkies” and illustrations of actors in blackface.
“We want people to be able to come here and enjoy themselves and not feel offended or upset. That’s the goal,” she says. “It’s just time.” ‘We want people to be able to come here and enjoy themselves and not feel offended or upset. That’s the goal.’into its renovation, was born in Germany and was forced to flee the country when Nazis took control. She’s not sure if Schwarz ever noticed the racist images in particular, she says, but his ethos was to keep up history as a way to teach, not to condone their imagery.
His estate now owns Keens, and Jenkins runs it full-time. And in the last few years, she’s had “some very productive conversations with guests” about the racist imagery, which has been an “education,” she says.
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