The sign posted on the window of the Harry E. Reed Insurance Agency on Monday read, “Juneteenth ~it’s whatever... We're closed. Enjoy your fried chicken & collard greens.”
A woman named Melanie Higgins took responsibility for the sign in aon Wednesday. She apologized for “any misunderstanding and hurt” caused by her “usual, snarky office closure signs and content.” Higgins, who said in the letter she is multiracial, said she understands the “severity of intolerance” and that the sign had a “seemingly flippant tone.”
“I am so sorry for any pain I have caused and the negative attention it has brought to our beautiful community,” Higgins wrote. Amid widespread criticism of the sign, Allstate insurance ended its relationship with the company for violating its code of conduct, a spokesperson confirmed to NBC News. Progressive insurance also terminated its relationship with the agency in recent days for violating its code of conduct,. A Progressive spokesperson said in a statement to CNBC that the company was “aware and appalled by the sign.
The outrage was so harsh that it prompted a different insurance agency in Maine with a similar name toTuesday, the chair of the Millinocket Town Council, Steve Golieb, called any “attempt to make light of Juneteenth” and what the holiday represents “deeply saddening, disgraceful and unacceptable.” “There is no place in the Town of Millinocket for such a blatant disregard of human decency,” Golieb said.
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