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After latest blackface incident, Mummers should break ties with racist groups | Editorial

The Mummers — particularly the string bands and fancy brigades who don’t seem to struggle with living in the 21st century — should break ties with the problematic wench and comic brigades who smear the parade with their bad behavior.

Members of Froggy Carr gather at 16th and JFK during the Mummers Parade in Philadelphia, PA on January 1, 2020.
Members of Froggy Carr gather at 16th and JFK during the Mummers Parade in Philadelphia, PA on January 1, 2020.Read moreDAVID MAIALETTI / Staff Photographer