Candy store statue with a lollipop head dress removed from West Edmonton Mall
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Montana Courts first saw the statue on Sunday afternoon while walking through the mall.
She immediately asked a store clerk to speak to a manager, but she was told no one was available to take her complaint.
"The employee informed me that he couldn't take any complaints … and I had to leave," said Courts, who is Metis.
"I was really offended by it. It's a stereotypical Indian image."
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Courts says ultimately she's happy the statue is gone — and hopes it is gone for good.
"I understand that people don't often intend to be racist," she said. "You get called a 'snowflake' all the time.
"But after hundreds of years of having your people marginalized, it's just something we have to stand up for."
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