Clown fired from Tennessee fair after hauling racist comments at black woman

The dunk tank clown was heckling Tanya Jones and her family when he crossed the line, calling her ‘Sheneneh’ and describing her hair as ‘unbeweavable.’ The clown has since been fired and Jones’ family received a refund.

From NYDN

A clown at the Memphis Delta Fair lost his job after allegedly taunting an African-American family from Atoka, Tenn., with racial epithets on Labor Day.

"We heard over the loud speaker someone said, 'Hey nappy head,'" Tanya Jones told WMC. "When we heard that we looked at each other because we didn't know who they were talking to."

The voice came from a man sitting on a bench in the dunk tank who was supposed to hurl lighthearted insults at festival-goers, coaxing them to participate in the game.

Players try to throw balls at a target that drops the clown's bench — sending him or her into the water.

But Jones' family feels this clown crossed a line.

"He was like, 'Yeah I'm talking to you, Sheneneh ... you look unbeweavable,'" Mario Curry said to the station.