What about the bowler hat?

If I asked you to name a racist symbol, I imagine many of you would go for the swastika, or maybe a defaced star of David, or perhaps a KKK burning cross.  But, a sombrero?  I'd be surprised if anybody came up with that - unless, that is, you had any connection with the University of Norwich, where a local Mexican restaurant has been forbidden from giving out free sombreros to students, and students have been forbidden from wearing them.  And, according to University officials, this has nothing to do with the restaurant looking to boost its sales, but because "at all events we try to ensure that there is no behaviour, language or imagery which could be considered racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic or ableist.”  As the sombrero is so clearly associated with Mexico, it can only be presumed that they see it as racist. Strange...