An artist took a piece of racist graffiti and turned it completely on its head
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade, but when life gives you racist graffiti, edit it to make the exact opposite statement – a powerful acknowledgement of the area’s diversity. That’s what artist Chris Walker did, when he spotted a prime example of Little England nonsense in Walthamstow, London.
I can only assume our local 'artist' was spooked before he could finish his masterpiece. Allow me to finish it for you #lovewalthamstow #E17 @stellacreasy pic.twitter.com/KeaGJkpD4t
— Chris Walker (@doodlebank) November 28, 2018
With just a few additions, the image was transformed from one that would make UKIP proud – but, then, so would a red, white and blue scarf on a bulldog – to a true reflection of UK society in the 21st century. His sleight of hand went down very well.
The remix is better than the original. https://t.co/WzERoYgKEO
— Tommy Palmer (@tommypalm) November 29, 2018
https://twitter.com/StowArts/status/1068228432885137409
https://twitter.com/a_little_wine/status/1068224585127075843
Love this way of fighting back to hateful graffiti! https://t.co/a74rpLmkJy
— Caro Wood Street – Art Cafe (@carowoodstreet) November 29, 2018
Speak ALL the languages, love ALL the languages. #KeepItReal #lovelanguages https://t.co/Y0wmHdSxzL
— Memrise (@memrise) November 29, 2018
One person seemed to have a problem with the message.
Only in the UK is someone suggesting people speak the language of the country seen as a “hate crime”. Madness.
— Imperial Aerosol Kid (@HeyGeno) November 29, 2018
However, someone set him straight on his misconception
English is not, in fact, "the language of the UK". Several other languages have official language status in various parts of the UK, but English does not have any official status anywhere in the UK. Hope that clears things up!
— JUSTIN COPP 🍕&🌹&🐈 (@jxc) November 29, 2018
…and @JellyfishE17 pointed out
I am not sure that daubing it on a wall in the middle of the night counts as a ‘suggestion’.
Source: Indy100
