Black History Mural In Miami Defaced With Swastikas And Racist Graffiti
In today’s episode of Attack Of The Fragile Vandals, a Black history mural at Dorsey Park in Miami’s Overtown neighborhood has been defaced with swastikas, racial slurs and other racist graffiti, likely put there by a person (or persons) who gets their Confederate flag under garments in a bunch at the sight of Black culture being commemorated. (And, look, I’m not saying they’re probably Trump supporters, but they’re probably yuge fans of authoritarian governments that lie about “white genocide” while trying to ban all teachings on anti-Black systemic racism into “woke” oblivion.)
From CBS News:
The vandalism appeared on a section of the mural at NW 17th St. and NW 1st Ave., part of a historic public art effort led by the MLK Mural Project, Urgent Inc., and Touching Miami with Love.
Painted in 2012, the mural was created to honor the cultural legacy of Dorsey Park, once home to the Negro Leagues’ Ethiopian Clowns.
Artist and community organizer Kyle Holbrook, who founded the MLK Mural Project, led the effort to commemorate African American icons and local history. The mural features figures such as Jackie Robinson, whose image was among those defaced.
“This was an act of hate, but it will not define us,” Holbrook said. “This mural was born from a community’s pride, history, and power. We will restore it—stronger, bolder, and with even more purpose. Black history is American history. And no spray paint can erase that truth.”
It’s starting to feel like a trend, honestly.
Last week, in Texas — arguably the only state that rivals Florida when it comes to labeling non-whitewashed Black history “woke” in order to justify banning it just to placate white nationalism and white fragility — a historical marker in downtown Dallas that tells the story of a Black man, Allen Brooks, who was lynched by a white mob in 1910, was cut down at the base and destroyed by unkown vandals. The week before that, a white man in Beachwood, Ohio, was accused of checking out 100 books on Black, Jewish and LGBTQ studies and burning them all on camera.
Hell, when it comes down to it, the destruction of Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington, D.C., was done by the current administration in an effort to appease the same white and eternally fragile people who are likely out here vandalizing Black historical renderings out of pure racial resentment.
As for the mural at Dorsey, CBS reports that “local leaders, artists and residents are organizing efforts to restore and expand the mural, using the incident as a call for unity,” and they’re asking community members to participate in the effort.
Hopefully, the mural will be restored. Hopefully, all of the defaced Black historical art across the nation will be as well.
As for the hatred and bigotry that causes the vandalism — well, that’s just America making itself great again, unfortunately.
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