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bobbieinok

(12,858 posts) Tue Jun 30, 2020, 07:03 PM Jun 2020

Boynton Beach FL--2 black firefighters in mural WHITEWASHED, a female deputy chief, a male chief [View all]

This was done in early June, apparently at order of city fire chief. Both he and whitewasher have been fired

Story reported in The Hill, June 30, with pictures of original and whitewashed mural.

Alerted to this by report in The Root, June 30

The white racism in this county manifests itself in ever more bizarre ways!

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Boynton Beach FL--2 black firefighters in mural WHITEWASHED, a female deputy chief, a male chief [View all] bobbieinok Jun 2020 OP

Florida officials fired for erasing Black firefighters from city mural dalton99a Jun 2020 #1

Thank you very much for posting link. I hate that I can't on this device bobbieinok Jun 2020 #2

Thanks for bringing this story to a national audience. dalton99a Jun 2020 #6

Unacceptable Behavior, and yet THEY don't care MagickMuffin Jun 2020 #7

This was widely reported locally at the time obamanut2012 Jun 2020 #3

Tell me again about cancel culture? gratuitous Jun 2020 #4

Deplorables. nt oasis Jun 2020 #5

They should have been arrested rockfordfile Jun 2020 #8

Rotten, low down racists appalachiablue Jul 2020 #9