Like many local people I today noticed the offensive and racist graffiti that has appeared on the fence round the building site to extend Hornsey Girls School. I immediately contacted the Hornsey ward councillors (the school is just outside my ward) to see if they were aware. They were – and have already reported it urgently to the Council.
I believe the Council are supposed to remove offensive graffiti within 24 hours, and this is pretty nasty stuff so I hope it is dealt with ASAP. This must be pretty depressing for Inderwick Road residents as the fence has only been up a week or so, and there will be worries that this will keep happening during the long period of the building work.
June 17th, 2009 at 1:38 pm
I took some photos of the graffiti just an hour before it was painted over. It was appauling, but I was just wondering how it was rascist?
Bella
June 27th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
When I walked past there were very offensive racist words written on the wall such as p**i and n****r – which I assumed were deliberate given the very high numbers of black and asian girls at the school. Perhaps these had been erased before you got there.