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Pensioner repaints black figure on totem pole white after ‘woke’ neighbour’s ‘racism’ claims
https://www.telegraph.co.uk ^ | Lizzie Roberts 29 AUGUST 2021

Posted on 08/30/2021 6:25:03 AM PDT by 11th_VA

Native American enthusiast Brian Connery paints over grinning face on his 10ft statue after villager complained of its ‘racist overtones’

pensioner repainted the face of a black figure on a Native American totem pole he had erected in his garden after a “woke neighbour” complained to police that it was racist.

Brian Connery, who is an enthusiast of Native American culture, installed the 10ft decorative wooden feature earlier this summer in front of his bungalow in Brantham, Suffolk.

However, a villager took exception to a carved wooden figure on the pole which depicted a grinning black man with bright white teeth, wearing a blue suit.

The anonymous local sparked an investigation into a potential hate crime by complaining to police that the figure had “racist overtones”.

Mr Connery has now painted the face white to avoid causing any further offence after discussions with police, even though he believes he has the support of his neighbours.

Police are understood to have ruled that they did not believe Mr Connery had committed a hate crime after visiting him and examining the totem pole...

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


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To: 11th_VA

Is there some way to look at this without registering with your email address?


21 posted on 08/30/2021 7:09:54 AM PDT by fireman15
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To: Mr. Jeeves

I can think of several Confederate flags that will not get attention, namely those used by the Indian Tribes that joined with the South in the Civil War.


22 posted on 08/30/2021 7:14:25 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (30 days! FB jail for mentioning a Monty Python script about tranneys, and the 1936 Olympics.)
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To: fireman15

23 posted on 08/30/2021 7:17:59 AM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: 11th_VA
HA, he should put up a picture of the Corn Palace (SD)


24 posted on 08/30/2021 7:21:53 AM PDT by budj (Combat vet, 2nd of three generations.)
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To: gundog

Thanks, you have to hand it to those “native American” artists. They really know how to use a chainsaw when creating “traditional” artwork.


26 posted on 08/30/2021 7:29:36 AM PDT by fireman15
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To: alexander_busek

Nobody cares if White people feel offended.


27 posted on 08/30/2021 7:33:04 AM PDT by Kozak (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TV)
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To: Alas Babylon!
Seriously, it is up to the police?

The whole thing is taking place in England.

28 posted on 08/30/2021 7:35:18 AM PDT by SamuraiScot
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To: gundog
Oc GIF - Find on GIFER
29 posted on 08/30/2021 7:37:47 AM PDT by fireman15
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To: srmanuel
Needless to say they aren’t inviting each other over for a beer and a football game.

Logical next thing. Both whup-ass cusses. They'd prolly get along famously.

I can just hear them saying to each other, "We finally meet another family that understands us!"

30 posted on 08/30/2021 7:39:59 AM PDT by SamuraiScot
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To: fireman15
Pretty hideous. Can’t blame the tools, either. Some folks are pretty good with a chainsaw.


31 posted on 08/30/2021 7:40:03 AM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: 11th_VA

The pole looked tacky in the front yard.


32 posted on 08/30/2021 7:51:39 AM PDT by alternatives? (The only reason to have an army is to defend your borders,)
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To: 11th_VA

(Music sting)

Hello Wokesters
We’ve made amends
And removed all blacks
From store shelves again
And that face on the totem that did bug you
We’ve painted it white too
And soon nothing black will remain
Because you complain
Even the Klan couldn’t pull this off


33 posted on 08/30/2021 7:59:33 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: aynrandfreak

It was probably white liberal neighbors that had reported him.


In the UK? A virtual certainty.


34 posted on 08/30/2021 8:06:25 AM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: srmanuel

I would move, Immediately.


35 posted on 08/30/2021 8:32:52 AM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
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To: gundog

Holy cow! Or holy octopus! That is a work of art!!


36 posted on 08/30/2021 8:37:00 AM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: 17th Miss Regt
Oregon has had a lot of chainsaw sculptors over the years. Some just do formulaic bears to sell to the tourists. Some are really gifted. They had a little Mexican logger on a local TV story that was really good.

This one’s been around a while.


37 posted on 08/30/2021 8:44:38 AM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: SamuraiScot
Ok,

Seriously, it's up to the UK Police?


"What's all this, then?"

38 posted on 08/30/2021 9:29:52 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! ("You, the American people, are my only special interest." --President Donald J. Trump)
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To: gundog

On the side facing the neighbor, he needs to carve a buttocks.


39 posted on 08/30/2021 9:31:23 AM PDT by bgill (.Which came first, the vax or the virus?)
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To: alternatives?
The pole looked tacky in the front yard.

I need to cut a tree down in the front yard … and I really like log art …

40 posted on 08/30/2021 9:37:33 AM PDT by 11th_VA (Stolen elections have consequences.)
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