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 ...
I didn't say it was in itself more serious than Monty Python . . .
So, a totem pole with a well-dressed Black man with good teeth is now racist???
Jao Xiden is 6’0”??? I didn’t know they could stack $#!t that high!
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