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UK: Peacehaven council looking at black scarecrow at allotments

A scarecrow could be removed after being branded racist, horrific and offensive.

By George Carden
The Argus
Aug 20, 2021

Excerpt:

The dummy, believed to have been created for a Pride event, has triggered multiple complaints with one visitor telling The Argus she was horrified by it.

The woman, who wanted to remain anonymous, was shocked that it has been allowed at the allotments in Cornwall Avenue, Peacehaven.

She said: “Surely there must be rules against this sort of thing because it’s very offensive.

“I have got family from Kenya and Sri Lanka. It’s a caricature, I’m almost lost for words that someone would put it up and that it’s allowed to be there.

“You can see it just from walking past. You don’t even have to go into the allotment.

“The whole thing, it’s just awful and I wouldn’t want my family to see that. From my perspective, it normalises racist stereotypes.”

The model appears to be of a black woman with a red evening dress, wide eyes and full red lips.

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