Our art was censored. A simple #blm was “too controversial “ the man who had originally given us permission told us that “it invites vandalism and violence “ . We accepted the offer to paint a mural under the assumption that he supports this movement too , But it became apparent to us that our art was being use to push his agenda . He said “Im okay if you put all lives matter” our group shut down that comment as soon as he spoke it. Another woman who WORKS for the city told us “black lives matter is a terrorist group “ baffling how someone that ignorant can work for our city, you should not represent us.
instead of painting over it we taped a poster board with “[REDACTED]” written on it. We wanted people to know that it was not us, and that the message is still beneath it . Every person who walked by and interacted with us was made aware of the situation, the entire community was upset by this . We NEVER wanted to censor this, it’s not something that NEEDS to be censored.
I cried when I realized my art was on the business of a person who does not support black lives. It is disgusting. If you are able please share this story like wild fire. It breaks my heart that we had to do this.BLM is not violent it is not controversial, no lives are controversial . BLM means you care about black peoples right to live as peacefully and fear free as everyone else. ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼✊🏻 •
Here is the mural we finished with the communities help dispite the ignorance .
