Administrators at Sinclair Elementary School arrived at work Tuesday morning to find parking lot vandalism-a new form of grafitti not seen in the area before. Some clown had written KKK and a swastika using grass sod. Serious here folks. The symbols were were spelled out using these organic materials.
A roving blog reporter notified Anti admin of the vandalism early this morning. The incident had been reported on Channel 5 from their helicopter but no video was up at the time of this posting. Insidenova.com broke the story just minutes ago.
On the one hand, the incident is foolish enough that we can blame kids and call it a prank. Removing grass sod is a lot easier than removing paint from the brand new parking lot at Sinclair. On the other hand, hate sentiments, regardless of who places them, cannot just be dismissed as kids playing a prank. Hate symbols are hate symbols. These symbols are not appreciated nor wanted in the Sudley/Westgate neighborhood.
Regardless of why, regardless of who, the incident was criminal in nature and disturbing. Are racial feelings that strong in this community? Why are they spilling out at one of the 4 schools in this neighorhood? When people feel free to blast others for being Hispanic, Black, Jewish and do it in front of their kids, isn’t this the kind of behavior we should come to expect? Perhaps we need to think more before we speak.
[UPDATE: Picture of vandalism to sod. The kids, 1 black 3 white teenagers spelled out KKK, White Power, and layed out a swastika. ]
