"Just trying to show that support lifting people up and encourage more people to do so and rid this," said Alejandro Serna, fellow Bridgeport business owner. "I thought we were more progressive and it's really disappointing to see that people are still vandalizing over having a person color here when the neighborhood is changing and it doesn't reflect that," said Dolores Garcia, would-be patron.
Some residents went out of their way to show support. "It's still out there and we have to deal with that and I think this is how we do that be call attention to things that are wrong," said 11th Ward Alderman Nicole Lee. "Something like this happens, you don't sweep it under the rug, you don't left them forget about it you make sure everybody knows it's not alright, it's not OK." "I hope this helps any other small business owner out there," she said. The vandal spray painted "BLDM" which she understood to mean "Black Lives Don't Matter."īlakely opened Cook It Mama Café in September, and while she understood Bridgeport has a history of racial conflict, she thought things had changed.
"It was sickening, my stomach just dropped," she said.īlakely found racist graffiti on her café's windows, walls and over the colorful mural she commissioned. Graffiti that breaks stereotypes Urban Art Workshop for Seniors A project by WOOL Read Activism and expression How street art is used to raise awareness Online Exhibit The Water Tank Project.
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