Derbyshire town's 'racist' bust that faced removal hidden by residents
by Archie Bland from on (#54GHA)
Ashbourne sculpture will be given lick of black paint' and put back, its defenders say
A bust of a black man with exaggerated features that was about to be removed from a Derbyshire town by the local council has instead been seized and taken to a secret location" by residents for a lick of black paint".
The wooden sculpture, which was positioned on an arch in the centre of Ashbourne, has been condemned by campaigners as a racist caricature. After the toppling of a statue of the slave trader Edward Colston in Bristol on Sunday, a petition for the removal of the Ashbourne figure reached 42,000 signatures.
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