Community Cover Up ‘Illiterate Racists’

This morning children and adults from the Whitegate Community and beyond came together to paint over racist graffiti on the underpass on Whitegate Road.

The graffiti ‘artists’ have been ridiculed for being illiterate on the Wrecsam Plaid blog, who observed: “There’s only one thing worse than a racist and that’s an illiterate racist.

“Unfortunately, Hightown’s resident illiterate racist chose to display his ignorance by spraying it all over the wall of the local underpass.”

Plaid Cymru’s Whitegate councillor Marc Jones, who chairs Caia Park Community Council, said he was delighted with the numbers who had turned out at very short notice: “I’m very grateful to all those who turned out, in particular young people who were as disgusted with the racist and offensive graffiti as we were.

“The irony is that, while the graffiti artist was vandalising his own community, there are Polish people who are organising a youth football team in the field next to the bridge and making a real contribution to the area. They are a credit to Whitegate.

Marc also said that today’s work is a temporary step as they are also due to be working with local groups to develop a mural for everyone to enjoy.