England: Memorial for Dog Named Nigger Removed

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Memorial for dog named the 'N word' which died in 1902 is removed from graveyard

* Coventry City council have removed the memorial due to racial insensitivity
* The gravestone sat in Coombe Abbey Park in Warwickshire for decades

Sam Blitz | Daily Mail (UK) | 4 July 2020

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8488865/Memorial-dog-racist-died-1902-removed-graveyard.html

NIGGER - DIED JULY 22^nd 1902

Excerpt: A council spokesperson said: 'We can confirm the historical gravestone in memory of a loved pet was removed.

'Our stance on racism is clear and although the gravestone was from another time it is not appropriate today.'

One local said: 'I have looked it up online and a lot of people defend it being there as it was 'acceptable at the time.'

'They fail to see that it was acceptable only to white people and black people would have, and still are, hurt to see this word immortalised into stone in such a public place.'

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The decision to remove the memorial has also been met with opposition by certain members of the community

Jody Pattison said: 'Why don't we just flatten the whole of the British Empire to eradicate the memory of imperialism completely?

'Get all of the history books and blank all the pages up until today's date.'

Another local resident, Lisa Pickering, added: 'This is just getting beyond an absolute joke now. I remember seeing that when I was about five-years-old and I'm 34 now.

'Leave history alone whether it be a grave or a statue before this city has no history left.'



Out of 3.4 thousand comments left on the originating article, I have not yet found any that approve of the desecration and removal of old NIGGER's gravestone:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8488865/Memorial-dog-racist-died-1902-removed-graveyard.html#comments

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYCGWdlzKwM

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