What are some signs or racism?
Well this yellow message is…literally!
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A sign that was put up in a number of Delaware playgrounds is being described as “anti-Latino” and “racist” and has caused widespread outrage after it went viral.
The sign, which was photographed by conservative talk show radio host Dan Gaffney, was posted to his Facebook wall:
Gaffney pointed out in a comment that accompanied the picture, the message written in Spanish on the sign is vastly different from what is written in English.
“You must have a permit to play in this field. Violators will be subject to police action,” the Spanish portion of the sign reads, according to a Raw Story translation.
“I think Milford Schools are trying to keep ‘certain ethnic’ people away. Shame,” wrote Gaffney.
Soon after, a blogger for the Daily Kos picked up the story.
“It is an obvious intimidation tactic and a not so subtle ‘Whites Only’ sign,” wrote blogger “Delaware Dem.”
“So if you are a white English speaking “American,” you can play here at your own risk so long as you have a parent or guardian watching. If you are brown, if you dare play here without a permit we will arrest your immigrant ass. That is the f*cking height of racism, and I will see to it that who ever is responsible for this sign will have their public careers ended immediately,” the blogger continued.
The sign caught the attention of local residents and Phyllis Kohel, a public school superintendent, who decided to take action. She did, however, say that she doesn’t think the signs were meant to discriminate.
“I certainly assume there was not an intent to discriminate,” she added. “We have a great working relationship with all of the communities at the school, and there is absolutely an understanding that no ethnic group will be discriminated upon.”
The superintendent and her husband reportedly drove to at least two Milford School District playgrounds and removed the signs themselves. The signs had allegedly been up for about a year.
If these signs weren’t meant to discriminate, then why exactly were they there? A permit to play? FOH!
SOURCE: Huffington Post
