Racist Scarecrow

[LeonBlank1995]

Please write to Peacehaven Council and get this abomination off our public allotments!!!! (Looking at a map it is inbetween Eastbourne and Brighton)

You may as well put a poster up of the KKK or do Nazi salutes in public.

Truly sickening. I am ashamed to be British.

https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/19526666.peacehaven-council-looking-black-scarecrow-allotments/

[dave50]

Its hilarious.

[237SJ]

They sell little dolls like that in the Caribbean - doesn't seem to bother them too much.

[tamaris]

Made me smile

[vulcan42]

If this is racist why hasn't every scarecrow ever made depicting a white person been called racist?

[Spicerack]

//The dummy, believed to have been created for a Pride event//

Yeah, Ku Klux Klan more like.

[maggiebee]

Oh dear, another storm in a teacup. It's a scarecrow for goodness sake on an allotment. How many are going to be offended by this - or even see it for that matter. Must be a really slow news day.

[rowanwitch]

A bit tacky, but sorry it amused me. If any black women have complained then I think it should come down but who says scarecrow are racially specific.

[davebro]

////Truly sickening. I am ashamed to be British.////

Calm down dear - PMSL (at your reaction, not the scarecrow!)

[JJ109]

Lighten up - it's meant to be a bit of fun, and is not in the least bit rascist!

If you find this rascist, this does not say a lot about you!

[AuntPG]

I sense a bit of tongue in cheek from Leon -just saying :-)

[aelmpvw]

good to see the issue of sex discrimination being addressed in the allotments of england

[webbo3]

\\The dummy, believed to have been created for a Pride event,//
so it was ok for a pride event? who owns it, maybe its a black or asian person.?

[jno]

should just put up a dummy of Farage, that'd scare the blackbirds off

https://attwiw.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/ukip-leader-nigel-farage.jpg?w=516&h=343

[burlyshirley]

It's obvious to me that Leon is joking ! I notice the woman who complained wanted to remain anonymous - wise move luv !!

[William51]

Oh Dear. Why do not some people lighten up. To me it looks like a mad caricature of Mick Jagger, very amusing.

[gulliver1]

Reckon Boris would be a good scarecrow ,with that bale of hay he wears on top of his head.