(02-05-2017 06:31 PM)WoodlandsOwl Wrote: Some Moron tagged Willy in the Quad.
Agree with your post, but confused about the title of it.
The Swastika counts as racist vandalism I suppose, but per the article also had the name Trump next to it, so it seems as likely to me that it was, or could be interpreted as, an insult to/protest of, Trump.
On the Berlin Wall section, I thought the graffiti was "Trump 2016" and "Aloha"? Vandalism? Definitely! Racist? Need a lot more that "Trump" and "Aloha"
I certainly am not condoning the graffiti/vandalism, but the thread topic "More Racist Vandalism" might be more accurate as either:
"More Vandalism at Rice", or
"Swastika chalked onto Rice founder's statue, along with a reference to Trump"
I would be interested to get the viewpoint of the perpetrator, but I doubt that will happen.
The protest posters hung in Anderson Hall (in the photo gallery that accompanied the Chronicle article) did not rise in my mind to the level of racism (obviously, based on the message), or graffiti (a poster, not a defacement of a permanent structure or piece of art (or a rail car for that matter)).
The three propaganda posters also referenced, and placed at various spots around the campus perimeter (I'm assuming at points along the jogging trail by the description in the article) WERE racist in the sense they were touting a white supremacist organization, however, as they were posters they were not really graffiti, and were vandalism only at the same level of a garage sale poster or a poster promoting a band playing at a local venue, placed somewhere where a poster is prohibited.