Barclays Signs at P.S. 58 Defaced
Messages condemning rich white people were stuck to schoolyard advertising.
The writing is on the wall.
Apparently, someone doesn't like the Barclays-sponsored signage attached to the P.S. 58 schoolyard.
Pardon Me For Asking noticed that two stickers were affixed to one of the two Barclays signs at the school.
They read, respectively:
"Crazy, Crazy (Rich) White People!"
"When Will It End?"
While the message is a bit unclear -- are the saboteurs condeming Barclays or the school? -- one thing is certain: the signs are now defaced.
The signs, which appeared on the fence earlier this month, display the Barclays Center (a.k.a. Atlantic Yards) and Nets logos, and the slogan “Building Success Together.”
Barclays spokesman Joe DePlasco said it was up to the school to clean the signs.
Joan Bredthauer, Parent Coordinator at P.S. 58, said the stickers would be taken down immediately.
"We'll take care of it," she said in an email.
Debra Rothman
6:47 pm on Wednesday, June 15, 2011
I am of two minds about this. As a teacher (not at that school), I feel children need to learn how to express their opinions. Defacing others' signs is not the way. It is not enough to remove the stickers; an effort should be made to find out who put them there and to take appropriate disciplinary action (suspension if it is a student, a fine if it is an adult). At the same time, I do not believe that advertising of for-profit financial organizations belongs in a public school or school playground.