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COURIER L 12 IFE, JUNE 12-18, 2020
Bay Ridge residents
post messages of
inclusion in response
FIGHTING FLYERS WITH FLYERS: Messages promoting inclusion
have cropped up in place of anti-Asian signage.
BY JESSICA PARKS
Hateful, anti-Chinese
signage posted around
Bay Ridge and Dyker
Heights sparked outrage
in neighborhood residents
— who posted their
own fl yers spreading messages
of inclusion.
“I want everyone in
our community to feel
they are not only allowed
to, but they are called to,
be actively anti-racist,”
said the creator of the
counter-fl yers, who asked
to remain anonymous.
When they began
cropping up on lampposts
in the southern Brooklyn
neighborhoods late last
week, the mysterious fl yers
erroneously faulted
Chinese residents for the
supposed downfall of Bay
Ridge — claiming they
were allegedly driving
down home prices, operating
“dirty” businesses,
and facilitating the spread
of COVID-19.
“Sad to see racist posts
in our beautiful neighborhood,”
wrote Twitter user
Jorge Escobar.
Many of the signs did
not stay up for long, however,
as locals who came
across the xenophobic fl yers
tore them down, according
to Councilman
Justin Brannan.
“I was thankful to
have so many people
sending photos of them
tearing the signs down,”
Brannan tweeted. “Hate
has no place in our community
and will not be
tolerated. Period.”
Some do-gooders went
further, replacing the fl yers
with their own messages
condemning racism
in their diverse neighborhood
and expressing support
to the area’s Chinese
population.
“I have had so many
local friends message me
saying they are making
their own posters over
the next few days for the
area,” one resident said.
Asian residents make
up a signifi cant 24 percent
of the population
in Bay Ridge and Dyker
Heights, according to city
statistics, and were often
the subject of racism citywide
at the onset of the
novel coronavirus.
The 68 Precinct is investigating
the circulation
of the original fl yers
in collaboration with the
NYPD Hate Crime Task
Force, according to Brannan,
who is also asking
residents who saw the fl yers
to inform the police of
their locations for leads to
possible camera footage.
“We have been asking
the public to let us know
the exact locations where
these fl yers were seen so
the NYPD can continue
to canvass for camera
footage,” Brannan told
Brooklyn Paper. “This
is the most anxious time
for our city that I can remember.
Anyone looking
to further divide us at a
time like is clearly a sociopath.”
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