I live in Birmingham, AL and find it almost offensive that Banksy portrays our city in this way. The KKK community here is very small, nearly nonexistent. Birmingham has a very high tolerance for people of all kinds. Most people here do not even think about race differences. Cottonwood, AL, though. . .that’s a different story.
Emma – I think he may have been referring to the historical treatment of African-Americans in Birmingham, particularly during the Civil Rights Movement – the Klan was particularly brutal towards them during that time period.
I read in the Birmingham News that the entire wall this was painted on has been taken down.
Talk a serious collector!
wow
Wow….graffittis amaze me, they are so sharp
take a look:
http://tinyurl.com/5gnafp
Great…!
Awesome.
great find.
back in the day, the punk band the disenchanted had a t-shirt with a very similar image on it.
check out more bansky stuff here:
http://apocalyptickiwi.wordpress.com/2008/05/02/a-banksy-bonanza/
Neato, let’s hope he makes his way up north soon.
Amazing Banksy speaks the truth! Some might say graffiti i say art.
Nice one, Banksy.
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The wall wasn’t taken down. A bunch of southern boys took black spray paint to it and covered the whole thing. Check it out here: http://raincoaster.com/2008/09/09/banksy-strikes-again/
And the wall was then taken down.
I love Banksy.. he should come to Montreal.
I live in Birmingham, AL and find it almost offensive that Banksy portrays our city in this way. The KKK community here is very small, nearly nonexistent. Birmingham has a very high tolerance for people of all kinds. Most people here do not even think about race differences. Cottonwood, AL, though. . .that’s a different story.
Response to Rusty
Graffiti IS ART
Emma – I think he may have been referring to the historical treatment of African-Americans in Birmingham, particularly during the Civil Rights Movement – the Klan was particularly brutal towards them during that time period.