Unknown; Occupy Wall Street Archives Working Group
Object Type
Signs
Description
This cardboard reads "Racism is strictly forbidden here" and affixed to the sign is a sticker that reads "Occupy Central Park." The sticker advertises a demonstration that was set to take place on November 11, 2011. Although Occupy encouraged a new wave of class analysis, participants called attention to the whiteness of Occupy, acknowledging racism within the movement, and sought to develop more connections with people of color-led anti-racist movements in New York City and across the country.
Image Description
This cardboard sign, written in black marker reads "Racism is strictly forbidden here." Affixed to the sign is a sticker that reads, "Occupy Central Park.”
Citation
"Racism forbidden" sign, circa 2011-2012; TAM.630 Occupy Wall Street Archives Working Group Records; box 27; Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University