September 28, 2006
ABC 7 Has No Love for Puerto Rico
What's wrong with a little culture? ABC 7 highlighted Graffiti Free NYC, a graffiti cleanup program sponsored by the New York City Economic Development Corporation, and videotaped their work power washing illegal tags and throw ups off walls. Though the video is chock full of the illegal stuff, they illustrate the story with a photo of a Puerto Rican flag mural. Since the mural is legal and not technically graffiti, they should really rename the article, “Getting rid of NYC’s Puerto Rican culture.” That or differentiate between whitewashing walls and whitewashing residents.
