Police have arrested a man on suspicion of criminal damage after graffiti was found on the side of a Charles Dickens museum in Kent.
The attraction in Broadstairs, which was the author's inspiration for the home of Betsey Trotwood in David Copperfield, had the words"Dickens racist" written on the front of the property. It appeared over the weekend and a Kent Police spokesman said the 63-year-old suspect remained in custody as enquiries continue.Thanet District Council, which runs the Dickens House Museum, has criticised the graffiti.
In a statement to KentOnline, a council spokesman said:"As a council, we comply with our Public Sector Equality Duty and are committed to tackling racial inequality but there is still more to be done.
For heaven's sake ...most Victorians were terrible racists BUT YOU KNOW THEY ARE DEAD and a house cannot be racist. Why don't we deface the collosium in memory of all the black gladiators and slaves killed by the Romans ...I mean REALLY this is ludicrous!!!!
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Charles Dickens was a genius, but like many of his time undoubtedly very racistI think I know what Ebeneezer saw when he travelled with the Ghost of Christmas yet to come........ looking at the past with eyes of the future is a mistake. Stop defending idiotic behaviour. It's vandalism & totally pointless. It changes nothing. Nothing will ever change the past or its people. Utterly pathetic, childish, ignorant actions by communists.
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