Misogynist and racist graffiti on bike path

Large misogynistic and racist graffiti along privacy fence facing bike path next to railroad tracks. Message reads: „JEANINE LOVES GREASY WEB BACK DICK GEORGE“.

An additional racist graffiti painting containing the N-word appeared in the same general location, later in May 2022:

 

„White Power“ graffiti along Lindo Channel

„WHITE POWER“ graffiti was found on the walking path north of the Lindo Channel in North Chico. Further down the path, the „N-word“ was also written on a City sign. This is an area regularly featuring homeless encampments–most of which have recently been evicted by Chico PD.

 

 

Racist graffiti vandalizes Mechoopda mural

Letter from Chico News & Review (May 9, 2019):

Marred by racist graffiti

White supremacy is alive and well in Chico, Calif. This is occupied Mechoopda Maidu land. Ali Meders-Knight is a Mechoopda Maidu indigenous woman, a mother of five indigenous girls, and an amazing artist. She is painting a mural celebrating Mechoopda culture at Second and Cedar streets with fellow artist Christian Garcia. Over the weekend someone vandalized their art with racist graffiti including swastikas and “White Power.”

Saturday was Chico’s “Pioneer Day Parade.” Romanticizing pioneers is whitewashing the history that colonizers murdered, raped and tortured indigenous people, and stole the land.

Sunday was an international day to honor all the countless missing and murdered indigenous women in North America. Native Women are the most likely of any demographic to experience sexual assault, domestic violence, police violence. Today I ask you to think deeply about the systemic and daily terrorism and trauma that native women live with for simply existing.

Rain Scher
Chico