Racist graffiti on Sheffield estate condemned as “heartbreaking”
A Sheffield councillor has spoken of her heartbreak to see racist graffiti appearing in the ward where she grew up.
Nabeela Mowlana, who is currently seeking re-election to the Park and Arbourthorne ward of Sheffield City Council for Labour and Co-operative, said she was contacted by a resident about the graffiti that appeared on a wall of flats on Errington Avenue, Arbourthorne on April 14.
It said: “Dirty Arab”.
The council’s migrant champion reported the graffiti to the council and she said it was removed by the council workforce the next day.
Nabeela Mowlana said: “As a local resident as well as being the councillor for the area, I’m appalled that it ever appeared.
“This is the area I grew up in and I’ve never seen anything like it before. It’s heartbreaking really.
Worry
“I worry for young children who might see that kind of language used.”
There are seven candidates standing for election in Park and Arbourthorne ward on May 7.
The election involves one-third of each of the three councillors for 84 wards, plus two casual vacancies for vacated seats in Beighton and Firth Park wards.
For more online information on the election, including how to use your vote and what identification you will need to produce to vote in person on May 7, go to https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/your-city-council/elections
The full list of candidates is:
CRAVEN, Dwaine, Independent
JEFFERY, Jack, Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
KINGDOM, Ann Patricia, Liberal Democrats
MOWLANA, Nabeela, Labour and Co-operative
SMITH, Matt, Reform UK
STRINGFELLOW, Brian, Conservative
TURNER, Billie Dawn, Green