Racist Graffiti Around Manchester Is Mysteriously Being Covered By Cat Stickers
Manchester’s walls have been getting an unusual kind of makeover, and it is hard not to smile at the contrast. Where racist graffiti once stood out, tiny cat stickers are now popping up in its place, turning ugly vandalism into something a lot more playful.
The stickers have been spotted across the city on walls, billboards, and signposts, and people have started tracing them back to an Australian organization called Cracks Appearing Distro. It is a small act, but it has clearly caught attention well beyond Manchester.
Now the internet is weighing in on the mystery, the message, and the very cute cats doing the covering. Read on.
The stickers can be spotted all around the city.
On walls, billboards, and signposts.
The stickers have been traced to an Australian organization known as Cracks Appearing Distro.
The group offers a wide variety of stickers for around $14 per pack. It is a pretty expensive way to cover graffiti.
It is a small fix, but it makes a big statement.
Other European cities have had interesting ways of covering offensive graffiti in the past, too.
In Berlin, various street artists covered swastikas with creative paintings.
It's horrible to imagine that people are still using this hate symbol!
The internet, naturally, loved the cat stickers.
Of course, the internet embraced this awesome way of diminishing some of the racism in these major cities.
AGREE! I love cats!
People had plenty to say about the whole thing.
Very cool!
And then there was this guy.
... and then there was this guy. Typical, no profile pic. *eye roll*
And this guy.
Manchester’s cat sticker mystery is still delightfully weird.
For another cat-fueled argument, see how a pet owner’s tattoo stickers on a hairless cat sparked backlash.
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