A road sign in London has been vandalised just a day after it was unveiled. Black Boy Lane had been renamed to La Rose Lane, after a campaign by Black Lives Matter supporters highlighted its racial connotations.
The renaming follows the anti-racism protests sparked by the murder of George Floyd in the hands of US police in 2020.
Haringey council decided to rename ‘Black Boy Lane’ in Tottenham to reflect diversity in the borough
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