In a protest against “old racism” the majority of people of Stroud, England say they want the Blackboy statue removed, but the building it adorns is a private organization.
The potential removal of the racist 250-year-old Blackboy clock statue in Stroud, Gloucestershire, comes after campaigners argued it was traumatic for people of colour .
The sculpture (pictured) is located on the side of a Grade II listed building named Blackboy House in Stroud, Gloucestershire, and strikes a bell on the hour.
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