Outpouring of love counters sign of hate on Ojai peace sign
Photo by Fern Barishman
A ubiquitous pink peace sign in Ojai, created by Fern Barishman s neighbor Lou Mora, was given to her by friend Brian Berman. It replaces the peace sign in front of Barishman s home on Ojai s Ventura Street that was defaced with a spraypainted backward swastika, obscenity and racial epithet sometime overnight between Feb. 19 and Feb. 20.
Ojai Valley News editor
Who ever spraypainted a backward swastika, racial epithet and obscenity on a pink peace sign on Ojai’s Ventura Street during the night from Feb. 19 to the morning of Feb. 20 probably had no idea that act of hate would prompt such an outpouring of love.
Swastika and racial epithet spraypainted on pink peace sign on Ojai’s Ventura Street
Submitted photo
A swastika was spraypainted backward on a pink Ojai peace sign in front of a house on North Ventura Street in Ojai sometime in the night between Friday, Feb. 19, and the morning of Saturday, Feb. 20. An obscenity and racial epithet were spraypainted on the opposite side of the sign.
A backward swastika was spraypainted in blue on a pink peace sign at the front of an Ojai residence on North Ventura Street sometime during the night between Friday, Feb. 19, and the morning of Saturday, Feb. 20.