Racist and homophobic graffiti spray painted onto Harriet Tubman school in St. Catharines

Niagara police are investigating after racist and homophobic slurs were spray painted onto a school in St. Catharines on Sunday.

Ward 4 city councillor Robin McPherson said in a Tweet that the walls of Harriet Tubman Public School were vandalized, as well as the statue of Harriet Tubman.

1/3 This morning/last night racist and homophobic slurs were written on the walls of Harriet Tubman School. The statue of Harriet Tubman was also vandalized with paint on the statue & racist, mysoginistic & homophobic slurs. This is not acceptable in our our city. pic.twitter.com/guU22K7iWs

— Robin McPherson 🇺🇦 (@uglyshirt) June 12, 2022

School staff were called in to clean up and paint over the graffiti. McPherson says multiple parents and kids saw the vandalism and condemned the hateful act.

The Harriet Tubman statue is one of two in St. Catharines. Tubman was a freedom seeker, social activist and Underground Railroad conductor.