"Racist fish" . With this graffiti, the famous bronze statue of The Little Mermaid , made in honor of the famous fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersenen , in Copenhagen (Denmark) has dawned . The police have assured that they have not yet identified the perpetrators.
The 107-year-old sculpture, which is visited by a million tourists each year , has been vandalized on other occasions by anti-whaling activists and pro-democracy activists . Twice, being beheaded .
"We consider it vandalism and have started an investigation," said a Copenhagen police spokesman.
Protesters from the Black Lives Matter movement around the world have demonstrated in recent months against statues of historical figures who played a role in racist oppression , such as slave traders and colonialists.
The Little Mermaid has not been a part of this debate, but last year a new Disney version of the 1989 animated film of the same name was the subject of controversy after African-American actress Halle Bailey was cast for the central role.
"I am having a hard time seeing what is particularly racist in the fairy tale 'The Little Mermaid,'" Ane Grum-Schwensen , a researcher at the HC Andersen Center at the University of Southern Denmark, told local media outlet Ritzau .
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