The Republican National Convention featured an unfortunate set of signs around Cleveland’s Quicken Loans Arena that read “white elevators.”
Convention planners arranged a set of red, white and blue elevators, but many were quick to point out how racially insensitive it was to see something marked “white elevators” in 2016.
I’m sure they are red and blue elevators. But I took the stairs. #gopconvention
— Donna Brazile (@donnabrazile) July 17, 2016
Spotted at the #RNCinCLE. I’m told it’s being replaced for obvious reasons. pic.twitter.com/SVayl1zGCd
— Byron Tau (@ByronTau) July 16, 2016
By Monday, most mentions of the white elevators had been removed from the arena, though at least one remained.
Not every reference to “White Elevators” has been scrubbed from convention signs by day one cc @ByronTau pic.twitter.com/tWVLDp4Mlt
— Leigh Munsil (@leighmunsil) July 18, 2016
