A mural at a San Diego-area charter school will be changed so it no longer portrays President Trump’s head on a spear, officials from the school say.
According to MAAC Community Charter School director Tommy Ramirez, the mural does “not align with our school’s philosophy of non-violence.”
“We have been in communication with the artist — who has agreed to modify the artwork — to better align with the school’s philosophy,” Ramirez said in a statement.
“We expect that this, and other murals, will give cause for conversation among our student population and are ready to help them reflect on it and formulate their own opinions about its message and implications,” he added.
The mural was painted during a fundraiser by artist Sasha Andrade during an annual scholarship fundraiser. Since then, the school received complaints and later opted to partially cover the part of the mural depicting Trump, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune.
A photo had been posted to Facebook by Andrade, who said, “They can try to censor it but here it is guys!”
Andrade shared in another Facebook post that the mural has prompted hateful messages from others on social media.
“The only thing this man has done, bring racism and white supremacists to hide behind their computers and harass anyone who does not support trump,” she wrote. “It irritates me and saddens me that this is the country we are living in full of hate and fascist people.”
