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The Marcus Rashford mural – an anatomy of a moral panic

16 July 2021

6:51 PM

16 July 2021

6:51 PM

Late on Sunday night, less than an hour after England lost on penalties to Italy in the European championship final, a mural of the United striker Marcus Rashford was defaced in his hometown of Withington in south Manchester.

Shortly afterwards the defaced part of the mural was hidden by black bin-liners and an online campaign was launched by the artist to repair the mural.

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