ROBERT PLANT - ‘Keep Austin Weird, Not Racist’ Group Launches Petition To Rename Robert E. Lee Road In Honour Of LED ZEPPELIN Legend; Video
August 29, 2017, 7 years ago
The march to remove monuments to Confederate generals and warriors in the wake of the deadly white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, has taken an expectedly weird turn in Austin, Texas, reports Billboard. In the city that prides itself on being odd, a group calling itself Keep Austin Weird, Not Racist has launched a petition drive to rename Robert E. Lee Road in honor of one of the city's former residents: ex-Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant.
"Austin, Texas. Hippie kingdom. Liberal oasis. Snowflake land. Call us whatever," a narrator says over smooth samba music in a one-minute video proposal. "Here we're weird, we're gay, we're feminist. We're black, we're Latino... our boobs do not need a bra and our streets? Well, actually our streets might need some help. Why is this still here?" the narrator asks over an image of the Lee Road sign with red spray paint obscuring the name of the Confederate general.
Read the full story at Billboard, and check out the video below:
