'No Room For Racism' Signs Hang Along California Highway

SHASTA COUNTY, CA -- Officials in a Northern California county, where residents overwhelmingly voted for President Donald Trump, have hung up "No Room for Racism" signs along the highway. The signs, which can be found throughout Shasta County, come as some residents face racism, the Los Angeles Times reported.

"Just after Trump won the presidency, a student at Redding’s Shasta High School handed out fake deportation notices to students of different ethnicities," the Los Angeles Times article said. "Earlier that year, students at nearby University Preparatory School attending a basketball game against a largely Latino Colusa County team held up signs with pictures of beans and shouted that opposing players were 'felons.'"

The Shasta County Board of Supervisors even declared the region a "non-sanctuary" area despite efforts by state leaders who passed laws in support of immigrants.

The Los Angeles Times said the region is home to 80 percent white residents.

"It was here, at a campaign rally at the Redding Municipal Airport, that Trump pointed to Gregory Cheadle, a black man in the mostly white audience, and said: 'Look at my African American over here! Aren’t you the greatest?'"

Read the full Los Angeles Times article here.

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