Ten to one this is a hoax. But it's gone viral in the media anyway. I saw it on CBS Evening News tonight.
Here's the story from Good Morning America...
I can't help but notice the choice of clothing by the victim.
Holiday yard displays featuring Black Santa Claus decorations are popping up all over an Arkansas neighborhood after a homeowner received a racist note about a 7-foot inflatable Black Santa decoration in his yard.
Chris Kennedy, of North Little Rock, Arkansas, said he received a letter in his mailbox on Nov. 23, just a few days before Thanksgiving,
The letter, signed as if it were from Santa Claus, read, "Please remove your negro Santa Claus yard decoration. You should try not to deceive children into believing that I am negro. I am a caucasian (white man, to you) and have been for the past 600 years. Your being jealous of my race is no excuse for your dishonesty. Besides that, you are making yourself the laughing stock of the neighborhood. Obviously, your values are not that of the Lakewood area and maybe you should move to a neighborhood out east with the rest of your racist kind.”
Kennedy, 33, said as soon as he saw the word negro, he went inside and planned to record himself reading the letter aloud so he could send it to his wife, Iddy. When he unlocked his phone, the Facebook app was open, so Kennedy, a food blogger, instead began to stream on Facebook Live as he read the letter, which also included an image of a white Santa pointing his two thumbs down.
Here's the story from Good Morning America...
I can't help but notice the choice of clothing by the victim.
Holiday yard displays featuring Black Santa Claus decorations are popping up all over an Arkansas neighborhood after a homeowner received a racist note about a 7-foot inflatable Black Santa decoration in his yard.
Chris Kennedy, of North Little Rock, Arkansas, said he received a letter in his mailbox on Nov. 23, just a few days before Thanksgiving,
The letter, signed as if it were from Santa Claus, read, "Please remove your negro Santa Claus yard decoration. You should try not to deceive children into believing that I am negro. I am a caucasian (white man, to you) and have been for the past 600 years. Your being jealous of my race is no excuse for your dishonesty. Besides that, you are making yourself the laughing stock of the neighborhood. Obviously, your values are not that of the Lakewood area and maybe you should move to a neighborhood out east with the rest of your racist kind.”
Kennedy, 33, said as soon as he saw the word negro, he went inside and planned to record himself reading the letter aloud so he could send it to his wife, Iddy. When he unlocked his phone, the Facebook app was open, so Kennedy, a food blogger, instead began to stream on Facebook Live as he read the letter, which also included an image of a white Santa pointing his two thumbs down.
