We Don't Want You Here!!

As American days pass we get more and  used to the concept of freedom (more about that in the coming weeks). Those of us who are a part of generation X are in our early to mid forties now, and we are accustomed to having complete autonomy when it comes to how we live our lives. We've been able to go any place we want, and live any place we want for the most part, without having to worry about a cross being burned on our front lawns or having clowns covered in white sheets show up to express their "disdain". While many of us are aware of the impact of history. The fact is, to us it is just that. History. Until we actually experience it!

Police in Suffolk County, N.Y., are investigating a possible hate crime aimed at an African-American family in Lindenhurst.

Ronica Copes, a resident of the Long Island suburban neighborhood, received the hate letter, written in bold capital letters, warning her family that they did not belong in the neighborhood because “Lindenhurst is 84% white population.” The letter writer goes on to say that her family should leave “as soon as you can.”

Suffolk County Executive Steven Bellone called the author a coward in a statement released soon after.

“To the coward who committed a hate crime against an innocent family in Lindenhurst—there is no place for intolerance in Suffolk County,” he wrote, according to the television news outlet. “I know the Suffolk County Police Department will do everything possible to solve this hate crime, out you and see you punished. I stand together with all Lindenhurst residents who decry this act of hatred. This community and all of Suffolk County are better than that.”

Copes thanked supporters, adding that she would keep everyone informed of the outcome of the investigation.

So it seems, at least in Suffolk county New York, the more things change, the more things stay the same.

PR