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left-of-center2012

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Fri Oct 6, 2017, 07:20 PM Oct 2017

Racist parents 'That black woman is too dark'

‘Make Daycare Great Again’: Parents send racist letter to childcare center after they hire a ‘too dark’ black woman

Employees at a daycare center in Pennsylvania came to work earlier this week to discover that they’d been sent a hateful anonymous letter, presumably from parents, directed at a black employee.

“So most of us noticed you have a black girl working for the daycare,” the anonymous letter read. “Our problem is she’s too dark most of the kids is scared of her. I am only telling you this because some of us are planning to pull our kid form the daycare shes an eye sore [sic].”

The letter went on to recommend that if they must “touch all of the nationalities,” the daycare should “maybe hire a light skinned black.”

“I hope you make her aware shes not wanted,” the poorly-written letter continued. “I’m sending her a copy as well. However if she needs a job Mcdonalds [sic] is always hiring her kind.”

“P.S. Just trying ‘TO MAKE YOUR DAYCARE GREAT AGAIN,'” the letter concluded.

Fellow employees at the daycare posted images of the letter on Twitter. The letter’s veracity was verified by Snopes and by an article published in the local Morning Call newspaper.

https://www.rawstory.com/2017/10/make-daycare-great-again-parents-send-racist-letter-to-childcare-center-after-they-hire-a-too-dark-black-woman/

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Racist parents 'That black woman is too dark' (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Oct 2017 OP
This should be published across every news paper front page. DK504 Oct 2017 #1
Most people think the Trump effect Eko Oct 2017 #2
And when the young woman revealed the nasty letter, she was targeted by tblue37 Oct 2017 #3
Deplorable lunasun Oct 2017 #5
Oh, and K&R for visibility. nt tblue37 Oct 2017 #4

Eko

(8,491 posts)
2. Most people think the Trump effect
Fri Oct 6, 2017, 07:42 PM
Oct 2017

is that racists and misogynists are becoming emboldened. While that is true to a large effect I think there is something else that may be happening that is a positive thing. I think more people are reporting and talking about people that are racist and misogynist. I think it is becoming more and more, whats a good word,,,,,deplorable in our polite society. Please don't confuse this with me thinking any of this is good, it is not. But is is heartening to see more good people stand up.

tblue37

(66,035 posts)
3. And when the young woman revealed the nasty letter, she was targeted by
Fri Oct 6, 2017, 08:05 PM
Oct 2017

Last edited Fri Oct 6, 2017, 11:13 PM - Edit history (1)

Trump supporters--of course:

The image tweeted by the employee identified as “Lexi” soon went viral, causing her to receive threats from Trump supporters that led her to hire a lawyer.
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