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December 22, 2005
Today in Bigotry
R
acial slurs and "KKK" were spraypainted in a nice neighborhood, says the Durham Herald Sun. An area resident says "The less you write about it, the better off it will be . . . . The less I say about it, the better it will be." A local NAACP leader says it wasn't the real KKK.
Charles Smith, president of the NAACP's Durham chapter, said he didn't think the vandalism was evidence of an active hate group in Durham."I would think it's a prank, the way it's done and where it's done at," Smith said, adding that he thought the vandals might be teens or "someone trying to get attention."
Smith also said that if the incidents were connected to the Ku Klux Klan, the crime would have been more serious than vandalism, like a house fire.
Posted by at December 22, 2005 11:08 AM
Comments
My boss lives in this neighborhood. Judging from his comments, this is nothing like the cross burnings in Durham last summer. This seems to be related to petty vandalism (cars driving across lawns at 3:00 am, random spray painting). I think the NAACP is correct.
Posted by: johna at December 22, 2005 4:27 PM