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Dominique McKelley, owner of Bridge 2 Creative Learning Center in Whitehall, said an envelope addressed to her arrived Tuesday with no return address.
Inside were two identical letters — one addressed to her and another to one of her workers — urging the center to fire one of its black workers because of her dark skin color. The letter was posted on social media by staff who condemned its content, and has since gone viral.
”This is not OK," McKelley said, her voice occasionally wavering with emotion. ”It's gone too far — this hatred. Now you're targeting a day care center?"
Whitehall police Chief Michael Marks said he has never seen a letter so offensive in his 20 years in police work.
”It's disturbing. This is not something you want to see in your community," Marks said. ”This is something we as a police department are going to take very seriously."
Marks said such a letter could carry harassment and ethnic intimidation charges, though he conceded locating the sender is tricky. He said there have been no similar incidents reported in the township.
The day care already has security measures in place for the safety of its children, but McKelley said staff is on added alert. Staff members are leaving the facility in pairs so no one is alone.
McKelley briefed her staff on the letter and said she was nervous about revealing it to the worker who was unnamed in the letter but believed to be the target.
”I didn't want her to have to read something like this," she said.
McKelley choked up recounting the experience.
”She started crying. She looked scared," McKelley said of her employee. ”She said she was going to quit. But I convinced her to stay. This has gotten everyone here so fired up.
”To see that look on her face when she read it ... it just gets to you."
The writer of the letter, purported to be a parent, threatened to pull his or her children from the center because the worker's skin was too dark.
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Quaye said the staff rallied around their co-worker, who is quiet and devoted to the kids in her care.
"Here, we treat our staff like family. We've all been trying to put a smile on her face," Quaye said. "This has assured me how strong she is. I look up to her for standing up and staying here. This is where she belongs."
Tyrone Russell, coordinator for racial and ethnic justice for Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley, said the country's current climate has made speech such as the letter common though most people still find it unacceptable.
”I know the culture of the United States right now is very divided. I can see someone like this playing on this division," Russell said. ”Most people don't think like this but there are always knuckleheads that want to stir the pot."
Russell said it was important for law enforcement to condemn such remarks, even if the likelihood of finding the culprit is slim.
”This is what I call invisible violence. It starts when things are said and before something gets done," Russell said. ”If nothing gets done, these people feel like they can take it to the next step."
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/whitehall/mc-nws-whitehall-daycare-racist-letter-20171006-story.html
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.
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/10/ma...enter-after-they-hire-a-too-dark-black-woman/