Arkansas man with an 8-foot black Santa in his yard receives racist letter in his mailbox ordering him to take down the decoration and move out of the neighborhood
- Chris Kennedy put up an 8-foot black Santa Claus inflatable in his front yard earlier this month
- On Monday, he received a nasty letter in his mailbox telling him to take down the decoration and move to another neighborhood
- Kennedy says he has been putting up the black Santa decoration for years without issue, and the letter has made him ‘extremely angry’
- The Little Rock local has received an outpouring of support from others in his community who say they love the festive inflatable
An Arkansas man has been left stunned after receiving a letter from an anonymous neighbor ordering him to take down an 8-foot black Santa Claus decoration he erected in his front yard.
Chris Kennedy, who lives in the Little Rock neighborhood of Lakewood, found the nasty note in his mailbox on Monday, shortly after he put up the festive inflatable in a bid to bring cheer to locals struggling in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
‘It left me extremely angry,’ Kennedy told FOX 16 on Wednesday, describing the message as ‘racist’.
Arkansas man Chris Kennedy has been left stunned after receiving a letter from an anonymous neighbor ordering him to take down an 8-foot black Santa Claus decoration he erected in his front yard
The letter was penned in the voice of a Santa Claus, and read: ‘Please remove your n**** Santa. You should not try to deceive children into believing that I am a n****’
The letter was penned in the voice of a Santa Claus, and read: ‘Please remove your n**** Santa. You should not try to deceive children into believing that I am a n****.
“I am caucasian (white man to you) and have been for 600 years. You being jealous of my race is no excuse for 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. Yours truly, Santa Claus.’
The sender also attached a full-page photo of a white Santa Claus.
Kennedy says he has no clue who the letter could have come from, but says he was surprised to be on the receiving end of such hatred, given he erects the black Santa each and every year
Kennedy says he has no clue who the letter could have come from, but says he was surprised to be on the receiving end of such hatred, given he erects the black Santa each and every year.
“The children love it and that’s what Christmas is about, it’s about children,’ he stated.
The sender also attached a full-page photo of a white Santa Claus