Racist message found written on Ann Arbor family home
DETROIT – A 10-year-old girl -- born to a Black father and white mother -- found a racist message written in permanent marker on the door frame of their Ann Arbor home.
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“I want people to around Michigan, around Ann Arbor, to know this happens,” said the father.
The family’s identity is being withheld over concerns they could be targeted again, but they said it is important to show what the daughter found on their door in the middle of Ann Arbor.
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