Everybody Hates

A black woman and a Jewish man on Long Island have been the targets of hate mail. They were living with their seven children on in Smithtown, but have decided to move to North Carolina to escape the racial hatred. More than 95 percent of Smithtown’s residents are white, which probably still does not explain this neighbor’s comment:

"We had lovely Negro, um, African-American neighbors to the left and right," said Niebuhr, who is not suspected of sending the mailings. "I think all that was blown out of proportion."