veiled4allah: cross burned at black man's home in Washington state veiled4allah: cross burned at black man's home in Washington stateA cross was burned on the front lawn of a black minister in the middle of the night following threats to his son at school. The 3-by-5-foot cross held together with duct tape was discovered about 2 a.m. Wednesday, Police Chief John L. Gray said. Firefighters doused the flames...Since when would a cross-burning not be about race?
...The Rev. Jason Martin, 38, pastor of a Pentecostal congregation in Marysville, said he moved into the neighborhood with his wife and six children 17 months ago. He said he wasn't afraid, but "I'm very concerned for my children."
Last year, he said, a student at Arlington High School threatened one of his sons by saying he would blow up the family's house, and last week someone deliberately drove a car over the lawn.
"I think it's because of race," he said. "We're one of the only black families in this community."
According to the 2000 census, slightly more than 1 percent of Arlington's 12,000 residents are black...
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