One man late Thursday night sprayed three hateful words on the garage door of a northwest Santa Rosa family.
Sunday afternoon, a clean-up crew of more than 50 people appalled by the display of racism, showed up to wipe away the graffiti and show Fijian immigrants Di and Bentley Chong Wan that one guy with a spray can doesn't speak for them.
Residents of the older subdivision near Coffey Park streamed into the cul-de-sac where the Wans have rented a home for the last year bearing covered dishes, small bouquets of flowers and supportive signs reading, "Only Love Prevails Here" and "Keep Hate out of Santa Rosa".
"I am so overwhelmed by the support of my neighbors" said Di Chong Wan, surveying the turnout from a camp chair on the sidewalk. "Something good always comes out of small bad things. Love overrides everything."
"If it happens somewhere else its hard to do anything about it. But I can do this and it feels really good", said Tucker, who has lived in the neighborhood for 25 years. For the potluck she looked up Fijian recipes and made a traditional banana cake.
Read more by Meg McConahey here: http://www.pressdemocrat.com/n...oods-love?artslide=0
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