Just when it appeared that race relations in the United States were improving, startling news has filtered out of a small Christian (!) University in Newberg (Oregon), that disputes that fact.
Overnight, a cardboard image of presidential candidate - Barack Obama - was strung from a tree on campus and set ablaze.
Faculty members and students alike at George Fox University were shocked at the disturbing turn of events.
In the wake of the unexpected drama, a handful of concerned residents sadly recalled the days of the "lynchings" of blacks in America's troubled past.
Many were furious that the senseless acts of a few succeeded in casting a dark shadow over the hallowed grounds of their upstanding learning institution.
A spokesman for the University noted for the record that he has been employed at George Fox for over two decades - and that during the duration - there has never been any "overt racial act".
Maybe the idea of an Afro-American president still doesn't sit well with some Christian white folks in Oregon?
No, the times they are not necessarily a-changing!
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