A disturbing anecdote

On the way home from the train today (Saturday, Aug 15 @ 5pm), I was walking home (from the Air & Water show/Red Line) on 79th with my cousins, who are visting from the Netherlands. They're white, as I am (well, genetically half, anyway).

As we're approaching Indiana & 79th, a car with temporary plates slows down, and a young male (late teen/early 20's?) sticks his head out the window and yells "F***ing Cracker!" (He had 2-3 friends in the vehicle too). They pulled over for a second, then took off.

I have been in this neighborhood for 2 years, and most interactions have been positive. I am very solid in the feeling that such words are not representative of the Chatham community or the 6th ward as a whole.


But that really bothered me...i didn't have time to react, or to look that person in the eye to address their issue. Just drive by hate...verbal violence.

Anybody have any ideas who those guys were? Or had experience with people in our neighborhood with similar feelings?

Just had to get it out, while it was fresh...