According to ABC 10 News, a racist letter was left in the door of Dream Girls salon in Elk Grove, California this week.

Police are investigating the incident as a hate crime.

The letter was full of racist and derogatory language, and basically made it clear that the black owned business was not at all welcome in the community. The front of the letter announced that a "Coon hunt" was "coming soon."

Photo: KRCA Sacramento

The owner of the salon, Sharie Wilson, is the first African-American business owner in Elk Grove's Old Town neighborhood.

However, this is not the first time Wilson's business has been on the receiving end of racist attacks.

Since opening her salon in 2009, Wilson says there have been several racially-charged incidents.

"This is not the first incident. We've had feces thrown at my front door. We've had people call the salon telling us 'N*gger get out,'" Wilson said. "It's a lot of things been happening over the years, and I've been … calling the police and nothing has happened."

This time, however, the police are investigating the incident.

"We're hopeful that there'll be some kind of forensic evidence that we're be able to match to an existing print in the database," a Chris Trim, an Elk Grove police spokesperson told KCRA Sacramento.

Wilson is happy to hear that the police are taking this case seriously. She told FOX 40 Sacramento that she worries things might escalate otherwise. 

"What is it going to take for Elk Grove to wake up and say this is serious. Somebody gotta be hung on a light pole? Hung?" Wilson asked.

Fortunately, many of the neighborhood's other residents of the neighborhood have shown support for Wilson and Dream Girls by delivering handwritten letters of encouragement, flowers, and warm embraces.

Mohammed Ali, the owner of a store near Wilson's, told FOX 10, "Everyone who wants to do business, do their work, they deserve respect."

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