The following is via CBS New York:

For the second time in a week, a south shore neighborhood on Staten Island has been hit with hate and targeted with racist graffiti.

But as CBS2�s Jessica Layton reported, the victims in the most recent case are responding in a way you might not expect.

In a neighborhood where American flags adorn the fronts of homes and Halloween decorations are on display, the message of hate stands out in a sickening way.

�It�s hard and very upsetting to know that someone could have that much hate for someone of a certain religion or a certain race,� said vandalism victim Halle Calabrese.

At 17 years old, Calabrese said she has never felt targeted for being Jewish � until her family woke up to the swastika and the anti-Semitic slur Tuesday morning.

�We are scared. We are nervous,� she said. �We don�t know who it was, and we don�t know what we�re dealing with.�

Neighbors passing by looked on in disgust. They were determined, though, not to let the intolerance taint their Wirt Avenue community.

�In these times � it�s, you know, 2017 � you shouldn�t, you know, shouldn�t have to deal with things like that,� said neighbor Drew Padell.

�I can�t believe this has happened here,� said neighbor Mark Mastro.

While CBS2�s crew was in the Rossville neighborhood, NYPD detectives were too. The Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating the vandalism as a possible bias crime.

The incident comes a week after somebody scratched the N-word and the words �get out� into the hood of a car belonging to a family in nearby Annadale.

�No one should go through this,� Calabrese said.

The message is so disturbing a lot of people would have already painted over it. But Calabrese�s family said for now, they�re leaving it up for a reason.

�We don�t want it to just be pushed away,� Calabrese said. �We�re not afraid of words. We are proud of who we are. Nothing can change that.�

But they do want the ignorant person who was responsible caught as soon as possible.

(YWN World Headquarters – NYC)