GoFundMe for 5-year-old boy targeted with racial slurs at playground surpasses fundraising goal

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GoFundMe for 5-year-old boy targeted with racial slurs at playground surpasses fundraising goal

The Rochester branch of the NAACP has launched a fundraiser for a five-year-old boy at the center of a viral incident.

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