When I moved to East TN temporarily years ago, I opened the door to the rental to see a swastika on the doorstep. My first thought was 'oh come on, really', as

When I moved to East TN temporarily years ago, I opened the door to the rental to see a swastika on the doorstep. My first thought was 'oh come on, really', as if every stereotype was right. It was small and in red, maybe lipstick? So I googled, and realized it was backwards. And that was the apparently the symbol of the article. I called the owner just to let him know I didn't do it. Really old 'grumpy' white guy. He said 'oh, some sweet Indian family lived here before you, they asked if they could do that and I told them it's theirs to do what they want. You can leave it or clean it off.' Learned a lot that day, and busted a few common stereotypes in the process. Ended up being an area with a lot of really good people. FWIW, I ended up leaving it after reading about it. As mentioned, it wasn't big nor offensive looking. I wonder if the next family went through the same thing.