Racist room note left by previous guest, Sarasota hotel says

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Room 622 at the Art Ovation Hotel in downtown Sarasota, the scene where a racist note was found. [Herald-Tribune staff photo / Anna Bryson] ▲ Michael Davis posted on his Facebook page this note found in his family's room at Art Ovation Hotel in Sarasota. [MICHAEL DAVIS VIA FACEBOOK] ▲SARASOTA — The racist note discovered by an African-American family in their hotel room on the Fourth of July was left by a previous guest and was not directed at the family, according to an internal investigation by Art Ovation Hotel. Davis said that he is "still slightly concerned" about his initial exchange with management at the Art Ovation Hotel. According to a previous statement, the hotel is planning on "reinforcing its sensitivity training with associates at all levels."

African-American finds note with racial slur in Florida hotel room

Michael Davis posted on his Facebook page this note found in his family's room at Art Ovation Hotel in Sarasota. ▲SARASOTA, Fla. — For one family staying at a Sarasota hotel, the Fourth of July provided an experience that showed the nation still has not rid itself of the racial prejudice of its past. Michael Davis found a note in his family's room at Art Ovation Hotel that read, "You're a n----r."The family went out to breakfast, and upon returning to the hotel room, Davis found the note on the lamp, written on the hotel's stationery. "The hotel manager … saying that he would 'absolutely feel safe' in this hotel after this happened showed an unbelievable lack of empathy," read Davis' post. He moved his family to a hotel in Clearwater because they did not feel safe at the Art Ovation Hotel in Sarasota.

Racist note left for African-American family at Florida hotel

As it stated in "Who knows what other kind of actions that individual who clearly knew we were there was capable of," Davis said. "Which is why we decided to relocate and find additional lodging for the remainder of our stay."