Running these kinds of no-brainer stories as "news" just discourages diligence among neighbors, not to mention foster Mom's nonsense about hurtfulness and her "boy" feeling loved, and all that BS.
At least they didn't kill him, and then the dog. People are way too ready to be offended, demanding of apologies.
You can't have affirmative action, deliberative actions meant to be "welcoming," and at the same time unconscious of race.
During the year that the foster man (he is 18) had been with the family, one might ask whether the parents introduced him to the neighbors, or whether they included him in family pictures displayed the house.