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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]From one minority to another...don't be a victim and don't teach your kid to be a victim.[/quote]

This.  So very, very much this!!![/quote]

So, how exactly do you think 13 year olds should assess and react situations like this with strange adults? If you’re going to throw out slogans like “don’t be a victim” some practical advice would be helpful.  When kid resists and adult injures the kid; when it’s Black kid’s word against white adult’s — and the police believe the adult.... How exactly are you —“very much this!!!” folks teaching your kids to react? [/quote]

If you expect to find racism at the root of everything, then I guarantee that you'll find it 10 times out of 10.  Unfortunately, some people are just (equal opportunity) assholes but that doesn't automatically make them a racist, too.  Nothing that OP said suggests that this was anything more than that.  OP stated that his/her child is a minority and that the man who took the ball from the child was white.  Thanks to identity politics and a culture of victimhood promoted by politicians and the media, a growing number of people don't need to know anything beyond that before crying racism.

I'm not sure why you're asking how a child should react "when kid resists and adult injures the kid" or "when it’s black kid’s word against white adult’s — and the police believe the adult".  Since OP didn't allege either of these things, I can only assume that you're throwing out hypotheticals here for the sake of being argumentative.  Obviously it's never acceptable for an adult to injure a child and your second scenario lacks many details that have to be considered before assuming that the police were racist for reaching that conclusion.

So how would I encourage my child to react to the situation that OP *did* describe?  First, I would tell him/her that they did the right thing by pointing out that their name was on the ball and also by not engaging this individual further but coming directly to me to report what happened so that I, as an adult, could pursue the matter (and yeah, I'd be pissed off about someone treating my child this way).  I would also explain that some people are just inconsiderate assholes and unfortunately, you're going to run into those kinds of people from time to time throughout your life.  But based on what OP stated, I would *not* tell my child, "you were treated this way because you're &lt;insert race here&gt;".  All that does is reinforce that any time the child feels aggrieved, it's because they're a minority and the offending party is racist.  No rational person would argue that racism doesn't exist but for people to make it their default explanation anytime they're treated poorly or unfairly by somebody who doesn't look like them is either naive or disingenuous.   There are plenty of people in this world who will treat you like shit no matter what color your skin is.  And when you live in the DC metro area, you shouldn't have to look very hard to find a good example of that![/quote]

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