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Langley Swim and Tennis community pool.  I asked my daughter again, what exactly was said to her.  She said "Becky" said to her "Larla, I'm not sure you should come to my party on Wednesday because I wouldn't want happened in Texas to happen to my party.  My daughter says "What happened in Texas?"  Friend says "You haven't seen the video on the news, it all over the internet?"  My daughter then has to remind Becky that she doesn't get to watch TV during the week and has limited access to internet.  Becky says " Some Black kids went to a swim party at a community pool and someone called the police because they weren't supposed to be there.  I've never seen any other black kids at our community pool, so I'm unsure if you should come.  I"ll ask my mom and call you tonight."  My daughter then says "OOOKAYYYY, uh maybe I shouldn't come, I'll have to ask my mom too."

I think my daughter left out some things from the conversation but she was still seriously concerned that she shouldn't go to the party. I then showed her the video of what happened. And Becky has not called as of yet to say whether or not she still is invited.  If Becky has not called by 7pm, I am calling Becky's mom for clarification.[/quote]

On behalf of the white people, please apologize to your daughter for being treated so disrespectfully. If I found out my "Becky" behaved so atrociously, I'd sure punish her by canceling her party in it's entirety. [/quote]

Okay, now I don't know what to do.  I work really hard at not being characterized as an "Angry Black Woman", so I really had to hold my tongue.

I called Becky's mom. Said our usual pleasantries, discussed summer plans and all that.  I then say "Susie, Larla was talking to Becky about the swim party on Wednesday and she seems to have some concerns." Before I could any further, Susie says "Yeah, I know.  Becky doesn't want folks at the pool to be concerned about Larla being there.  You know with all this stuff going on in the media, I too am concerned.  So I don't know."  I was speechless and really didn't know what to say for a moment.  I was really trying to measure my response.  I say "Susie, I really don't know what to say, is Larla invited or not?  Honestly its' not a big deal you know, because we have a pool.  Larla and Becky have been good friends for a couple of years and I would hate for this to come between them or us.  Larla was really surprised that Becky didn't know if she could come to the party because she is black.  Do you think members of your club would cause problems for my daughter?  She says flatly "I don't know".  I say "Are there any other black members?" She says "I'm sure there are, but we haven't seen any at the pool since I've been a member."  I then say "Susie, I appreciate the invite, but Larla won't be coming.  You all have a great summer and I hope Becky has a nice party.  Thanks."  I hung up.

I told my little Larla she would not be going to the party, she was disappointed.  I told her she could have a few friends over to our private home pool over the weekend if she wanted.  She then asks if she should/could invite Becky?  I say I don't know, I'll have to ask DH.  My DD likes Becky, I like her too. But I don't if I can allow this friendship to continue because it appears that neither Susie or Becky would stand up for my DD if in their presence some racist $hit went down.

I'm just speechless.  These are the really difficult conversations we have to have.  [/quote]

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