Reply to Cop Suspended After Video Emerges Of Brutal Arrests At Teen Pool Party (In McKinney Texas)

Forum Index » Off-Topic

Reply to "Cop Suspended After Video Emerges Of Brutal Arrests At Teen Pool Party (In McKinney Texas)"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ugh the quotes are all screwed up...

I am not the PP. But this is McLean, VA? I am not saying this story is not true, but it seems Susie is crazy. McLean, VA right, not McLean, Kentucky or Mississippi.

Did you ever just think, Susie and Becky are crazy? [/quote]

Yes, McLean, VA. I don't think Susie or Becky are crazy.  I think Susie is the type described by a poster up thread. She doesn't want to fight anyone else's fight.  She just wants to have a party for her little girl with no drama.  My DD's presence might cause drama.  She didn't call me back to say it was a misunderstanding, Becky didn't clarify today with DD or  ask her if she was coming.  Such is life.  My point was that it was no big deal to her to basically dis-invite my DD because she is AA, and some of her pool members might say something.   Party went on as planned.  That's cool.  But now I have to deal with the fall-out. And there already is.  I have received 4 emails asking why DD wasn't at the party when we originally said we would be there.  But that might be because I was supposed to bring deviled eggs and everyone loves my deviled eggs.   :lol: [/quote]

Susie is crazy.

You should answer the emails. Susie did not want my daughter there because she is AA. Hit send. [/quote] I would do this but I also gives no damns. If you want to be more diplomatic you could hint at this: Susie and I had a conversation and I decided it was best that we skip this event.

[/quote]

Yup.  My email would read "Larla did not attend Beck'y party because, based on the events in Texas, Susie was very concerned and was not sure whether the members of her pool would treat Larla appropriately as she would be the only AA at the party.  Once Susie implied that she might uncomfortable, we thought it best to keep Larla home as not to be a distraction to Becky's party."   [/quote]

I responded to the emails pretty much word for word of this poster. I got a WTF? text immediately from one of the mom's and a call from another mom who is also a member of the same club apologizing for Susie thinking something would happen at the club.  She did say folks at the pool had been talking about the Texas incident...

I really didn't want to derail OP's thread.  By posting my story, I really just wanted folks to realize that these issues are not in the abstract or anecdotal.  That middle class/upper middle class AA's have to deal with issues of race all the time. Just because my child goes to an expensive private school, she is not immune from the same circumstances that other AA children face that are not so fortunate.  The Texas incident really brought into focus that many white Americans see AA children in a such a poor light that even when the police officer is denounced for his actions, it is our child's fault that he behaved in that manner.

I am not a very eloquent writer, so pardon me if I haven't worded my posts very well and I definitely don't want to disparage the Langley Pool and Tennis center.  I want my children to be treated fairly and justly if they ever come in contact with LEOs. Not with the lenses of "I arrested 10 black kids last week for some shenanigins and dumb $hit, so this little black Larla that I called to mall about must be guilty when I walk up on her and she gives me the side eye when I ask her a question.

She is a preteen about to be teenager, not a "Teen-ager [b]lady[/b]".  [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics