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Originally Posted by Little32
To the bolded: I was talking about the parents too, unfortunately.
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Yes, just as I thought, you don't really disagree with Kevin and me.
Just typing past each other and splitting hairs.
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Originally Posted by Little32
To your question, which is an interesting one, I probably would prefer that they not just because, as noted before, there were people at the pool that day who were, reportedly, making comments and taking actions based on race. As a parent, I would want to shield my children from that sort of bigotry
On the other hand, that might ensure that the incident would continue to be given "more weight than it deserves," to cite Morrison again, in terms of the impact that it would have on my children's overall development. So I would probably do what my mom did when I first went to her with my story, equip them with the tools to make sense of it (and my mama's tools were filled with sass  ), and send them back out into the world.
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I am back and forth with this.
I think I would let my kid go back on a trial basis. I would tell my child to be observant but not paranoid. Have fun and be respectful towards others. I would ask my child to report any race-based (not just kids being kids) comments or mistreatment to a camp supervisor. If I could, I would go with my kid.
Part of me would not let my kid go, however, integration often happens like this. People hesitate to be around "others" unless forced to do so. Then people get used to it and realize that these kids aren't coming to change the tone of the pool area or anything of the sort. Now, if the club notices changes to their club that are a matter of lack of hometraining or something to that effect, THEN the club can speak with the camp counselors, not about race and their scared club members, but about making sure the kids stick to the "rule of the pool."