Quote Originally Posted by Fragony
I do. It is what you make of it. In this case equally harmless.
If you're black, then this is encouraging; if you are not, then it can be ignored. The impact of a word depends upon its speaker and the hearers. Some words, and this is one, hold a history and a ton of emotion. The white child needs this explaining to her (and perhaps so do you): this should be sufficient.

Hmmmm in that case I am a bit dissapointed, if these black folks complain about racism the police has to seek it out.
Agreed. I am interested to know which law has been broken, and whether both children have broken it. It is a shame that the police did not advise the parents to take another course of action. Any chance of these two remaining friends has receded. Disappointing indeed.