There was one guest missing from a 10-year-old’s birthday party Friday after her friend said she couldn’t attend because the birthday girl was black.
Harmony Jones celebrated her tenth birthday with a slumber party last week, but one of her friends, a white classmate, sent a handwritten note declining the invitation. “Maby [sic] I will not be able to come to your birthday sleepover, because my dad will not let me go because you are black,†the note said. “Not trying to be races [sic], but my mom let me go. Happy birthday!â€
Harmony Jones celebrated her tenth birthday with a slumber party last week, but one of her friends, a white classmate, sent a handwritten note declining the invitation. “Maby [sic] I will not be able to come to your birthday sleepover, because my dad will not let me go because you are black,†the note said. “Not trying to be races [sic], but my mom let me go. Happy birthday!â€