A Texas mother who posts on TikTok as @brittanythelawyer said a boy told his friends he would rather take “somebody white” to a homecoming dance than her daughter. She said the boy was also Black.
In her video, she asked viewers how they would feel if their own son said the same thing.
Mom Explained the Homecoming Rules
The mother said her daughter attends an all-girls school that does not hold homecoming events or a dance. “An all-boys school in the area does hold one”, she said.
A girl cannot attend on her own, the mother said. A boy from the all-boys school has to invite her as his date.
She said her daughter had been trying to get an invitation because her friends were going. “She really wants to go,” the mother said.
Mom Said a Her Daughter’s Friend Tried to Make an Introduction
According to the mother, her daughter’s friend already had a date. That date had a friend who did not have one.
The group planned to introduce the boy to her daughter to see whether he would invite her to the dance, the mother revealed.
Before the meeting happened, she said, the friend’s date sent the boy a photo of her daughter.
Mom Detailed the Boy’s Reaction to the Photo
The mother said the boy responded that he “would rather go with somebody white.”
She said she wanted viewers to know one more detail. “And this is a Black boy,” she said.
She revealed the comment made things harder for her daughter. In the video, she said her daughter told her it would be “really hard” to get a date to the dance.
She quoted her daughter as saying, “all of the boys want to take white girls, including the Black boys.”
Mom Asked Viewers How They Would Feel
The mother ended her video with a question for viewers, particularly parents of sons.
“I was rather shocked by this”, she said, asking, “But how would you feel if your son said that?”
She did not say how she planned to respond, whether she had spoken to either school or whether her daughter ended up attending the dance.
How Viewers Responded in the Comments
Viewers left comments on the video. Several reportedly said they would feel ashamed if their own son made a comment like that.
“That’s extremely sad but not surprising,” one person wrote.
Another wrote, “I would think that I’ve failed my son.”
A third commenter wrote, “My son better never say anything like that.”
Other commenters focused on the daughter. One urged the mother to keep her away from the event. “Don’t let her go!!! So she can stay safe,” the person wrote.
