GA school plans its first ever integrated prom

mysticweed

EVER
white and black students share classrooms but have separate proms
shit
i bet the black dances are better

http://now.msn.com/first-integrated-pro ... -school-ga

It's worth pointing out that this is actual news from 2013, and not from decades ago. Students from Wilcox County High in Georgia are hoping to organize the school's first integrated prom — ever. While black and white students share classrooms, they have different prom and homecoming dances. According Keela Bloodworth, one of the many students "embarrassed" by the toxic policy, a biracial student was turned away from the white prom (which is privately organized, so it's legal) by police in 2012. Even worse, some at the school still oppose an integrated prom: Bloodworth says posters advertising it have been torn down.

Jason P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7lR3YDzKCA

:P

josevolution

This is the South nothing surprizes me about these places freaking hicks :P

hedonist

Jason P wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7lR3YDzKCA

:P

Didn't even have to watch it (again) - the title of the clip alone spurred a laugh. Great scene!

I wonder what took them so long to get this going (ie, how it was tolerated all this time).

Jason P

hedonist wrote:

Jason P wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7lR3YDzKCA

:P

Didn't even have to watch it (again) - the title of the clip alone spurred a laugh. Great scene!

I wonder what took them so long to get this going (ie, how it was tolerated all this time).

It is kind of nuts.

Georgia ... Welcome to the 70's!!!

:fp: :fp: :fp:

CH156378

mysticweed wrote:

EVER
shit
i bet the black dances are better

PJ_Soul

Wow, it is SO insane to me that this is something that's just happening! Just WOW. :fp:

unsung

Georgia is 30% black, so I'm guessing this is an extremely isolated situation.

PJ_Soul

unsung wrote:

Georgia is 30% black, so I'm guessing this is an extremely isolated situation.

I have actually seen similar stories several times before, from various Southern states. And yet it never ceases to shock me (probably because they all involve resistance (racism) to the change). Well, at least all the stories indicate that times are achangin' one way or another by their very existence. Slowly.

I guess the real shock lies in the fact that the USA in particular is so far behind when it comes to this kind of thing. Love it, but it sure is a strange place sometimes.

brianlux

PJ_Soul wrote:

Wow, it is SO insane to me that this is something that's just happening! Just WOW. :fp:

That says it all, PJ_Soul! WOW!

even flow - question mark

Maybe they can get Rosa Parks to have the first dance.

cp3iverson

I've heard of this several times around the south and midwest. Sometimes it's the black dance who won't let the non-blacks in and sometimes it's the other way around. Very sad and backwards. Racism on both sides.

pandora

Seeing our local news story on this was heartbreaking and inspiring.
After watching I had no idea where Wilcox County was, having never heard of it.

Four young woman best friends. Two black two white working together to change the future.
This past fall the Homecoming King was white the Queen black yet still segregated dances.
So these girls are organizing their own integrated prom this spring ...

"The theme will be "Masquerade Ball in Paris." There will be an Eiffel Tower and Mardi Gras-style masks, dancing, flowers, catered food and a clubhouse in nearby Cordele. They're expecting gowns, ties, manicures, up-dos, sparkle. Quanesha has a date, although she hasn't decided on a dress.

"If you want to get fancy, get fancy," Quanesha said. "If you don't, that's fine."

Attendees will vote on a king and queen but also cutest couple, best smile, best dressed. They'll do a recognition ceremony for a classmate who died. They'll start a new prom tradition: a unity toast."

A unity toast...
At the end of the news interview all five of us girls were crying...
wonderful powerful young women making a change

cp3iverson

As cliche as it sounds that's what it'll take to solve those things. Young people from both sides coming together. I've spent a lot of time in the south and you see areas where both races are as racist as can be. It's not even all in the south really. I saw the same thing in rural areas of the northeast. Neither sides ever seemed interested in changing. Younger people are the ones who can fix that.

pandora

cp3iverson wrote:

As cliche as it sounds that's what it'll take to solve those things. Young people from both sides coming together. I've spent a lot of time in the south and you see areas where both races are as racist as can be. It's not even all in the south really. I saw the same thing in rural areas of the northeast. Neither sides ever seemed interested in changing. Younger people are the ones who can fix that.

yes, it is their world to inherit.

blackredyellow

PJ_Soul wrote:

Wow, it is SO insane to me that this is something that's just happening! Just WOW. :fp:

I had to check my calendar and make sure that it didn't say 1964 or something.

cp3iverson

The problem is you have both sides who are brought up to be separate from eachother. It's not an all out hatred as many of them are friends and coexist in school and sports. It's the being taught that "our color does these things only with our color". Proms, other school events. Both sides want it that way. It's sad to witness as an outsider.

So it's different from a 1964 unequal lynching point of view. It's an equal "we don't want to mix with you" thing.

josevolution

cp3iverson wrote:

The problem is you have both sides who are brought up to be separate from eachother. It's not an all out hatred as many of them are friends and coexist in school and sports. It's the being taught that "our color does these things only with our color". Proms, other school events. Both sides want it that way. It's sad to witness as an outsider.

So it's different from a 1964 unequal lynching point of view. It's an equal "we don't want to mix with you" thing.

But let's remember the who are the one's who started these teachings ok let's just be clear on that fine point ......

cp3iverson

josevolution wrote:

cp3iverson wrote:

The problem is you have both sides who are brought up to be separate from eachother. It's not an all out hatred as many of them are friends and coexist in school and sports. It's the being taught that "our color does these things only with our color". Proms, other school events. Both sides want it that way. It's sad to witness as an outsider.

So it's different from a 1964 unequal lynching point of view. It's an equal "we don't want to mix with you" thing.

But let's remember the who are the one's who started these teachings ok let's just be clear on that fine point ......

Having to look so far back to where it began is almost embarassing though. You have generations of whites and blacks brought up to be separate and look down upon the other. Racism this day and age in America is ridiculous. There's no reason for either side to be passing down or following views from any prior generations.

josevolution

cp3iverson wrote:

josevolution wrote:

cp3iverson wrote:

The problem is you have both sides who are brought up to be separate from eachother. It's not an all out hatred as many of them are friends and coexist in school and sports. It's the being taught that "our color does these things only with our color". Proms, other school events. Both sides want it that way. It's sad to witness as an outsider.

So it's different from a 1964 unequal lynching point of view. It's an equal "we don't want to mix with you" thing.

But let's remember the who are the one's who started these teachings ok let's just be clear on that fine point ......

Having to look so far back to where it began is almost embarassing though. You have generations of whites and blacks brought up to be separate and look down upon the other. Racism this day and age in America is ridiculous. There's no reason for either side to be passing down or following views from any prior generations.

I agree but it has been instilled in generation after generation to hate the other race and i really can't fault the blacks on this it will take another hundred yrs to get to where you think this country should be as far as racism is concerned ...Hell even the current President has been treated with way more racism than anyother sitting president ever .....

redrock

blackredyellow wrote:

PJ_Soul wrote:

Wow, it is SO insane to me that this is something that's just happening! Just WOW. :fp:

I had to check my calendar and make sure that it didn't say 1964 or something.

I remember segregation and so many things like that when I lived in GA a long, long time ago. I am as shocked as most here that it's still going on to such an extent.