Georgia school tries to hold first racially integrated prom dance

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/04/03/georgia-school-to-hold-first-racially-integrated-prom-dance/

Though the Supreme Court ruled racial segregation unconstitutional in 1954, parents in a town in Georgia have ensured the doctrine of separate but equal survived at prom dances.

But that could all change. Students at Wilcox County High School in south Georgia have organized the schools very first racially integrated prom, which will be held on April 27.

We live in rural south Georgia, where not too many things change, they wrote on a Facebook page they created. Well, as a group of adamant high school seniors, we want to make a difference in our community. For the first time in the history of our county, we plan to have an integrated prom.

When the school was integrated 30 years ago, it ended its annual prom and parents began sponsoring their own private dances for students. The prom and homecoming dances have been segregated ever since.

A biracial student tried to attend an all-white prom last year. The incident resulted in the student being turned away and police being called.

I actually put up posters for the integrated prom and weve had people ripping them down at the school, Keela Bloodworth, one of the organizers of the integrated prom, told local news station WSFA.

LOLGeorgia...................

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lolwut

Well that's big of them.

I actually put up posters for the integrated prom and weve had people ripping them down at the school, Keela Bloodworth, one of the organizers of the integrated prom, told local news station WSFA.

This girl is clearly a liar and a racist.  Racism doesn't exist anymore, and anyone who says otherwise is the real racist.

>2013

>Racial segregation

Nowhere but the South, bunch of backward ass f*cks.

Better late than never but Damn that's just a little ridiculous.

My Proms would have been WAY less awesome if they were segregated.

Turned away a biracial person? That's pretty fvcked up. HoolaHoopMan

LOL "One Drop" Rule.

[QUOTE="HoolaHoopMan"]Turned away a biracial person? That's pretty fvcked up. worlock77

LOL "One Drop" Rule.

Jesus

fvcking

Christ

you think racism istn't alive and well?

I was in a mixed race relationship in California only 25 years ago and you would not believe the crap we went through and the words I heard.

Also I am glad Obama was elected because now we have elected a mixed race president maybe some day we really will be able to elect a black president.

While we do have our first black first lady, Obama is mixed race just like my daughter.;)

How has that been legal for all of those years?! 

I was seriously expecting an Onion article when I saw the topic. 

I have a hard time believing this never got brought up sooner. 

How has this been legal!?

I was seriously expecting an Onion article when I saw the topic. 

Wasdie

[QUOTE="Wasdie"]

How has this been legal!?

I was seriously expecting an Onion article when I saw the topic. 

HoolaHoopMan

Yeah they are. Most school events are. 

I was seriously expecting an Onion article when I saw the topic.Wasdie

[QUOTE="HoolaHoopMan"][QUOTE="Wasdie"]

How has this been legal!?

I was seriously expecting an Onion article when I saw the topic. 

Wasdie

Yeah they are. Most school events are. 

I have a friend who is trying to convince me that Georgia is not how I imagine it to be. But I keep reading stories like this that tell me otherwise.IdioticIcarus

[QUOTE="IdioticIcarus"]I have a friend who is trying to convince me that Georgia is not how I imagine it to be. But I keep reading stories like this that tell me otherwise.LJS9502_basic

same

in some places this type of attitude lasted longer than others but if there is any segregation left in this nation I believe it is privatized and not in a public school .....that can not exist with out the full cooperation of the parents so only a few insular communities can be so far removed from reality.

they do exist though because I lived near Hutterites and my family is still in that same little town and they buy vegetables from the same Hutterite community where the women to all the real work and they still live in the same small farming community as they have since they came over from Germany many generations ago and they still live in the manner of the 15th or 16th century.

except for having tractors and pickups.

Georgia also spawned this demon

not really surprising they still segregate schools.

Georgia also spawned this demon

not really surprising they still segregate schools.

heeweesRus

They must not have science books that state darker skin tones are only a matter of greater amounts of melanin in the skin...

Not surprised. Watched a documentary video three years ago in class about another school with a racially segregated prom. It's disgusting that so many, hell any of these still exist.Capitan_Kid

I think we saw the same doc. Although I didn't see it in class. Was it by chance narrated by Morgan Freeman?

Either way this is ridiculous. I'm not sure if that was even legal.

they're not racist, they just want to keep their traditional values and way of life

[QUOTE="heeweesRus"]

Georgia also spawned this demon

not really surprising they still segregate schools.

HoolaHoopMan

[QUOTE="Capitan_Kid"]Not surprised. Watched a documentary video three years ago in class about another school with a racially segregated prom. It's disgusting that so many, hell any of these still exist.dominer

I think we saw the same doc. Although I didn't see it in class. Was it by chance narrated by Morgan Freeman?

Either way this is ridiculous. I'm not sure if that was even legal.

I need to see this doc.

they're not racist, they just want to keep their traditional values and way of life

BossPerson

Found it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prom_Night_in_Mississippi

How I sadly found it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segregated_prom

Wow...that's ridiculous.

they're not racist, they just want to keep their traditional values and way of life

BossPerson

What a joke.

[QUOTE="Capitan_Kid"]Not surprised. Watched a documentary video three years ago in class about another school with a racially segregated prom. It's disgusting that so many, hell any of these still exist.dominer

I think we saw the same doc. Although I didn't see it in class. Was it by chance narrated by Morgan Freeman?

Either way this is ridiculous. I'm not sure if that was even legal.

[QUOTE="dominer"]

[QUOTE="Capitan_Kid"]Not surprised. Watched a documentary video three years ago in class about another school with a racially segregated prom. It's disgusting that so many, hell any of these still exist.Capitan_Kid

I think we saw the same doc. Although I didn't see it in class. Was it by chance narrated by Morgan Freeman?

Either way this is ridiculous. I'm not sure if that was even legal.

Oh hey, a JoJo fan.

do you have an account on the english JBA community forum by any chance?

[QUOTE="HoolaHoopMan"]Turned away a biracial person? That's pretty fvcked up. worlock77

LOL "One Drop" Rule.

they're not racist, they just want to keep their traditional values and way of life

BossPerson

Just like slavery?

Georgia also spawned this demon

not really surprising they still segregate schools.

heeweesRus

I keep reading prom as "porn". 

they're not racist, they just want to keep their traditional values and way of life

BossPerson