Georgia Students Want To Hold The First Integrated Prom In Their High School’s History

[HarveyDarkey]

Four students at Wilcox County High School in Georgia want to attend prom together — but under the current setup, they won’t be allowed to unless they throw their own. Wilcox County High School’s proms are still segregated by race, meaning Stephanie Sinnot, Mareshia Rucker, Quanesha Wallace, and Keela Bloodworth — half of whom are black and half of whom are white — would be forced to attend separate proms:

Stephanie and Keela are white and Mareshia and Quanesha are black. They’re seniors at Wilcox County High School, a school that has never held an integrated prom during its existence.

“There’s a white prom and there’s an integrated prom,” said Keela.

The rule is strictly enforced, any race other than Caucasian wouldn’t dare to attend the white prom.

“They would probably have the police come out there and escort them off the premises,” said Keela. That was the case just last year as a biracial student was turned away by police.

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2013/04/04/1823461/georgia-students-want-to-hold-the-first-integrated-prom-in-their-high-schools-history/

[RKP5637]

1. Unbelievable ... time-warped in the 50's. n/t

[mythology]

2. Don't the "adults" in this town feel just the slightest bit silly

having segregated proms? I would really think that even if they were racist, they would at least try to hide the obvious things like this.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

3. This is about the sixth thread on this

[HarveyDarkey]

4. And your reason for bringing this from page 4 or 5 back to the front page is?

[ProgressiveProfessor]

5. It was on my front page

I left DU up overnight on my tablet