http://www.npr.org/templates/story/stor ... d=91371629
This story completely floored me! I can't believe this kind of thing is still going on in the US and I freaking LIVE here!
Their First Interracial Prom!
Their First Interracial Prom!
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Re: Their First Interracial Prom!
Good Lord...thats depressing..and a wee bit sickening.
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I had to double-check to make sure that the story was actually dated 2008. 
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Re: Their First Interracial Prom!
That is really weird.
i thought that all proms were interracial
at my school they've been interracial since as far back as I can remember.
i thought that all proms were interracial
at my school they've been interracial since as far back as I can remember.
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Even without the clearly racist overtones, wouldn't having two proms be considerably more expensive?
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It would.
They would have to pay for the space and the photographers and everything else (which is already way too expensive) twice
They would have to pay for the space and the photographers and everything else (which is already way too expensive) twice
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Holy shit, that's archaic. We are approaching the end of the first decade of the 21st century, right?
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Last time i checked, yeah
they're in Mississippi though,
there have always been greater racial tension there.
But still i didn't think they were segregated like that.
I didn't know towns like that still existed.
they're in Mississippi though,
there have always been greater racial tension there.
But still i didn't think they were segregated like that.
I didn't know towns like that still existed.
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That's nothing compared to one town in rural Georgia which a friend of mine had to visit on business, but what he saw there was so putrid that I don't even like to repeat it.
There were race riots in my old high school in the mid-70's (no, I wasn't in attendance yet, smart-a**es) but by the time I was there it was completely integrated and tolerant of interracial couples, etc.
There were race riots in my old high school in the mid-70's (no, I wasn't in attendance yet, smart-a**es) but by the time I was there it was completely integrated and tolerant of interracial couples, etc.
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Well, that's good to hear, Mikey.
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Wow.
And I thought it was bad a local highschool has outlawed same sex dates.
And I thought it was bad a local highschool has outlawed same sex dates.
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Rednecks. Sheesh. If there's any hope for the USA its with the younguns. 
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Huh I thought that was illegal...
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How in hell is that legal? "Tolerance"? If our country ever had any, we're losing it pretty quickly.Monroe wrote:Wow.
And I thought it was bad a local highschool has outlawed same sex dates.
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There will always be extremes in what happens. I remember on the news awhile ago that NY had opened a school just for gay kids. You cant base everything on what a few do.
And remember this school is now intergrated. It is moving foward not backwards.
And remember this school is now intergrated. It is moving foward not backwards.
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