Race divided proms??

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<p>Can someone please tell me how in this day and age…this is still possible?</p>

<p>AND why has’t it been stopped/corrected?</p>

<p>[Georgia</a> Students Want To Hold The First Integrated Prom In Their High School’s History | ThinkProgress](<a href=“http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2013/04/04/1823461/georgia-students-want-to-hold-the-first-integrated-prom-in-their-high-schools-history/?upw]Georgia”>http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2013/04/04/1823461/georgia-students-want-to-hold-the-first-integrated-prom-in-their-high-schools-history/?upw)</p>

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<p>Because racism is alive and well.</p>

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<p>There have been news stories about this situation for the past several years. Pretty sorry situation.</p>

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<p>They claim it’s legal because the school doesn’t sponsor the proms. (Didn’t read this particular article but I’ve read several related to this). </p>

<p>I have a friend who is in TFA in Mississippi and said it’s much more common than she would have ever thought possible.</p>

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<p>Ugh… just one more reason I need to leave Georgia.</p>

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<p>I am so so sad for these kids. It is just so shocking.</p>

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<p>I am stunned.</p>

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<p>And that’s why I’m not moving to the South.</p>

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<p>“And that’s why I’m not moving to the South.”</p>

<p>And I’m outraged that sterotypes like this are still alive in today’s day and age.</p>

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I can assure what you inferred is not what I implied.</p>

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<p>straightshooter, find a race-divided prom outside of the South.</p>

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I think you should save your outrage for the behaviors, like having these “private” proms, that allow the stereotypes to live on.</p>

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<p>I don’t understand your outrage. The stereotypes exist because, well, it’s the truth in certain areas. Obviously.</p>

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<p>You are taking an example of 1 school and Georgia and applying it to the whole South. That is just as racist as the segregation at the prom. The South is racist and backwards is a stereotype just like Jews are cheap, Asians can’t drive and blacks are criminals. 2 wrongs do not make a right.</p>

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<p>Actually, it’s not just one school. Several schools have had their first integrated proms in just the last 5 years. All in the south. I’d love an example from the north though.</p>

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<p>straightshooter, would it make you feel better if I said, “Here’s another reason I’m never moving to the South.”? I feel that would make you feel better. </p>

<p>On the other hand, one cannot be naive and turn a blind eye to certain “ways” of the South and say, “All is well. All is good.”</p>

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<p>As a Northerner, I can’t wait to leave GA tbh. T_T</p>

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<p>Where I live, there are integrated proms. Integrated by dollars. Even in the public schools, the cost per couple is beteween $300 and $500, not including attire, accessories and transportation. Many of the proms are held in other states or boroughs, necessitating transportation for those who don’t already have cars. Guess who all that excludes.</p>

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<p>ZM, your proms are held in other STATES O.O?! Wow… I don’t even understand how that could be possible. <em>shakes head</em></p>

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<p>Zoosermom, that’s ridiculous. My prom ticket was $75 and I thought that was too much (didn’t go because I didn’t think a school dance was worth $75 but I could have managed it if I cared enough).</p>

<p>In terms of the south issues, these stories do happen to just keep popping up in the south. I have had wonderful visits to Tennessee and northern Florida and I certainly don’t mean to paint everybody with the same brush, nor am I saying that racism (and classism, as zoosermom just pointed out) is not a problem in the north, but racism is inarguably more present in the south right now.</p>