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Georgia high school to host first integrated prom


Georgia high school to host first integrated prom | kvue.com Austin

Posted on April 4, 2013 at 8:31 AM
Updated today at 8:39 AM

MACON, Ga. --Students at one south Georgia high school share classrooms and sports fields; but, they don't share the same prom.

The school holds one prom for white students and another for students of color.

"We're embarrassed, it's embarrassing, yeah it's kind of embarrassing," said student Stephanie Sinnot.

Stephanie and three other friends say they do everything together, except go to prom.

"We are all friends. That's just kind of not right that we can't go to prom together," said student Keela Bloodworth.

In a world full of color, Wilcox County High School still sees things as black and white.

"There's a white prom and then we have our integrated prom," said Bloodworth.

The girls said if any race other than Caucasian tries to attend the white prom, that student would probably be escorted off the premises by police. That was the case last year when a biracial student was turned away by police.
It’s been that way for as long as anyone can remember; and, it doesn’t stop at prom.

Homecoming is also segregated.

While having two separate dances, the school decided to elect only one pair for Homecoming king and queen for the first time this year.
Quanesha Wallace won.

"I felt like there had to be a change because for me to be a black person and the king to be a white person, I felt like, you know why can't we come together," asked Quanesha Wallace.

But nothing changed. Quanesha wasn’t invited to the white Homecoming dance. In fact, the pair took separate photos for the school yearbook.
"When people around here are set in their ways, they are not too adamant to change," said student Mareshia Rucker.

So the girls decided to take matters into their own hands. They’re organizing a prom for everyone to attend. But, not everyone is fond of the idea.
Some of the posters for the integrated prom that were hung up have been ripped to the ground.

The group will continue to make progress even though there doesn’t seem to be much motivation for change.

The senior class is raising money to pay for the integrated prom, without the help of school officials. It will be held April 27.

The students said the school offered a resolution to permit an integrated prom for all students to attend, but not stop segregated proms.

Georgia high school to host first integrated prom | kvue.com Austin

Ya'll got to watch the video on the site. Its the biggest WTF out there.

Macon ain't but 60 miles/1-1.5 hrs from Atlanta either.

Correction: Its in Rochelle, GA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochelle,_Georgia

 

[DarlingNikki]

But everyone loves each other in the south.

 

[Broke Wave]

This is unbelievable....

 

[DerrtySouthpaw]

go dawgs

 

[Rusty Kuntz]

MTV did a documentary about another school like this; I believe it was in Alabama.

 

[charmander]

macon isnt in wilcox county

wilcox county high school is in Rochelle, its a few minutes from my town...i wasnt even aware this happened up there and i have plenty of friends that graduated from that school

 

[MAKAVELI25]

Racism isn't dead?!

 

[Steezy]

why is atlanta in the thread title when macon is not near atlanta ?

 

[Kilgore Trout]

But... but racism doesn't exist

 

[Sierra Mist]

I thought this was post racial America. I'm sure they all have a black friend each. Well... Obama is our president.

 

[OPTiMO]

Wtf

 

[Ashyneezz]

Every school should be like that. I don't wanna be seeing this while I'm trying to groove

While blacks

 

[Buckeye Fever]

 

[Teal.]

I live like 2 hours from there and our prom was integrated

 

[Black]

Comedy.