Georgia high school to host first integrated prom...Atlanta is a bubble for real

[King Poetic]

morgan freeman had something like this on hbo in mississippi...

Those small southern towns are so far behind they probably just started sharing water fountains

 

[JBoy]

I live in the country, thank god I'm not that far from the city though

 

[AAKing23]

The south is so backwards

 

[DreadHead P]

Morgan Freeman has a documentary about a prom he funded for a school in Mississippi that had never had a non segregated prom

 

[froggle]

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: Rochelle, Georgia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

bbbbbuuttt i am mixed
i dont identify with my black side
i dont see color
im not black

 

[Big Blue]

 

[JBoy]

The south is so backwards

in fairness the only reason you never hear about those hick towns up north doing this shyt is because no nikkas live in them, I'm scared as shyt when I have to drive through places like rural Ohio to visit family

 

[BruhMayne]

Raaacism still alive they dont be concealing it

And I know they dont want me in the damn prom

They even made me show I.D. to show I aint from Lamron

 

[charmander]

to be fair, rochelle and wilcox county in general are small backwards and country and ran by racist redneck families who have been stealing from the community and fukking people over for generations

theres only like 7000 people in the whole county, and about 1000 people in rochelle

 

[ugksam]

good for those white kids for pushing for that cause you know their racist ass parents didnt give a fukk

 

[ryda518]

the fact that something like this exists in 2013 is mind blowing

It's also a shame that non white parents allow their kids to go to a school like this

no seriously how can you send your kid to a school with racist administrators?

 

[No_bammer_weed]

In the article it said the white prom features a guard who escorts non-whites from the premises. Its says nothing about the black prom operating in such a way, and I guarantee you it doesnt. Its just not in our nature. Racism is so awful, and I even feel bad for the racists themselves, since its a learned behavior. It darkens your heart and spirit, and limits your world and its possibilities. Racists may act justified, but on the inside they're empty.

 

[charmander]

the fact that something like this exists in 2013 is mind blowing

It's also a shame that non white parents allow their kids to go to a school like this

no seriously how can you send your kid to a school with racist administrators?

there isn't really much of a choice for most of them, it's an extremely small rural county, most people in that county were born and raised there by parents who were born and raised there and so on and so on, and basically everyone is poor outside of a few white families that run everything, and some dope boys

and like i said, i wasnt even aware this was still happening and a lot of my friends went to that school and grew up there...it isn't something that gets talked about nikkas just stick to themselves and cacs stick to themselves except when its time to fukk or buy drugs

it's sad that it happens, but it aint like white folks and nikkas are at odds or nothin there they just aint stuntin each other

 

[Canada Goose]

the fact that something like this exists in 2013 is mind blowing

It's also a shame that non white parents allow their kids to go to a school like this

no seriously how can you send your kid to a school with racist administrators?

Maybe they don't have a choice


I see you live in the BX.... keep in the mind this is happening in the deep country, they probably don't have "choices" in schools like us city brehs do.

 

[ryda518]

Maybe they don't have a choice


I see you live in the BX.... keep in the mind this is happening in the deep country, they probably don't have "choices" in schools like us city brehs do.

I see

I know we make fun of the south when it comes to racism but when you see that it's not a joke, you just have to shake your head