Seriously?

[sheshe2]

Partying like it’s 1899

The year is 2013, right? Last time I checked, it was. Unfortunately, Wilcox County High School in Georgia hasn’t gotten the memo. The school itself is integrated, of course, but it has segregated proms and homecoming dances, as it has had since its inception. A biracial kid showed up to the white prom last year and was escorted away by the police.

You might be asking yourself as I was, “How the fuck is this legal?” The answer is that the dances aren’t on school property and therefore are private events – private events can discriminate all they goddamn want. So, this segregation is legal, but it’s still fucking outrageous, and the community needs to be shamed into stopping this bullshit. These kids go to school together, hang out together all the time, but they’re not allowed to dance together? The fuck?

SNIP:

Homecoming consists of two separate dances as well. In the past, there were two Homecoming courts, and this is the first year there’s been only one. But, there were still two dances. Quanesha was the queen, but wasn’t allowed to attend the white Homecoming. As the king was white, the two had to take separate pictures for the yearbook. Take a moment and let that sink in so you can fully appreciate how appalling this is. The kids voted these two as king and queen of their Homecoming, and yet, they couldn’t attend the same dance. This is one thing that drove Quanesha to be part of the planning for the integrated prom. She said:

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.

http://angryblackladychronicles.com/2013/04/03/a-school-in-macon-area-georgia-still-has-segregated-proms/

[Drale]

1. Why haven't the kids rebeled against this?

if something like this was going on in my high school we would have put a stop to it because we would have want to go to dances with our friends. The fact that they elected an African American queen shows that they are not nearly as bigoted as their parents or grandparents so why haven't they said anything?

[sheshe2]

3. Hi, Drale.

They are doing something about it. Follow the link to read the rest.

There is also a FB link, that didn't work for me. I plan to try it later.

[Taverner]

2. "Rape is OK," state religions and now this

What fucking century is it again?

[sheshe2]

4. I know, huh!

[99Forever]

5. What a lovely legacy to pass along to your children.

(Do I really need one of these: ?)

[patrice]

6. Yep. Even when something is on public property, if it's an event that is privately produced, the

the event (and the attending crowd) itself is considered private property, so if the organizers don't like you and your message/sign, you can be removed from any proximity to what's going on, by law. This happened to me and some high school anti-War protesters in 2005 (I think it was) at a community St. Patrick's Day parade.

[sheshe2]

8. To you I say,

Congratulations, patrice, for pissing off the right people!

Oh and patrice, please don't tell you were in high school in 2005.....

[patrice]

9. I graduated from high school in 1967. In 2005, I was helping a small group of high school

anti-War activists.

We actually decided to stand along the curb of a major north to south artery into the fashionable restaurant district that had just kicked us out and we had really good signs and all, so all was not for ought. We just were not allowed to mingle in their crowd or march in their parade even though I had sent in the appropriate forms to the event producers (and the high school was just a couple of blocks away from that same area).

[StrayKat]

7. How strange.

Not just the fact that this exists, but the seeming mind warp of the students. They were open enough to elect a black homecoming queen and a white homecoming king, but insist that they take separate pictures for yearbook. And, some of the students are ripping down posters for the integrated prom that the interviewees are trying to hold.

[RebelOne]

10. This story has been getting a lot of coverage

on our local news stations here in Georgia. I think because of all the negative reports that this bigoted prom will be ended soon.

[Cha]

11. UNFreakingbelievable! This looks like a perfect place

to put bigtree's OP about MLK's thoughts on the system that produces those who would attack people for the color of their skin.

"MLK: "I'm not interested in pressing charges."

In this photograph, Coretta is upset with her husband, who had been attacked the night before by a disturbed white racist but had not defended himself. Though the police urged King to press charges, he refused. "The system we live under creates people such as this youth," he said. "I'm not interested in pressing charges. I'm interested in changing the kind of system that produces such men.

bigtree's http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022614046

Thank you, she.. ABL certainly knows how to bring attention to Injustices!