Students attend school’s first integrated prom
Have you heard this story from Georgia where students attended their first EVER integrated prom this past weekend? It’s unbelievable.
ASHBURN, Georgia (CNN) — Students of Turner County High School started what they hope will become a new tradition: Black and white students attended the prom together for the first time on Saturday.
In previous years, parents had organized private, segregated dances for students of the school in rural Ashburn, Georgia, 160 miles south of Atlanta.
“Whites always come to this one and blacks always go to this one,” said Lacey Adkinson, a 14-year-old freshman at the school of 455 students — 55 percent black, 43 percent white.
Maybe I live in a naive world, but I can’t believe that it has taken this many years for a high school in the United State to have ONE prom. These students go to school every day, sit in class next to these people every day, and yet, when it comes time for prom, they seperate it into a white prom and a black prom. Why?
I know that there are still people that have “issue” with society being mostly integrated for some time now (example from this story: “I’ve asked, ‘Why can’t you come?’ and they’re like, ‘My mommy and daddy — they don’t agree with being with the colored people,’ which I think is crazy,” she said.), but how come it took this long for the kids to say ‘enough is enough’ and integrate things.
Am I the only one that this is a little shocking to?
Yes the south is certainly behind the times by about 40 years as a matter of fact. However, Tara you need to remember that kids do exactly what there parents do and if that is still be segregated and carry racism to that extreme into the 21st century then thats what they will do. Looks to me like people are finally waking up down there. All I have to say is good for them!!! Welcome to the 70’s and 80’s let me know when you catch up.
Comment by Tulsa — 4/24/2007 @ 5:45 pm