Apr 04, 2013 9:19 PM GMT
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Georgia high school planning its first ever racially integrated prom
It's worth pointing out that this is actual news from 2013, and not from decades ago. Students from Wilcox County High in Georgia are hoping to organize the school's first integrated prom — ever. While black and white students share classrooms, they have different prom and homecoming dances. According Keela Bloodworth, one of the many students "embarrassed" by the toxic policy, a biracial student was turned away from the white prom (which is privately organized, so it's legal) by police in 2012. Even worse, some at the school still oppose an integrated prom: Bloodworth says posters advertising it have been torn down.
Georgia high school planning its first ever racially integrated prom
It's worth pointing out that this is actual news from 2013, and not from decades ago. Students from Wilcox County High in Georgia are hoping to organize the school's first integrated prom — ever. While black and white students share classrooms, they have different prom and homecoming dances. According Keela Bloodworth, one of the many students "embarrassed" by the toxic policy, a biracial student was turned away from the white prom (which is privately organized, so it's legal) by police in 2012. Even worse, some at the school still oppose an integrated prom: Bloodworth says posters advertising it have been torn down.