Wha...HUH? What year is this?
This past weekend, a high school in Georgia had its first ever integrated prom, in lieu of its traditional segregated dances, one for whites and one for blacks.
Well, not quite in lieu of. The white dance was still held the week prior, and some white students were not allowed by their parents to attend the integrated dance. But hey, it's progress.
And there's more where that came from. Earlier this year, the school also decided to vote for only one homecoming queen, ending the long-standing tradition of - you guessed it - two homecoming queens, one white and one black.
Now, of course I knew that some states were less progressive than others, but damn! This is the type of story I'd expect in the Chappie's April 1 version of the Stanford Daily, alongside such classics as Sailing Team Encounters Black Man. Some of the quotes were downright Onion-worthy:
"The white people have theirs, and the black people have theirs. It's nothing racial at all."
Um, right. Anyone else wanna give it a shot?
"My mommy and daddy -- they don't agree with being with the colored people."
That's more like it.
Sigh. And I was so inspired watching Obama's DNC speech...
Oh well, he wasn't gonna win Georgia anyway.
Well, not quite in lieu of. The white dance was still held the week prior, and some white students were not allowed by their parents to attend the integrated dance. But hey, it's progress.
And there's more where that came from. Earlier this year, the school also decided to vote for only one homecoming queen, ending the long-standing tradition of - you guessed it - two homecoming queens, one white and one black.
Now, of course I knew that some states were less progressive than others, but damn! This is the type of story I'd expect in the Chappie's April 1 version of the Stanford Daily, alongside such classics as Sailing Team Encounters Black Man. Some of the quotes were downright Onion-worthy:
"The white people have theirs, and the black people have theirs. It's nothing racial at all."
Um, right. Anyone else wanna give it a shot?
"My mommy and daddy -- they don't agree with being with the colored people."
That's more like it.
Sigh. And I was so inspired watching Obama's DNC speech...
Oh well, he wasn't gonna win Georgia anyway.
posted by Chang Kim at Thursday, April 26, 2007
5 Comments:
I read this article too and was completely floored by it. Another reason why I will never move to Georgia.
Hey, there are some alternate universes out there, and I think the deep south is one of them . . . . Or maybe we're in the alternate universe. If so, I think I'll stay here.
Just pretend they're an alien species and you might actually get somewhere.
I heard about the separate prom thing last year sometime and they were attempting to do integrate them, but were unsuccessful. I guess it just took only one more year. Too bad it took them 100 years to recognize the problem.
Hard to believe Alan lived in the state for a while. If he had moved there in high school, he woulda been a shoe-in for Asian homecoming king.
i'm commenting about the bowling thing... wii bowling hurts real bowling..that's why i play wii lefty.
did i tell you that i went bowling a few months ago w/my balls. so fun and i can still roll the hook
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