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Originally posted by lovelyivy84
THis sounds to me like something was WRONG at this school. I doubt that the prom is the greatest of their problems!
Also, a lot of proms might not be specifically segregated but I am betting that if you looked at the room you would find that it might as well be- all the black kids on one side, the hispanic kids in their clique, the Asians in their cliques (assorted by nationality of course) and the white kids in a huge group never even noticing that the others are not interacting with them AT ALL.
Some of you really have rose colored glasses on about this world, I swear. ALl these kids did was make it official, and I am POSITIVE that if a lot of schools were even given this option then there would be a lot of other schools doing it too.
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I am the first to admit that people self-segregate themselves all of the time, whether they realize they are doing it or not. But for the administration, teachers and parents to okay this type of thing is appalling. It is simply saying that, yes, it's okay to just do things differently and not even try to come to a compromise. It's saying that, yes, you're different, and shouldn't have to associate with those other people.
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should have happened was a meeting with the teachers and administrators that oversee prom arrangements and a sampling of the students- an equal number of every ethnicity represented. The students could have all said what they wanted, representing of course "their" side of things, and surely the music played could have been varied, the kids could have decided on a theme together, etc. What kind of leadership exists at this school anyway?
And what happens if it's segregated between black and white, but I'm Asian or Hispanic or Phillipino....? Or what if, as unusual as it still is in many places, my date is black but I'm white?
Just because something happens all of the time doesn't mean it's okay. If we're not striving to improve our society, then what are we doing?