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Having a separate anything just because of musical preference is extremely stereotypical. The majority of hip hop consumers aren't Black, so to have a separate "hip hop" prom for the African American students is silly---assuming that the Black students are the only ones who listen to the music. Just like I like Linken Park...I wouldn't sit through a whole prom playing their songs...but I KNOW that there are DJs that play a VARIETY of music.
I think the schools are using the music issue as an EXCUSE for the racial tension that has persisted and manifested itself in the form of separate proms. Any logical human, could not believe that the answer to a slight difference in musical preference (which isn't really based on race) is to segregate the proms.
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