Livid

Tom Earp · #1 03-02-2002, 08:41 PM

Well all of you Black, Yellow, and White People I am really Pissed!

I just saw something on Local TV that will be carried on National TV!

Quint, Mi or Al had a Senior class that had a prom that was Segregated by not Officals but by the Students Themselves!

Whites and Blacks had their Own Seperate Proms? What were they thinking about?

We at GC have been working together to cenent relationships and some dumb damn thing like this comes up!

I am so upset, that I do not know what to say.

33girl · #2 03-02-2002, 09:39 PM

I do agree this is ridiculous but here is a rather humourous story about the same thing happening 10 years ago. The white and black students held separate proms...in a news interview, one of the students said it was because they couldn't come to an agreement on the music to be played. I said to my mom that all the white guys probably wanted to hear Lynryd Skynyrd. She responded "yes, and the black kids probably wanted to hear M J Hammer. "

I love when parents try to be hip and don't quite make it....I laughed for half an hour.

RacizmSux · #3 03-02-2002, 09:47 PM

Me so apaled! Why cannt we all jus get alone? You cant' see black peeple at nite, nor white peeple in tha snow, Aisains next to beer, nor mixsed peeple by zebbras. Ereone has there fauts.

greeklawgirl · #4 03-02-2002, 09:49 PM

I agree. Your faults appear to be poor grammar, atrocious spelling, and your head seems to be nicely wedged up your ass.

RacizmSux · #5 03-02-2002, 09:51 PM

Dunt be hadin!!!

Kevin · #6 03-02-2002, 10:54 PM

It kills me.. after all the strides that have been made to achieve a colorblind society that people would CHOOSE to seperate themselves along the lines of race.

I thought that "seperate but equal" was wrong?

Now the kids of the people who put their lives on the line for these issues are choosing what their parents fought so hard against.

Am I preaching to the choir or what?

lovelyivy84 · #7 03-02-2002, 10:57 PM

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Originally posted by greeklawgirl
I agree. Your faults appear to be poor grammar, atrocious spelling, and your head seems to be nicely wedged up your ass.

ROFLMAO!

That was CLASSIC.

RacizmSux · #8 03-02-2002, 10:57 PM

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Originally posted by ktsnake

Am I preaching to the choir or what?

Aman my brothir!

RacizmSux · #9 03-02-2002, 10:58 PM

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Originally posted by lovelyivy84

ROFLMAO!

That was CLASSIC.

That wasent funy!

#10 03-02-2002, 11:20 PM

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Originally posted by greeklawgirl
I agree. Your faults appear to be poor grammar, atrocious spelling, and your head seems to be nicely wedged up your ass.

LMFAO

That right there is one of the reason I love having you as a sister.
I agree though that thats just totally stupid. Im only 22 (23 this year) but when I was in school we didnt have bomb threats, massive school shootings ( I mean we had shootings rarely, and when they did happen you shot the one person you wanted, not everyone. Yes im being non-PC), and now we have segregated proms?? Is there something in the air and water that wasnt there when I was born?

On a more serious note, maybe RacizmSux has a reading and spelling disorder? But I 99.9% doubt it.

Salience · #11 03-03-2002, 12:12 AM

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Originally posted by Hootie

neither are your spelling immatiations!
GOTCHYA!

Girrrrrl, you scared the MESS outta me!
Whew!

But perhaps RacismSux was trying to be ironic and point out stereotypes?

RacizmSux · #12 03-03-2002, 12:34 AM

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Originally posted by Salience

Girrrrrl, you scared the MESS outta me!

Don't be SKURRED!

Tom Earp · #13 03-03-2002, 12:39 AM

If that is the case, I am saddened for her or him as I am for all of us!

There have been many Posts about what we as Greeks, Espc. GCers have done in discussing this type of thing.

I am ashamed of what what was done in this day and age! While I am going blind, I have been color blind! I deal with all colors of people in my daily business and there are enuff crazys in all shapes, colors and packages!

You all are one of the most caring group of people I have ever found and count you as Friends.

Unless you tell me you are of a different color, I cannot tell from your signature or nick name and do not care!

You are my Greek Brothers and Sisters!

Well, all I have to say is Goodby!

Peaches-n-Cream · #14 03-03-2002, 01:06 AM

I find the self-segregation disheartening also. I grew up in the most ethnically and racially diverse counties (Queens, NY) in the world so it surprised me when I found self-segregation in college especially in the living arrangements. I heard about separate proms a few years ago. The reason given was different tastes in music. A prom is a celebration of the high school experience and one of the last opportunities to be together before graduation. If they wanted, they could have a mix of music that reflected the tastes of all of the students. It's a sad commentary on our times.

lovelyivy84 · #15 03-03-2002, 01:17 AM

THis sounds to me like something was WRONG at this school. I doubt that the prom is the greatest of their problems!

I can understand to some degree though- when you are a minority in a majority ANYTHING school, more often than not you are just not going to get the things you like, certainly not in music- the majority group will always win because there are more of them. When that happens often enough you get a LOT of resentment and the kids have no desire to even begin to interact with the others, and would rather go do their own thing and be happy.

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.