Livid

[SilverTurtle]

Originally posted by snuggles12
"People shouldn't be barred from activities based on their race. But if they choose not to participate, we should dig a little deeper before accusing anybody of racism".

I agree with that statement above. That's why I wanted to read an article about the separate proms to understand the reasons before reaching a conclusion.

Snuggles #7
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I still don't think it should have been allowed. Any DJ service the school shelled out money for should have been able to provide a pretty wide variety of music.

But if this were a little different situation- say the shcool is 80% non-white (black, hispanic, whatever you like) and those students mostly pull for one specific type of music. I'll say hip-hop for the sake of this point.
The 20% of white students want to hold their own prom because they want, we'll say, rock music.
Suddenly it, seems a bit more racially motivated to the observer, doesn't it? The white kids want to hold a separate prom... they don't want to associate with the black/hipanic/latino/asian.... kids! Even though the situation is exactly the same.

I guess my point is, nothing in life is all that fair. Letting those kids hold separate proms didn't help them resolve conflict in a positive, realistic way (at least not in the world I know). I think the leaders of the school set a poor example with their decision to allow it.