GA High Schoolers Plan a Whites Only Prom

[The1calledTKE]

Leave it to south GA.

[Peaches-n-Cream]

Originally posted by AlphaSigOU
Depends on which side of the 'boot' your Italian heritage is from. Don't forget the Northern Italians (fair hair and skin) vs. Southern Italians (dark hair and olive skin).

Me, I'm a mix of Noo Yawk 'Black Irish' (Irish with dark hair and a little less fair complected; they're descended from Spaniards or Moors who took up residence in Ireland centuries ago), Spanish (mestizos from Venezuela) and if you scratch even further, a little Hindu (from my maternal grandfather, who was descended from Hindus that immigrated from India via Trinidad to Venezuela). I don't burn... I can get really tanned in the summertime and wind up looking like your average-run-of-the-mill Hindu or Arab until I let loose a stream of Noo Yawk speak.

My new crush.

[Munchkin03]

Originally posted by zntke711
Leave it to south GA.

You obviously feel the same way about south GA that I feel about North Florida.

I don't even think I need to comment on the idiocy of this mess.

Well, since most Italian-Americans hail from the South (meaning Naples down to Sicily), I guess many weren't/aren't considered "white," as are a lot of Southern Europeans.

[AlphaSigOU]

Originally posted by Cream
My new crush.

Why, thank you for the compliment, ma'am! If ya don't mind older gentlemen!

Though my Noo Yawk-ese occasionally gets peppered with the occasional Texanism like 'y'all' and 'fixin' to get!'

[Shine]

Yuck.

[Optimist Prime]

Originally posted by Shine
Yuck.

My sentiments exactly. Have fun. Whatever.

[Shine]

Originally posted by Optimist Prime
My sentiments exactly. Have fun. Whatever.

I don't know what else to say about something like that.

[moe.ron]

blah

[aephi alum]

[Dionysus]

boooo

[VSUPhiMu]

I think it's sad that people still do this. I went to four proms when I was in high school, and all of them were segregated. My boyfriend and I went to both, though, because were were friends with athletes and other people not invited to the "white" prom that we wanted to see. It's weird b/c that was the only night that everyone didn't hang out together. We all went to relatively the same parties and hung out together after games, but the prom was always seperate.

You would think that in 2003 that everyone could just have one prom, but apparently not. I'm suprised that Valdosta's proms haven't gotten any attention for being segregated, but maybe people will notice and bring attention to this.

[Dionysus]

[crosses arms]
[shakes head]

And people are still convinced that racial relations aren't worse in certain parts of the country.

[/crosses arms]
[/shakes head]

[sigtau305]

[kappaloo]

Originally posted by AlphaSigOU
Depends on which side of the 'boot' your Italian heritage is from. Don't forget the Northern Italians (fair hair and skin) vs. Southern Italians (dark hair and olive skin).

My family is from Prezza, a mountain town that's in the southern portion of the country. While not too olived tone, we are quite dark.... (well, my father and brother, I have my mother's English skin tone... but look very italian in structure)

[texas*princess]

This story made it on MSNBC tonight.

This strikes me as odd.. since this has reportedly been happening for *years* now. Are the seperate proms 'kept secret' or something? I just think it's weird that the news stations are just getting this info.