Just got done watching this… its mind blowing to think this still goes on in the United States of America…
Heres the snippet from HBO
[QUOTE]In 1997, actor Morgan Freeman offered to pay for the senior prom at Charleston High School in Mississippi, on one condition: it had to be racially integrated. His offer was ignored. Ten years later, he offered again–and this time, the school board accepted and Charleston High had its first integrated prom…though not without opposition. HBO presents this illuminating film that follows the efforts of students as they prepare for the groundbreaking dance in a Delta town where change does not come easily–and where the Oscar®-winning Freeman’s generosity ends up fanning flames of racism among several generations of Charleston residents. (TV14) (AL[/QUOTE]
It is a great documentary. Kinda hard to watch because of some of the students played it up, or atleast it seemed like it…
Anyways, thought i’d see if anyone else had seen it.
There was a school somewhere in Georgia a few years ago that had two segregated proms, both funded privately. In that case, it seemed like the kids wanted to have a single prom, and the parents were dead-set against it (falling back on some bullsh!t excuse about “tradition”). It’s scary how some places in the south (especially Mississippi) can be regarding race relations.
