Georgians Plan Whites-Only Prom Party

Associated Press ^ | 05-01-03

[mabelkitty]

Problems of inter-racial dating?

My white mother married my Native American father.

Sure glad she didn't have hicks in her family.

[mabelkitty]

Not if this is a public school.

[ladyjane]

I don't understand why this is upsetting to Freepers. Didn't we just decide that it was okay to keep women out of golf clubs? By the same reasoning it's okay to keep blacks out of proms. Where's Hootie? He'll explain it all.

[aristeides]

C-SPAN had a phone-in segment a few days ago where they only accepted calls from minorities.

[Guillermo]

Agreed.

[KantianBurke]

the bi-racial prom that's being organizd by the school is public. The racist one is technically a private party. Thus they have every right to act like rednecks and we have every right to call them on it.

[Guillermo]

It's not on public school grounds...

[mabelkitty]

Me thinks the parents put the Juniors up to this because they are hicks.

I bet those six families were conniving about how to plan this all year.

[lugsoul]

Oh, goodness. They're gonna destroy our heritage.

[mabelkitty]

Jeez! Are you kidding me?

I must be out of the loop big time (I don't have kids).

[Guillermo]

No matter what the percentages are, it will always be freedom of association.

No one has a right to go to a private party they are not invited to.

[MineralMan]

"Me thinks the parents put the Juniors up to this because they are hicks.

I bet those six families were conniving about how to plan this all year."

I'll bet you're right. What a sad thing for their children, to have to grow up in a racist household. I do hope they learn better when they move out and grow up.

Dumb, dumb, dumb.

[mabelkitty]

Good point. I missed that.

This is bizarre.

[MineralMan]

"No one has a right to go to a private party they are not invited to."

I don't think anyone's arguing with that. It's just that what these kids are doing is just stupid. They can do it if they want, but it'd be really nice if nobody showed up for their little racist prom.

[mabelkitty]

Private club, public school.

Big difference.

[demosthenes the elder]

nah, it is just "freedom of association" as protected under the 1stAmendment, so it isn't "wrong".
It does appear to be silly, however.
*shrugging*

[geaux]

I don't think you're the one who's out of the loop; I think that highschool is the one that needs to catch up with the times. The thing that really surprised me was that the ACLU was nowhere to be seen.

[Fraulein]

I understand that. I'm just surprised that in the year 2003 anything like freedom of association still exists. I'm surprised that lawyers haven't already flocked to the scene. Shocked, I tell ya!

[mabelkitty]

I got it.