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Well, you definitely have lived an integrated life and no doubt are uniquely bothered and hurt by this. But do you think the Governor of a state in which such a private event happens should have to stand before a firing squad for it?
O'Reilly is a moron. I think the kids that attended the all-white prom are singularly responsible for it, to go on a political witch-hunt is wrong!

I think it's a shame that the governor is about to become a lamb on the altar of 'political/racial agendas'. O'Reilly is pompous. I would not watch his show because it's difficult watching him manipulate guests and not let them get a word in edgewise. He's also a liar as Drudge attests to almost every Sunday.

Bothered by this? Yes. Does it hurt to know that this sort of business is still going on in America? Sure. However, I have to remind myself that the South and it's racial issues are not old and is still very fresh in a lot of people's minds. The north isn't innocent either but the race issues are different. Hey New York has Al Sharpton and Hillarybeast after all! It also fuels stereotypes of Sothrons most of whom I believe aren't racist.

But do you think the Governor of a state in which such a private event happens should have to stand before a firing squad for it?

I know you weren't asking me, but I wonder if equating this to a truly private event is quite the right anology.

Let's say that instead of going to my company's annual Christmas party, I decide to organize a separate, segregated one this year ... and further suppose there are enough boobs at my company that it becomes a pretty big one, say a whites-only Home Depot party, or whites-only IBM party, or whites-only Exxon party and it makes the press as such. As a shareholder, wouldn't you expect the company to at minimum issue a clear statement of policy on the matter? Would it matter if the party was held offsite, or if employees were buying tickets? I submit not. Remember, all employees are invited, except for the black ones of course, and we're not calling it a private cocktail reception, we're calling it (e.g.) the Whites-Only Home Depot Christmas Party.

By the same token these kids are having the Taylor County High School Whites-Only Prom. Not a private party at a friend's house ... a prom. This governor is the CEO of the state, the kids attend a taxpayer-funded school in his state, and he should act like a leader and not a wimp. No one's asking him to send in the Marines and forcibly shut down the event. Just to make a clear and unequivocal statement of policy ... it's called leadership, and his stakeholders (taxpayers) deserve that much.