[bk1000]

I haven't had time to read all the replies, nor did I see that particular episode of O'Reilly, so I will not expound, but will relate my past personal experience.

There was a great deal of controversy as to the style of the music and the theme of the prom. The students then agreed to have two seperate proms, one that suited the tastes of most of the white kids, and one that suited the tastes of most of the black kids. Any student could attend either, or both.

There was no exclusion. No one's 'rights were violated', no one was 'offended'. All the kids had fun. There was no racial tension. And best of all, no one was to suffer the indignity of a 'hip-hop hoedown' theme that might have resulted had the PC crowd gotten wind of it and insisted on a single prom designed to celebrate our diversity. Then again, it was 1975!

This is my first reply, after months of lurking. Please be gentle!

[mafree]

The students then agreed to have two seperate proms, one that suited the tastes of most of the white kids, and one that suited the tastes of most of the black kids. Any student could attend either, or both.

Sounds like my Senior Prom many moons ago. Same facility, the black students congregated in one room with the music we wanted while the white students were in another room with the music they preferred. Some black and white students mixed and chatted in the hallway, and I recall getting a compliment and a hug from a white classmate, though we were in separate rooms. Nobody had a cow over it, though neither room was advertised as the "black" room or the "white room."

[wardaddy]

aaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
.....yyyyyyyyoooooooooooooooouuuuuuuuuuuuuuu cccccccccccccccrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrraaaaaaaaaaaaazzzzzzzzzzzzzzyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!

Great Virgin Post!