Growing up in Northern California has made me soft. I think there's even a song about the condition. Thankfully it didn't make me stupid. Or ignorant. Or downright D-U-M. Like these kids. And their parents.
And don't even come at me with "It's the South; it's tradition." It's the 21st Century. It's moronic that anyone would let this go on as long as it has. Yes, you read the headline correctly. A high school in Georgia held its first "united" prom, with white and black kids dancing together and, gasp, holding hands!
Said one moron about the segregated prom tradition of the way yonder past, meaning 2006: "There was not anybody that I can remember that was black," she said. "The white people have theirs, and the black people have theirs. It's nothing racial at all."
Uh huh. Look, I'm happy to see an integrated prom has finally taken place. Kudos to the kids who finally got their heads out of their ... binders. Still, an all-white prom was held a week before, so I'm not so sure race relations in bumbleweed are as great as they so obviously sound. I'd like to say at least it's a start -- but it's scary to think they're just starting.
