Mississippi Town Holds First Integrated Prom

For the first time ever students in Charleston, Mississippi attended an integrated prom, and a documentary has been made chronicling the night. Charleston residents cite "traditon" as the reason for the continued segregation.

Student Chasidy Buckley says that Charleston's first interracial prom made for a happy and comfortable night. Some white parents wouldn't let their kids go, and some insisted on holding a private prom for their kids.

Am I the only one who is shocked by these sorts of stories. I know I shouldn't be, but in this day and age I am perplexed by the fact that this sort of abject racism still persists. I'm used to the covert stuff. The sideways glances from white folks and such, but this? You mean to tell me that these people don't want their black kids and white kids to go to a school dance together? What could they possibly be afraid of? Do they think this is the only way colored folks know how to have fun?

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