April 12, 2004
Diversity, Georgia style
It's prom season again, which means it's time for dozens of recycled stories about poor kids getting donated tuxedos and dresses, idiot parents cancelling prom because they can't guarantee the kids won't have sex afterwards, idiot parents guarding the entrance to the gym/banquet hall with brethalyzers and this classic: the segregated prom. This year, we have a new twist: The three-way split segregated prom:
Yuri Flores bought a $50 ticket to the white prom in February. She returned later that day with a white girlfriend, Jennifer Hart, who also wanted to buy a ticket. Hart says the White Prom Committee girl wanted to know if her date was white, black or Hispanic. Mexican, was the answer.
"She told me that it was a white prom — not a Mexican prom, not a black prom," Hart says. "It made me feel mad. That's not right. I wanted to put my fist in her face."
I don't blame her for being pissed off, but this is a state that's still fighting over how much their state flag should resemble the stars and bars.
For so many reasons, I'm glad that my prom's behind me and that I didn't grow up in Georgia.
Posted by rj3 at April 12, 2004 9:35 AM
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