A Prom Divided

Last year at this time, C-Town was the site of a heartwarming national news story. See, the kids at Taylor County High School in Butler, Ga (About 45 miles from here) decided to have an integrated prom for the first time in school history. Integration in Georgia's public schools only happened about 30 years ago, and at that time, Taylor County HS stopped sponsoring a prom at all. They didn't want to condone interracial dating.

So the kids and their parents starting hosting their own proms... one for the black kids, one for the whites. And while every other school in the state slowly started offering integrated proms, the black kids and the white kids kept holding seperate dances every year. It was the way it had always been, and they never really questioned it. Until last year, when the junior class decided to screw the tradition, and hold their first integrated prom. It was here in C-Town, and was a smashing success. Of course, none of the kids thought it was a big deal, except having CNN at their prom was pretty cool.

This year, the kids were all set to hold another integrated prom, when some jerkoff (its unclear whether it was a parent or a kid) decided that they wanted an all-white prom. It was tonight, right here in C-Town, at a rather expensive banquet hall. I mean, yeah, it's a privately-sponsored, non-school-supported function, so they can invite whoever the hell they want. But still, what a dickweed.