I'm afraid Ron's neighbors

are trying to prove LibertyBob right.

Segregated Proms Anger Students

Reported By: The Associated Press
Last Modified: 4/11/2004 6:43:46 PM

LYONS, Ga. (AP) -- It was hard enough to choose whether to attend the white prom or the black prom at Toombs County High School, but Yuri Flores hit another roadblock after she made her decision.

When the Hispanic student and a friend tried to purchase tickets for the white prom, a girl with the prom committee wanted to know if their dates were white, black or Hispanic.

"She told me that it was a white prom -- not a Mexican prom, not a black prom," Hart said. "It made me feel mad. That's not right. I wanted to put my fist in her face."

So Flores rallied their friends and formed the Hispanic/Latino Prom Committee for their own celebration to be held May 8 -- the day after the white students' event. Three weeks before that, black students are holding their prom.

The three separate celebrations may be a first in Georgia, where few public high schools still resist integrated proms. Johnson County High School also has held separate proms for whites and
blacks, and Taylor County recently integrated its prom but then added a white prom again the next year.

Well, it's certainly a way to get more people involved. Actually, except for the "fist in her face" line, the other quotes in this story don't support the contention that students are angry. I'm not saying they aren't, but the story doesn't prove it.