Wednesday, June 11, 2008

You know that feeling of being ashamed of your roots?

A highschool in Charleston, Mississippi held its first interracial prom recently! Wow. NPR has the story.

It has only taken 38 years since the schools in MS were forcefully integrated for it to actually have a prom where everyone was invited. Of course there was some community uprisings, and of course there were some white parents who wouldn't let their children go, and I'm sure there were some threats to the principal, but progress is progress.

1 comment:

K said...

I know that feeling very well.