“There was not anybody that I can remember that was black,” she said. “The white people have theirs, and the black people have theirs. It’s nothing racial at all.”
What’s worse, I don’t think it was the last Georgia high school to still have segregated dances. What worries me more is the degree to which they think it’s normal, or that it’s not racial.
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I read that earlier today. I’m amazed that sort of thing is still going on.
What’s worse, I don’t think it was the last Georgia high school to still have segregated dances. What worries me more is the degree to which they think it’s normal, or that it’s not racial.
Care to comment?