At Wilcox County High School (in Georgia), there is no prom or homecoming dance sponsored by the school because, by law, it must be integrated. So, years ago, the residents started sponsoring "private" dances for these school milestones - in order to keep them segregated.
The students normally have a "White Prom" and an "Integrated Prom." Last year, when a student of mixed race tried to attend the "White Prom," the parents called the cops and had her escorted off the premises. The school did only have one homecoming election this year (for the first time), but since the Queen is black and the King white, the parents insisted on separate pictures for the yearbook, and the Queen was not allowed to attend the White Homecoming Dance.
(These racist parents and their redneck offspring are SO MESSED UP! WTH is wring with people?)
But from this bassackwards southern town emerges hope in the form of four young women whose friendship has transcended racial differences and cultural ignorance. Stephanie, Maricia, Quenicia, and Keela (I'm guessing at spellings. I hope they're correct.) want to enjoy their prom together. But two of them are white and two of them are black. So they can't. Unless they are able to change things themselves:
Way to go, ladies! You're getting Above Your Raisin', and your showing your town how to do it too!
While it's sad that this racist BS is still going on, I'm grateful for young people like these who see it for what it is: old, tired, and WRONG!
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