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Georgians Plan Whites-Only Prom Party

By ELLIOTT MINOR, Associated Press Writer

ALBANY, Ga. - A year after holding their first integrated prom, some students at Taylor County High School have decided to again hold a separate, private party for whites only.

While many whites say they still plan to attend next week's integrated prom, the decision to hold the whites-only prom this Friday saddened senior Gerica McCrary, who helped organize last year's dance.

"I cried," said McCrary, who is black. "The black juniors said, 'Our prom is open to everyone. If you want to come, come.'"

Juniors are in charge of planning the prom each year and last year they decided to have just one dance — the first integrated prom in 31 years in the rural Georgia county 150 miles south of Atlanta.

Until then, parents and students organized separate proms for whites and blacks after school officials stopped sponsoring dances, in part because they wanted to avoid problems arising from interracial dating.

This year, a small number of white juniors decided they wanted a separate prom.

"They influenced the others," said McCrary, who plans to major in biology at Columbus State University. "They didn't vote on anything. They said, 'This is what we're going to do.'"

The school has 439 students, 232 of them black. McCrary and a white friend passed out fliers informing students of all races that they would be welcome at the May 9 prom at nearby Fort Valley State University.

The private prom is Friday night 50 miles away in Columbus.

Erin Posey, a white senior, (and friend of PUDGY) said the entire junior class joined together in hosting last year's prom, but this year's junior class wasn't as unified.

"I think a lot of seniors were disappointed," she said. "Now we have to choose between two groups of friends."

Posey plans to attend both proms.

"I had some white friends who were not going to the other (inclusive) prom," she said. "I wanted to have time with everybody. I'll have a lot of (black) friends there, too. A lot more of the seniors are going to be at the mixed one."

After school integration, separate proms were common in the rural South, but Taylor County was among the last to cling to the practice.

Glenda Latimore, a 1972 graduate, was in the first class to have separate black and white proms. Now her 16-year-old son, Gerard, is preparing for prom night.

As the black junior class president, her son helped organize the open-to-all prom. The class also has a white president.

"I would have liked to see it together this year," said Latimore, an outfielder on the school's baseball team. "My class would have, too. It just didn't happen this year."

Glenda Latimore said relatives in Philadelphia and New Jersey laugh when they read about Taylor County's prom. She said residents here are "nice and friendly," but they still have a problem with proms.

"It seems like it's something secret," she said. "The white people are afraid to speak up against the separation.

"But I went to a black prom and I had fun," she said. "It didn't kill me, so I tell my son, 'Just go to the prom and have fun. Don't come out hating anyone.'"


I really cant believe this story though. Horrible.

[pudgy]

Tweetnot everyone in the south is a racist piece of shit.

[njjuicer]

Tweetsum peopela re so lame

[3Vandoo]

Tweetgoing back 50 years behind

[rado]

Tweetthat sucks

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Originally posted by pudgy
not everyone in the south is a racist piece of shit.

yeah sorry to drop your name in that title, but it will get tons of reads because of your name and i dont know anyone else from the greater Hotlanta area.

[Berzerker]

TweetIt's a reflection of how folks really feel down in ALbany, Ga.

You only allowed to bring your SECOND cousin to the white's only prom.

[34pumped]

Tweet[QUOTE]Originally posted by pudgy
not everyone in the south is a racist piece of shit. [/QUOTE

] i second that pudgy

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TweetWow, I didn't think that kinda crap still happened in North America!

Seperateing Blacks and Whites because of problems arouseing from "Interracial dating"? WTF? I think the school should step in.. but then again, the school is 1/2 the problem. I thought they figured out 30 years ago that all seperating the students does is make matters worse.

There'd be a public outrage if that happened in Canada.

[ElCid]

Tweet[QUOTE]Originally posted by 34pumped

Originally posted by pudgy
not everyone in the south is a racist piece of shit. [/QUOTE

] i second that pudgy

I 3rd that!

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Originally posted by blm9376
Oh you know as soon as Rev Jackson gets on it there will be.

now that is a true damn statement

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Originally posted by blm9376
Oh you know as soon as Rev Jackson gets on it there will be.

Oh my. That's the freak anti-racism pro-black dude right?
I swear he hurts the case more than helps it when he jumps in. He's also the guy who plays the racism card at the drop of a hat correct?

Canada is getting so ethnically diverse, I don't think racism will ever be much of a problem. It's getting to the point now where about 1/2 the population isn't what I'd consider to be a purebread "whitey".

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TweetSomeone needs to write the students and fill them in that it is 2003

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Tweetcanadian are wuzz and we cannot say nothing or we are called racist

thanx to the liberals and trudeau they killed the country.

arrrrrrggggggg!!!!!!!!

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TweetIt's shity to know this goes on anywhere in the world . All people don't have to get along , but no one should be hated for the race .