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Saturday, April 6, 2013

Segregated Prom Sees Black Students Escorted Out by Police


                                       

"This seems hard to believe in 2013, but students at Wilcox County High School in Georgia have long held segregated proms — one for blacks and one for whites. This year a group of black and white teens who have been friends for years are fighting for a fully integrated prom. But it hasn't been easy."*

Wilcox County High School in Georgia has a segregated prom in 2013- one for whites and one for non-whites. How is this still going on? How is this school still getting away with institutionalized racism? Cnek Uygur, Ana Kasparian, and Ben Mankiewicz discuss.