tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787999482934202364.post617926445478089053..comments2023-05-28T07:46:13.657-04:00Comments on social issues: The Ghost of Charleston: Mississippi School Holds First Interracial PromLeonard Wakshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10948820385522641682noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787999482934202364.post-68311910637757750312009-07-27T02:23:17.701-04:002009-07-27T02:23:17.701-04:00I watched Prom in Mississppi today,and i can't...I watched Prom in Mississppi today,and i can't believe that this is still going on. This makes MS look like the entire state is like this, but we aren't. I'm from Jackson, MS and it's nothing like that down here. everyone gets along with everyone. i mean people have their differences and arguments and not everyone is going to like each other, but we've gotten past the whole "black" and "white" thing many years ago. I can't believe there is still a town like this. its pretty ridiculous and they shouldn't be living in the 50's or earlier. its 2009, its just not like that anymore. i can't believe a parent would tell their child to have a certain color because that colored person hung other colored people or acted better or whatever. its wrong and they have to start living these days, not those. these years are totally different now. we have freedom, everyone has freedom. MS isn't like most people think, its a pretty good state and we are allowed freedom, except the people in charleston and other counties that are still like this. I feel for everyone still like this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787999482934202364.post-46374506073448930272009-07-20T22:54:43.110-04:002009-07-20T22:54:43.110-04:00I need to say how moved I am at this moment. I hav...I need to say how moved I am at this moment. I have just watched Prom in Mississippi, and the courage and strength that these young people exhibited to the world is so inspiring.<br /> <br />I graduated from Humphrey's Co High School, Class of 74. We did not have a prom. I have often thought that, and think, that it was something robbed from me. The ability and opportunity to spend a night of rejoicing with my fellow classmates. Shout of our accomplishments,shout of our hopes. But we were not allowed.<br /> <br />The fact that racism is so alive in Mississippi is why I left the state. I reside now in New York City, well right outside NYC. I am here because I can experience a freedom that I am not allowed at home.<br /> <br />I was one of the few white students at my high school. I was there because I choose to be. It is that experience that has laid the foundation for who I am today. I would not be who I am had I attended a private academy.<br /> <br />I thank you board for allowing this documentary to be made. <br /> <br />I pray the class of '09 will be allowed the opportunity for a mixed and fully diverse prom. <br /> <br />Again, let me say thank you and how moved, inspired and proud of these students actionAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com