It’s beyond sad that we’re still talking about integration in 2009, but we are! Oscar winner Morgan Freeman extended an offer to his home town high school in Charleston, MS back in 1997 to pay for an integrated prom, so that the high school students wouldn’t have to have 2 seperate dances!
The process leading up to and the decision to have the integrated dance has been documented [Prom Night in Mississippi] and is premiering at the Sundance Film Festival this week.
Clips: Morgan Freeman Brings Integrated Prom To Mississippi School.
It sucks beyond belief that there are still bigoted individuals in our country; but I’m also a “realist” and realize that not everyone is of the thought that we’re all the same [theoretically] and have many of the same goals in life. It isn’t so much the thought that one group thinks they’re better than the other; but that they believe that there’s no way we can coexist and move towards our individual goals TOGETHER!
What would this country be like with one race? I’m glad I don’t have to live in the answer of this question. I just want to be me and learn from others who are who they are. Get past yourself and allow the differences to reside where they may. We were all created different for a reason!
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