Friday, April 9, 2010

Segregation...still?

Some high schools in the south have segregated proms.  Still.  Today.  This completely blows my mind.  The civil rights movement was in the '60s, people.  Half a century has gone by.  HOW can this still be happening?  I know racism still exists, as I have felt it first-hand.  But I didn't know that institutionalized racism still happened in this country.  I thought we were beyond that.  I thought we as Americans believed in the phrase "all men are created equal".  Apparently not.  I have no words.

Source: NY Times

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