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Confederate flag prom dress gets girl kicked out of dance
I don't know what's worse - that she was counseled not to wore it, spent $500 having it made anyway, wore it with flip flops, or all the 'the civil war wasn't about slavery!' comments.
http://blog.chron.com/hottopics/2012/04/confederate-flag-dress-gets-teen-sent-home-from-prom/#4688-2
A Tennessee teenager was turned down from her high school prom for wearing a red, white and blue sequined dress that resembled the Confederate battle flag, the Jackson Sun reported.
When 18-year-old Texanna Edwards showed up to the dance Saturday in the controversial dress, knee-length with thick blue ribbon crossed at her hip, officials told her the outfit was ?offensive and inappropriate? and did not allow her to enter the event.
A teacher had counseled her not to wear the dress to prom or to get approval before the dance.
?I didn?t talk with administration because we wore rebel flags all through my four years at Gibson County (High School),? Edwards said in the story. ?? I asked a bunch of people before I had the dress made and they all loved the idea.?
Edwards? school is located in western Tennessee, about 30 miles north of Jackson.
She told the newspaper that both black and white classmates complimented her attire, and her mom said they had spent $500 on preparations for the big dance.
A spokesman for the school district defended the principal?s decision not to admit Edwards, saying that he was taking precautions to prevent any incidents sparked by such a prominent display of the Confederate icon.
Re: Confederate flag prom dress gets girl kicked out of dance
Glad it was reposted. I didn't want anyone to miss the fabulous video of her saying that she "got too many black and mixed friends" to be racist.
http://www.abc24.com/news/local/story/High-School-Senior-Defends-Controversial-Prom/mjRCWbcr2UazCSpqahipbw.cspx
That look cost $500?
You know, when I lived in Tennessee a man told me that he knew I would understand the Civil War was not about slavery because I was college educated.
Yep, good times.
My bad, I was at jury duty yesterday and didn't check the nest, nor did I check before posting.
Exactly what I was thinking. My wedding gown didn't cost that much.
sydney2002 - This doesn't surprise me one bit. But, I'mma say this I double dog fuccking DARE my child's school to do this foolishness with the curriculum. Because I will flip the hell out and that shiit will be all over the news. Try me if you want to. *starts grumbling*