“You may be picking cotton but we’re picking you to go to prom with us,” was the best idea two white Florida seniors could come up with for a promposal to their Black “friend”.
Promposals go from some sort of cheesy pick-up line on a sign, to flash mobs in the middle of malls. But never have I seen such a disgusting, racist display of the “prom spirit.”
The photo of this twisted promposal surfaced on twitter about 9 days ago, and Black twitter went wild! They rushed to the rescue and quickly found the identities of the two girls, contacting the principal and dean of the district. The Monarch High students were soon after suspended.
Still, lies the issue that the promposal even happened.
And, the larger issue, which is that the Black girl said yes.
So many times, I’ve heard “racism isn’t a thing anymore”, “white people don’t hate black people anymore,” and, “oh you just have to understand they don’t see the error of their ways.”
WHEN are we going to stop giving white people passes for being overtly racist?
WHEN are we going to stop being labeled “bitter,” or “social justice warriors,” for demanding equity?
WHEN will Black people understand that we don’t have to accept or “laugh off” racism because of the fear of being attacked?
And WHEN will white people stop white peopling, because honestly, I’ve had enough.
The fact that two white seniors thought that a racist promposal to their “friend” was acceptable is disturbing enough. But more than that, the fact that the Black friend is smiling in this picture, and accepted the promposal instead of spitting in their face just baffles me.
Black people, we have to stand up for ourselves, or white people will never stop white peopling.
And white people, seriously, racism is never funny.
And for anyone who may be confused, it’s 2017, so we aren’t picking cotton anymore.
