Ukukhangela kuGoogle kuya kukukhokelela ekubeni ukholelwe ukuba ingxaki yezahlulo ezahluliweyo isonjululwe ngo-2014 emva kokuba abafundi baseWilcox County High School bekhalaze ukwahlulwa komdaniso wabo osemthethweni wonyaka.UMalik Dupree woMqwalaseli Lixesha le-prom! Khawuleza! Uyazi, umdaniso osesikweni waminyaka le wesikolo esiphakamileyo, odla ngokubanjwa ekupheleni konyaka ophezulu. I-Prom yindawo yokuguqula ulutsha-njengoko sele beza kusuka kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo babe ngabantu abadala.
Kodwa kwiindawo ezithile eMzantsi, kude kube yiminyaka nje embalwa edlulileyo, lo mngqungqo wesintu, apho ulutsha luzihombisa ngee-tuxedos kunye neelokhwe zodidi, lwahlulwa ngokobuhlanga. Hayi, hayi ngoo-1950 uJim Crow America; Sithetha ngexesha lakutshanje kangangokuba ngelixa oku kuqhubeka, ububukele Imidlalo yeethrone . Ukuba uhlala eRochelle, eGeorgia, lo mngqungqo weshumi elivisayo ngekhe ube sisikolo esisemthethweni nesohlwayo kunye nokudityaniswa ngokobuhlanga kude kube ngo-2014.
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USusan Kent , ngoku ohlala kwisiXeko saseNew York, wakhulela kwidolophu esemaphandleni ekufutshane yama-9,000 e KwiBen Hill County, eGeorgia . Ufunde kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo iFitzgerald waphumelela ngo-1988- xa abahlali babamba ii-prom ezimbini: i-prom emhlophe kunye ne-prom emnyama. Kwaye, ewe, yile nto kanye abantu bayibiza njalo.
Ewe, uKent uqinisekisile. Ndicinga ukuba mhlawumbi ixhaphake kakhulu kwezi ndawo zincinci zasemaphandleni kunokuba umntu eqonda.
Ndandiqala ukuva uKent ebalisa amava akhe ekukhuleni kunye nokwahlulwa ngokobuhlanga kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo kumdlalo wokubalisa amabali we-NYC. Mhlawumbi ndingu-naïve, kodwa bendingenalo nofifi lokuba le iseyinto esexesheni lethu-kwaye ndifuna ukwazi ngakumbi.
Mnan 2013, abafundi bavukela kwaye bathatha isigqibo sokuba badityaniswe, wachaza uKent, ebhekisa kwisiganeko kwindawo elandelayo ngaphaya kwidolophu yakowabo ekufutshane. Isikolo samabanga aphakamileyo iWilcox County eRochelle, eGeorgia. Iqaqobana labafundi liququzelele iphulo ukuze isikolo sabo sibambe i-prom edibeneyo; uyazi, isithembiso esiza kuvumela ukuba zonke iintlanga zizimase. Kwakungekho unyaka olandelayo, i-2014, apho iWilcox High School yayine-prom egunyazisiweyo esemthethweni. Ewe, ngelixa u-Obama wayeku-White House, abafundi e-United States kwafuneka bathathe amanyathelo ukuze i-prom yabo yamabanga aphakamileyo ibandakanye abafundi base-Afrika baseMelika nabamhlophe abadanisa kwigumbi elinye kunye. 
Uhlobo olufanayo lokugwetyelwa oluye lwasetyenziselwa ukukhusela ii-prom ezahluliweyo nazo zihamba ngokuhambelana nentetho eninzi kaDonald Trump. Wonke umongameli wethu ulahlekile yi-corsage kaMelania.U-ANDREJ ISAKOVIC / AFP / imifanekiso kaFetty
Kweli xesha langoku, izizathu zokuba amagosa esixeko, (abamhlophe) abazali kunye nabasemagunyeni banike izithembiso zokwahlula isandi njenge-spin esivela kwincwadi yokudlala kaSarah Huckabee Sanders, ihlala ihambelana nale migca: Isikolo sethu asinayo i-prom-sinayo le micimbi yabucala. Ngamaqela abucala apho kumenywa abantu abathile; ayizizo ii-prom ezisemthethweni!
Lo mbandela wokuba kutheni kukho umlo onje, kule minyaka imbalwa idlulileyo, yokudibanisa ii-proms ikwabonisa nokunyuka kukaDonald Trump.
Kukho isizathu sokuba nesiseko esikhulu senkxaso, utshilo uKent. Khange ndothuke xa ephumelele. Wonke umntu wayephulukana nengqondo ngathi, 'Yenzeke njani le nto?' Kwaye ndinje, 'Yiza kuluhlu lwam lwexesha ku-Facebook-nantsi indlela eyenzekile!'
Uhlobo olufanayo lokugwetyelwa oluye lwasetyenziselwa ukukhusela ii-proms ezahluliweyo zikwasebenza ngokufana nokusetyenziswa kwempendulo kukaTrump kumba wokufudukela kwelinye ilizwe- into ebangela ukuba uTrump angacaluli ngokobuhlanga… xa ngokucacileyo intetho yakhe ngu ubuhlanga.
UTrump angathi : Ilizwe lethu ligcwele, ngokungathi luhlobo oluthile lwengxelo yenyani, endaweni yokuqokelela abantu abavela kwamanye amazwe-ngendlela efanayo neyabahlali baseBen Hill County Banokuthi ii-prom ezahluliweyo ayibonisi ubuhlanga, kodwa isiko nje ezahlukeneyo kunye nezinto abazithandayo.
Uninzi lwazo aluboni njengobuhlanga, utshilo uKent. Bathetha izinto ezoyikekayo zokungazi, kodwa bebekule ndawo ekuhlaleni.
Ngumdlalo obambekayo weCatch-22-apho amagosa esikolo anokuthi enze ibango ngumcimbi wabucala-kwaye yiyo loo nto imidaniso yawo yahlulwe. Okanye, yayimiselwe ngale ndlela ukugcina izithembiso zasesikolweni esiphakamileyo zahlulwe ngabantu abaneenjongo zobuhlanga.
Yiyo kanye indlela abaphume ngayo ngenxa yokuba yayingagwetywanga ngokukodwa esikolweni, okanye ixhaswe ngemali, utshilo uKent. Ukusuka kwinto ahlangabezane nayo, eli qela labucala lazithethelela ngokubeka ubunzima njengovavanyo lwexesha likaJim Crow lokuvota kulwazi lokuvota eMzantsi olwenzelwe ukuba nolwaphulo-mthetho kubavoti abamnyama.
Zonke iintlanganiso zethu ze-prom bezisesikolweni kunye nomnye wootitshala njengoko umcebisi, uKent ekhumbula. Ukuba notitshala ekuncedeni ekuququzeleleni i-prom yesikolo yayiyeyona nto iphambili, ewe, yabafundi abamhlophe. Abafundi abamnyama bayenza bodwa bebodwa-kuba khange baqwalaselwe. 
Ngexesha le-1950s, ubandlululo kwizikolo zikarhulumente kwahlangatyezwana nenkcaso enkulu eMzantsi. Ukudibanisa imidaniso yesikolo esiphakamileyo kwakungaziwa ngelo xesha.H. Armstrong Roberts / Retrofile / imifanekiso kaFetty
Ke phi ekuqaleni yonke into ihambe gwenxa nge-prom zasemazantsi?
EGeorgia, ii-prom zayeka ukubanjwa kwizikolo eziphakamileyo ngexesha le-60s kunye ne-70s xa i-desegregation yayishushu ngokupheleleyo. Oku kukhokelele ekubeni ii-proms zisingathwe ngabazali nangabafundi, ngaphandle kolawulo lwesikolo, zikhokelele kwisithethe ekuthiwa sisithembiso esimhlophe kunye ne-prom emnyama.
Ungatsho ukuba le ntshukumo ibikukuthintela nakuphi na ukungavisisani ngokobuhlanga kumdaniso wokuphela konyaka. Okanye unokwenza ukuba, endaweni yoko, le ntshukumo yokukhutshelwa ngaphandle iphembelele ukungavisisani ngokobuhlanga. I-prom emnyama / i-prom emhlophe yaba yenye nje inkcubeko yaseMzantsi ecaleni kwemifanekiso eqingqiweyo yesikhumbuzo sikaRobert E. Lee.
Kodwa ukuzithethelela kwee-prom ezahluliweyo kuya kudlula ngaphaya kwe le yimicimbi yabucala ukuzithethelela. Emuva xa uKent wayefunda kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo, wathi kukho izizathu ezicacileyo zokuba abahlali abafuni ukudibanisa isithembiso.
Kuya kuba ngathi, 'kuya kubakho umlo omninzi xa sinokuthi siyeke sihlale ngaphandle kwesithembiso esinye.' Okanye, 'kuthekani ukuba umntu omnyama nomhlophe baphela bedanisa kunye kwaye emva koko baya kuba ukuthandana kwaye sonke isihogo siza kukhululeka! '
UKent ucacisile ukuba esona sizathu siphambili sokuba kubekho i-prom eyahlukileyo yayicacile: Abantu bavulelekile ngokwenyani malunga nobuhlanga babo. Kwakhona, luluntu olwahluliweyo olo; elona xesha uhleli nalo nabani na wohlanga olwahlukileyo esikolweni.
Ke, kunjani xa ilixesha lokunyusa kwisikolo sakho samabanga aphakamileyo, imidaniso yahlulwe, kwaye ufuna nje ukuxhoma nabahlobo bakho-ngaphandle kohlanga lwabo?
Kwidolophu yakuloKent, i-prom eyahlulwe ubukhulu becala yayiyindlela enye; ebizwa ngokuba yi-prom emhlophe ibibanjelwe e-Elks Lodge-apho, njenge-lodge Imithetho icaciswe gca, akukho mntu umnyama okanye umJuda ovunyelweyo .
Ngendlela eya kwenzeka ngayo le prom, utshilo, uninzi lwabantwana abamhlophe baya kuya 'kumhlophe prom,' bathathwe imifanekiso, babe nemidaniso yokuqala, emva koko bahlasele i-prom emnyama.
UKent uthe i-prom emnyama inesimo sokungazinzisi kangako, yamkeleka ngakumbi kwaye imnandi kakhulu-ndingasathethi ke, inezinto ezininzi, kakhulu umculo ongcono. 
NgokukaSusan Kent, owaphumelela kwisikolo sakhe samabanga aphakamileyo saseGeorgia ngo-1988, abafundi abamhlophe bayokungqubeka kwisithembiso sakhe esimnyama sesikolo kuba sasibuyiselwe umva.Ifoto ngu-Mario Tama / Getty Izithombe
Ngokucacileyo, nangona kunjalo, bekukho amandla angathandabuzekiyo edlalayo.
Ke ngoku besisaqhubeka 'sidibanisa' i-prom, kodwa ayikhange ithi qatha kum, kude kube yiminyaka embalwa edlulileyo, ukuba loo nto yayisalilungelo kuthi-ukuba thina [bafundi abamhlophe] sinokuthi si-waltz siye naphina apho sifuna khona, utshilo uKent.
Okwangoku, umhlobo omnyama kaKent, uWalt, owayefuna ukumsa kwi-prom, wabonakala kwi-prom emhlophe kwaye wahlangatyezwa kwindawo yokupaka iimoto ziimpelesi ezamjika. Njengokuba, wayengakwazi nokungena emnyango, utshilo uKent.
Sasingomnye wabahlobo abambalwa [beentlanga ezahlukeneyo] kuloo dolophu apho sawela khona kwaye sasingabahlobo ngokwenene, utshilo. Yena noWalt babehlala bethandana, kodwa entlokweni yam, kuba yayingavumelekanga, khange ithi qatha kum into yokuba angabanazo iimvakalelo ngam-ngaphandle kokuba zizihlobo nje.
Xa uKent efumanisa ukuba uWalt uza kumcela ukuba athembise, impendulo yakhe yokuqala yayi: Yiyiphi i-prom?
Ngokucacileyo ibiya kuba yiprom yakhe kuba besingenakuya 'kumhlophe prom,' ukhumbule. Ngenxa yoxinzelelo olwahluliweyo lwengingqi yakhe encinci yedolophu yasemazantsi, wayengazi ukuba uza kuyiphatha njani inyanzeliso kaWalt; wagqibela ngokumphepha kwaphela.
Nangona uKent wayethetha kakhulu kwaye ephaphile malunga nokungabi nocalucalulo kwindawo yakhe enkulu, ndandifana, andizukuphoswa 'ngumlungu omhlophe.'
Njengoko uvukile njengoko uKent wayekholelwa ukuba ngelo xesha, kwindawo yakhe yobuhlanga, yasemaphandleni yaseGeorgia yabantu abangama-9,000, wayengaxhotyiswanga ngokweemvakalelo njengomntwana oneminyaka eli-17 ubudala ukuba abe yinxalenye yabantu bokuqala, abathandanayo bobuhlanga kwisikolo sakhe esiphakamileyo -Okuhambelana noko kwakukoyika ukubuyela umva.
Ke uWalt, naye, wabonisa kwi-prom ukuba isikolo sakhe asiyi kumvumela ukuba aye ngenxa yohlanga lwakhe. Iziphumo zazifana nomdlalo bhanyabhanya ophazamisayo kaJohn Hughes.
Xa ndaya kwi-'prom emhlophe, 'kwaye ndikumhla wam… ndimbona etsalela kwindawo yokupaka ngeengcango zase-France ze-Elks Lodge ndaza ndambona ejongana ne-chaperones, utshilo uKent. Uye wajonga phezulu wandibona, saza sadibana ngamehlo. Uye wabuya wabuyela e chaperone ndabaleka.
Ukufika kwethu kwezi zinto zokwenyani… sayeka ukuba ngabahlobo, utshilo. Andizange ndiphinde ndithethe naye [emva koko] de kwayiminyaka emithathu edlulileyo.
Uphendlo lukaGoogle luza kukukhokelela ekubeni ukholelwe ukuba ingxaki yepars ezahluliweyo isonjululwe ngo-2014 emva kokuba abafundi baseWilcox County High School beqhankqalaze ukwahlulwa komdaniso wabo osesikweni wonyaka-kwaye amagosa esikolo ekugqibeleni anikezele kwisithembiso esidityanisiweyo. Iitshaneli zeendaba, ezinje nge-CNN, zenze ibali le-Wilcox High elidityanisiweyo libonakale ngathi loloyiso kubudlelwane bobuhlanga. (Isikhumbuzo: Oku bekukho nje ngo-2014 — kwiminyaka nje emihlanu edlulileyo.)
Xa isiganeko senzekile: Uninzi lwabafundi abamhlophe abasafuna ukuba ne-'prom yabo emhlophe 'baya kwidolophu eyahlukileyo ukuyenza. Yayiyidolophu yam, utshilo uKent, Ewe, zisa iesile lakho lobuhlanga, sinalo! 
Emazantsi, ii-prom ezimhlophe ezixhaswa ngurhulumente ngokwenene zixhaphake kakhulu kunokuba amagosa esikolo angathanda ukuba ukholelwe.Ifoto ngu-Mario Tama / Getty Izithombe
UKent kutshanje ufumene imiyalezo kuFacebook evela kwabo ebekade efunda nabo abamxelela ukuba ingqwalaselo yemithombo yeendaba ka-2014 ayithethi ukuba ii-prom ezimhlophe azikenzeki; banokuba phantsi kwe-radar. Okunokwenzeka kuyinyani-I-America yaseTrump kude kudala ukudala ukuvisisana ngokobuhlanga kwilizwe lethu.
Ekugqibeleni ndivile, kukho i-prom edityanisiweyo yesikolo, utshilo uKent, ecinga, ngoko ke abantu bebala baya kwi-prom edibeneyo. Kwaye abantu abamhlophe bane-prom yabo.
Ke, ukuba ii-prom ezahluliweyo zisaqhubeka ngandlela thile-kutheni le nto singeva ngayo ngenene?
EMississippi, Isikolo samabanga aphakamileyo iCharleston khange ibambe i-prom yayo yokuqala yeentlanga ngeentlanga de kube ngu-2008. Ngapha koko, umlingisi uMorgan Freeman, owakhulela kule ndawo, wacela ukuhlawula umdaniso-okoko wonke umntu wayevumelekile ukuya. Kodwa eCleveland, eMississippi, iyure nje kude, abafundi bebesaya kwizikolo ezahluliweyo kude kube ngo-2017. Ngokucacileyo linyathelo eliya phambili, kodwa kusekho ukwahlukana ngokobuhlanga kwezi ndawo ziseMzantsi.
Ndicinga ukuba kukho inqanaba elikhulu lehlazo kuba, ezingqondweni zabo, bayazi ukuba kuyathandwa, utshilo uKent.
Uziva ngathi ukuba ii-prom ezahluliweyo eziyimfihlo zisaqhubeka, abahlali eBen Hill County abafuni ngakumbi ukuba umhlaba wonke wazi ukuba kusenzeka: Yiyo yonke indlela esemazantsi yokuba; ayinamsebenzi ukuba kwenzeka ntoni ngaphakathi endlwini, ukuba nje iyadi ibonakala intle.
Kwakukho nokubuyela umva okuninzi emva kokuba inyathelo lokudityaniswa kweSikolo samaBanga aPhakamileyo saseWilcox ukudibanisa isithembiso saba ziindaba zesizwe. Nokuba ngo-2013, amagosa aseBen Hill County ebengayi kuvumela amalungu eendaba ukuba angene kufutshane.
I-CNN ibibonisa kwi-backwoods South Georgia, utshilo uKent. Kwaye [ngokusuka] kwinto endiyiqondayo, bazama ukuya eFitzgerald, idolophu yam, kwaye i-ofisi kanothimba yahlangana nabo kumda wommandla, kwaye babefana no 'Hayi, anizukungena!' Ucacisile, ekhankanya isimilo sedolophu yakhe siphenjelelwa ikakhulu ngabaphathi abamhlophe-usodolophu kunye nonothimba, bobabini ababese-ofisini iminyaka engama-30 ukuya kwengama-40. Kuyinto entle engenamthetho ngengqondo. Yinto yokwenene yomthetho wokulwa uhlobo lwe-vibe phaya ezantsi; lilizwe njenge-fuck.
Isikolo samabanga aphakamileyo iFitzgerald okanye iWilcox County High School asibuyisanga sicelo soMbonisi sokubeka izimvo.
Ke ngo-2019, abemi baseBen Hill County ngoku banokuvula ngakumbi malunga nezinto ezinje ngokuthandana kwabantu besini esinye kunye nokuba li-gay. (UWalt wagqibela ngokuhlala kwidolophu yakuloKent, apho wayetshatile phakathi kwabantu bezinye iintlanga, nangona kamva waqhawula umtshato.) Kodwa kusekho indlela ende ekusafuneka ihanjiwe xa kufikwa kumba wengqondo evulekileyo; akukho ndlela le ayisisiXeko saseCastro eSan Francisco-yindawo yasemaphandleni eGeorgia. Kusekho inkqubela. Awusoyiki ukuba i-KKK izakutshisa umnqamlezo kwingca yakho-eyayisoyiko lokwenyani xa ndandikhula apho, utshilo uKent. Yinkqubela phambili, kodwa [kusekho] ‘prom emnyama / prom emhlophe,’ kwaye igama elithi n lelinye nje igama olisebenzisayo… olo hlobo lwezinto.
Ngelixa imbewu yento eyayiza kuthi kamva ikhokelele kwi-Charlottesville's Unite the rally eyiyo yayityalwa kwindawo yakhe, uKent wathi emva kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo, ubukhulu becala, izihlobo zakhe zase-Afrika zaseMelika yayingezizo zonke ezazikhwaza zisiya kwiprom emhlophe.
Ngokwenyani-uza kuthembisa nge-redneck yakho, ubuhlanga, i-KKK-hooded enxibe abamelwane? Nah, utshilo uKent, esithi, Sukuyithatha loo nto emlonyeni wenenekazi elimhlophe, kodwa kutheni ungafuna ukusondela kwezi mpundu?
Nangona, xa wayefikelela kubahlobo bakhe besikolo esiphakamileyo ukuqinisekisa oku, uKent wayenengxaki yokufumana nabani na ukuba aphawule irekhodi
Abantu basemazantsi bayimfihlelo, iqela elingathembiyo-ngakumbi xa ujongene nomdyarho wobuhlanga, utshilo uKent. 
Xa umculo uyeka kwaye izibane zikhanya, inyani engathandekiyo yocalucalulo kwilizwe lethu lonke inokubonwa icace gca njengemini-kwaye ayisiyiyo kuphela kwizithembiso zesikolo esiphakamileyo saseMelika. Kuyo yonke indawo.IBethany Clarke / Getty Izithombe
Andiqinisekanga ncam ukuba siyintoni isiphelo esivakalayo kweli bali. Singatsho ukuba izinto ziphucukile kwilizwe lethu okoko iSikolo samaBanga aPhakamileyo saseWilcox sibambe isithembiso sayo sokuqala esidityanisiweyo ngokobuhlanga kwiintsuku zakudala zika-2014. Kodwa kwakhona, e-United States kaTrump, sibona ukunyuka ubuzwe obumhlophe, ukudubula kwizindlu zesikhungu, ukubukulwa kwabemi bamanye amazwe kunye nomongameli ophembelela uloyiko ngokubanzi kubantu abantsundu.
Iphantse ive ngathi sibuyela umva.
UHarmon Leon yintatheli ezizimeleyo kunye nombhali weencwadi ezisibhozo. Cwangcisa kwangaphambili incwadi yakhe yamva, Ukutshutshiswa kwabantu besizwe: Amabali enkcubeko angaphantsi (erere) , ngoku.
