Prom for both blacks and whites

Dear? ?editor In? ?my? ?English? ?class? ?I? ?have? ?seen? ?a? ?documentary? ?called? ?Prom? ?Night? ?in? ?Mississippi? ?about Morgan? ?Freeman? ?who? ?has? ?paid? ?for? ?a? ?prom? ?for? ?both? ?blacks? ?and? ?whites.? ?It? ?really? ?surprised? ?me that? ?even? ?though? ?the? ?children? ?accept? ?proms? ?with? ?both? ?blacks? ?and? ?whites,? ?white? ?parents wouldn't? ?accept? ?it. An? ?example? ?of? ?this? ?is? ?when? ?they? ?had? ?already? ?arranged? ?a? ?prom? ?for? ?both? ?blacks? ?and? ?whites, some? ?white? ?parents? ?arranged? ?a? ?prom? ?only? ?for? ?whites. The? ?film? ?shows? ?us,? ?that? ?even? ?though? ?the? ?parents? ?are? ?racist? ?and? ?wouldn't? ?accept? ?proms? ?with both? ?blacks? ?and? ?whites,? ?the? ?children? ?had? ?to? ?listen? ?to? ?what? ?they? ?want? ?about? ?the? ?prom.? ?So? ?if they? ?want? ?a? ?prom? ?with? ?both? ?blacks? ?and? ?whites? ?they? ?should? ?speak? ?up? ?about? ?it? ?to? ?their? ?parents even? ?though? ?their? ?parents? ?don’t? ?accept? ?it. Divided? ?proms? ?are? ?a? ?bad? ?thing? ?because? ?they? ?make? ?criteria? ?about? ?who? ?can? ?participate? ?in? ?the prom,? ?and? ?allows? ?those? ?who? ?can’t? ?participate? ?to? ?be? ?held? ?outside. Divided? ?proms? ?can? ?maybe? ?stop? ?if? ?they’re? ?talking? ?to? ?the? ?parents? ?about? ?listening? ?to? ?their children? ?before? ?they? ?arrange? ?a? ?prom? ?for? ?only? ?whites? ?or? ?only? ?for? ?blacks,? ?and? ?if? ?their? ?children want? ?a? ?prom? ?for? ?both? ?blacks? ?and? ?whites? ?then? ?they? ?should? ?support? ?them? ?and? ?help? ?the? ?children to? ?make? ?it? ?possible.