Prom Night In Mississippi Questions

What are the tensions faced by these students? Can you identify the different issues each student faces and the cause of these issues?

 Prom night in Mississippi is a documentary about high school students who have segregated proms. The prom is divided racially. The white kids and black kids are separated on one of the most important nights of graduating. Morgan Freeman steps up to help pay for the prom, where all the kids can enjoy this night together as one graduating class. Many people have different opinions on the prom being integrated. A majority of the kids voted for their prom to be combined, but with change comes many problems. After this idea was presented to the graduating class of Charleston High school, many issues arose. There was one incident where a white girl said she didn't want to be part of a prom where black people would be invited, that's when a black girl came up to her and started to defend her "people". The two girls were taken to the principal where the white girls said she was threatened. After hearing about the incident the principal was more supportive towards the white girl while the black girl just wanted to step up for the black people. A girl name Chasidey who is black was communicating with a white boy they exchanged numbers and texted each other, she liked him but their relationship didn't go anywhere because they both were different skin colors and neither parent would support their relationship. Most of the white parents didn't support the white prom and that was a big reason why they had a segregated prom. Many of the parents grew up with people their skin color and never talked to someone of another color. Another problem, was with Jessica and her friend Calvin, who are both different race and Jessica's parents didn't approve of their friendship. There were many incidents where Jessica's parents would threaten her for being friends with Calvin and if he ever caught her he would beat her to hell. A big reason their was a segregated prom was because of the parents and once the students were okay with an integrated prom the planning begun, everything from decorations to food.  Even though there was a combined prom some of the white parents didn't agree with it so they decided to have a only white prom. Most of the white kids were forced to go to the white prom due to their parents.  Most of all the parents were being racist even when their kids were dating different races. I think as a human we learn a lot from our parents and many of their values are passed onto us and what they believe in. So if they are racist then its easier for us to act that way, the same way when you follow a religion its usually the one you're parents follow. In this documentary it was the students that had to follow their own path  and change the future for coming generations.