Racist "prom-posal"

Sign reads: "If I was black I'd be picking cotton, but I'm white so I'm picking you for prom."

Teen's racist promposal goes viral: 'If I was black I'd be picking cotton'

More importantly:

1. When did "prom-posals" become a thing?
2. Do your kids do "prom-posals" or is this fairly rare?

I want the '90s back.

 

It happens in California and it's insane. My two youngest graduated high school five and six years ago and they had to go through it.

I feel bad for this kid. I hope he doesn't get backlashed too hard. It was a joke that missed it's mark. This would be an A level joke for @Vombatus .

 

This country is fucked.

 

I never went to Prom. I didn't have a girlfriend and I didn't really hang out with girls at all in that I would be able to go with someone "as a friend."

Took hotties to all my fratbro formals, though.

 

Kids today. <shakes head sadly>

 

Life is just a series of performance art set pieces now.

 

A few years ago he would've been carrying her bag to the prom.

 

See, this is always the retort. And sometimes adults do tsk-tsk perfectly healthy youth behavior that they don't "get." But sometimes, the grown-ups are right and kids actually do engage in stupid shit that needs to stop.

 

Only if they translate well to social media.

 

I wouldn't be too upset if he does feel a huge backlash for this.

He's 18 years old - old enough to know the way that was worded was horrible. The entire thing is based on a horribly racist premise. I'm assuming he didn't keep this a secret, and sought out some guidance from friends/family members before executing it. No one thought to tell him it's a terrible idea?

I do hope, for his sake, that future potential employers, or even colleges he applies to, don't do a Google search for his name and see this.

 

If you are bagging on the kid for the sign, fine. If you are bagging on the kid for the promposal thing, the mommies are SO INTO IT. They get to put it on *their* social media. And helicopter moms today Ive seen practically do the whole promposal, from design and on.