# White only prom **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 1, 2003, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-only-prom/172443 "2003-05-01T18:53:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Blalron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-only-prom/172443/181 "2003-05-04T19:54:45Z")
> [@](#): > > It’s a private party, they can invite whomever they wish. This isn’t just a gathering of friends, unless you can show that everybody who is coming is friends with everybody else. They are letting people in and excluding people based on nothing except else except the amount of melanin somebody has in their skin. I’m not saying the party is illegal, nor that they don’t have the right to carry out the party. They do have the right to carry out that party. But I am equally free to use my free speech rights to condemn them for their backwards attitudes. ---
**Author:** ![milroyj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@milroyj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milroyj)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-only-prom/172443/182 "2003-05-04T20:03:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by black455 \* > **It’s a private party set up for the specific purpose of excluding black people.** Do you have any evidence that it was specifically set up to exclude black people? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-only-prom/172443/183 "2003-05-04T20:13:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by milroyj \* > \*\*It’s a private party, they can invite whomever they wish. \*\* And no is saying they can’t, you drooling cretin. Jesus fuck! Do you think the KKK isn’t racist because they have a right to invite whoever they want to their cross burnings? ---
**Author:** ![black\_rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-only-prom/172443/184 "2003-05-04T20:16:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by milroyj \* > \*\*Do you have any evidence that it was specifically set up to exclude black people? \*\* What does the phrase “for whites only” mean to you, dipshit? ---
**Author:** ![milroyj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@milroyj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milroyj)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-only-prom/172443/185 "2003-05-04T20:17:37Z")
What does the phrase “invitation only” mean to you, dipshit? Do I need to make this my sig? It was a private party, they can invite whomever they want. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-only-prom/172443/186 "2003-05-04T20:38:43Z")
> [@](#): > > Do I need to make this my sig? It was a private party, they can invite whomever they want. Dropped on your head as a child much? Yes, they can invite who ever they want. They only want to invite white people. Ergo, they’re racists. I’m prefectly willing to keep saying this until the concept makes contact with that one lonely brain cell bouncing around the inside of your skull and you finally get a fucking clue. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-only-prom/172443/187 "2003-05-04T20:42:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by milroyj \* > \*\* > If somebody has a wedding and invites 300 of their closest family and friends, and all the invitees are white, is the wedding then racist? \*\* It is if that person has 300 equally close black relatives who they refuse to invite. ---
**Author:** ![milroyj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@milroyj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milroyj)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-only-prom/172443/188 "2003-05-04T20:46:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Miller \* > **Yes, they can invite who ever they want. They only want to invite white people. Ergo, they’re racists.** Assumes facts not in evidence. How do you know they’re racists? My dear aunt had all of us white crackers over for Easter Sunday dinner, not a minority in sight. Does that make her a racist? ---
**Author:** ![milroyj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@milroyj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milroyj)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-only-prom/172443/189 "2003-05-04T20:49:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lamia \* > \*\*It is if that person has 300 equally close black relatives who they refuse to invite. \*\* Nope, the guest list of a private party cannot, by definition, be racist. ---
**Author:** ![black\_rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-only-prom/172443/190 "2003-05-04T20:49:57Z")
Did she tell you not to bring any nigras? ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-only-prom/172443/191 "2003-05-04T20:50:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by milroyj \* > \*\*What does the phrase “invitation only” mean to you, dipshit? > > Do I need to make this my sig? It was a private party, they can invite whomever they want. \*\* And he’ll wave to them from his beach house on the Nile. ---
**Author:** ![black\_rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-only-prom/172443/192 "2003-05-04T20:51:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by milroyj \* > \*\*Nope, the guest list of a private party cannot, by definition, be racist. \*\* Why not? So you’re telling me that the guest list at the Aryan Nations Annual Bowling Party could not, by definition, be racist, because it’s a private party? ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-only-prom/172443/193 "2003-05-04T20:52:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by milroyj \* > \*\*Nope, the guest list of a private party cannot, by definition, be racist. \*\* Wow. Do you ever use logic, common sense, or what we sentient beings call _thinking_? ---
**Author:** ![milroyj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@milroyj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milroyj)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-only-prom/172443/194 "2003-05-04T20:54:13Z")
I’ve said it before, and I will say it again. It was a private party, they can invite whomever they wish. Frankly, it’s scary that people here think otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![milroyj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@milroyj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milroyj)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-only-prom/172443/195 "2003-05-04T20:56:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by black455 \* > \*\*Did she tell you not to bring any nigras? \*\* Please do not disrespect my aunt, sir. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-only-prom/172443/196 "2003-05-04T21:00:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by milroyj \* > \*\*I’ve said it before, and I will say it again. > > It was a private party, they can invite whomever they wish. > > Frankly, it’s scary that people here think otherwise. \*\* It is a racist private party which was created as the reaction to an inclusive party that was formerly non-inclusive. Yes, they can invite whomever they wish. That doesn’t make it not racist. It’ scary that _you_ could think otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-only-prom/172443/197 "2003-05-04T21:03:02Z")
**It’s** scary. And it _is_. ---
**Author:** ![milroyj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@milroyj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milroyj)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-only-prom/172443/198 "2003-05-04T21:03:57Z")
How is it racist to invite whomever you want to a private party? ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-only-prom/172443/199 "2003-05-04T21:06:08Z")
Wow. You are either thick, or you support the fact that these kids created a whites only prom because they don’t like a prom that is inclusive of race and ethnicity. Either way, you have to be a hoot at an NAACP gathering. ---
**Author:** ![milroyj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@milroyj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milroyj)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2003, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-only-prom/172443/200 "2003-05-04T21:10:17Z")
I support the fact that these kids had a party with those people they wanted to invite. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-only-prom/172443.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-only-prom/172443.md?page=11)