I live in what th3e media and most pundits want to call “The New South”…..meaning somehow it has changed from the days of segregation and poll taxes………maybe on the surface we could make a case that the South is changing, but at its core it is not much different than 1959……..yes, more blacks are attending traditionally white schools and there are more lawmakers that are black….but what about at the heart of the society?

This will give you an idea of what the “heart” of Dixie is thinking…..

Newser) – We’re now well into 2013—but don’t tell that to the citizens of Rochelle, Ga., who prefer to party like it’s 1949 at racially segregated proms and homecoming dances. Four students at Wilcox County High School are now attempting to fight back against their town’s “embarrassing” tradition by organizing their own integrated prom, reports CBS Atlanta. But not all of their classmates are so open-minded. “I actually put up posters for the integrated prom and we’ve had people ripping them down at the school,” says one of the students.

The high school itself does not organize the dances, so it’s technically legal for students and parents to organize separate black- and white-only proms. The school finally abolished racially segregated courts for the first time at this year’s homecoming, but there were still two dances. A black student, one of the integrated prom organizers, was elected queen, but attended a different dance than her king, and separate photos were taken for the yearbook. “I felt like there had to be a change,” she said. “Because for me to be a black person and the king to be a white person, I felt like, you know why can’t we come together?”

I always tell people that sk me about visiting the South the one thing they need to keep paramount in the their mind…….when crossing intpo the “New South” remember to set your watches back 150 years and all will be alright…….