OMFG - C'mon Mississippi.. It's freaking 2010 already.
Nettleton Middle School had a policy where only a White kid could be class president and only TODAY reversed this policy after media pressure.
Students could run for president, vice president, secretary-treasurer and reporter, but some positions were off-limits depending on race.
In all three grades, only white students can run for president. In eighth grade black students can run for vice president and reporter. In seventh grade blacks can only run for secretary-treasurer, and in sixth grade only for reporter.
I cannot believe this was ever allowed.
People need to be fired and if someone was prevented from being elected based on race, somone needs to face civil rights charges.
Disgusting.