Integration

In theory and in the books, integration is a beneficial thing for everyone. People get to interact with people who are different than them, get to see different walks of life, how others live, and can potentially eliminate prejudice. In theory, communism also looks pretty nice. Soviet Russia has proved that to be very, very wrong. I dont want you to get an impression that I am very anti-integration, I am not. I just think that something people should consider is whether the recipients of integration, two races, ethnicities, religions, etc really want it, and does it actually make people better? Now, I am 100% for integration in the sense of civil and equal rights; everyone, man, woman, black, white, orange, purple, should get equal pay and opportunity if they are doing the same work etc. But in the case of Brother Rice high school, and their decision to segregate their prom, I have no problems with that. These are students who have all learned, interacted, and known each other for 4 years, and decided they wanted separate proms, which the school allowed. It is an equal decision for each party, and isn't doing anything really wrong, it's just some people feel comfortable with certain people, and wanted to have their last senior fling with those certain people. As long as people are equal and have the same rights, can we really force people to do something they really don't want to? Only time can tell