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And the latest bit of irresponsible prom-paganda comes in Netflixâs audaciously-titled film The Prom, in which Meryl Streep and James Corden (Nicole Kidman is also involved) put on a school dance in Edgewater, Indiana, for a girl who isnât allowed to attend her schoolâs prom with her girlfriend.
She isnât allowed because the prom, like anything steeped in centuries-old tradition intended to teach people social etiquette, is still marred by stark bigotry. As recently as 2010, a Mississippi school cancelled its prom so a girl couldnât bring her girlfriend. And a school in Georgia only desegregated its prom in 2013. That was seven years ago!