High School Principal Apologizes for Prom Tickets That Say 'Party Like It's 1776' - Hit & Run : Reason.com: "Dennis Perry, principal of Cherry Hill High School East in New Jersey, has apologized for an insensitive message on the tickets for this year's prom: "party like it's 1776."
That's problematic, since students of color would definitely not have felt like partying if they were alive in 1776, when slavery was still legal.
"It was insensitive and irresponsible not to appreciate that not all communities can celebrate what life was like in 1776," said Perry in a letter to the community.
"It was insensitive and irresponsible not to appreciate that not all communities can celebrate what life was like in 1776," said Perry in a letter to the community.
It's not clear whether any students were actually bothered by the message..."
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