NYT - PROM

[FrenchTickla]

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wat a prekkeh! so nuhbaddy nuh buy cussage again?

like mi seh, any day name day weh any weh mi birthm adopt or odderwise claim fi be mi own even form di thought

bwoy we fail disya gingeration a pickney sah

[Blackstar*]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: seemiyah</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><span style="font-style: italic">Excerpt</span>
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> <span style="font-style: italic">11:30 p.m. Dance Floor
Every year, heated debate and anxious hand-wringing erupts among staff about establishing stricter guidelines for dress, dance styles and music at the prom. I always argue for leniency — let the students have their legal, non-gang, non-disrespectful fun. However, at the end of this year’s prom, I changed my mind. <span style="font-weight: bold">During the last few songs of the night, several male “big-timers” started to “Make It Rain,” an act popularized (of course) by entertainers and athletes who throw large amounts of cash in the air. Our students were only throwing up singles, so really they were just making it drizzle. </span>Regardless, the other students were diving on the floor for the money like it was a candy from a piñata.</span> </div></div> </div></div>
West Africans do this at weddings. It's called spraying (10th picture in the series).

ETA: Any ressemblence between the Nigerian wedding party and the US prom goers is no coincidence.

[mountaingal]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: seemiyah</div><div class="ubbcode-body">There was an article in the New York Times about a prom at a Chicago school. The article was interesting (it was a teacher blogging the event) but here are the pictures.















The Article

http://kristof.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/30/red-carpet/index.html?ref=opinion

Excerpt
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> 11:30 p.m. Dance Floor
Every year, heated debate and anxious hand-wringing erupts among staff about establishing stricter guidelines for dress, dance styles and music at the prom. I always argue for leniency — let the students have their legal, non-gang, non-disrespectful fun. However, at the end of this year’s prom, I changed my mind. During the last few songs of the night, several male “big-timers” started to “Make It Rain,” an act popularized (of course) by entertainers and athletes who throw large amounts of cash in the air. Our students were only throwing up singles, so really they were just making it drizzle. Regardless, the other students were diving on the floor for the money like it was a candy from a piñata. </div></div> </div></div>
dem young and dem happy. high school prom mark the end of a major part of dem life, gaaawdeeenoze where dem go from here. mi glad fi see all the smiles, and mi wish all a dem luck after high school.

[Suesumba]

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the nigerian ladies are pretty. mi like dem dresses. the US promsters are

[kia027]

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The dresses in the nigerian wedding are beautiful -
and I like the fact the bride has to go look for her fiance

[Pepper]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Kia</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: norighted_ILP</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Kia</div><div class="ubbcode-body">did they do a set of prom pics from the equivalent <span style="font-weight: bold">HS in the suburbs?</span> </div></div>

mi teach hereso.
is same so dem dress, kia.

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oh dear...

a so teenager dem dress go prom dese days? </div></div>

LOL, nuh really. Me nevah see nutten like dis at my son's prom website. But den agen...

[Blackstar*]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SueSumba</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><span style="font-style: italic">the nigerian ladies are pretty. mi like dem dresses. the US promsters are</span> </div></div>
But, but... the love of color! the exuberance!