Nettleton Middle School in Mississippi Says Only White Student Can Run for President Student Govt. President

Nettleton Middle School in Mississippi segregates student government and says only white student can run for president.

There are still racist bigots in our midst. Despite the fact that we have a black president and race relations have improved a great deal from the 1900s, Nettleton Middle School in Mississippi is taking a step back. According to Think Progress, the school's rules state that  children running for certain class officer posts must meet a specific race requirement: to be president, the child must be white. Say what? Here's an excerpt from Think Progress:

A school memo, obtained by MixedandHappy and The Smoking Gun, was passed out to every 6th, 7th, and 8th grader to inform them of the breakdown. The upcoming elections are divided between offices delineated for black and white students. Of the 12 offices for which students can compete, “eight are earmarked for white students, while four are termed ‘black seats.”

The presidency is reserved for white students across each grade, but a black student is permitted to be the 8th grade vice-president or reporter, the 7th grade treasurer, or the 6th grade reporter. So, along with a “B” average and “a good disciplinary status and moral character,” a child hoping to represent his or her class must be the right race:

 So, while you have some blacks bitching about Glenn Beck's Aug. 28th rally on the anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, we have racist incidents like this occurring under our noses. Here's what I don't understand, why didn't the parents of blacks students at the school complain about this practice? According to Think Progress, the middle school “has about 400 students, and about 72 percent are white, according to a source familiar with the school board’s operation. The majority of the remaining students are black.”Wow, what a way to prepare students to grow up and face the world.