Black Prom Culture: How Much is Too Much?

PROM SEASON

This is prom season. High school seniors are participating in the decades-long rite of passage. Putting on the tuxedos, the dresses and creating memories galore. But what about doing it for the culture? Black prom culture… is it on steroids? Year after year, Black families in some circles are, as they say, “doin’ the most”, or “at a whole ‘nother level”. How much is too much, why and what’s the real cost?