No blacks, no asians, no hispanics in high school?
I guess diversity in movie was not a big thing back then....
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There was a black guy in the "We Go Together" dance number.
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No blacks, no asians, no hispanics in high school?
That's right, and no androids either.
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well duh. how did you not know that? eras like these are notorious for poor race relations
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No no blacks in that high school, the crime rate must have been pretty low!
shareCrime rate was lower back then but not because of that. It's a general breakdown of society.
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If you looked closely during the "National Bandstand" scenes, there was a black couple dancing by Danny and Sandy. So Rydell High did have a probably very small amount of black students but things were probably a bit more different in Southern California then in the south.
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I went to grade school in Western New York in the 70s and we did not see many black kids until 7th or 8th grade.
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I think that was how schools were back then. Now if you look at the remake of Grease "High School Musical" you will see it has the right amount of diversity. Some of the main characters are blacks.
shareIn that case the remake of Grease is the one that is wrong. The story line of Grease is set before Hairspray. Think about it.
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All right millennials, or history class failures... Listen Up...
This movie was a period piece set in 1950's (or was it the early 1960s?)...
It was highly unlikely that any real "White" High School from that era had enough minorities in them, to be counted on more that one hand... Blacks were usually segregated by Laws, and could not even attend "White" High Schools if they wanted to...
But there is something else that no one is commenting on here. Most Black families, and probably other minority families, did NOT live in White neighborhoods, and were not even in White School Districts! You can't attend a White School, if you don't live near one... DUH!!!
In 1981, I spent about 15 minutes walking to my elementary school...
But in 1982, the Schools in my cities, were involved in trying to desegregate Black schools in Black Neighborhoods. So... Guess What?
For Second Grade, I had to get on a Bus, and spend nearly a half hour, being driven across the city to attend Second Grade! While this was very important to our society in ending segregation, My parents were not happy about my having to go to school on the other side of town.
And this was 20 YEARS AFTER this movie takes place.
In addition, ever hear of places like "Chinatown", and "Little Italy"? How the heck do you think they got those names, HUH?
The High School depicted in Grease, is Historically Accurate when it comes to who attended them.
Get Over It!
NOW... Study your history before commenting of period films, and making yourself look like a bunch of idiots...
NO ONE CARES EXCEPT FOR HAND WRINGING SJW CUCKS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO BE OUTRAGED ABOUT, SO STFU!!!
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