Do you know what twerking is? Yeah, I didn't, either. But it was enough to get a bunch of high school kids in San Diego suspended and banned from prom. Who knew a dance could be so controversial?
Well, the highly suggestive moves are the latest craze following Gangham. But for a group of 33 students—mainly girls—(including a couple who filmed the incident) from Scripps Ranch High School, a video of them 'twerking' might be enough to see them excluded from prom and commencement ceremony walk.
It's not clear whether the offense stemmed from the fact that the video was filmed on school property, using school equipment, or simply from the highly sexual nature of the dance, which appears to violate the school's policy prohibiting "verbal, visual or physical conduct of a sexual nature."
In an article on U-T San Diego, Margaret Dooley-Sammuli, senior policy advocate for the ACLU of San Diego & Imperial Counties, claims the school's response to the video is "reflective of a national trend towards unreasonable, overly harsh, and counterproductive disciplinary measures."
Were the kids 'just dancing' or engaging in inappropriate behaviour?
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