Several Homewood-Flossmoor High School seniors said this week that they feel Taiylar Ball’s punishment was “excessive” and that her performance at the recent senior talent show was the complete opposite of offensive.
Ball was denied entry to prom after she used the N-word in a poem during the May 19 talent show. Her poem titled “Dear Black Girls” referenced stereotypes attributed to black women and the empowerment of black girls.
H-F senior Dionne Gamble said…
