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Category Archives: Race in Mississippi
A Chance to be 49th
Mississippi doesn’t embrace many chances to avoid winning last place, but here’s an easy one: we’re one of the last two states to recognize “Confederate Memorial Day.” Alabama is the other one. Regardless of what one feels about our state … Continue reading
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Surprise
I have tests to write and papers to grade, and I can’t think about anything except what happened yesterday. I had always believed that if you can’t convince other people you’re right, you may as well be wrong–which makes it … Continue reading
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Mississippi Gets in Its Own Way Again
You can find enclaves of hate in any ZIP code. But when a church gets burned in Mississippi, which is what happened in Greenville earlier this week, it has to be national news because Mississippi has not dealt fully with … Continue reading
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Making things obvious
Donald Trump faces strident criticism from those who believe he has not distanced himself far enough from Neo-Nazi and white supremacist groups. If he won’t allow a single Muslim to immigrate to America because he fears terrorism, then how can … Continue reading
Posted in Pop Culture, Race in Mississippi
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I Really Hate to Say It. . .
. . .but I told you so: our state legislators lack the courage to decide the state flag issue for themselves. Even Phil Gunn, a Republican who led the charge to change the flag after last year’s massacre in a … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Race in Mississippi
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Finally: the news gets juicy
No, I’m not talking about Sara Palin’s endorsement of The Don. However, there are loads of stories relevant to our mission here. We’ll deal with two right away. This morning, The Atlantic recapped a Vanderbilt University study of low minority … Continue reading
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Welcome to 2016
Greetings, 2016 bloggueurs! You’ll find that the website is changing a bit this semester. All posts should be made on the front page. Course-specific pages will now be dedicated to class announcements, syllabi, and other materials that won’t merit commentary. … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Race in Mississippi
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Outside Agitators
Fifty years ago, the phrase “outside agitators” referred to people from other parts of the country who had come to the South to fight the good fight—to register African Americans to vote, to facilitate the desegregation of schools, to help … Continue reading
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Meandering Post on the Defacing of James Meredith’s Statue
Early Sunday morning, while the rest of Mississippi was getting over Saturday night or getting ready for church, two men defaced a statue. They weren’t just men. They were white men. The statue wasn’t just a statue, and its location … Continue reading
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