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re: "Ghosts of Ole Miss"
Posted on 10/31/12 at 8:22 am to oleheat
Posted on 10/31/12 at 8:22 am to oleheat
I agree, What's the point in hating someone because of thier race? Like they can help it.
Also I think with each new generation we keep getting further away from the civil rights era and race becomes less and less of a big deal. In my experience they have those idiots that most likely got thier hate from thier parents whose parents also passed it down to them. However, I have friends of all races and we all get along great.
They can't change what happend 50 years ago, but we all can see how far we have come and how much further we still have to go until race is no longer any type of issue.
Also I think with each new generation we keep getting further away from the civil rights era and race becomes less and less of a big deal. In my experience they have those idiots that most likely got thier hate from thier parents whose parents also passed it down to them. However, I have friends of all races and we all get along great.
They can't change what happend 50 years ago, but we all can see how far we have come and how much further we still have to go until race is no longer any type of issue.
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Posted on 10/31/12 at 8:27 am to DBo25
Actually in MS the biggest and loudest people who keep it going are elected officials who are black. Bennie Thompson who is the Representative for a vast majority of the delta and Kenneth Stokes who is a slum lord who also happens to be on the city council in Jackson are the two biggest race baiters in the state
Posted on 10/31/12 at 8:31 am to DBo25
Agreed. The problem is segregation (whether natural or forced). The most racist person I've ever met in my life was from Mississippi. He was taught terrible things about blacks from his parents but was NEVER around black people. Met him when he went to trade school with my ex in Texas. Once he, ya know, MET some black classmates, they got along great. His mind was changed. It wasn't just having people of other races in his class; it was being assigned as partners on class work, having to talk to people, and the friendships that blossomed from that. That and he wasn't surrounded by social pressure NOT to be friends with people of other races.
That's not going to happen with everyone - but I wouldn't say this guy is particularly open-minded and even he changed. Cool thing to see actually.
That's not going to happen with everyone - but I wouldn't say this guy is particularly open-minded and even he changed. Cool thing to see actually.
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