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re: ASB trying to get rid of Dixie Update: no vote Dixie to stay
Posted on 4/24/13 at 8:25 am to Doresrules
Posted on 4/24/13 at 8:25 am to Doresrules
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Dixie doesnt make Ole Miss.
You are right about this. It doesn't make us but it is apart of Ole Miss. Where does the stripping stop?? They took away the grey jerseys in football. Next will it be the red and blue? Personally I think it will stop once the university denounces the name "Ole Miss".. Cultural genocide.
Everything you said is true, but I ask you this.. Why do you or anyone else give a damn about what others say about it? We still pull in a very large percentage of out of state students every year. We have the highest minority enrollment in the SEC. So apparently it's not hurting our enrollment (there is already too few spots for people that want to get in).
I just think this is all apart of trying to appease everyone and be as politically correct as possible. Personally I don't believe in political correctness in any shape or form.
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a song that starts off with I wish I was in the land of Cotton???
Nothing about this lyric is or should be controversial.. Mississippi was and still is "the land of cotton".
As far as the rest of the song, people can read into it what they want. If you want something to be controversial it will be. To me it has nothing to do with racism or slavery, but points out that the south is rich with family and cultural traditions.
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Posted on 4/24/13 at 8:51 am to UMRealist
Well thought out response.
I can see and agree with just about all that you stated. However they way you see the song Dixie most of the rest of the country doesnt. I live in Texas and brought up the topic with some of the people in the room and they all stated Dixie made them think of Bryant's Minstrels (or some black guys with painted big lips dancing)
As I stated personally it doesnt bother me. To answer your question the reason I care about political correctness is that when Ole Miss is on top of the sporting world, I dont want the conversaiton to be about Dixie, Confederate flag, or Col Reb. I want the conversation to be about a great university that is on the rise.
We also wore the grey jerseys last year in the Bama game.
If a practice was going on at your job that was highly offensive to your religious denomination(assuming you have one)would it not be the place of your business to address it? Or should they just listen to the mass or the others who dont want to change the tradition? I do agree there has to be a point where enough is enough. We disagree, but I just dont think removing Dixie would be that point.
I can see and agree with just about all that you stated. However they way you see the song Dixie most of the rest of the country doesnt. I live in Texas and brought up the topic with some of the people in the room and they all stated Dixie made them think of Bryant's Minstrels (or some black guys with painted big lips dancing)
As I stated personally it doesnt bother me. To answer your question the reason I care about political correctness is that when Ole Miss is on top of the sporting world, I dont want the conversaiton to be about Dixie, Confederate flag, or Col Reb. I want the conversation to be about a great university that is on the rise.
We also wore the grey jerseys last year in the Bama game.
If a practice was going on at your job that was highly offensive to your religious denomination(assuming you have one)would it not be the place of your business to address it? Or should they just listen to the mass or the others who dont want to change the tradition? I do agree there has to be a point where enough is enough. We disagree, but I just dont think removing Dixie would be that point.
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