re: So "Ole Miss" is what slaves used to be forced to call the plantation mistress

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The name "Ole Miss" never bothered me. Maybe a century ago it meant something but oh well... long forgotten at this point other than the people continously bringing attention to it.

I do like the rest of the "traditions" gone.. simply because it makes the environment more inclusive to multiple cultures. I know it sucks to hear this for some but the "south" traditions weren't "south" traditions. Things like the confederate flag and singing Dixie or what not are the "white south" traditions not the traditions of the entire south. Grits are a southern tradition. Sweet tea is a southern tradition. So yeah I don't mind those "white south" traditions dying out. Feel free to enjoy it in your living room but we don't need the street names on campus. You don't hear the band playing black south traditional songs from that era and realistically...you probably don't want to.

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