Category Archives: Race in Mississippi

The A Words

Posted on September 18, 2017 by Thomas_Easterling

Just curious: should we consider appropriation and assimilation dirty words? Could we make just as compelling a case that they constitute forms of flattery? Continue reading →

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A Quick Correction Regarding Our System

Posted on August 28, 2017 by Thomas_Easterling

In an interview with a radio host this morning, Gov. Phil Bryant responded to a question about legislation to change the state flag by saying that the issue ought to be put before the people because we live in a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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A Chance to be 49th

Posted on April 24, 2017 by Thomas_Easterling

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 → Continue reading →

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Surprise

Posted on November 9, 2016 by Thomas_Easterling

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 → Continue reading →

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Mississippi Gets in Its Own Way Again

Posted on November 3, 2016 by Thomas_Easterling

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 → Continue reading →

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Making things obvious

Posted on March 3, 2016 by Thomas_Easterling

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 → Continue reading →

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I Really Hate to Say It. . .

Posted on February 23, 2016 by Thomas_Easterling

. . .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 → Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Race in Mississippi | 15 Comments

Welcome to 2016

Posted on January 6, 2016 by Thomas_Easterling

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 → Continue reading →

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Outside Agitators

Posted on September 2, 2014 by Thomas_Easterling

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 → Continue reading →

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