Ole Miss, Mississippi Burning, Political Malice and the Ongoing Racist Ghosts That Continue To Torture the Magnolia State!
History on the rerun? Ghosts of Mississippi? Mississippi burning? Magnolia State maintains its horrendously racist image? Any of these statements could be used to describe the images of the University of Mississippi at Oxford that were shown throughout the nation last weekend.
Dozens of students gathered at the university’s flagship campus last week to protest against Israel’s war in Gaza and to call for the state’s flagship university to be transparent in its potential dealings with Israel. These individuals were confronted with hundreds of counter-protesters, in contrast to the few dozen pro-Palestinian protesters.
Less than an hour after the protest began, police disbanded it — notably after counter-protesters threw items, including water bottles, at the pro-Palestinian group. Police safely evacuated the pro-Palestinian students as the largely White, male group of counter-protesters chanted: “Nah, nah, nah, nah, hey, hey, hey, goodbye,” “Who’s your daddy?”, “USA,” “Hit the showers,” and “Your nose is huge,” grabbing their crotches and, in one instance, a White man made monkey noises at a Black woman, all of which was roundly condemned on social media according to Mississippi Today.
