Your Heritage is Hate (MS)

[struggle4progress]

by ANN-MARIE HEROD

... members of an organization known as the Mississippi League of the South marched to the circle, and then to Fulton Chapel and led a counter protest ... They let us know that we don't belong here by shouting hateful words at us: "Black Lives Don't Matter", "We shoulda kept segregation", "We're racist and proud of it", and "My people bringing y'all to this country was the best thing to ever happen to y'all" ...

Why would I give up knowing that my grandfather lost his job because he supported James Meredith? Why would I give up knowing that my grandfather, my grandmother, and their parents and my aunts and uncles could not enroll in the university — instead they had to attend schools such as Jackson State and Rust College ...

It makes my job ten times harder when I have to convince minority students to see beyond the confederate flags that are literally in every tent during home games. To see beyond the confederate statue in tribute to the University Grays who fought in the Civil War. To see the brighter side to this university which is home to some of the nation's top academic programs ...

... I have hope that one day too, the symbols of hate can be removed from so many hearts.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/essay-heritage-hate-take-down-state-flag-ole-miss-n448171

[marble falls]

1. They look silly, don't they? Their posture looks like fear and uncertainy to me....

Good.