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Mississippi Farmers Market opens at 9 a.m. Local artists, craft makers, food merchants and more selling their goods. Free; call 601-506-2848. ... Delta Music Institute Industry Workshops at Morrison Brothers Music (127 Dyess Road) at 1 p.m. Instructors from the Delta State University program will provide workshops on a range of industry topics. Free; call 601-956-0135. ... Michael Jackson Tribute Dance Celebration Class at Courthouse Racquet and Fitness Club (3625 Courthouse Circle) at 3:30 p.m. for ages 12 and older. Come in costume for a chance to win door prizes. Free; call 601-853-7480; visit http://www.go-long-productions.com. ”THEShow at Arts Center of Mississippi (201 Pascagoula St.) at 8 p.m. is a fashion-show fundraiser for Community Outreach Health Awareness Inc. $20; call 228-324-2946. ... Larry Brewer performs at The Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. Call 601-982-0002.
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Nov 20, 2009 | 06:37 PM
[Editor's Note] Love Thy Neighbor
Izzy: it's not enough to just study something - at some point you have to act. Systematic exclusion can be read as hatred, even when those involved in it do not feel it to be that. This is ...
Nov 20, 2009 | 06:37 PM
[Editor's Note] Love Thy Neighbor
J.T.: Wintrhop, your last sentence "I don't want a small and manageable God. I prefer one that I can't fully understand." bears out that we each have perceptions of God. And, when the ...
Nov 20, 2009 | 06:03 PM
[Editor's Note] Love Thy Neighbor
Wintrhop Sargent: Funny you should mention the gender issue of a deity. I was at lunch with a St. Andrews priest one time and a very conservative member of the Cathedral came to our table ...
Nov 20, 2009 | 05:37 PM
[Editor's Note] Love Thy Neighbor
Izzy: I wouldn't be too sure your church doesn't preach hate if your liturgy is not gender-inclusive. Think about it - is God really a "He" or a "Father"? Those are some images or visions ...
Nov 20, 2009 | 03:35 PM
Barbour Wants to Merge State's Black Universities
baquan2000: Goldenae - you pointed out a key element in your post, "the point is that he would even suggest such a thing. And the sad part is that from the polls, the people ...
Nov 20, 2009 | 03:15 PM
[Doyle] From Dixie, With Love
amoderatemississippian : check out the following link: http://www.oxfordeag le.com/news2.html It does appear, by the article written today, that possibly a sizeable portion of the student body ...
Nov 20, 2009 | 02:55 PM
[Editor's Note] Love Thy Neighbor
Wintrhop Sargent: WMartin - At the church I attend, St. Andrew's Cathedral, there is no teaching or preaching about hate (unless you include the teaching and preaching AGAINST hate). I'm ...

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White Mississippians and Cultural Awareness

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baquan2000 wrote: For the last few days, there have been some issues discussed on here and over at the Clarion Ledger.

You have Jackson VIP story, the Ole Miss "Dixie will rise again" issue - are two big issues that I can think of, where I have noticed white people saying, "why am I the racists or why can't we have something."

I have recognized or people refering to the NAAACP, Jet & Ebony ...
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[Editor’s Note] Owning Our Stories

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The last time I talked to documentary filmmaker Micki Dickoff, we were standing on Center Avenue in my hometown during the Edgar Ray Killen trial. I was yelling at her for trying to own the story of long-overdue read more »

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Nov 20, 2009 | 06:37 PM
[Editor's Note] Love Thy Neighbor
Izzy: it's not enough to just study something - at some point you have to act. Systematic exclusion can be read as hatred, even when those involved in it do not feel it to be that. This is ...
Nov 20, 2009 | 06:37 PM
[Editor's Note] Love Thy Neighbor
J.T.: Wintrhop, your last sentence "I don't want a small and manageable God. I prefer one that I can't fully understand." bears out that we each have perceptions of God. And, when the ...
Nov 20, 2009 | 06:03 PM
[Editor's Note] Love Thy Neighbor
Wintrhop Sargent: Funny you should mention the gender issue of a deity. I was at lunch with a St. Andrews priest one time and a very conservative member of the Cathedral came to our table ...
Nov 20, 2009 | 05:37 PM
[Editor's Note] Love Thy Neighbor
Izzy: I wouldn't be too sure your church doesn't preach hate if your liturgy is not gender-inclusive. Think about it - is God really a "He" or a "Father"? Those are some images or visions ...
Nov 20, 2009 | 03:35 PM
Barbour Wants to Merge State's Black Universities
baquan2000: Goldenae - you pointed out a key element in your post, "the point is that he would even suggest such a thing. And the sad part is that from the polls, the people ...
Nov 20, 2009 | 03:15 PM
[Doyle] From Dixie, With Love
amoderatemississippian : check out the following link: http://www.oxfordeag le.com/news2.html It does appear, by the article written today, that possibly a sizeable portion of the student body ...
Nov 20, 2009 | 02:55 PM
[Editor's Note] Love Thy Neighbor
Wintrhop Sargent: WMartin - At the church I attend, St. Andrew's Cathedral, there is no teaching or preaching about hate (unless you include the teaching and preaching AGAINST hate). I'm ...
Nov 20, 2009 | 02:10 PM
[Doyle] From Dixie, With Love
ladd: A fail-safe principle I've always sworn by: If the Kluckers agree with me about something, I need to rethink it.
Nov 20, 2009 | 01:39 PM
[Doyle] From Dixie, With Love
Goldenae: I would truly be ashamed of myself if I looked at life and others the way the some people do. Some folks can not put themselves in another person's shoes to save their lives. It is ...
Nov 20, 2009 | 01:27 PM
Barbour Wants to Merge State's Black Universities
Goldenae: Why is it so hard to understand that regardless of what we would like to think, there are different standards. That is quite obvious in Barbour's suggestion of ...
Nov 20, 2009 | 12:42 PM
[Doyle] From Dixie, With Love
Huckleberry: “a school that the Klu Klux Klan holds at bay” - Queen, for the reasons I wrote yesterday, I don’t think that statement accurately depicts the “chant” situation or the Ole Miss of ...
Nov 20, 2009 | 12:25 PM
Ivory Harris
Izzy: Great piece, Ward.
Nov 20, 2009 | 12:21 PM
[Editor's Note] Love Thy Neighbor
Ryan: Wait... this thing isnt about whether or not a religion is right or wrong... thats for another discussion on some other forum. This is about the fact that it is no longer acceptable ...
Nov 20, 2009 | 12:13 PM
[Editor's Note] Love Thy Neighbor
J.T.: WMartin, believing dogma is a far cry from Loving God, Self, Others. I understand your comment with my heart. And, the irony is that sometimes some in those religions that deem ...
Nov 20, 2009 | 12:00 PM
Barbour Wants to Merge State's Black Universities
baquan2000: I thought I made this point earlier, but I guess I didn't. I honestly don't think they will merge the schools. The easiest thing to do is cutback staff, ...
Nov 20, 2009 | 11:57 AM
[Editor's Note] Love Thy Neighbor
WMartin: They do teach faith I will grant you. It's the only way to get people to believe their fairy tales. Love, tolerance, justice and peace? Well we all know religions have no problem ...
Nov 20, 2009 | 11:54 AM
[Editor's Note] Love Thy Neighbor
J.T.: Can't go there with ya', WMartin. I do agree that SOME of the religious institutions and leaders are more interested in putting God on a leash and trying to control god and people ...
Nov 20, 2009 | 11:54 AM
Barbour Wants to Merge State's Black Universities
Kamikaze: All, The Proposed mergers will be the focus of my show on sunday. Rep. Kelvin Buck and REp. Doug Davis who is the chair of the Senate Universities and Colleges ...
Nov 20, 2009 | 11:45 AM
[Editor's Note] Love Thy Neighbor
Wintrhop Sargent: Faith, love, tolerance, justice, peace...yeah WMartin, I can see how preaching these things can hurt you. Give me modernism any day. What ideals are espoused by modern ...
Nov 20, 2009 | 11:43 AM
[Kamikaze] Show. Me. Some. Passion.
WMartin: LOL ... No one can froth at the mouth like Walt. Yea!! Screw them tea party people. They only pay the taxes to fund Walt's precious social programs. Why should they be upset that ...

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