Ole Miss Student Council Votes To Take Down State Flag On Campus Because Of Ties To Confederacy
The Confederate flag has taken a lot of heat over the past four months. South Carolina officials removed the battle flag from the statehouse grounds back in July. Three public schools in Mississippi have removed the state flag from their campuses already (Jackson State University, Mississippi Valley State University, and Alcorn State University). Now, there is a fourth university in Mississippi who will be removing the state flag: Ole Miss.
On Tuesday night, members of the student council at the University of Mississippi gathered together to vote on whether or not to remove the Mississippi state flag from the campus. The measure passed with a bunch of support for taking it down. The final tally was 33-15 with one person abstaining.
From USA Today:
“It’s just overwhelming to know that the voices of students that are affected by this image, that feel excluded by this image, that are hurt by the symbol, that their voices were heard,” said Sen. Allen Coon, co-author of the resolution, after the vote. “It means that we truly are taking steps toward progress, that we care about change, that we care about students and that we respect difference.”
One Senator who backed the flag said that since Ole Miss receives state funding, then this is a state issue and not a university issue. I tend to side on his point of view. The state flag is still the state flag, after all. Is Mississippi promoting racism by including the battle flag on their state flag? Obviously not, but a lot of people are protesting as such.
The Associated Student Body President, Rod Bridges, will now decide whether or not to veto the resolution. However, he has already said he would not do so..
[via USA Today]
Image via YouTube
I guess I’m confused, and rightly so. They can be offended by a flag and call for its takedown, but what about those offended by its takedown? Why aren’t their voices heard? Hypocrisy is alive and well in this country, and it’s going to take a revolution to rid Her of these neck-beards.
11 years ago at 7:37 pmNo one has commented about how Ole Miss lost 100% of their student population during the Civil War. I’m not in defense of racism, slavery, or discrimination in any way, but the fact the there is a trend of eliminating historically significant symbols is terrifying. “Those who do not remember their past are condemned to repeat their mistakes.”
11 years ago at 9:12 pmThe state of Mississippi should stop funding the school and that’ll get that flag back up.
11 years ago at 9:19 pmFuck Rod Bridges
11 years ago at 10:53 pmFuck Besty Ross and her damn sewing kit. Why did America need flags in the first place?
11 years ago at 11:26 pmHow sad. At such a bastion of progress! I mean, c’mon…Trent Lott went there, has a building named after him, and as a frat leader tried to keep James Meredith from enrolling!
As if this site, and all of you, weren’t big enough shitheads, you’re also bigots. Fucking pathetic. No wonder you’re clinging to the world of the past, the white asshole has had his day.
Also…tell me where MS ranks in quality of life, health, education and…civil rights record? Dead fucking last in all, any coincidence? Nope. White folks still acting like it’s 1858 and no wonder the state is a fucking shithole.
11 years ago at 9:10 amAnybody else notice the guy who tried to take the flags down name was “coon”. coincidence? I think not
11 years ago at 9:58 amThis is outrageous considering they are the Ole Miss ‘Rebels’
11 years ago at 12:34 pm