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Mississippi native Eddie Glaude bears witness
Mississippi native Eddie Glaude, one of many world’s main thinkers and academics on race, retains bearing witness about America’s ugly, unacknowledged historical past and the way it will form our future.
For years, Glaude, a school chief at Princeton College, has channeled his upbringing and his educational research to encourage Individuals to suppose deeply about the place the nation has been and the place it’s headed.
And this weekend, Glaude will come dwelling to do extra of it when he headlines the Mississippi E book Pageant in Jackson. His most up-to-date guide “Start Once more” analyzes the previous, current and way forward for America by way of the writings and lifetime of James Baldwin.
This can be Glaude’s third journey dwelling this calendar yr. In Might, he gave a stirring graduation deal with at Rust Faculty, the traditionally Black establishment in Holly Springs. A pair weeks earlier, he was in Jackson to ship a robust Medgar Wiley Evers lecture on the Two Mississippi Museums that attendees mentioned was extra akin to a sermon than a speech.
Relating a number of Baldwin writings, a central theme of Glaude’s April lecture was that “the American concept is in bother.”
“Historical past issues as a result of we supply it inside us. And Mississippi is soaked in historical past,” Glaude mentioned. “And as James Baldwin wrote, ‘It’s in nice ache and terror one which one begins to evaluate that historical past, which is positioned one the place one is and shaped one’s perspective, as a result of one enters into battle with that historic creation oneself.’”
Being largely unwilling to acknowledge our true previous, Glaude says, is why so many Individuals really feel so unsure about our future.
“We’re trapped in a historical past we refuse to know however carry inside us,” Glaude mentioned. “And Baldwin says that is the foundation of our unadmitted sorrow. The terrors and panic we expertise have every part to do with the hole between who we think about ourselves to be and who, deep down, we actually are. The truth that we evade that query locks us right into a form of perpetual adolescence.”
Glaude continued: “I come from a practice that provides a narrative of the nation that forces it to confront its ugliness, to actually urge the nation to develop the hell up. Now we have to reside near the bottom if we’re gonna change. Now we have to know the facility of on a regular basis abnormal individuals, to think about a greater future. Now we have to inform ourselves the reality so as to launch us into a special manner of being on the planet. Now we have to inform the reality to Gov. Tate Reeves, inform the reality to Joe Biden. So long as we view racial equality as a philanthropic enterprise, so long as we view racial justice as an act of charity, we’re in bother nonetheless.”
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The Morning Bell: Saturday, May 18, 2024: Mississippi State Teams All Victorious
STARKVILLE – Mississippi State fans had plenty to celebrate Friday and could have even more to celebrate on Saturday.
The Bulldog baseball and softball teams both won their Friday games, with the softball team beginning the NCAA tournament on a high note. At the NCAA Women’s Golf Championship, the Bulldogs ended the first round inside the top 10.
All three teams have are in action again Saturday and could give MSU fans more opportunities to ring their cowbells.
Baseball: No. 16 Mississippi State vs. Missouri, 2 p.m. Saturday
Softball: No. 18 Mississippi State vs. winner of No. 8 Stanford/St. Mary’s NCAA Regional game, 4 p.m. Saturday
Women’s Golf: NCAA Championship Tournament at Carlsbad, Calif.
Baseball: No. 16 Mississippi State 8, Missouri 2
Softball: No. 18 Mississippi State 1, Cal State Fullerton 0
Women’s Golf: T-9th Place after 1st round of NCAA Championship
Mississippi State’s women’s golf team ended the first round of the NCAA Championship Tournament in a three-way tie for ninth place at 1-under par for the tournament, along with Oklahoma State and Florida State. Surapa Janthamunee had the best day for MSU with a 2-under, 71 and Julia Lopez Ramirez and Chiara Horder finished at even (72) for the day.
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‘Kill them all’: Text messages between two Mississippi teachers prompts investigation
OKOLONA, Miss. (WCBI) – Conversations between two teachers – in which they discussed “killing some folks” – at one Mississippi school district has prompted an investigation.
A student took pictures of the text messages reportedly sent back and forth between the two teachers at Okolona Middle School in Okolona, Mississippi, discussing children’s clothing, their parents’ financial hardships, and the sexual relations of another faculty member.
One of the messages reportedly even shows where the two teachers talk about “killing some folks.”
One message says, “Kill them all… I’ll help hide the bodies.”
Okolona Superintendent Paul Moton said personnel matters are not discussed with the public, but believes that the actions of those teachers do not reflect the culture of the school district.
“Okolona is still the premium school district in Chickasaw County and thriving to be one of the best in North Mississippi. We still have a goal to be an A-rated district and this potentially isolated incident does not deviate us from our goals,” said Moton.
According to the superintendent, the incident is still under investigation.
A decision on whether action will be taken is expected to come next week.
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