Fantastic story on how a conservative white U of Mississippi law student who hoped to have a future in Republican politics is taking a Critical Race Theory class & calls it "the most impactful & enlightening course I have taken."

From ⁦@mintamolly⁩: mississippitoday.org/2022/02/02/mis…
"Murphree grew up seeing it; critical race theory just gave her a way to talk about it. 

At Northwest Rankin High, 'I could just look around & see people in my class, & I could see the racial divide & how people literally said the n-word,' Murphree said."
mississippitoday.org/2022/02/02/mis…
Again, this is by @mintamolly at @MSTODAYnews (no connection to the Mississippi Free Press). But it's a really great article and I wanted to share it.
For details on the so-called "Critical Race Theory" bill the Mississippi Senate passed (which actually does not ban or even mention or describe Critical Race Theory), see my story here at @MSFreePress: mississippifreepress.org/20007/black-mi…
As books on racism are being banned from libraries nationwide amid the "CRT" hysteria, in Ridgeland, Mississippi, the mayor is withholding $110,000 in funding to the local library unless it agrees to purge all LGBTQ books from its shelves.

By @NickJudin:mississippifreepress.org/20068/ridgelan…

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Feb 1
NEW: Students at historically Black colleges and universities in Mississippi spent the first day of Black History Month sheltering in place after four state HBCUs reported bomb threats.

Congressman @BennieGThompson calls it "incredibly disturbing."
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Alcorn State University, Mississippi Valley State University and Tougaloo College have all locked down their campuses following the bomb threats and switched to virtual only class instruction today.

Only the Jackson State University campus remains open.
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“The recent threats to HBCUs across the country are a shameless attempt to dampen our sense of safety and freedom by attacking locations traditionally considered a haven for all pursuing an education in a nurturing environment," said JSU's president.
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Jan 29
NEW: The first Black woman to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court will be a "beneficiary" of affirmative action and she will "probably not get a single Republican vote," U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, said today.
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“The irony is that the Supreme Court is at the very time hearing cases about this sort of affirmative racial discrimination while adding someone who is the beneficiary of this sort of quota," Sen. Wicker said of Biden's decision to appoint a Black woman.
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Wicker did not raise an objection in September 2020 when then-President Trump vowed to nominate a woman to replace the late Justice Ginsburg.

Instead, Wicker enthusiastically supported Barrett and did not describe her as an affirmative action pick.
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Jan 28
NEW: At the Supreme Court, Mississippi's solicitor general presented a secular case for why Roe v. Wade should be overturned.

But hours later, MS Attorney General Lynn Fitch voiced different ideas.

"God selected this case," she declared. "He was ready."
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If Fitch is right and the U.S. Supreme Court does overturn Roe v. Wade, it will have been Donald Trump who paved the way—boosted by an army of Christian dominionists who believe they are tasked with establishing God's kingdom on earth.
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"Trump comes in and has the support of normal evangelical organizations like Family Research Council, but what he picks is kind of this whole interesting list of pentecostals that I used to call the D-list. He made them the A-list,” says Dr. @AntheaButler.
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Jan 27
"...so we'll get (a) lesser Black woman."

Ilya Shapiro is the director for constitutional studies at the Cato Institute and a Federalist Society lecturer.

He is the chairman of the board of advisers of the Mississippi Justice Institute. screenshot of Ilya Shapiro tweet says: "Bear pick for B
He says he apologizes for his tweet.
Correction: He used a lower case b in "Black."
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Jan 27
This "extreme voter suppression bill" in Arizona sounds a lot like Mississippi's current election system.

Only one day of voting, no early voting, very limited absentee voting options with an absentee mail voting option that requires TWO notaries.
Oh, and we still have a Jim Crow-era voter disenfranchisement law on the books even though its authors said its purpose was "to eliminate the n–ger from politics."

Today, it bans tens of thousands of residents from voting—most of them Black.
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If you're wondering how our election system works in practice:

Confusion, Two-Hour Waits After 2,000 Black, Hispanic Voters Relocated In Ridgeland
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Jan 27
The Mayor of Ridgeland, Mississippi, is demanding a purge of LGBTQ library books in exchange for $110,000 in funding for the local library.

According to the library director, the mayor says the books go against his Christian beliefs. From @nickjudin: mississippifreepress.org/20068/ridgelan…
The mayor of Ridgeland told @nickjudin that he is withholding money because "we found a large number of citizens who have complained about displays of sexual, whatever you want to call it, content."

Still in the library uncontested: "50 Shades of Grey."
mississippifreepress.org/20068/ridgelan…
And remember, we only know about the Ridgeland mayor's efforts to purge the local library of LGBTQ books because of @nickjudin's dogged reporting in @MSFreePress.

This is why it's so important to follow local journalists and support local media.
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