Let's raise our educational level. Barring a mass migration of brainiacs to the state, that's not likely to happen in the near future. Black and white Mississippians will continue to fight the old battles, not realizing that, if they win the old ones, they haven't won much and haven't even begun to fight the new one. Our students are woefully behind those of other industrialized nations in math and science. Visit Europe, and you'll find most students there learning at least two foreign languages.
American students struggle with English.
Ask the average Mississippian to describe God, and he'll paint a picture of a drawling, moonshine-swigging, good ol' boy whose native tongue is Americanese. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and other black organizations should abandon the fight against the Confederate battle flag. If its wavers want to live in a past marked by violence, ignorance and repression, let them. More progressive-thinking Americans have more important battles to fight. Read the SunSpot.net User Agreement for our policies on copyright, reader privacy and bulletin boards.