That one place.
Michael Harriot tweeted:
We were debating the most racist state of ALL TIME, so here’s a question for the Blacks:
You’re gonna be instantly transported to another state & time in history. You don’t get to choose where you go but you can EXCLUDE 1 state from the possibilities
Which state do you exclude?
“Mississippi” took and early lead in the comments. As an old White guy reading I was annoyed by what Black people put up with everyday. But then noticed some comment from folk living in Mississippi, “Undaunted” isn’t quite the right work because it suggest folks are unagraid. Fear is is a good reason Missisippi tops the responses. But in spite of it all peoplelive creatively there. I thought of Makani Themba and Cooperation Jackson.
There are some really hard places to be in. Yet in hard places there are people who do good work and have much to show us all about what can be.