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AverageOldGuy

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4. You are not wrong

Reply to paleotn (Reply #3)

Sat May 9, 2026, 08:32 PM

13 hrs ago

I’m a native Mississippian, born 1944 in crossroads cotton picking town in Wilkinson County. Left at age 18, return for occasional funeral.

All my cousins’ children and grandchildren attend all-white “segregation academies.” Their language and attitudes have not changed — talking to them is like being back in the 1950’s and ‘60’s.

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Good people in the South. And there are many of them. paleotn 13 hrs ago #3

You are not wrong AverageOldGuy 13 hrs ago #4

well, yeah bigtree 13 hrs ago #5

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