Ethnic Groups By Jackson Mississippi

ED FISHER: We are now The Help

Skeeter enjoyed returning to childhood friends Hilly Holbrook and Elizabeth Leefolt but she angered Hilly when she joked about the former's mission to see that all the white residents have separate bathrooms outside of their homes for the black help. Hilly believes, "everybody knows they (blacks) carry different kinds of diseases than we do." Working part time for the local newspaper, Skeeter comes up with an idea for a book about the experiences of The Help, and slowly convinces Aibileen Clark, Holbrook's maid, to tell of her experiences anonymously. Over time, Aibileen convinced other maids to join in the project, resulting eventually in a best seller. Skeeter shared her book advance with The Help. My own experiences with prejudice only began when I joined the Air Force. The military forces had been integrated after World War II, and all went well until I was assigned to Cape Canaveral. I was "asked" to join the Junior Officers' Speakers Bureau, to take the message of the advantages of an Air Force career to nearby universities. I visited six or seven and found they were all segregated by law. The auditorium was packed. Once at the podium I realized I was the only one there who was too pale. The Air Force had then and now many excellent opportunities for training and education. The students and faculty were polite and receptive to the message. In the years that followed I ran into several from that young audience who had benefited from that message. Skeeter enjoyed returning to childhood friends Hilly Holbrook and Elizabeth Leefolt but she angered Hilly when she joked about the former's mission to see that all the white residents have separate bathrooms outside of their homes for the black help. Hilly believes, "everybody knows they (blacks) carry different kinds of diseases than we do.

The Murder in Mississippi « Alexandria

Gary Fouse

fousesquawk

http://garyfouse.blogspot.com

This weekend, I started to do some research on the hate crime numbers in Philadelphia in the wake of the flash mob attacks-as well as the recent incident in Milwaukee. That is because I consider what has been happening in those two cities to be clear examples of one ethnic group targeting another ethnic group. Then, just last night, comes the news of the June 26 murder of a black man in Jackson, Mississippi by a group of white teenagers-2 car loads of them- for no other reason beyond the man’s race. (One teen has been charged with murder and another for assault.)

  http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/08/06/mississippi.hate.crime/index.html

As one whose mother was a Southerner, I had come to the belief over the past few decades that it was a new South that had put the KKK, lynchings, segregation,  and resistance to civil rights behind them. I had come to the belief that race relations between whites ands blacks in the South were as good, if not better, as anywhere else in the US.

 And now this.

 It may well be true that this could have just as easily have happened in New York, Boston  or Chicago. The more important point is that we are going the wrong way again. Blacks attack whites in Philadelphia and Milwaukee, and a gang of white teens attacks and kills a 48-year-old black man in Jackson, Mississippi. One can argue that these are isolated incidents, but it is undeniable that anger is being stoked on both sides when these awful things occur. The damage to our country and our society will be incalculable, as if we needed one more problem.

 When James Byrd was murdered several years ago in Jasper, Texas by three white men who dragged him to his death with a vehicle, the local community came together as one to work together. The case was quickly solved and justice was meted out (including 2 death sentences). When Jesse Jackson came blowing into town, he was quickly told by black community leaders that his presence was not needed. They were doing just fine with their white brethren without him. That is what needs to happen now in Jackson.

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