Deep in the land of the old Confederacy, one would expect that there might be some symbols that could raise sensitive issues for students at universities that embrace diversity and students of all races and backgrounds. The issue of symbolism is one Ole Miss, or the University of Mississippi, is struggling with now.
While some overt symbols of the Confederacy have been banned from the campus, there are still war memorials to Confederate soldiers, among other things. And now University of Mississippi officials are reviewing the Ole Miss nickname as part of a bigger inquiry into the school’s historic associations with symbols of the Confederacy.
Sierra Mannie, a rising senior at the University of Mississippi entering her last year, shares her thoughts on the Ole Miss nickname, and her experience as a black student at the University of Mississippi.
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