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In reply to the discussion: A Hanging in Mississippi this afternoon - posted with heavy heart and worry [View all]Mira
(22,380 posts)Yes - that's why I left out "black man" in the title and was careful.
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No.
I saw Selma yesterday and through my fingers saw the details of what happened there - and shuddered at the thought - "that was only 50 years ago" and thought back to the lynchings.
So, no, we have so much to atone for, that drawing some conclusions to a black man hanging from a tree in Mississippi is not specifically foolish. It's just simply terrifying in the welcome climate of the moment, where the light of new examination is shining on the persistent racism in our country. Here, in NC, not long ago a young black man was also found hanging in a tree the day of a ball game that was very important to him. He was found with strange shoes on that were not his, or his size, and he is to this day still declared a suicide.