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The cost of Meek: What the removal signified for the school

Four weeks passed between the time of Ed Meek’s controversial Facebook post and the day that the state college board gave the university approval to remove the “Meek” name from the School

April 11, 2019

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What was Ed Meek thinking?

Four aging men sit around a booth at the Beacon. It’s late afternoon, and the steady drip of a slow Oxford rainstorm is tapping on the tinted windows of the oldest restaurant

April 11, 2019

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Lost in the fallout: The UM Race Diary Project’s buried meaning

4/12/2019: This article has been updated to show that comments made by James Thomas reflect his own views and not those of the authors of the UM Race Diary Project. In the

April 11, 2019

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More than pictures: The tenacity of Mahoghany Jordan and Ki’yona Crawford

When Mahoghany Jordan opened the door to Ki’yona Crawford’s apartment a few weeks ago, she was greeted with a shriek of approval. “You look fine!” Ki’yona exclaimed, praising Mahoghany’s outfit, and Mahoghany

April 11, 2019

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OPINION: Is this a turning point?

Just over six months ago, Ed Meek made a racist, sexist Facebook post that implied a relationship between the images of two young black women, both Ole Miss students, and a threat

April 11, 2019

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In Opinion: Hypersexulization of black bodies

Black women’s bodies have always been a focal point of conversation among white men who have no right to discuss them. Through a historical lens, commodification of the black body allowed for

April 11, 2019

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With no official recommendations, journalism school still seeks common ground

The Common Ground Committee, a group created to make recommendations to the School of Journalism and New Media on how to move forward after the Meek controversy, has yet to release its

April 11, 2019

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In Opinion: The Suburb of Oxford: How language, race and property values shape our city

I grew up in the suburbs of Chattanooga, Tennessee. My childhood memory is imperfect, but I can only remember one black family out of all three neighborhoods that I grew up in.

April 11, 2019

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The Ole Miss pendulum: The momentum has been building

It is an undeniable fact of the universe and all of the forces and principles that stitch it together that Newton’s cradle would keep passing energy back and forth, oscillating until the

April 11, 2019

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BREAKING: State education board approves removal of Meek’s name

The state Institutions of Higher Learning has approved the University of Mississippi’s request to remove Ed Meek’s name from the School of Journalism and New Media. The education board voted unanimously and

October 18, 2018

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