As if confirmation of the obvious was necessary, here you go ...
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Why do you think calling us that will make Ole Miss fans mad? We wear Ole Miss and Rebels on our helmets and jerseys in all sports. It's not like we're trying to hide it. Do you think you're exposing some secret that no one knows?
SO let me get this straight...you are the Ole Miss Rebels?....just wanted to make sure that the school is called Ole Miss Rebels.....
I'm lost......VR, you think C34 is trying to get at UM by calling them the Ole Miss Rebels.
No ****. You serious Clark?
No ****. You serious Clark?
He's not doing it to make you mad. He's doing it so that when people discover that:
1) Ole Miss is a term for the Matron of the House by slaves, and
2) Rebels is an obvious reference to the American Civil War, and
3) The song DIXIE is still played on campus ( and is still part of the Ole Miss Rebel fight song), and
4) There are still race riots on campus at Ole Miss,
that will influence the decision of non white young men to want to attend school there.
1) Ole Miss is a term for the Matron of the House by slaves, and
2) Rebels is an obvious reference to the American Civil War, and
3) The song DIXIE is still played on campus ( and is still part of the Ole Miss Rebel fight song), and
4) There are still race riots on campus at Ole Miss,
that will influence the decision of non white young men to want to attend school there.
http://www.aclu.org/blog/racial-justice/colonel-reb-foundation-needs-allow-ole-miss-move
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Mississippi
Lots of sources say this is no myth. He'll Ole Miss's own website said such at one time.
1.) http://books.google.com/books?id=nW...AEwADgK#v=onepage&q=ole miss nickname&f=false
Pages 168-169. Book: The University of Mississippi: A Sesquicentennial History.
Exerpt: "The term "Ole Miss" was a title domestic slaves in the Old South used to distinguish the mistress of the plantation house from the young misses of the family."
2.) Page 144, paragraph 3 - http://books.google.com/books?id=jH...plantation+master's+wife#v=onepage&q=&f=false
Book: Ever is a long time: a journey into Mississippi's dark past, a memoir. Page 144, paragraph 3.
3.) http://books.google.com/books?id=Le...plantation+master's+wife#v=onepage&q=&f=false
Book: Mistresses and slaves: plantation women in South Carolina, 1830-80
4.) 3rd paragraph: http://www.olemiss.edu/conf/welcometable/whyOM.html
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wow- from your own school website:
a suggestion that reflects those
New South boosters' attempts to mitigate their supplication of the assistance of
the North by hearkening back to a nostalgic, if illusory, "moonlight and magnolia"
time under slavery. During this time period, the university became known as
"Ole Miss," a moniker used by slaves to describe the wife of the plantation owner.
http://www.olemiss.edu/conf/welcometable/whyOM.html
VR has already told you OM isn't trying to hide anything. The fact that that was/is on the OM website just proves his point.
Cogent, succinct, accurate, and well stated. <o
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[QUOTE=SheltonChoked;812193]He's not doing it to make you mad. He's doing it so that when people discover that:
1) Ole Miss is a term for the Matron of the House by slaves, and
2) Rebels is an obvious reference to the American Civil War, and
3) The song DIXIE is still played on campus ( and is still part of the Ole Miss Rebel fight song), and
4) There are still race riots on campus at Ole Miss,
that will influence the decision of non white young men to want to attend school there.[/QUOTE]
></o>[QUOTE=SheltonChoked;812193]He's not doing it to make you mad. He's doing it so that when people discover that:
1) Ole Miss is a term for the Matron of the House by slaves, and
2) Rebels is an obvious reference to the American Civil War, and
3) The song DIXIE is still played on campus ( and is still part of the Ole Miss Rebel fight song), and
4) There are still race riots on campus at Ole Miss,
that will influence the decision of non white young men to want to attend school there.[/QUOTE]
and cowbells were used on potential runaway slaves, therefore they're racist
at least according to your lofty standards.
at least according to your lofty standards.
Except for the fact that cowbells were made to locate cattle. Hence the name COWbells. Oh yeah, and the fact that a quick Google search shows no correlation at all between cowbells and runaway slaves. But go ahead and try to distract attention from the fact that you school is named for and stands for an image of slavery.
Just being as ludicrous as coach is
But they were actually used like that. And please, continue to call us the Ole Miss Rebels. I'm fine with that.
[SIZE=+2]American Slavery As It Is [/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]Theodore Weld[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]New York: [/SIZE][SIZE=+1]American Anti-Slavery Society, [/SIZE][SIZE=+1]1839[/SIZE]
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But they were actually used like that. And please, continue to call us the Ole Miss Rebels. I'm fine with that.
[SIZE=+2]American Slavery As It Is [/SIZE]
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[SIZE=+1]New York: [/SIZE][SIZE=+1]American Anti-Slavery Society, [/SIZE][SIZE=+1]1839[/SIZE]
| <center>[h=4]II. TORTURES, BY IRON COLLARS, CHAINS, FETTERS, HANDCUFFS, &c.[/h]</center> The slaves are often tortured by iron collars, with long prongs or “horns” and sometimes bells attached to them |
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Nice flexing of slavery culture there.
We don't call you Ole Miss Rebels to piss you off. We call you that to differentiate us from you. We are Mississippi's state university. You are old times not forgotten.
Cowbells were used by the underground railroad to warn runaway slaves that Bounty Hunters were coming after them. Cowbells are the sound of freedom.