Greenwood Blacks Outraged at White Councilman Referring to Black Senator as ‘Ole Nigger’
May 16, 2008 · Print This Article
F. Finley McRae, BlackAmericaWeb.com
- Blacks in the small, Mississippi Delta city of Greenwood are seething over a white city councilman’s e-mail that referred to a black political leader, who is highly respected statewide, as an “ole nigger.”
For many blacks, the e-mail, containing an illogical message about council president David Jordan, 74, who also holds a state senate seat, is a reminder that the vaunted “New South,” romanticized by pundits nationwide, may well be a distant dream and perhaps even a myth.
[…] Councilman Calls Mississippi State Senator ‘Ole N*gger’ - John Lee, one of the city’s two white Republican councilmen, circulated an email to 15 of […]