But are there more steps to take? A lot of people think so. The school song, "Dixie" is no longer played, and the mascot, Colonel Reb, he has been done away with. But the school has made considerable efforts to try to distance itself from some of its past Confederate iconography, the stars and Bars Confederate flag that was up a lot in evidence at football games there is no longer allowed. There's been a lot of problems over the years with Mississippi, a state that has a very tortured racial history. And, of course, the nickname Rebels, which does go back to the Confederate side of the Civil War. And there's already been some speculation and discussion about whether the term 'Ole Miss' which is the way almost everyone there refers to the university, has roots in racism. SI's Pat Forde shares the steps the university is doing to distance itself from a racist past.Īs waves of change reverberated around the United States and specifically within college football regarding race relations and what's in the past at various universities, the University of Mississippi seems like a logical next place to turn.
There has been plenty of discussion and speculation around the nickname 'Ole Miss' along with the University of Mississippi's mascot the Rebels might be going away.
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