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Novelist Michael Farris Smith writes that Mississippi officials should change the Mississippi flag immediately as the nation reckons with systemic racism and history. “It’s offensive, and it’s embarrassing, and it continues to make Mississippi look like it lives on the back end of civilization. Enough,” he writes. Photo courtesy Flickr/Stuart Seeger

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OPINION: Enough. Remove Symbol of Confederacy from the Mississippi Flag Now.

The state flag of Mississippi needs to have the symbol of the Confederacy removed today. Not after a vote, not after three months of deliberation, not after a committee does …

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