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Sharing Sundays: A Renee Moore and Jesse Turner Sighting | The Jose Vilson

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Sharing Sundays: A Renee Moore and Jesse Turner Sighting

Last week, I wrote a post about students in Mississippi getting arrested for things as trivial as dress code.Renee Moore responded:
Thank you so much for giving this sad story the attention and the angle it deserves. This is not just another excuse for people to point their fingers here at MS, but really to point a finger at our collective selves for becoming so callous.
This was worth saying because it’s not just about Mississippi. Too many people equate “backwards” with the South. The next day, I found out that some New Jersey kids won a $500,000 settlement after the assistant principal made them eat off the floor of the gym in front of other kids. The AP was moved to another school, but