ALERT! Neo-Confederate Group Hiwaymen to Rally in Oxford, MS
102 Courthouse Square Oxford
MS
38655
All monuments to the Confederacy in this country will eventually come down. It might take longer in some places than others, but they will all be put on the trash heap of history. In the meantime, we have to deal with neo-Confederate clowns who want to make hold events that they way are “to draw the line in the sand!” That was pretty much what the so-called “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville two years ago was supposed to be about, and the end as we know, was especially tragic. Well two groups who attended that rally, the Hiwaymen (an Arkansas-based group that was in Portland with Patriot Prayer and the Proud Boys on Aug. 4) and Confederate 901 are mad at students of the University of Mississippi who are demanding that all their Confederate tributes end, and they are going to go to Oxford, home of Ole Miss, to throw their little temper tantrum. There will be some opposition to this crew however because no one wants two groups that are all about trying to engage in assaults because no one likes their flag anymore to just run free on their campus. The following statement was released by Students Against Social Injustice (SASI)
“On January 14, 2019, Students Against Social Injustice were informed of a rally planned by George “K-Rack” Johnson, of the Memphis-based group Confederate 901, and Billy Mack Helton, also known as Billy Sessions, of the Arkansas-based group the Hiwaymen, as part of an effort to disrupt the United Students Against Sweatshops’ 22nd National Convention, an event planned with the intention of educating students on how they can become great organizers.
The Confederate Memorial statue on campus is one that represents hate. It is a celebration of honor for Confederate soldiers that knowingly fought for the institution of slavery and for the demise and degradation of black lives. As long as the statue remains on campus, it will continue to function as a tool to uphold these values and to allow room for racism to remain rampant on campus and in the Oxford community.
The Mississippi Stands Rally poses an imminent threat to students on campus, as both planners for this event have encouraged their followers to bring weapons to other events in the past, and have stated that they will “be vigilant” and do “what the law will not do for them,” and that our existence as a student organization is a threat that protectors of confederate ideals will “no longer tolerate.”
The university’s primary duty should be to facilitate educational opportunities for students while maintaining their safety, not to serve as a playground for extremist militant groups affiliated with white supremacists.
For these reasons, Students Against Social Injustice will continue to stand by our demand that the University of Mississippi removes the statue from campus as well as our decision to host the USAS 22nd National Convention. As it is an educational event, we will not be engaging with participants of this rally, and will be requesting means of precaution from University Administration and UPD.”
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