{"id":8,"date":"2019-09-26T19:05:12","date_gmt":"2019-09-26T19:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whymississippi.wpengine.com\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2019-10-02T14:01:28","modified_gmt":"2019-10-02T14:01:28","slug":"why-mississippi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/whyms.video\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Mississippi?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why Mississippi - Episode One: Race Relations\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9cFIEoxxy_I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why Mississippi? Episode 1: Race Relations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am Alex Stradinger, the creator\/director of Why Mississippi, a project aimed at spreading awareness and appreciation for Mississippi\u2019s rich culture and the people behind it. A standard set of questions were asked of Mississippians from diverse backgrounds, including local business owners, activists, and thought leaders, such as Jim Barksdale (Fedex, ATT Wireless, Netscape), Mr. James Meredith (civil rights leader), and Dr. Bill Ferris (former chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities). I have interviewed 18 Mississippians to date with the same questions, focused on highlighting Mississippi&#8217;s creative people and colorful culture. Hopefully, the interviews will encourage our youth to consider the problems facing our state and that, wherever they choose to pursue their careers, they will speak to what is good about Mississippi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Episode 1, the first of 4 episodes, focuses on race relations. The\nMississippians in this interview reflect on the history of race in Mississippi\nthrough stories and experiences. 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Episode 1: Race Relations I am Alex Stradinger, the creator\/director of Why Mississippi, a project aimed at spreading awareness and appreciation for Mississippi\u2019s rich culture and the people behind it. A standard set of questions were asked of Mississippians from diverse backgrounds, including local business owners, activists, and thought leaders, such as Jim [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whyms.video\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whyms.video\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whyms.video\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whyms.video\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whyms.video\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/whyms.video\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whyms.video\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}