TO THE EDITOR:
The Quickhits for Nov. 21 referenced a case in Carthage, Miss., in which a high school basketball coach bit a player’s face. You commented that the coach is “the only one in town with a tooth.”
I grew up not far from Carthage, and I was disappointed to see that the DTH finds it appropriate to make fun of Mississippi’s poor. And that’s what the Quickhit boils down to: a (snobbish, unoriginal) joke at the expense of the economically disadvantaged, none of whom chose to be poor.
As most know, Mississippians are poorer and have less access to proper health care compared to residents of other states. Why this merits joking rather than compassion is beyond me. You can do better.
P.S. I have all my chompers.
Josh Doty
Graduate student
English