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Stuff we've been talking about. >> as i told you before, i didn't know what a cool job or what a cool restaurant i had until you showed it to me. i'm just making a living, you know, just like a lot of folks around mississippi. we're not trying to make history. we're not trying to increase tourism. all we're doing is doing what we do. >> there is a discomfort level about exploring southern food ways or particularly mississippi food ways. >> right. >> when you're talking about high-end, traditional southern cooking, you're talking about plantation, slavery cooking, because that's where these rec...

Hell, i feel better already. >> the mississippi i perceived is not the mississippi that i've had in my head. i was surprised how sold i was off the bat. if you want to write, come to oxford. >> you think that's true? well, apparently, yes. >> like that line in barton fink, you can't throw a rock without hitting a writer? then he says, do me a favor, throw it hard. >> it's easy to look at mississippi and go that just happens down there, so we're good, our hands are clean. it's a totally misperceived place. when i came, i fell in love with the place. i never thought that i would. there's somethi...

You know, music and all the other cultural expressions of the south. i think food is a sneaky way of getting at some of the serious stuff we've been talking about. >> as i told you before, i didn't know what a cool job or what a cool restaurant i had until you showed it to me. i'm just making a living, you know, just like a lot of folks around mississippi. we're not trying to make history. we're not trying to increase tourism. all we're doing is doing what we do. >> there is a discomfort level about exploring southern food ways or particularly mississippi food ways. >> right. >> when you're ta...

William runs this place as he has since 1963. and he makes the rules. >> how long have you been in business? >> 58 years. i'm 74. >> how did you get into this business? >> i just got into it. something i like to do. everybody come in and enjoy themselves. no problem. >> please explain this policy. no hats backwards and no pants hanging down. >> you don't like my rule, don't come. >> what other rules? no rap music. >> no. get a headache. i love all of it, blues. >> good r & b? >> that's right. that's right. >> no rap? >> no. >> kanye west wants to rent out the place, you rent it to him? >> i'd ...

>> right. >> come to the south looking for the past preserved. but the reality is something different. 1865 or 1985, i want it to change, i want to document the change along the way and celebrate the change. the burden of race is upon us and we ain't going to shake it. and that could make us better. >> i'm a yankee. so for me, it's kind of shocking to see this flag. it means a lot of things to a lot of people. first and foremost meaning i'm not a yankee and i don't much care what you think. there's no doubt that much of mississippi history is ugly. slavery which was pretty much the backbone of...