I watched the previews on television all week with apprehension. I thought, “Please don’t let it be Mississippi.” I’ve never been ashamed of Mississippi, though I’ve often renounced the racists and other trite characters that call our state home. But fears about my state being misrepresented ran rampant when I saw scenes from an upcoming episode of the NBC drama “Crossing Jordan.” The show’s characters were to visit a southern state to render Bostonian justice for an old hate crime.
