Then for three years straight, he has opted out of the federal summer grocery benefits program that could have helped hundreds of thousands of Mississippi families. Yet it is Mississippi’s annual contracting program that is arguably far worse. Imagine if minority contractors received 45.3% of the annual state contracting dollars, instead of less than 1%. Imagine what that money could do for minority families and children, let alone the psychological impact of having a seat at the table, year after year? Awarding over 99% of annual state contracting dollars to white people must be perfectly moral, legal, and ethical to the Mississippi State government.