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mion
The Daily Collegian • October 1,199l'
The Dally Collegian
Editor in Chief
Jana Ballinger
Managing Editor
Shannon Wentivorth
News Editor
Krista Lemos
Copy Editor
Debbie Richard's
Graphics Editor
Claire Anselmo .
Sports Editor
-— t LortAsh
\
Staff Writers
Heidi BurkhardM,\Brian
Cuttane, Stacey Dennehy,
Manny Fernandez, Aimee
Fisher, Yu Ting Huang,
Michelle Martin, Renee.
Ruelas,}. Scott Walker,
Kimberly Wright, Syed
Zaheer
Sports Writers
Chris Cocoles, Dave
Donnelly, Dan Evans,
Richardjames
Staff Photographer
Edgar Ang, Angel de Jesus,
Kyndra Gean
News Aide
DeeErway
Columnist
Frank Aviles, Bruce
Brenna, Michael S.
Handorf
Contributors
Catherine Jiguet-Jiglaire,
Liz Morales, Hu Sin, Erin
Yasuda
Sports Columnist
Forest Fink
n
ArtSpeak Editors,
Jason Terada
ToddHetb
Business Manager
Khalid Rashid
Advertising Manager
Brenda Marie YJhitla
Advertising Production
f Manager
Lance Jackson
Published since 1922
THE ASSOCIATED
STUDENTS, INC
Editorial Headquarters
Keats Campus Building
Newsroom 278-2486
Sports 278-5733
Advertising 278-57S4
British tleny Indians' heritage
By Frank Pancho Aviles
. w
As we celebrate Mahatma
Gandhi's birthday tomorrow, it
Is imperative that we reflect on
the political, economic, and
social conditions that existed at
that time.
' And it imperative that,
like Ga nd hi, we also denounce
these injustices and fight against
'them.
jg It is also imperative that we
' acknowledge that these deplor¬
able conditions exist today....
under the guise of democracy.
Before India's independence
from Britain, a democracy that
wasn't inclusive of the Indian
masses was imposed on their
country.
' Democracy was based on a
centralization of power with the
British as the final decision
masters.
Under the guise of democ¬
racy the Indian masses were
excluded from the decision
making process which involved
their own destiny.
Indians had no power to
appropriate monies for improve¬
ments in education and health
systems because the depart¬
ments of finance, as well as
police defense and other key
departments, were all in the
hands of the British.
There was an illusion that
ordinary citizens acting collec¬
tively or individually were not
as capable as the British and
their token Indian officials at
handling Indian affairs.
Under the guise of democ¬
racy for many years the British
government choked the Indian
economy.
They manipulated land,
tariff, and other laws in such a
way that alio wed them to exploit
India. •
« In 1833, Englishmen were
given permission to acquire land
and set up a plantation system in
India ignoring the laws of
slavery.
In fact, there was a rush of
planters from America to India
experienced
incredibly long hours, and
endured unbearable working
conditions.
Their average income in
1930 was less than four cents a
day.
Suffering becamemhumane.
There were eighteen famines in
25 years Which took a death toll
of fifteen million in the last
quarter of the nineteenth
century.
Poverty in India comprised/
80 percent of its population.
India's political bondage
also affected the culture of India.
The British took it upon them¬
selves to
in handling
slaves. «
Also, in
the early
1900s British
manufactur¬
ers imposed
tariffs on .
imports to
India which
enabled them
to defeat
competitors
in the Indian
India's political bond- t^T
age also affected the p^«
culture of India. The Brit- traditions
ish took it upon them- , ;^w^
selves to deny Indians -w^us.-
the right to practice those^(^er
traditions which they felt attended
were "barbarous." ^of
their culture
by creating brown Englishmen.
All of these wrongs were
done under the guise of democ¬
racy.
Today under the guise of
democracy we are able to invade
areas like the Middle East,
Panama, Cuba, and other Third
World countries and exploit
them economically, politically .
and also mutilate their women,
children, and men; under the
market and become 40.6 percent
of India's imports by 1934. As a
result of these tariffs India was
forced to industrialize
Unfortunately, Britain
became owners of many of
India's major industries resulting
in major exploitation of Indian
workers.
Regardless of who owned
the industries, workers suffered
from wage exploitation, labored
guise of democracy we are
attempting to rob American
Indians of their land for the use
of nuclear disposable sights and
landfills even though we've
systematically slaughtered them
and robbed them of their land
and culture throughout the
years.
Under the guise of democ¬
racy there is an overrepresenta-
tion of black and brown people
in the prisons and an under- •
representation of black and
brown people in colleges and
.universities; under the guise of
democracy low income children
of color and whites are forced to
attend inadequate, understaffed,
Eurocentric educational facilities
while their middle to upperclass
white counterparts are preparing
for college Under excellent
supervision in more than
adequate classrooms.
Under the guise of democ¬
racy women are forced to sustain
horrible injuries working in
factories or to sustain humili¬
ation by waiting in long welfare
lines for the survival of their
families; under the guise of
democracy Mexicanos are forced
to work long hours in the fields
for slave wages under lethal
conditions.
Under the guise of democ¬
racy "you* allow political,
economic and .cultural oppres¬
sion.
Mr. Aviles is a columnist for
Tbe Daily CoUegian.
Letters to the Editor
Liberals' dirty diapers conveniently overlooked
Columnist Bruce Brenna makes
an apparently valid criticism of con¬
servatives in his column Monday
Sept. 30. Apparently, this traditional¬
ist conservative has made a Very
But in the nebulous world of
politics, apparent troths are no more
real than Brenna's misconceptions
about conservatives—based on the
possible failure of one man, and a
relatively insignificant man (in the
scheme of things) who has never
held office.
Ailes is merely a man who
claimed to hold conservative
principles. He was never a spokes¬
man for the conservative movefirfnt,
nor some final authority on right-
wing politics or lifestyles. But
Brenna, eager to draw the heat off
dismal liberal failures (Cranston,
Biden, Kennedy, et al), happily
inflates a small-time affair into some
cons piracy-sty le fiasco. Leftists wrote
the text on fraud, Mr. Brenna, and
politicians like B Aen quote (plagia¬
rize?) from it at will
The simple fact is that
conservatives in (and out) of office
have cleaner records overall than
liberals. They have to. The Bronzans
and Robertis throw dirt at the
Mcdintocks and Seastrands while
lying in their own mudholes. And
people like Brenna come by later,
painting the conservatives' spotted
ties and conveniently overlooking
the liberals'dirty diapers.
Steve J. Burns .
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| Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
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| Publication Date | 1991 |
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| Title | October 1, 1991, Page 2 |
| Alternative Title | Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno) |
| Publisher | Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif. |
| Publication Date | 1991 |
| Description | Daily (except weedends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif.: BMI Library Microfilms, 1986- microfilm reels; 35 mm. Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- |
| Subject | California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals. |
| Contributors | Associated Students of Fresno State. |
| Coverage | Vol.1 no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- to present |
| Format | Microfilm reels, 35 mm. |
| Technical Information | Scanned at 600 dpi; TIFF; Microfilm ScanPro 2000 "E-image data" |
| Language | eng |
| Full-Text-Search | Opini mion The Daily Collegian • October 1,199l' The Dally Collegian Editor in Chief Jana Ballinger Managing Editor Shannon Wentivorth News Editor Krista Lemos Copy Editor Debbie Richard's Graphics Editor Claire Anselmo . Sports Editor -— t LortAsh \ Staff Writers Heidi BurkhardM,\Brian Cuttane, Stacey Dennehy, Manny Fernandez, Aimee Fisher, Yu Ting Huang, Michelle Martin, Renee. Ruelas,}. Scott Walker, Kimberly Wright, Syed Zaheer Sports Writers Chris Cocoles, Dave Donnelly, Dan Evans, Richardjames Staff Photographer Edgar Ang, Angel de Jesus, Kyndra Gean News Aide DeeErway Columnist Frank Aviles, Bruce Brenna, Michael S. Handorf Contributors Catherine Jiguet-Jiglaire, Liz Morales, Hu Sin, Erin Yasuda Sports Columnist Forest Fink n ArtSpeak Editors, Jason Terada ToddHetb Business Manager Khalid Rashid Advertising Manager Brenda Marie YJhitla Advertising Production f Manager Lance Jackson Published since 1922 THE ASSOCIATED STUDENTS, INC Editorial Headquarters Keats Campus Building Newsroom 278-2486 Sports 278-5733 Advertising 278-57S4 British tleny Indians' heritage By Frank Pancho Aviles . w As we celebrate Mahatma Gandhi's birthday tomorrow, it Is imperative that we reflect on the political, economic, and social conditions that existed at that time. ' And it imperative that, like Ga nd hi, we also denounce these injustices and fight against 'them. jg It is also imperative that we ' acknowledge that these deplor¬ able conditions exist today.... under the guise of democracy. Before India's independence from Britain, a democracy that wasn't inclusive of the Indian masses was imposed on their country. ' Democracy was based on a centralization of power with the British as the final decision masters. Under the guise of democ¬ racy the Indian masses were excluded from the decision making process which involved their own destiny. Indians had no power to appropriate monies for improve¬ ments in education and health systems because the depart¬ ments of finance, as well as police defense and other key departments, were all in the hands of the British. There was an illusion that ordinary citizens acting collec¬ tively or individually were not as capable as the British and their token Indian officials at handling Indian affairs. Under the guise of democ¬ racy for many years the British government choked the Indian economy. They manipulated land, tariff, and other laws in such a way that alio wed them to exploit India. • « In 1833, Englishmen were given permission to acquire land and set up a plantation system in India ignoring the laws of slavery. In fact, there was a rush of planters from America to India experienced incredibly long hours, and endured unbearable working conditions. Their average income in 1930 was less than four cents a day. Suffering becamemhumane. There were eighteen famines in 25 years Which took a death toll of fifteen million in the last quarter of the nineteenth century. Poverty in India comprised/ 80 percent of its population. India's political bondage also affected the culture of India. The British took it upon them¬ selves to in handling slaves. « Also, in the early 1900s British manufactur¬ ers imposed tariffs on . imports to India which enabled them to defeat competitors in the Indian India's political bond- t^T age also affected the p^« culture of India. The Brit- traditions ish took it upon them- , ;^w^ selves to deny Indians -w^us.- the right to practice those^(^er traditions which they felt attended were "barbarous." ^of their culture by creating brown Englishmen. All of these wrongs were done under the guise of democ¬ racy. Today under the guise of democracy we are able to invade areas like the Middle East, Panama, Cuba, and other Third World countries and exploit them economically, politically . and also mutilate their women, children, and men; under the market and become 40.6 percent of India's imports by 1934. As a result of these tariffs India was forced to industrialize Unfortunately, Britain became owners of many of India's major industries resulting in major exploitation of Indian workers. Regardless of who owned the industries, workers suffered from wage exploitation, labored guise of democracy we are attempting to rob American Indians of their land for the use of nuclear disposable sights and landfills even though we've systematically slaughtered them and robbed them of their land and culture throughout the years. Under the guise of democ¬ racy there is an overrepresenta- tion of black and brown people in the prisons and an under- • representation of black and brown people in colleges and .universities; under the guise of democracy low income children of color and whites are forced to attend inadequate, understaffed, Eurocentric educational facilities while their middle to upperclass white counterparts are preparing for college Under excellent supervision in more than adequate classrooms. Under the guise of democ¬ racy women are forced to sustain horrible injuries working in factories or to sustain humili¬ ation by waiting in long welfare lines for the survival of their families; under the guise of democracy Mexicanos are forced to work long hours in the fields for slave wages under lethal conditions. Under the guise of democ¬ racy "you* allow political, economic and .cultural oppres¬ sion. Mr. Aviles is a columnist for Tbe Daily CoUegian. Letters to the Editor Liberals' dirty diapers conveniently overlooked Columnist Bruce Brenna makes an apparently valid criticism of con¬ servatives in his column Monday Sept. 30. Apparently, this traditional¬ ist conservative has made a Very But in the nebulous world of politics, apparent troths are no more real than Brenna's misconceptions about conservatives—based on the possible failure of one man, and a relatively insignificant man (in the scheme of things) who has never held office. Ailes is merely a man who claimed to hold conservative principles. He was never a spokes¬ man for the conservative movefirfnt, nor some final authority on right- wing politics or lifestyles. But Brenna, eager to draw the heat off dismal liberal failures (Cranston, Biden, Kennedy, et al), happily inflates a small-time affair into some cons piracy-sty le fiasco. Leftists wrote the text on fraud, Mr. Brenna, and politicians like B Aen quote (plagia¬ rize?) from it at will The simple fact is that conservatives in (and out) of office have cleaner records overall than liberals. They have to. The Bronzans and Robertis throw dirt at the Mcdintocks and Seastrands while lying in their own mudholes. And people like Brenna come by later, painting the conservatives' spotted ties and conveniently overlooking the liberals'dirty diapers. Steve J. Burns . |
