1974_10 The Daily Collegian October 1974

              2-THE DAILY COLLEGIAN       Friday, October 11, 1
Editorial
Kerman cops and racism
the Fresno Bee has exposed a
situation that has been common
knowledge to Chicano residents
In Kerman for quite some time.
The stories by Bee reporter
Ron Taylor reveal what at least
one county official has termed a
"shakedown* of Illegal aliens in
Kerman,   by   Its   8-man police
And tbey also reveal the racist
and prejudicial attitude the chiefI
of police has towards persons
of Mexican descent.
First the Shakedown:
Instead -of calling the border
patrol when they had Illegal aliens
In custody, the Kerman police
would arrest them and force them
to post a $65 ball and then let
them go free.
With the same Intellect ex¬
hibited by those late-movie TV
cowboy-sheriffs, who were con-
and  owned  by the local
man City Attorney, who said there
had been "letters of complaint"
by local citizens of Mexican de¬
scent. These complaints were
investigated by the chief of police.
That's like having sent Hitler
to Investigate himself to see If
there would have been grounds to
press   charges   at   Nuremberg!
But there ts hope.
Much the same circumstances
existed at another rural com¬
munity in western FresnoCounty.
The City oT Huron had to get
an  entire new police, force last
It took~a while before Investi¬
gations were conducted and the
*>grlp of fascism which that police
force had on the people of Huron
was made to let go. But It was
t is
Ime for the c
land-h
jf of
poUce  explained his policy 1
adopted because "farmers came
piling down on us" for Interfering
with the work force.
Now the Racism:
The chief apparently had other,
more personal, reasons which he
finally had an opportunity to voice
when he was asked by Taylor to
iustlfy this policy.
He said If aliens were "allowed
to wun wild loose" In Kerman
there would be more murders.
He said that Individual Mexicans
were steeped In vengeful tra¬
ditions. ..
•If one of them gets his ass
kicked, he goes and gets his big
brother and they come tack and
kill the other guy. It's a ritual,"
This Is the CHIEF OF POLICE
talking — not some school yard
toughle mouthing offin an attempt
to Impress the local gang group-
Editor's Note: This Is a state¬
ment Issued by QJen McDaniel,
Chief of Pollce< for the city of
Kerman. It appeared in the Ker¬
man newspaper on October 9,
1074.
I wish to clarify an article
which appeared in the Fresno Hee
October 3, 1974, indicating that
I am prejudiced toward the Mexi¬
can-American people. This ts not
true. The wording used by the
Bee was used In a general appli¬
cation, any person regardless of
loose un-restralned can Income
a menace lo society. The article
implies that these are my feelings
toward Mexican-Americans. I
have l*en with the Kerman Police
Department sixteen years, and
the people who know me know I
have no prejudice toward any
race   of people. As a matter ol
This is supposed to lie the top
law-enforcement   representative
fan 1 roi'l Uiere ts only one race
of people In the world, and that
for the city.
lng   the   self-righteous wrath of
the   local   police,   but   Chicano
contact  as  many people as pas-
citizens have also complained of
This was verified by the Ker-
call me if explanation Is de¬
sired and personalcontartcannot
•What's $65 aa long as yur
free to work out oh the ranch
agin, boy? • Jet* don't show
ta^s
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
MECHA demands Yee rehiring
Editor:
Once again thepowerttructur
of this university has leveled •
devastating blow at a necessary
and vital part of our |--"*-
Dr. Charles Swanson, Vice-
President for Academic Affairs,
and  President  Norman Baxter.
LA VOZ DE AZTLAN
tOfraphrr Larry Lion
oftara Cynthia Lugo.
The   firing   1
You'll tall in  Februaryr
wtth the ship your class¬
room and the world your
Mtmg visits to the fabled
ports of the Orient Africa,
10,000 students from 450
college* have already sailed
with WCA — join them! H-
ft's-ycsa.
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Asian Studies
n's Insensltlvlty
The understanding of one peo¬
ple by another Is vital to restore
peace in today's society. Yet
classes that help to accomplish
this goal are erased by adminis¬
trative hatchet-men such as the
likes of Dr. Carlos Denton, Dean
of the School of Social Sciences,
placed  above human
Asian-American courses which
enhance the cultural heritage of
all people will and must have a
necessary and significant rote In
this Institution of higher learning.
Therefore we demand there-
hiring of Rita Yee and a written
apology to the Asian-American
community of this campus.
MECHA
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COMMENTARY BY RICK H. LEWIS
Indians used
for monetary gain
Attention
Students -
If you are planning to attend
the fair this weekend, be sure to
register your disgust, displea¬
sure, and disapproval (whichever
suits you, -ifall three, so much
the better), with the operators
of two concessions dealing with
American Indian themes.
The first rip-off can be found
In a far corner of a large canvas
tent marked, I believe, "Com¬
mercial Exhibits." This tent Is
situated near the entrance to the
midway. There yob will come
across a collection of reproduced
photographs of numerous Indian
chleftans and various tribal rep¬
resentatives that gathered for an
exposition 1n Chicago, around
1888. '.,,*•
This collection, In and of It¬
self, Is worth merit. This dis¬
play, Interspersed with short
quotes of some of the. more Ta-
mous Chiefs, ts Interesting, and
I'm   afraid,  lnsplratlonally deJ
The purpose of that«deslgn
being monetary gain.
The exhibit Is set up In such a
manner, with the specially se¬
lected readings, as to Impart a
deep feeling of empathy and In¬
spiration to the viewer. The emo¬
tional buildup reaches Its pitch as
the patron slowly makes his way
10 the end of the large, A-framed
type easels to which the pictures
Here, a non-Indian patiently
waits behind a counter that has on
display - for sale - everything
from artificial beadwork to ex¬
pensive paintings depleting In¬
dians In various settings. (You
know, the old "preparing to attack
the wagon train" type scenes'.)
The paraphernalia Includes sec¬
ond rate turquoise Jewelry, and
high priced reading material for
the more Intellectually minded.
Some comments overheard,
while I stood on tne other stde of
the easels went like this:
"Their women lookexactly Uke
their men" solemnly stated one
Individual, with an air of knowl¬
edgeable, wise, rinallty.
•The Klowas, they are the
meanest savages of air the In¬
dians, them and the Apaches,*
exclaimed another wide-eyed,
freckle-faced soul, with a frog-
croaklng larynx housed In an
Ichabod Crane neck.
After I had seen and heard
enough I discovered that some
people can become mighty blind
and deaf when all they can see
and hear is dirty, wrinkled, green
dollar bills unfolding before
them. I couldn't break the trance
the operators were caught In. I
shrugged, and after being pushed
aside, I looked pityingly at the
line forming to buy these trinkets.
Anyway, the machined, cheap,
meaningless beadwork was sell¬
ing like hotcakes. Those people,
with their swelling hearts, could¬
n't pull the money out of their
pockets fast enough.
The second activity I refer to
is the one where two women are
adorned In Indian costumes. (In
this Instance the term "costume"
is quite appropriate.) They dance
around and supposedly tell of the
Indian way of life. (You may have
seen their picture in the Sunday
edition of the Fresno Bee.)
Well, In this Instance, accord¬
ing to one of the students that re¬
ported back to me, a participant
is supposed to be a Mandan In¬
dian. In addition, thts woman got
quite defensive when questioned
by the student regarding her par¬
ticipation in this mlsrepresenta-
Part of their "act*'(and that is
all It is), consists "of giving away
headbands and handing out Indian
names' faster than -people could
buy that artificial beadwork In
the other tent.
I'm, surprised some sort of
package deal wasn't worked out.
whereby one could get a necklace,
a headband, a "real" Indian name,
all for paying a nominal fee to
hear the "legends" fly.
A fair is .the last place for
the shoddy display and tasteless
exhibition of sacred beliefs,
legends and unique ways of life
that  are Indian, these perfor-
Jheir Indian heri¬
tage and a disgrace to those who
honestly practice their Indian
way of life.
Attacking situations like these
are Just as Important as expos-..
lng reservation conditions, land
stealing. Bureau of Indian Afr
fairs bungles, and Constitutional
double-standards. '   ,
It Is Important because once
again, the truth is being distorted,
stereotypes afe revived and pa¬
raded around lor the sole purpose
of making money.
In short, this form of exploita¬
tion Is Just as detrimental to
Indians as cultural genocide Is¬
sues, rights to economic, social
equality, land claims, water
rights, and any one pf the numer¬
ous other conflicts which con¬
front our people who struggle
under  the  label  of the Indian
So, go, lodge your protest- and.
Join me by sending letters to the
Fair manager, letting him know
it to s
s like them
r pebble into the lake
Protesting lawyers refused license
SANTA FE, N.M. - Twoyoung
lawyers have been refused li¬
censes to practice law In New
Mexico because they -wore pro-
lest  arm  bands  at swearing-in
Refused admission to the state
tar Wednesday were John B.
l.eyba, a recent University of
New Mexico Law School graduate
working with the Albuquerque
public defender's office, and
Cordon Berman of Oregon, who is
with the Santa Fe Legal Aid pro-
They indicated their black arm
bands were an expression of sym¬
pathy with demonstrators who
disrupted the swearlng-ln cere¬
mony. The demonstrators say
tne results of the July bar ex¬
aminations Indicate a pattern of
discrimination against minori¬
ties. Leyba and Berman passed
Of a dozen successful lawyer
candidates who originally wore
armbands to the"ceremony, onlyu
Leyba and Berman were ejected.
Sarah Singleton of Santa Fee
declined to enter the courtroom
rather than remove her arm band.
Jeffrey Levin of Alubquerque re-
noved/his when'directed to do so.
The four had been escorted
from the House of Representa¬
tives chambers earlier In the
'lay on orders of Chief Justice
'°hn McManus, who said the .
ceremony wits not the appropri¬
ate place for protest. The result
was 2 gallery demonstration that
stopped the a
The other candidates for the
bar who wore arm bands had re¬
moved them earlier.
The ceremony was resumed
in the afternoon, with about 120
new lawyers taking the oath In
groups of 15. State police guarded
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