1969_12 The Daily Collegian December 1969

              C DAILY COLLMXHAN    Mcmdmy. Pirwiti   6. 1869
Wits** Jaw**}* fam UeA§?
_ By Gloria Davie
Freeao Stale C
ttossr* were to be financed by the
Association, which also finances
ths Dairy Collegian. Thto was
passed by the Seaats Board of
Publications  and arcepted hy tog
Student sen
adUla
i of oerDeUy
Collegian Is psrhsps oas of too
moot urgent. It Is currently
causing great controversy snd
much 111 win on campus. In
essence, It is s potential "keg
of dynamite with a dangerously
short fuse."
geese factions tool ths Dally
Collegian Is not fulfilling Its
duties to the entire student body
ta allowing Black andChlcanobiweekly editions of the paper. In
doing eo. they tool the Collegisn
is bowing to ths demands of ape-
clal Interest groups. The policy
of the Dally Collegian has never
been one of reckless name calling or mud slinging snd we do
not propose to begin such s
practice now. However, much
light could bs shod on the matter if more detail*, fans and
reasons  behind  the  issue were
minus until s
permanent eolation to th* problems at band was found, snd achy those Involved. It
I that In the minutes
of the Board of Publications, it
does not specify that the policy
ia duo to expire at the end of
this semester, nor does it specifically ststs thai It should con
tines beyond this semester;
therefore It la a matter of Interpretation
To begin with, the policy was
initiated becsuse of the stste of
affairs on campus. Ths minority students, whough constituting
a small percentage of the total
student body, wished to establish
Tines of communication with the
regular college community. This
obviously waa not easy to come
by, ss it is extremely easy to
overlook ox Ignore groups which
Integration or separation?
By Dan Golden
If we have been separated from Arlca tor so long thst wo sre ao
longer quite at esse there, then we are left with only onei place to
make our home, and that is this land to which we were brought in
chains. Justice, true justice, would Indicate such a solution tn any
case, because It Is In America and not Africa that our ancestors
worked with blood, swset snd tesrs and died. America Is our rlght-
flkg boms snd ws sre well within our rights In demanding an opportunity to enjoy It on the urns terms aa those other Immigrants who
helped develop It. Since tow whites will deny the justice of this claim.
It Is contradictory that we are offered the option of exercising this
birthright only on the condition that we abandon our culture, deny
our race and Integrate ourselves into the whim community. The
"accepted Negro." tho "integrated Negro." are more substitutes
which hide a cruel and relentless cultural destruction which is some-
ttmee agonizing to the "Negro" but which is becoming intolerable
to the black maaeee. The black man who refuses to give up his
identity snd emulate tho white model finds ho can survive only by
rejecting tho white society, which ultimately mea*s challenging the
laws and law enforcement mechanisms which have kept him down
for so long. On the other hand. If he abandons his cultural heritage
aad gives In to the lure of Integration, he risks certain rejection and
humiliation along the way, with no guarantee of ever achieving complete acceptance of the black maases. So where do we go from harr'
Who has ths answer' Black people are demonstrating that they have
some reservstions sheet tho common core of values which underlie
the American society - whether because they had littlg, to do with
tormulattng these values or hscsas* they tool them to be against their
Interests. For too Maeks In the ghetto especially, the aoeiety'e
values are often strange and damaging to aim aa is socjbty's standards of beauty. They are both built on premises which sre unattainable tor blacks and many times quite irrelevant. Soon a decision
is going to hsvs to be made by somebody - do we integrate or shall
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the beginning of what was originally Intended as an experiment
In human Interaction. The minority students felt the beet way to
become an integral part of this
community was to expose their
views, culture and feelings to
the community.
This policy waa not even allowed to be put into effect before
It waa given political connotations
and denounced by members of ths
faculty and ths student body. Indeed, it Is
never been done on any easepes
before. It is. for all practical
purpoees, an expert mom.
All members of an academic
community should bo aware of
the was expertmenta are carried
out: the only means by which solutions and/or answers are tound
is through trial and error, and
that takes time. When the policy
waa approved, objectives were
a.united and fully integrated Collegian, student body
and community. Our goal waa to
moot those objectives. Granted,
mistakes have boon mad*, aew
problems have arisen and old
problems have added lo the complexities of the situation. Still,
steps In the right direction have
been made, but it takes time for
an Ideal or concept to become a
real it,, and even longer for a
reality to beeemn a practice.
There has been progress on this
campus, but it can easily be
erased. If this community allows
itself to succumb to the throes
of the political battle forced upon
us, Fresno Stale will not only stop
progressing, It will regress.
This regression need not take the
form of face-to-face confrontations between students and law
enforcers either. But it can
occur.     Is   this   what we want
Steps are currently being taken
to establish closer ties between
tho minority editions and regular
editions of the Collegian. Minority editors will become regular
members of the Collegian staff
and will work more closely with
tho editor of the Collegian. A
broader spectrum of news snd
events will be presented. More
Important, with the experiences
of this semester, sll students
can begin to understand and appreciate each other to a point
whore separate publications of
any sort will not benecesssry.
Hopefully, this time will come,
but only if we are given ample
time for such a relationship to
evolve naturally. Situations of
this type cannot be aealgned a
specific number of days, works,
etc.. In which to be resolved.
After all, Abraham Lincoln
signed the Emancipation Proclamation In 1865. this is 1989 and
black people still do not have
their freedom or equality. Or,
to borrow an overworked cliche,
"Rome wasn't built to a day."
All wo aak now is that the rug
doesn't got pulled frees earner
our 9*M snd we sre atlowwd to
continue our publications.
This country prides itself on
Its 'fairness." Some of this
fairness could be put to good use
ta the San Joaquin Valley, and
mere specifically here st Frees*
State College. You've given us
half a chance... now give us the
ewiiibsw
by <
ties.    WlU PaS.C.  |
WUl I
etiert by ***** to Improve rota-
A Process of Do Ntfraicriiui
By Nathan C. Heard
s
I have * Weed who says that bs is ss appalled by the toought of
black racism ss bs is by whits racism, sad. theiwtore. bs doesn't
like Black Power He is s very srtaseisl man who, eo eery often,
sounds Uks s* odacstod tool.
In effect, toy's saying that bs ha* earns!st* treat m the todgmew
snd c Baseman* of white people where It concerns bleak people That
i (mast mean) be Is s modern uncle Tom who iiressi aad r*.
liimatlsss whit* act* sad attitudes which prove dotrHiial to Afros
by stpmtisg s stark reality (white racism) with a seaaamss idea
btaek racism). I happen to think he toilet knew the sausaig of
racism - Is it the ACTS sad ATTITUDES matotowhag by whites
against Afros, or ta tt the simple REACTION to thee* things M
manifested by Afros who moke loud threats and loot stores v>
educated friend would have me beUeve that the black re
: centuries of whit* racism 1s black racism.
rhetoric with action-packed s
the American Dream, and <
American version of It, ta not racism.
Stoksly Carmichael, Rap Brown, LeRot Jones are net negate. They
don't want whites killed because of the color of their sfcto. What they
want, however, Is to kill s system of government sad a way of llf*
which has consistently snd wilfully robbed .and killed a world of
black people. That such a system is maintained by white psoas* Is of
no heavy conssoaenco deeptte tho fact thst t
winning wsrs mass** mem biologically I
tern and tho** who support it must be rendered powerless I
they sre children with guns in their grubby Utile bands.
There to ao such thing as black racism in tho ***** that there is
whits racism. It is too early la the history of tho second world for
tiua. Black racism hasn't had ths time nor ths chance to grew into a
real entity - if indeed it over wlU. And racism has one tamnpsm-
ible factor: POWER. In aU lands power has determined if there be
a racial or. oppressive system, sad Afros don't posses pott steal or
physical power.
Racism, furthermore, is an act of omission a* weU as an act of
commission - sad ths Afro baa not been abls to omit the whits man
from any phase of his life. The White Presence I* aometbiag ao Afro
can escape from the cradle to the grave. On the other hand, large
segments of the white society have been able to Uve their lives ss
though ao Afros existed, much ta the ssms wsy s lion In the Zoo Is
removed from one's consciousness: a distant thought aad a much
more distant threat. White people don't have to commit act* to be
racist, they condone them by refusing to set against racism. It Is
racist not to vigorously oppose racism by one's deed*. It Is racist
not to question the real reasons blacks have ao tofloonca to government and industry; It is racist not to question why blacks meat have
sspersts fraternities, bo they in school, unions or the medical pro
fesslorr. it is racist not to wonder why ao many Afro* were gvaned
down during the rebellion* of toe cities white the students to Parts,
who wore sttscklng their police, eeffered toe grand total of one
death. Czechoslovakis was invsdod by FIVE nations sad didn't suffer
as many death* as Afros In the streets of FREEDOMLAND. To
bring It s Uttls clooor to home: no one need convince mo that bad
ths looters (snd the Innocents) ta ths U.S. been white snd sttaeklag the
police to boot — as seen in miniature during ths Democratic Convention in Chicago tn 1964 — resultant deaths would net have been
near what It waa for Afros. How much confirmation does one need0
A racist, moreover, will sasUy satisfy himself thst ths saving of
property and the protection of policemen from "snipers" were the
main reasons tor the murders of Afros. He will hsve to boUevo this
becsuse of his racist nature, for even It needs some sort of jearti-
fl cation.
Ah. but my educated Negro fliend, who wouldn't want to Uve under
black racism, finds it quite feasible (though quite uncomfortable
too) to live under white racism. WOW! Hs'd rather be ■
than powerful enough to be morally right, I i
white liberal* by insisting that on* la as bad as the other when In
fact he only knows of one. How far wrong, how deeply distorted he
Is'
There is, of course, black disgust snd disappointment, there may
indeed be black vengeance, tost there cannot bs oppressive black
racism as long aa whites srs guaranteed power by their poses—Ion
of nuclear weapon* Power neutralize* such things ss racism — It
even mads the Germans say the Japanese were Arysag. Hshf
Ths call tor Black Power Is not a racist slogan, it is s newt ml-
tzer - snd tt is the beet damn slogan the black man ass over bad to
all his centuries on this continent. It may make enemies, to bo sure.
but only of those who were never friends in the firm place. More
important, it la symbolism, it is instant manhood, national and
personal pride, tt is economical.
achievement for millions of nowhere s
to becoming nowhere Negroes. It is ths GREAT DE-NEGROrTER.
Whites really ought to be as grateful for it as blacks, tor It Is saw
ths shot-tn-the arm this country has long been needing If it's to
avoid that doomsday kick-ln-the-aas.
But my educated Negro friend can only view It ss s reflectioa of
the white racism he loves.hates, while whites see It sa the «
they've Imposed on others mat don't want tat
They know they've been wrong (which si least proves they have consciences) but rather than give up s life-long pursuit too quickly
they prefer to come up with legislation which rarely legislate*, and
than fight clear op to ths Supreme Court where they eaa toe* decisions without losing face, WITH HONOR, a* the current phrase goes.
I often get th* impression But my educated Negro friend thinks he's
living in s society of greet opportunity merely bscsues tho society
bss so many things ta It which sre run by electricity (Including
him). I can never figure hew be makee "groat promise" ooaal
"groat opportunity". I boUevo he's full of shit - and isn't that s
hell of an impression to have about a friend"*
PS: Chaptor Two (as always lately) la entitled "Phil-Lip Walker."
Guess what he did thts week? He aad a mim-brsl—torm sad get
colossal nervs to DICTATE s letter FOB ths chairman of Etoeac
Studies, Richard Keyee, aad suggested that Kayos ssad It off imme-
sad y*aU know hew Jolty oi* Dick eaa taagh. The letoer
X snd walker - Oh Yeah' - "suggested" theft
Dick Keyee set as tisoegb to* letter cam* straight from toe sand of
that is to aay, soft ■ sail oast i> y'aU that the Gn
Father  wrote it. I'U  bet  Phil-Lip Wanker would i
that to s white Depart mem Chair***  It we* easy 6 "at
»tod yoa. bet yam dig them ta.pMiia.niil The last tlsse | saw to*
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