1970_02 The Daily Collegian February 1970

              editorial
Imperialism breeds revolution
By Jihad (Julius Brooks)
In a recent article In the San Francisco Examiner there was an
Interview with Paul G. Hoffman, administrator of the United Nations
Development Program. Hoffman gave a summary of the future
American standard of living and Its dependence on the economic
Improvement of the world's Impoverished areas. He stated that
1.5 billion poor people — half the population of the world — can become better customers for American Industry. 'Also,' he added,
■If we assist them ln Improving their earning power, both they and
the United States can benefit, for the U.S. is dependent in no small
way on the status of the world economy.*    .
The truth of the matter ls that the U.S. has always been involved,
in terms of economic exploitation and political harrassment, ln the
affairs of the underdeveloped countries of the world. We already
know that three-fourths of the world is poor and under-nourished,
but the question here IS what is the cause of the people's conditions
and why do Ihey continue to exist? It's clear that western powers
have poured millions upon millions of dollars of foreign aid Into
post-colonial puppet administrations that are controlled by western
powers. Aid. In the form of Investments, Is given for the main Intent
of draining Ihe dependent countries' resources dry just to supply Its
Industrial growth. As a result, the native population becomes more
poverty stricken and more dependent upon the western powers for
o say Ihere are dangerous tensions where people
and It Is true that after Iheir situation Is im-
i can still lead to discontent. However, overall
c development helps create a climate that can
World people are rising up against military imperialism and neocolonialism on all fronts, for today's freedom fighters are in direct
confrontation with western Imperialism. Foremost among these are
the North Vietnamese, a peace-loving people, who are fighting an
aggressive war against the American military Industrialists. Alfatah.
an Egyptian people's organization. Is fighting an all-out war against
the U.S. supported Zionist oflsrael. South American freedom fighters
of Uruguay are toppling the military dictatorship ot President Jorge
Areco. Zimbabwe Aflcan People's Union f'/APU) Is using strategic
guerilla warfare against the segregationist state of Rhodesia. The
black people In America are waging a struggle In Ihe midst of the
world's foremost Imperialist, ihe United States of America, where
in the Inner-cities (ghettos).  In
Hoffman goes i
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wilt prevail.
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countries stop accepting International welfare from western im
lallsts or will they continue, lo sub-exist under the present
colonial systems" As the people of Cuba. China and Algeria, T
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already live? Let us not ac
our lands. Can anyone
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lUQneat lie,
Words, whether they be lies or
truth, are nothing If there ls no
action lo back them up. Today on
the campus of Fresno State College we are witnessing the phenomenon of the GREAT LIE.
The GREAT LIE (ln case you
didn't already know, which I
doubt), ls that the students are
really up In arms about the Injustices that keep occurring on
campus. We all know what these
Injustices are so there's no need
Blacks have always had to take
the leadership role ln AMERIK-
KA'S so-called "social revolution" and they, along with the
Chicano students are doing It
again here at Fresno State. I
think It's going to be a LONG,
LONG time before whiles really
learn that bit of Existentialist
philosophy which makes each man
responsible for himself and the
By Nathan C. Heard
world at large. There were so
damn few of them present when
the non-whites on campus tried
to talk with Karl Falk Friday concerning the EOP (which affects
whites and non-whites) that I'm
near ready to acknowledge that
a SILENT MAJORITY does ln
fact exist. And HOWI
The question: 'What do they
want?." should be applied to
those 'LIBERALS' whom I've yet
to see at ANY function Initiated
by non-white students — excluding of course those non-white students on campus who believe in
and act In the very best Interests
of the WHITENESS they have
Internalized via Mlml-sklrts and
long hair, and lovey-dovey hand-
holding. What these so-called
LIBERALS want Is for all the
problems of this racist country
and racist campus to just dissolve ln a swjrllng vortex of Joan
Baez-Bob   Dylan-Judy   Collins-
Rod McKuen songs.Oneotheras-
pect of the GREAT LIE ig thai
Hippies are hip. The fact U that
anybody who's not for you Is
a«alst you, for in the game of
LIFE only dead men can be spec-
There ls no 'student unrest at
Fresno'; It's a lie fostered by
those who'd Uke people to think
that they're really into what's
happening today. But, soul folks
watch how quickly those chumps'
you never see at your side ln the
fray come around to enlist your
help when they need bodies t0
give the Impression of WE'RE
ALL IN THIS TOGETHER, to
their mothers and their Establishment. Indeed, we may well be
ln this together, but are we together ln this?
Tell them to 'put your behind
on the line, and your face ln my
place and right on!"
Will the real 'Acting President' please step forward .
Acting President Falk:
u probably think it strange
a member of your faculty,
•out', "busy", 'out of town' 01
Ing my position and yours - undignified methods ofcommunlca-
tl
lid appear ;
by   local   groups   of  Blacks and
Browns in order to clarify your
noritles In general and the Eth-
partlcular.   I ar
your  position  c
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. I thought, 'ah ha, realizing the evil rumors circulating
about his Intentions todestroy the
Ethnic Studies Program, despoil
EOP. and dissipate the remaining
vestiges of minorities on this
campus, this man. this acting
president, this minority housing
expert will now seek out a meeting with minority staff and students and clear up Ihe misunderstanding and scotch these malicious rumors.' I sat back and
waited. Nothing happened.
Despite your TV appearance,
I began to wonder if perhaps you
were not a figment of some P.R.
gullible  campus u
it who would stoptherl
■ radicals and restle
on campus, I felt It be
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governor's welfare. When I
learned lhat a group of students
were to meet with you last Friday
to discuss Ihe administration of
the EOP program. I knew that at
last 1 would get to taste that pud-
eating. Alas, I was Falked again.
Mr. Acting President, you didn't
even appear before the students;
lly people, who had journeyed the
hear you In person, by phone.
And though I am assured by re-
grapevine was supposed to have
been reliable) lhat It was Indeed
your voice. I have begun todoubt,
keeping on: Your
sought to drive a
Ion on campus by
toying with the EOP program;
several local radio stations announced during registration that
all Black Studjffs classes had
been canceled. Rumor still has It
that Mr. Keyes and Senor Rlsco
will be fired, or as you say in
academla, not rehired, ln June,
that no money has been appropriated for new EOP students or
to finance students presently en-
I have reached the point where
I no longer care If you are for
us or against us. I Just want to
know If you are HERE. Once
you've satisfied that basic question, we can begin to clear up the
more Important rumors:
win Mr. Keyes and Senor Rlsco be rehired for the coming aca-
Will there be an Ethnic Studies
Program In the fall? Not a course
in this departmentorthatdepart-
ment but a total program geared
to meet the changing needs ofthe
Black Community and the Black
Will the college continue to
meet Its financial obligations to
the minority students It has admitted and begin to recompense
the taxpayers of the minority
community by admitting and educating their sons and daughters
Will   your  administration  put
men! by rumor and Innuendo of
the EthnlcStudles Program which
has plagued the program since
Its inception^ If these rumors
have not been started by persons
In your administration, you have
certainly made no effort to stop
them.
I know we Blacks have a tendency to get caught up ln the
rhetoric of revolution and realizing this, you have perhaps thought
we were running a' jlve-tlme
game. But EOP and Ethnic Studies
are not games to minority people;
they can mean the difference be-
people In this country. In life and
death struggles, as you must
have learned by now. It Is Imperative to know where all the
participants in that struggle are.
That's what I'm asking you.
WHERE ARE YOU, ACTING
PRESIDENT FALK?
Yours ln the Struggle,
Sherley Williams
Ethnic Studies Program
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Black History Week tells Black experiences
By Callle H. Miller
nlack History Week, one week
set aside out of the calendars of
this nation to glorify its Black
builders. The week was obtained
by Black men in hopes of correcting those whrte history books
thai both black and white students
are required to study. During the
Week, Black men have built extensive programs which Include
prominent black men giving their
irieas, news films giving on-the-
spot Interpretations of Black
events, extensive study of the
Alack man In American History
put Into some exhibition form,
and exhibits emphaslzlngthecultural Inheritance and developments of the Black man.
Here on this campus, starting
today, a series of such programs
will begin. Today, we start our
third annual Black History Week
Program, ln another attempt to
books. This year we chose 'An
Agony.  As  Now.',  a poem by
poem expressed the suppressed
feeling of the Black man, and the
feeling of wanting out, freedom.
In the poem the suppressor ls a
being of similar structure to the
suppressed, however, It lacks ln
compassion for being like Itself.
When I first began working on
Black History Week; the Idea of
taking a white man and shoving
Calendar
Sunday, February 8
3:00 Rally of all Black andChi-
cano,  faculty, parents and
students.
Tuesday, February
11:00 Dick Keyes
2:00 Black Musical and Fashion
Show — CU Lounge
Thursday, February 12
10:00 Leon   Tapps   from Contra
Costa, Oakland'Black Lit-
•   erature* - CU Lounge
1:00 Samual Sheats-CU Lounge
stayed In my mind.
Be black and live ln a society
that won't let you forget It, yet
makes It Impossible for you to
accept It. Try to Imagine the
Black man as a-pet. Trytolmag-
lne the Black man as a commercial product. Try to Imagine him
a 'savage', an Idiot, or any of
the countless adjectives that have
replaced his name.
Grow ln a world that revives
the "great white builders ofthe
nation", and buries the great
black warriors. Buries a part of
you, your heritage and stifles
any attempt you make at rediscovering it. Develop a mind to
find yourself. Be curious. Feel
for yourself what those black men
who established National Black
History Week felt. Feel the r
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0:00 Don Wheeldon -Co
•Nothing But a Man'
'What Harvest for the
a what Black America ls. TeU
of Nat Turner's slave revolt,
Crlpus Attcus' death ln Boston,
Cinque's return to Africa and
Robert Smalls' sail to freedom.
Realize that at the same Ume
Black  men are building a new
Black Studies cited as valuable by black faculty
By Vivian Jones
rhe black studies program ls
atlvely   new  on this campus,
lertheless, it has already re
al the program Is not produc-
" results like It should. One of
» main reasons that the admin -
i because It  has r
e by tl
>" administration whose opinion
might be shadowed by already
existing biases and prejudices.
Therefore, the opinions of the
'lack studies faculty members
themselves ls of more value.
How do they feel about black
studies and the role It plays on
this campus? Obviously, their
opinions differ greatly from that
of the administration.
Sherley Williams, Harriet Ta-
'■•istl, and Gene Orro are all experienced, qualified, black teachers who became a part of the
Mack studies program In September of 1969. Each feels that the
Program ls of relevance on all
college campuses. This program
could shed a new light for both
blacks and whites, for Fresno is
ready for a lot of new changes.
Currently, there Is not enough
community involvement. In order
Uy.
This program provides a basis
of motivation for the black student. He ls finally learning to
come to grips with himself as a
black person. By being taught how
to think and react to particular
new and variable black experience Involving a complete spectrum of situations the student
can benefit greatly. Theydevelop
Identity and a sense of worthiness. This enrichment of the
student Is, In turn, taken back to
the community.
The faculty members were
very pleased with the progress
their students made this past
semester under the black studies
program. Even though roost high
schools failed to give them adequate background ln history,
writing skills, reading, plus good
study habits, the students made
considerable progress. The faculty, ln turn, learned a great deal
from the students, which contributed greatly to their growth
as teachers.
The program has been a success because It U serving its
purpose of getting through to
black students, through inter
acting with one another, the faculty helped the students see the
usness of the program.'
("Black Studies ProgfSm ls
here to stay. It Is a program designed to meet the needs of the
black man, for It Is to expose
him' to his own self-Identity. It
Is a program which has contributed a great deal to the growth
of this campus, much more than
this campus ls willing to admit.
When the black man ls excluded
and Ignored, a large and Important part of American history is
being excluded. Hundreds of
years excluded from the history
of any country cannot continue to
go'on Ignored. The black studies
program seeks to bring these
truths to light. Without such a
program, It lsdlffleultTorablack
student to find out just where he
does fit ln. As long as we have
qualified, competent, dedicated
teachers ln black studies, more
and more students will be able
to seek for themselves their
rightful place. The fight to be
recognized academically as necessary and real has only begun
for the black studies program. It
would be a grave mistake for the
administration to reject this program as such, for It has much
to offer to the academic growth
of this college. It can also be of
considerable value to both blacks
and whites alike.
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