1971_03 The Daily Collegian March 1971

              THE DAILY COLLEGIAN    Monday
. Pledge of Allegiance
It has come to my attention that we as college students must mal
a drastic change In our society. When I say drasUc I don't mean 1
flolence or demonstration, but rather using the system to change oi
nation foi
We know for sure that people B
or what have you, are not by any means free. We also know that
country Is troubled with raclaj Injustices or InJusUces in gent
and there seems not to be enough liberty to get around to everyt
If there is to be 'pursuit of happiness* In our country, sometl
has to be done Immediately.
Democratic Congressman Augustus Hawkins has submitted a
before Congress asking that the congress change the pledg
allegiance. He seeks to change three words of one clause.
Last Wednesday the Student Senati
many, will present a bill asking th
the Pledge of Allegiance. The bill
gressman Augustus Hawkins and reai
similar to Con-
and dedicate myself to the principle that the Repti
bile for which It
stands shall be In truth one Nation, under God, lndiv
slble, dedicated
to liberty and justice for all.
If the Bill is passed I urge all students all over
he State of Call-
because Fresno
State  CoUege must not stand alone on this Issue.
It Is up to every
American citizen to change this Government for 1
e hetterment of
the people, because after it is all said and done theri> is but one true
Black Capitalism
(Continued from Page 1)
many of these same people that
subscribe to the bootstrap theory
for Blacks, are today recipients
of these welfare payments.
The basic premise of a society
sidles will lead to higher standards of living obtainable than If
we   lived  as  hermits.   Govern-
Another  myth which seems to
tration Is that Blacks have some
Iff which operates to allow full
participation In areas that especially serve Blacks. But equip-")
ment, supplies, systems and
money are imputs of the'natlon-
:to, while only 2.3 per cc
who use them. In an SBA survey,
findings show that Blacks owned
only 2.7 per cent of all business-
SELL
YOUR
USED
BOOKS
EVERY
WED.
9am -4 pm
at
FSC
jBOOKSTOREl
market hy top-flleht Black businesses. Using basic knowledge of
economics of scale linkage effects, monetary and fiscal policy,
confined with a desire to find real
solutions to these complex socioeconomic problems, economists
s that
ould c
"Believe me, Mister, there's no
neglect like benign neglect1."
Computer center   has   spy potential
P    Robert OX
I.OS ANGELES - A firm
ilifornla has the potential
irve   as   a   computerized  s
Pittsburg, Indian
an experimental one. was originally subsidized by NASA for a
period of five years and is now
in its thlrdyearofoperation.
raphy   i
present bad outlook of Black en-
trepreneurshlp. Successful enterprises would be owned and
operated by Blacks Is opposed
to being Black Businesses.
These then are the tasks and
attitudes that should occupy Black
they  attempt   to
vehicles for Black
c development.
School of Business Administration, University of Southern California and is located adjacent to
the S.C. rampus.
WESHAC Is one of six Regional
Dissemination Centers located
throughout the country and is
funded almost In Its entirety by
the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration.
Ion  Centers
PART TIME MALE STUDENT
A LOCAL AGENCY FOR A NATIONALLY-BASED
INSURANCE COMPANY NEEDS A SHARP F.S.C.
JUNIOR OR SENIOR WHO IS INTERESTED IN AN
IMMEDIATE OPENIfJG WITH A CAREER
OPPORTUNITY. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
PLEASEXONTACT:
i an upcoming special women's supplement of the
Dally Collegian are encouraged
to drop material off at the Collegian office (old bookstore) or
call Jean Carroll at 229-G298,
■>.U3 E. Shaw Ave.
Deadline for c
Friday. March 5. The special
women's supplement Is scheduled   for  publication  March  10.
"The German Club Is alive and
moving forward at FSC." says
Chairman Rich Johnson.
The next club meeting Is
planned for Monday, March 1 at
8 p.m. at The Graduate. 4651 N.
Cedar Ave. The purpose of the
meeting will be for students Interested In becoming active
members to get acquainted. Students Interested In any aspect of
German culture, history, literature, philosophy, politics or economics   are   Invited   to  attend.
A   lecture on WIU1  Brandt's
•Ost-Politlk* (attempt to establish a dialogue with the Slno-
Soviet Bloc and their satellites)
Gade of the History Department.
The talk Is tentatively planned
for the first or second week of
March.
QUOTE FOR T1IF. DAY
t a rebellion? .. . The tree ol
THE DAILY C0LLE6IAN
FROM JAMES BALDWIN
irch 1 ,1971    THE DALLY COLLEGIAN    3
An open letter to my sister, miss Angela Davis
Nov. 19, 1970      about tl
enCas-
Dear Sister:
One might have hoped that,
by this hour, the very sight of
chains on black flesh, or the very
sight of chains, would be so ln-
lolerable a sight for the Amerl-
ran people, and so unbearable a
memory, 'hat they would themselves spontaneously rise up and
strike off the manacles. But no,
ihey appear to glory In
iheir chhalns; now, more than
ever, they appear to measure
their safety In chains and corp-
ell. since wc live In an age
which silence Is not only
ninal but suicidal, 1 have been
? in Europe, on radio and tele-
ied from a land, Germany,
„ was made notorious by
iilent majority not so very
: ago. I was asked to speak
Ihe case if NMlss Angela Da-
and did so. Very probably
exercise In futility, but one
;t lei no opportunity slide.
.un something like 20 years
?r than you. of that genera-
p   therefore, of which George
healthy brothers—NONE AT
.." I am In no way equipped
relevant subtleties) for I know
o well what he means. My own
ate ol health Is certainly pre-
rlous enough. In considering
u, and lluey and George and
specially) Jonathan Jackson, I
can lo apprehend what you may
ve had In mind when you spoke
i the experience of the slave.
hat has happened, lt seems to
», and to put It far too simply,
• victims again. This "may seem
n odd. Indefensibly Impertinent
ad insensitive thing to say to
sister  In prison, battling for
I am trying to suggest tha
ou--for example--do not appeal
o  be your father's daughter li
e of it
our ages nor the
ie South to the North
these expectations
lives more viable.
-, the Ir
ior language ol'that despair, he
was just a nigger--a nigger laborer preacher, and so was I.
I jumped the track but that's of
no" more Importance here, In Itself, than the fact that some poor
Spaniards become rich bull fighters, or that some poor black
boys become rich—boxers, for
example. That's rarely, If ever,
afforded the people more than a
great emotional catharsis, though
I don't mean t
slus Clay became J
and refused to put on that uniform ( and sacrificed all that
money!) a very different Impact
was made on the people and a
very  different  kind of instruc-
The
American triumph -
In which the American tragedy
has always been lmpliclt-was to
make black people despise themselves. When I was little I despised myself, I did not know any
better. And this meant, albeit
unconsciously, or against my wil,
or in great pain, that I also despised my father. And my mother.
Black people were killing each
other olf every Saturday night
out on Lenox Avenue, and when
I was growing up no one explained
that   they  sould c
e God ai
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Is clear that for the
mr (nominal) countrymen, we are aU expendable. And
Messrs. Nixon, Agnew .MltcheU,
and Hoover, to say nothing, of
course, of the Kings' Row basket case, the winning Ronnie
Reagan, will not hesitate for an
Instant to carry out what they
Insist Is the will of the people.
But what, In America, Is the
will of the people? And who,
for the above named, ARE the
people? The people, whoever they
may be, know as much about the
forces which have placed the
above-named gentlemen tn power
as they do about the forces responsible for the slaughter In
Vietnam. The will of the people,
n ignorance n>
l,..»-
white God who was unable to
raise a finger to do so little
as to help you pay your rent,
unable to be awakened In time to
help you save your child.
There Is always, of course,
more to any picture than can
speedily be perceived and In all
of  this—groaning  and moaning.
ength was nevertheless being forged, which Is
part of our legacy today. But hat
particular aspect of our Journey
now begins to be behind us. The
But the blunt, open articulation of this secret has frightened
the nation to death. I wish I
could say, *to life," but that is
much to demand of a disparate
collection of displaced people
still   I
their  v
walk out of this tr
ol traps--they w
lions of people to
Ipulated Intoandi
selves to what  they will think
of—and Justly--as a racial war.
.solve
ienlly h
clently worthwr
responsible for themselves, their
leaders, their country, their children, or their fate. They will
perish (as we once put It In our
black church) In their sins—that
is, In their delusions. And this Is
happening, needless to say, already, all around us.
landful of tl
not In the least prepared for this
day. It is a day which the Americans never expected or desired
to see, however piously they
may declare their belief In progress   and  "democracy." These
have become a kind of universal
obsenlty: for this most unhappy
people, strong believers In arithmetic, never expected to be confronted with the algebra of their
One way of guaglng a nation's
health, or of discerning what 11
really considers to be Its Inter-
be considered as a nation as
distlnqulshed from a coallilon
of special Interests—Is to examine those people it elects to
represent or protect lt. One
glance at the American leaders
(or figure-heads) conveys that
America Is on the edge of absolute chaos, and also suggests
Interests, If not the bulk of the
American people, appear willing
to  consign  the  blacks. (Indeed,
George Jackson, and for the num
berless prisoners In our cor
nps--for   that   I
a fate w
i engulf them, too. White lives,
for the forces which rule In this
country, are no more sacred than
black ones, as many and many
a student is discovering, as the
white American corpses In Viet-
people are unable to contnd with
their elected leaders for the redemption of their own honor and
the lives of their own children,
we, the blacks, the most rejected
of the Western children, can ex-
thetr
thing  new. What the
i   help  at
r all, I
merely phenomenal, but sacred,
and sacredly cultivated: the better to be used by a carnivorous
economy which democratically
slaughters and victimizes whites
and blacks alike. But most white
Americans do not dare admit
this ( thought they suspect lt)
and this fact contains mortal
danger for the blacks and tragedy for the nation.
Or. to put lt another way, as
can do, and fortify and save
each other—WE are not drowning
In an apathetic selfcontempt, we
DO feel ourselves sufficiently
worthwhile to contend
Inexorable forces I
to change our fate and the fate
of our children and the condition of the worldl We know that
a man Is not a thing and Is not
to be placed at the mercy of
things, We know that air and
water belong to aU mankind and
not merely to Industrialists. WE
know that a baby does not come
Into the world merely to be the
profit. We know that democracy
does not mean the coercion of
all Into a deadly—and finally,
wicked—mediocrity but  the 11-
lf , Indeed , lt ever could have.
And we know that, for the per-
petuaUon of this system, we have
all been mercilessly brutaUced,
order     Ues,  Ues a
t ourselves and
s In
at has
about love, Ufe- and death, so
that both soul and body have been
bounded In hell.
The enormous revolution In <
black consciousness which haa
occured In your generation, my
dear sister, means tbe beginning of the end of America. Some
of us, white and Make, know how
great a price has already been
paid to bring into existence, a
new consciousness, a new people,
an unprecendented naUon. If we
know, and do nothing, we are
worse thant the murderers hired
We know that we, the blacks,
and not only we, the blacks, have
been, and are, the vltlms of a system whose only fuel Is greed,
whose only god Is profit. We know
that the fruits of this system
have been Ignorance, despair,
and death, and we know that the
system   Is  doomed  because the
If we know, than we must fight
for your Ufe as though lt were
our own—which It Is-, and render
Impassable with our bodies the
corridor to the gas chamber.
For If they take you In the morning, they will be coming for us
that night.
Therefore: peace.
Brother James
Black FSC graduate is
successful   Edison coach
Interview by Lav<
Former Fresno Si
student Percy Carr a
son High School head basketball
coach, has Just coached the Tigers to a North Yosemite League
championship. The remarkable
feat  was  that this was Percy's
A few FSC students might remember Percy when he played
baseball for the Bulldogs. Percy
was a physical education major
until 1968 at which time he left
to accept a position In Tulare. At
Tulare he coached baseball, football and basketball for two years.
This year Percy left Tulare to
accept a job at Edison.
When asked why he accepted the
position at Edison, Percy replied
he wanted to work with and help
people of his community. Previously Percy had been employed
as a recreation leader. He stated
that his experience and the
friendships he developed while a
recreation leader have proven to
be very valuable In his coaching
and teaching at Edison.
All season long the Edison
Tigers were given second billing
to the Fresno Warriors. But the
Tigers, who were often blUed as
a well-disciplined team, emerged
as champion. Percy modestl}
out his contribution as head
coach Edison may very weU not
have emerged as North Yosemite
League champion.
Percy Carr and the EdisonTI-
gers' season Is not over yet.
Edison wiU represent the North
Yosemite League In the Valley
Playoffs. Best of luck to Percy
Carr   and   the   Edison   Tigers.
SPECIALS
l   Hie   ;
f the
team spirit, hard work and a
healthy team attitude. But the
team and I, as weU as many
others, firmly believe that with-
But the American delusion Is not
university portals!
only that their borthers are all
white   but   that the whites are
So lt be. We cannot awaken
his sleeper, and God knows we
lave Srled. We must do what we
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