1972_03 The Daily Collegian March 1972

              2    THE DAILY COLLEGIAN
Uhuru editorial
Who will we blame?
If we woke ua one morning snd found ourselves in the midst of s
revolution, who ore we gonns btsrn* for it? The white man' the black
nssn? tho brown men? the yellow men'* the red man' Wall, goddammit,
who are we going to blame? Who will we lash out et when ws try to
ma*nkxln our suaroenocy over thooe wttom ere consider to be inferior
to our earn salty greatness.
Th© block men hss s v©Ud srgun*rent in his guest for absolute troe-
dom from the resist minds thst perpotuste institutionalized racism on
this csmpus and ttvouohout me rsxtion. The black man argues that we
are not represented sdsejuStely onywhere, in proportion to our popo-
letlen. At Freeno State, far example, every time a brother comes
along and csn hslhroxy rotate to tho students on this compus about
biechoess, proudneos snd intellect, he is ousted behind some type of
flimsey-exs excuse that holds about as much water as s paper bog.
Black studonts don't suffer aa much aa the white students do, though.
'sinBkBill Is chesting ths white student, if they can't get into the position of knosving a block parson wall enough to respect that person
is 0 person.
My feeling is I don't give s damn if a white person ever loves me.
I'm not rooking for the love, pity or hate of white people. What I want
snd what I must bsvs is "RESPECT," because I'm me, not bssausi
I'm beg sad plsy ths ball game well, but because I'm s men with a
purpose sad that's to live s life in spite of you, if you bote me be-
couss I'm black, if you can't understand me because I'm block or if
you toot pity for me because I'm block.
You see, we don't need your hatred snd I'll he demned if we went
your pity. But your understanding of me and me of vou can be beneficial for tha both of us.
if $ people like 'Tricky Dicky* snd "TtomieBoy* who keep us sop-
. It seems they don't give s damn about black folks, students.
An FSC professor sums up his feelings on Gov. Reagon by displaying the above on his office
Not caused by blacks
America's white problem
y" is always trying to eliminate EOP (there arc white
students on EOP too), raise tuition (students ain't never got no money),,fire teacheri (which only makes the classes larger and less and
leas personal), and take deserving people off welfare (as if people
on welfare don't hsve eno-jgh ofoblems alrcsdy). In other words, the\
srs trying to keep us down, while they maintain their Mart salaries,
high positions and high degree of contempt for thr people who are
lowest on the ladder to the top.
I suggest we reach s level where our skin color is only secondary
to the feelings snd cotnpsxsion we have for ourselves as men and
veomen who con react and interact with each other in a way that*s conducive to our making this country a country worth hvirv* in. Think
how woll off see could be if there •veren't such words ss "hlrgoer,"
*>w**oy," "Dirty Ivies skin," 'Lousy Redskin," Jap," -Chink,' -Redneck Cracker," 'Coon,' He. Think Mioot it'
Poise, strength snd victory to all my Sisters
and Brothers with me in the struqqle.
ha Oaeotele   Ar.
The white power structure In
this nation forever mislabels the
Ills of this land. Every government official, social agency, the
Bxsas madia, and all others who
profess to he experts in human
affairs see problems of this society ss being essentially a black
problem. Nothing Is further from
the troth.
There Is oo black problem In
America, ond it is time that
white America faced up to this
simple fact. There is in America
a massive white problem It Is
the white majority that determines the black man's place and
sssits sll of the power st Its
command to keep him In "his
place." Whatever the black man
la, or whatever he Is not, he
got there as a result of white
racism snd white power politics.
There Is more of a problem of
the white racists' mental attitude
toward Mack Americans than
there is a problem of the actual
condition   of   black   Americans.
AU of the studies aimed at deter -
mining the condlUons of black
society are sheer hypocrisy. The
social science people have been
studying the wrong croup. Let's
call off these nonsense studies of
blacks and place this army of
social workers, psychologists,
psychiatrists, and therapists
where the seat of the problem
roots. Let's move this bourgeois
croup into th* white community.
When th* white problem Is
solved, then and only then will
the mythological black problem
coos* to be. This Is the eleventh
hour and the clock of hlsck patience is ticking out. There Is
still time for white folks to
solve the problem of themselves
before It is too late.
We must say xnd show over
snd over again that the race
problem in America is a white
•5 problem - white racism. Racism
elves toe poor white an escape
valve and takes him off the hook
for his own shortcomings. Poor
whites tell themselves over end
Religion: white teachings are no longer valid
(Continued from page 1)
as those found In the Bible (which
sre utterly beyond Ma own comer Thin, i
I Mm, 'You ore
In sis very bocaaeo it ls the will
of God." It to x tough bow the
itookow
:c
I to ba while
in reality It turned oot that white
wss the surface color amlch
showed up dirt easily. Whites tot
the black man go to rhurch but
M the same ami woold sot allow
Mm to be baptized I
I Christian brother 'White
roe eaed to keep the
black axsa doom, aad today wv go
of th© ©aits msa's leer and aot
080000011111 Oil BOBS of toe Mock
axaa'a dsMi*ototoa©v©r©.tojleas
to black folks all these centuries.
From the descriptions given
God Is certainly not white I am
not saying what color He Is becsuse no one knows, but I am
sxylng what color He is not.
Wouldn't It be funny If all"
whtto folks wont to heaven i
foend cot God was BLACK! They
woold probaMy give back their
memberoMp cards to the devil.
God's philosophy makes the
block man equal In all aspects
to sny man morally, reHglousl)
and otherwise. This of course
weald hsve Mopped slavery before It even started aod the
wMle man knew this. He kaew
tool If be followed this phllo*ophy
he would have to rive up a few
lubibMbblbb seek ss raciam.
God dossa't deal in racian-. When
Miriam spoke against
the wife of Moeee bocaass sh©
wss Mock. God pet the worse
curse oa her a person covldhave
dsys. I
whit*, leprosy.
Black   people   ar*
throughout the Bible and not ax
slaves. Solomon. Mm rod. Simon
who carried the cross of Christ.
xnd many of thepharaohsof Egypt
ware  all Mack, to name a few.
In conclusion. II seems clear
that the black man does not need
to fear religion or God. but Instead can use Biblical concepts
as an effective means to propoxate a philosophy of peace, brotherhood, equality, and freedom
which will cstber blacks together
in such numbers, force, and power aa to eat out the very heart
of tMe white racist society. It is
obvious the wMte man Is not go
ing to clve freedom, liberty or
justice to the blsck man now that
bs is a victim of Ms own "white
religion * He went wrong when he
figured he could keep us In lf-
norance forever. This country is
aow hooded toward two aeparate
but unequal nations, one white and
one Mark. It is now left up to
the Mack man to save this nation
because now he is the only one
who can.
If any individual or croup wishes to discuss this Mxck viewpoint on religion and God contact
the editor of the blsck edition of
the  Collegian or call 224-1991
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