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racism on campus
Lawrence Tovar
Racism has become a precious com¬ modity at Fresno Stale. A historical analysis clearly shows that the admini¬ stration, faculty and student govern¬ ment are responsible for nurturing racism. Two major factors have contrib¬ uted to this phenomenon: (1) The best student leaders of color have been purged; and (2) the administration has used ingenious tactics.
This was first evident during the events of May 1987 when the Reality party/decided to restructure the ASI bylaws for the newly elected officials. Reality had lost a majority of the ASI seats to the Unity-Students for Respon¬ sible Government party. And Reality, wanted to make sure that the bylaw changes would give their incoming minority the majority of power.
ASI President Scott Vick and his Reali ty -dom 1 na(ed senate took a dozen monetary and appointment powers away from the highest incoming Unlty-SRG officials (President Karen Cogley and Legislative Vice President Kathleen Solano, both Chlcanas) and gave them to me highest Incoming Reality member (Administrative Vice President Jeff Anderson, a White male).
People of color demanded that Vick and outgoing AVP Bill White, who were the main perpetrators of the racist and sexist bylaw changes, be removed from office by the administration, and fur¬ ther demanded the repeal of the bylaw changes.
The bylaw changes were abrogated, but Vick and White were not removed from office. This resulted In a two-day occupation of the ASI office that saw 20 protestors arrested on charges ranging from failure to disperse to unlawful assembly.
The day after the arrest, the admini¬ stration met with a group of faculty and students in order to discuss demands. Two things were accomplished: CSUF President Harold Haak admitted In a news conference that racism existed on campus, and then announced the crea¬ tion of a task force on racism, sexism and homophobia.
This was a major dlsappoin Lmen t to a group of student leaders I call recon¬ structlonlsts. who understood that Haak outsmarted the bargaining group due to the moderate elements in the bar¬ gaining groffp and the locking out of reconstructlonlsts. 4
The recons trucUonlsts were seeking permanent changes such as more eth¬ nic and female faculty, increasing the number of underrepresented students. and removtn^raelsLs like Vick and While from positions of responsibility. By removing Vick and White from office. Haak would be creatinga highly signifi¬ cant policy of non-toleration: racists would not be allowed to occupy posi¬ tions of responsibility.
However at that lime, the Unlty-SRG leadership ^"«s.lightly controlled by a few leaders, which I term exposers. Exposers primarily seek the easier
avenues In fighting racism such as constant' media exposure, speeches, meetings and occupying leadership positions; everything is geared toward exposing and pandering racism, but not eliminating the base roots of It.
Exposers were effective in keeping reconstructlonlsts such as ASI leaders Bill Lerch. Frank Avlles. Andres Mon¬ toya md others .from the bargaining process. The exposer leaders (which In¬ clude some faculty) were so preoccu¬ pied with personal media coverage and dictatorial control of the decision proc¬ esses that Haak was able to give them the scraps Instead of permanent changes.
Because exposers such as Jose Lopez. Karen Cogley. Don Daves, Stacey Green and some faculty sold out the demands of the protesters by settling for scraps, the problem of racism continues,
Two examples prove this point Let me examine the rise of Scott Vick after his nefarious bylaw changes.
Two months after the sit-in. Gover¬ nor DeukmeJIan promoted Vick to a two-year California State University Tnlstee posHltwr-a position whlefc-held decision power over the 19 CSU cam¬ puses. In addition. Fresno Slate al¬ lowed him to teach Speech 3 classes during Fall '89. •
During Vlck's year of promotions, the CSUF foundation had $260,000 Invested In South Africa. The founda¬ tion presented excuses for Its Invest¬ ments, saying lhat little thought went Into the location of in vestment and lhat It was difficult to find stable companies not tied to South Africa. Excuses made for the slow rate of divestment included the possibility of being sued by donors who might not like quicker divestment and the possible negative impact on the . South African economy. All of this oc¬ curred even when African National Congress deputy chair Nelson Mandela called for further sanctions upon his release from prison. ' What do these two examples tell us? They tell us that Gov. DeukmeJIan and theVresno State Administration were able to promote and uphold racism In a time when people of color were united. The blame, however, cannot go to the average student of color, but must be blamed on the leaders I call exposers and the Task Force. These two entitles were useless because they kept silent and did Utile to attack the Issues.
Al this moment. Scott Vick Is still a CSUTrusteeanda teacher of twoSpeech 3 classes at Fresno State. As for the South African Investments, the issue has been kept silent. How can the Task Force and exposer leaders Justify their silence and Inaction toward these is¬ sues? Why is Ihe fight against racism, sexism and homophobia becoming less effective?
At present, the exposers still have
the leadership, although people are
See COLUMN, page 5
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Title	1990_11 The Daily Collegian November 1990
Alternative Title	Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno)
Publisher	Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif.
Publication Date	1990
Description	Daily (except weedends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif.: BMI Library Microfilms, 1986- microfilm reels; 35 mm. Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)-
Subject	California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals.
Contributors	Associated Students of Fresno State.
Coverage	Vol.1 no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- to present
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Title	November 14, 1990, Page 2
Alternative Title	Daily Collegian (California State University, Fresno)
Publisher	Associated Students of Fresno State, Fresno, Calif.
Publication Date	1990
Description	Daily (except weedends) during the school year. Microfilm. Palo Alto, Calif.: BMI Library Microfilms, 1986- microfilm reels; 35 mm. Vol.1, no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)-
Subject	California State University, Fresno -- Periodicals.
Contributors	Associated Students of Fresno State.
Coverage	Vol.1 no.1 (Feb 8, 1922)- to present
Format	Microfilm reels, 35 mm.
Technical Information	Scanned at 600 dpi; TIFF; Microfilm ScanPro 2000 "E-image data"
Language	eng
Full-Text-Search	Page 2 pally Collegian Wednesday, Nov: 14,1990 T .."• 2J-7/W £#£(•-■ ' " n\?or\TtT ''"6":/<>J'v *.Ti$rx tr -£e Sfs& atafaM I* »• iMeM 9uJar* lac al Catfamia Ska. Unwn,. Raaro »!«•!. nainpajw al laa».«i»a«^ aa>a»aa^\|al«a\|Biaja»aia«aa***^e»«"»i^^ CaftaaiiagaaaOatTfaraat-CaaaJaaaaa^ jr»papartadlaialbo«d , Nan ln»-,209l 17S34M ttaafm-amaum AaWtarej Ina-rM) r7f-57ja More insight racism on campus Lawrence Tovar Racism has become a precious com¬ modity at Fresno Stale. A historical analysis clearly shows that the admini¬ stration, faculty and student govern¬ ment are responsible for nurturing racism. Two major factors have contrib¬ uted to this phenomenon: (1) The best student leaders of color have been purged; and (2) the administration has used ingenious tactics. This was first evident during the events of May 1987 when the Reality party/decided to restructure the ASI bylaws for the newly elected officials. Reality had lost a majority of the ASI seats to the Unity-Students for Respon¬ sible Government party. And Reality, wanted to make sure that the bylaw changes would give their incoming minority the majority of power. ASI President Scott Vick and his Reali ty -dom 1 na(ed senate took a dozen monetary and appointment powers away from the highest incoming Unlty-SRG officials (President Karen Cogley and Legislative Vice President Kathleen Solano, both Chlcanas) and gave them to me highest Incoming Reality member (Administrative Vice President Jeff Anderson, a White male). People of color demanded that Vick and outgoing AVP Bill White, who were the main perpetrators of the racist and sexist bylaw changes, be removed from office by the administration, and fur¬ ther demanded the repeal of the bylaw changes. The bylaw changes were abrogated, but Vick and White were not removed from office. This resulted In a two-day occupation of the ASI office that saw 20 protestors arrested on charges ranging from failure to disperse to unlawful assembly. The day after the arrest, the admini¬ stration met with a group of faculty and students in order to discuss demands. Two things were accomplished: CSUF President Harold Haak admitted In a news conference that racism existed on campus, and then announced the crea¬ tion of a task force on racism, sexism and homophobia. This was a major dlsappoin Lmen t to a group of student leaders I call recon¬ structlonlsts. who understood that Haak outsmarted the bargaining group due to the moderate elements in the bar¬ gaining groffp and the locking out of reconstructlonlsts. 4 The recons trucUonlsts were seeking permanent changes such as more eth¬ nic and female faculty, increasing the number of underrepresented students. and removtn^raelsLs like Vick and While from positions of responsibility. By removing Vick and White from office. Haak would be creatinga highly signifi¬ cant policy of non-toleration: racists would not be allowed to occupy posi¬ tions of responsibility. However at that lime, the Unlty-SRG leadership ^"«s.lightly controlled by a few leaders, which I term exposers. Exposers primarily seek the easier avenues In fighting racism such as constant' media exposure, speeches, meetings and occupying leadership positions; everything is geared toward exposing and pandering racism, but not eliminating the base roots of It. Exposers were effective in keeping reconstructlonlsts such as ASI leaders Bill Lerch. Frank Avlles. Andres Mon¬ toya md others .from the bargaining process. The exposer leaders (which In¬ clude some faculty) were so preoccu¬ pied with personal media coverage and dictatorial control of the decision proc¬ esses that Haak was able to give them the scraps Instead of permanent changes. Because exposers such as Jose Lopez. Karen Cogley. Don Daves, Stacey Green and some faculty sold out the demands of the protesters by settling for scraps, the problem of racism continues, Two examples prove this point Let me examine the rise of Scott Vick after his nefarious bylaw changes. Two months after the sit-in. Gover¬ nor DeukmeJIan promoted Vick to a two-year California State University Tnlstee posHltwr-a position whlefc-held decision power over the 19 CSU cam¬ puses. In addition. Fresno Slate al¬ lowed him to teach Speech 3 classes during Fall '89. • During Vlck's year of promotions, the CSUF foundation had $260,000 Invested In South Africa. The founda¬ tion presented excuses for Its Invest¬ ments, saying lhat little thought went Into the location of in vestment and lhat It was difficult to find stable companies not tied to South Africa. Excuses made for the slow rate of divestment included the possibility of being sued by donors who might not like quicker divestment and the possible negative impact on the . South African economy. All of this oc¬ curred even when African National Congress deputy chair Nelson Mandela called for further sanctions upon his release from prison. ' What do these two examples tell us? They tell us that Gov. DeukmeJIan and theVresno State Administration were able to promote and uphold racism In a time when people of color were united. The blame, however, cannot go to the average student of color, but must be blamed on the leaders I call exposers and the Task Force. These two entitles were useless because they kept silent and did Utile to attack the Issues. Al this moment. Scott Vick Is still a CSUTrusteeanda teacher of twoSpeech 3 classes at Fresno State. As for the South African Investments, the issue has been kept silent. How can the Task Force and exposer leaders Justify their silence and Inaction toward these is¬ sues? Why is Ihe fight against racism, sexism and homophobia becoming less effective? At present, the exposers still have the leadership, although people are See COLUMN, page 5 ;

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