Show tmmnzm Has reverse discrimination become the status quo? by Joe Carver editorial writer As a ciiild I remember a story that my parents used to tell me It was about this short overweight balding middle class guy that painted his house a different color than the houses of his neighbors The story ' at Ellis Island If the threat were to fold then the guild will have inad- vcrtcntly put thirty Asians actors out of work for a period of many years In other woods the union has "cut off its nose to spite its race" To add salt to the wound Eurasians which the character is supposed to be look more European than Asian Sounds to me like the union is fighting the wrong battle The third problem is one that we all have to work on In an at- h u rsdaVToumbecU 5110 Japanese students looking for Christmas residence Christmas is coming soon and 31 students at CEU from foreign holds an interesting parallel to racism in our society That is correct countries are requesting that AmerMr Painter's Purple House makes for an interesting social commenican families allow them to stay the union has become reversely racist which in tary tempt to be with them over the holidays so As I began my research on our debate topic for this semester I my book is the same dog with different fleas The worst part of it all they can experience an American stumbled upon another proverbial “Mr Painter" His real name is is that the Union has an agreement with its British counterpart on who Christmas Jonathan Pryce and his crime appears to have been an even more insid- - they can and cannot censor The agreement stipulates that if the role is Families that would like to be ious crime than variety in house color He is the highly acclaimed ac- being played by someone who is a previously established “star" then host a family must get in touch tor that plays the Eurasian pimp in the most popular musical in the he will not be censored Holy denial of human rights Batman 1! That with Brad King extension 333 or history of Broadway Miss Saigon The musical has had over $25 mil- is the most blatant form of elitism sexism racism and egotism that I Johnson extension 268 as Jane lion in pre-sa- le tickets That is a hell of a lot of tickets At any rate have ever seen Who in the hell do these guys think they are? soon as possible They have dehe won the distinguished Oliver Award in London role and is in the Once the producer threatened not to come to Broadway the guild tailed information and can set up process of preparing to revive the character on Broadway in the Spring “chose" to review the decision and surprisingly they reversed it I sup- the students with families According to the American Actors Equity Union however the performentality too pose for $25 million I could reconsider a racist pig-lik- e 28 Japanese students that wish mance is never gang to take place Docs this mean the problem is gone? Not by a long shot As long as be to guest of an American famThe union which represents over 40 thousand actors nationwide we judge by race sex or anything other than qualifications then we ily seven of which are males feels that an English man playing the role of a Eurasian would be an subject ourselves to these forms of abuse two females from Microncsian and affront to the Asian community As a result they refuse to allow him Just for a moment think of the roles that never would have been one female from Hong Kong into the United States to play the role That is the primary gist of the played had these jerks always had this power Ule Brenner would never The families can take them for have played the King of Siam in The King and I Ben Kingsley would incredibly Orwellian decision Now we can take a look at what a reas long as they fell they can keep never have played Ghandi and the Actors Equity Guild could never versely racist and unintelligent decision the guild has made them from a couple of days to a have passed as a body of people We need to begin to First of all it seems completely insane to me that in a profession couple of weeks The host is reaward merit on the basis of qualifications Policies like Affirmative where people are paid to pretend there are mandates preventing them sponsible to feed and provide bedAction keep us from taking these necessary steps Mistakes that we from doing that very thing If this were a totally acceptable line of ding fa them not to mention the have made in our past have for some time obliged us to (day favorites logic we would have a hell of a time trying to find someone to play holiday experience Providing to those we abused in years pasL The debt is paid and the slate is clean Ariel in The Little Mermaid To an even greater extreme we would gifts is optional "This should be so let's start over have to get convicts on weekend furloughs to play murderers in susa good cultural exchange" King Jonathan Pryce is just one in a series of everyday “Mr Painter's" to free is the audience is pense movies The beauty in the theater that said in and to all are we used the on least what that is of in the At role role ourselves taking beauty that is danger yntfs accept any person any Some of the students are searchwe finally give in and let people paint their houses any dam color they be ing for permanent residence They The second flaw in the decision is the statistical monetary problem want to So this is your editorialist Choa Carver signing off to you would like to live with American The producer of Miss Saigon has said that if Pryce is not allowed to n room 111 from Scenic Price Utah reminding from Teminai families during the rest of their -recreate the role then the show will not set foot on New York soil By to Always Do The Right Thing" stay If you would like to be a the way that is the same New York that used to welcome immigrants host family Brad King or Jane Johnson is the people you must talk to Some of these students are goof David puke in the Louiriana would assume it to be by Paige Petersen It continucs"!f Puerto Ricans ing back to their homeland fa the staff writer It would be easier to accept that State Legislature Duke gained Jamaicans or other saltwater nig- holiday break and some are going Hitler led the Nazi's in exter- we have overcome the problem supportdespne home with their roommates but are mistakenly bagged gers it was publicly known that he had there will be no fine as But consider the following exam- minating six million human be- long as the there are still quite a few that still in- been a leader tlwKu remains of still com-taand see if you can fed ings Apartheid pies kill is reported to a conservation would like to five with a host WM 01051 ccctc in South Africa The Chinese fortaUe with the belief that racism officer within 24 hours The meat family Your hospitality would SJ tic’ to ba citizens denies its is the an element of Congress government past may be kept but the state gets the be greatly appreciated by both sic inalienable rights Many of us In the recent Congressional thore in charge and especially by racism amptes would breathe a sigh of relief that election in North Carolina Jesse One portion of the literature is the students themselves This ta Wwwatasa Wis- we live in Amaica but we would Helms used blatant racist tactics in ever occ a caricature of a silhouette of a could be the greatest gift you consin Qty officials are investibe naive in doing so Although his campaign Unofficial letters (cont on page 3) could give gating police misconduct after atrocities as horrible as the ones that were made to look like Sa finding racist literature that enabove do not exist here cial government documents were serious injustices do take place couraged the hunting of Blacks for sent by the Helm's campaign to more often than most of us real- sport The following information minorities The documents basi-iz- e Daren Fairbanks is from the Milwaukee Journal One of the most deplorable of- cally accused them of being News Editor gtaphania Bogdln The literature says that be- injustices is racism competent nd unqualified to vote Editor— Sports Richard Nielsen Racism in America did not dis-- and encouraged them to stay home cause ofextrcmely dry conditions Editor Editorial riina Carver 1 hunting of deer rabbits on election day appear with the Fourteenth EUason Gordon Jensen & Photographers— ——Shane Amendment and it was not comHelms a has grouse possum pheasants and Harlan Moore other traditional game will not be pletely conquered by the great Reporters—— Ryan Frazier Feliciano Gonzales Melissa permitted in the state during the Martin Luther King The main Grogan Brad Gwyther William Thomas Houghton Kristen 1989-9- 0 Kohlmeter Wendy Mattingly Samuel Pittman Paige Petersen hunting season difference between the racism of "However the has governor Gregg Prettyman and Andrew Waters today and the racism of early provided by special decree a 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