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Show 'It's not easy to be black' "It is no easy thing to be a black man in America," according accord-ing to Joe Johnson, moderator for a panel discussion sponsored by the Associated Students of Social So-cial Work Wednesday. The discussion dis-cussion was entitled, "The Black Community in Utah." Members of the panel were Mrs. Miya Richmond of the NAACP, the Rev. John Henry Johnson, clergyman for the Black Baptist Church of the Calvary; Victor Gordon, one of the founders of the Black Brothers Organizational Society and a member of the Black Brothers Organizational Society and a member of the Community Com-munity Action Program; James Robinson, President of the Black Student's Union at Weber State College; Maurice Bowens; and Harrison Whitney, Black Student's Stu-dent's Advisor for the University. Mrs. Richmond pointed out that the major problem among black youths today is that thier parents were so badly treated that they feel "what's the use?" She said that the whole problem is a lack of understanding between the white and black society. Both Mr. Gordon and Mr. Robinson Rob-inson stressed that "black" is not a skin shade but an ideology or a philosophy. Mr. Robinson said that "militants aren't black, they are colored but they aren't black." He said that the purpose of his organization organ-ization was to bring around "blackness" among the colored students. He said there are two social values in America, white and black. "The black student just doesn't fit in the white middle-class values." Rev. Johnson said Utah had a unique problem as far as religion went. "Blacks are not only a minority mi-nority race, but also a minority religion." re-ligion." He said too many people think that the black religion is still 'ull of singing and foot stomping. He said that the black religion has become much more sophisticated. |