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Show Workshop focuses on non-white experience By ELISE WALLENTINE Chronicle Staff r0 look at people as people and , as members of a different ce or culture was the theme wnA the Inter-racial, Multi- " Jural Workshop held Friday t snd Saturday. onducted by Dr. Larry Palmatier, S iate professor in the vaduate School of Education, and William Sullivan, education graduate student and assistant principal at West High, the workshop showed the feelings of the minorities in white society Friday's session dealt with techniques while Saturday's program included minority students participating in "experiences." "ex-periences." "We got into some pretty heavy stuff," said Dr. Palmatier. In both sessions the "WW r participants experienced what it was like to be non-white. In a demonstration Friday night, Dr Palmatier and William Sullivan passed out rolls and cookies in unequal portions to demonstrate how minority students are often immediately put into a have-not group and how they observe the have group ln anther exercise workshop m members had to make a choice W'hether to accept or reject an "award offer." Band-aids were randomly placed on some workshop members. Immediately, those individuals became ineligible for the award, showing how minorities often have choices made for them and are segregated against for reasons beyond their control. Society imposes the "band-aids" and makes the rules. At this time the class was becoming more cautious as do minority students who find themselves in this situation. A concluding experience dealt with classroom techniques. The group was first asked to portray an all-black class and then an all-white. all-white. Values of each race were "taught" in the respective classes, demonstrating how different the values taught in schools could be. In the Saturday session, the workshop delved into the real problems between races and cultures. Chicano, black and native American students participated. par-ticipated. Scapegoating, intimidation in-timidation and other minority games were discussed. One experiment demonstrated how the minorities learn that they face a "risk" in white society. Participants Par-ticipants observed sticks of gum taped beneath desks. When looked at later, class members found abusive words replacing the gum. "One minute white man's hand is extended to minorities and suddenly withdrawn with-drawn the next," said Dr. Palmatier. Palma-tier. With these experiences and discussions workshop participants par-ticipants felt the position of the minorities in the American society. |