Show 2 — STUDENT LIFE NOVEMBER 19 1965 ON PREJUDICE PESFessiotr-STuDEwT The following statements by Raab and Selzniek in “Major Social Problems” were quoted by Professor John Pennock Wednesday in his introductory remarks to the panel discussion concerning the nature of prejudice “What makes prejudice a social problem?” and “What causes prejudice as an attitude and mode of behavior?” are two somewhat different questions In the first case the reference is to a mass conflict of aspirations The Negroes for example have aspirations for equal status which are being frustrated by the behavior of large numbers of the white population many of whom desire to maintain their superior vm 6i MS mw Yots£sel£ ry Leon C brace “O Iiberty! Liberty how many crimes are committed and!re’' Abe Lincoln once mad- - tho statement that this coiuitrv was founded on the propoi tion “ that all men ar created equal” From’ this principle the Ku Klux Man has deviated to the extent that they and they alone are judge to the equalness of mankind Our little Birch buddies have also laid down ' 1 the guiding status “Prejudice and the subordination of groups in a society become active social problems only when significant resistance to them develops within a society As the aspirations of the Negro community rose as dissatisfaction with a racial caste system grew among the Negroes and whites so did the social problem When a substantial number of Negroes did not aspire to voting privileges to equal employment opportunity to equal housing opportunity these questions were not centers principles ia of conflict order to who de-ci- “New generations in the subordinate groups and many members of the dominant group broke with traditional attitudes on this aspect of the social order Universal education sharpened aspirations Mobility and breakdown of stable patterns of community and family life fanned these aspirations and freed them from traditional molds In other words the social problem of prejudice as we know it has been created largely by the changing nature of American society “However the remedial key to this aspiration conflict which constitutes the social problem of prejudice lies not in modifying the rising aspirations of subordinate groups for these appear to be not only irreversible but according to the official values of ou American society legitimate and reasonable as well The remedial key lies rather in modifying the element of this conflict which gives it its name — prejudice because prejudice both as attitude and behavior offers unreasonable resistance to certain aspirations of subordinate groups “Therefore the causal theories that are commonly advanced to explain this social problem are those theories which try to explain the source of prejudiced attitudes and behavior” After Pennock had presented the above message to members of the audience panel members discussed various areas of prejudice A question answer period was also held We consider the panel discussion to have been extremely worthwhile to the studentbody We commend participants for their attitudes in presenting objective viewpoints to the aud- ience All panelists were frank in their statements and often injected humor in the conversation which was effective in eliminating a potentially bitter element from the conversation “Do you believe in inter-racimarriage?” was one question directed to the panel Groves from Alabama replied “I don’t think I would marry a Negro but if a Negro and a white person were in love I see nothing wrong with them getting married I do think problems would result however” Kendrick answered the question by saying “I agree with Ken I can see where it would cause problems However if I fell in love with a white girl my love would be color blind ” Several other remarks' were given by the group which re suited in a good feeling among those present Racial situations around the world and more particularly in the U S are very serious Problems or prejudice exist at USU and in Logan Some individuals and groups are antagonistic towards Negroes Cases of unfair treatment have resulted because of poor understanding It is unfortunate To overcome the problem prejudice must also be overcome All parties and races involved have responsibility to exert efforts toward improvement Efforts such as the panel discussion contribute much to understanding by everyone We think such efforts should be enlarged whenever possible as contributions to improvement of racial relations al --LW STUDENT LIFE LAIRD WALKER JOHN TAYLOR SllKRYL JENSEN BAR KY M ORTEN SEN GARY RAWLINGS PAT BILLINGS NEIL SIMMONS RAY HERB KCh GAIL BING1IAM PAUL HENRY Editor-In-Clit- ef Business Manager Managing Editor Ad Alana gcr Sports Editor Associate 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of opening night was the performance of two rotes Suzuki friend of Butterfly portrayed in depth and drama by Carolyn Lewis and Sorrow child of Butterfly who is in real life the child of the Puffers Noticably however is the fact that the friends of Madame Butterfly are not (yet) Japanese in walk or mannerism Being able to understand opera does not deter from its cultui al aspects For the past 10 years “pioneers” have been translating operas into English for the benefit of English speaking audiences English being much more difficult to vocalize than Italian does present production problems One of the main problems in this area is the use of “English” English (A variation of rpi USU cs Madam to talent Butterfly is San hrancisco to Boston equal Discipline and success determining factors in any art pro- - u ere 3re Considering the name of the American Consul — Sharpies one may have doubt as to whether the role (and name) are extractions from the book The Ugly American or whether al Lnulsay as Sharpies simply lacked stage presence equal to his fine vocal contributions the Srcat demand of characterization of Madame Butterfly Keri Puffer endeared herself to the audience awiiri Sorrow to Madame Butterfly Her portrayal of the lovin lovable UP because of the greater advant-IT- a aPeditHhnhhBUtte-rA“cnca with its father add to the depth meaning of the opera This is the high point of the opera L “ of mankind Butterfly Reviewed By Jim Jenkins giving guid- elineline as to the equalness — s protest-nick- us a ’ fAmH be Now equal we have a new group in m tomptwhiu m “We and only we know the truth and the light and the way” they are saying “We have the facts and should to shape and determ ine the policy of our government” they cry The protestor has been an inherent factor in society as long as man has lived under a governmental system One can trace the development of the protest even through the bible for was not Christ himself against tradition? In the last few of the years the ed right ’wing ogTnizationrhave cried against government reg ulation Now the words have changed but the tune remains the same The members of the right maintain that these banner carrying rebels should be silenced for they can only be members of a huge communist conspiracy dedicated to the overthrow of our government The Ptestors and the counter protestors and the protestors to the counter pro- testos have reaked their hav-yoc and are beginning to be a thing of a week or a month ago Soon a new group will arise with iheir complaint the status quo and who will rise to protest them? How long can a nation “ dedicated to the proposition that all men are created w of the lunatic fringe running ramPant with their violance and their protest and tneir hatred for certain minorities? n Carolyn Lewis a truly talent was outstandingly dramafle m her portrayal of great Suzuki What more can be Tragic it is when the honor in death overcomes the dis-- n nk Larson not as ?bvllg impressive in person as in voice as Tinkerton father of the child returns iHch Sdf tSTomplefe wounds "v t de - LyrLheisPIhdeU£tn4reh‘hvee If you haven t yet seen Madame Butterfly bv USU thorn are yet two chances: tonight and tomorrow This columnist sees also where a bunch of men called the Supreme Court of the United States is going to be read-insitting up late at night action “Fanny Hill” This on the part of the court is to determine whether op not this work is pornographic the g The book-burne- rs of United States will hav a chieved another victory if the court rules this to be the case As such- the morals of rocietJ will once again be protected by certain groups of people who are vociferous in their advocacy that they and they alone have the right to decide what is good for society - |