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Show IZCns A Philosophically Independent Journal of Opinion Written by = Utah's Citizens Davis Edition Salt Lake City, Utah Woodsis a golf master; why doeshis race matter? First step in peaceful living is ac ‘ceptance By Groat J. Tstus SALT Lake Crry For decades, the gameof golf has beenviewedas a sport that involving Tiger Woodsand racist jokes made byTheincident fellow golfer Fuzzy Zoeller is played predominantly by whites. brought out the sensitiveissues of prejudice and dis: crimination in the sport, but it seems as though theincident consider yourself to bein order to participate in certain sports or events? It is obvious that society has been dealing withthis issuefor a longtime, and solutions to the matter have still not beendeveloped. Young Woods has proven to be a master at his game, but By FRANS J. KOHLSCHEIN SANDY now that an African-American has become a standout, the debate over multiracialism continues to flare, How should Americans deal with thebiracial controversy that has devel- opedbecause of Woods’ victory’? Manymembers of theAfrican-American community strong ly feel thatthecredi As an American writing from the Netherlands, Del mar Gibbons missed a rare bility of his success and accomplishments shouldreflect back onthem,but thefact of the matter is that Opportunity, In his article in theJune4 issueof Citizens on Woods accepts his Asian and Indian heritage as well. It has socialism in Europe, hecould becomeapparent that many Americans feel as though Woods is running fromhis African American heritage, wheninfact he is trying to befair to himself by acknowledging that heis of mixed descent Woodsis faced with what many other Americans face a have educated the people of Utah, Instead he chose to write what we Americans like to read and our newspapers loveto print division of identity, Biracialism has become demographically Mr. Gibbons claimed that socialism in a country like Widespread in this country, Americans should cope with the fact that everyonehas their differences and that we must co: exist in this society, T emphasize that the first step in peaceful Hollandis a freeservicepro vided by that country's gov I can see why the African-American community would like 10 see wrong. Holland is not a Socialist country and its citi zens taxes in order to living is acceptance, but many Americansstill on to old stereotypes, which goes to show how many of ushold fail to evolve and accept sociological progression ernment. Woods accept his black heritage as his primary heritage. Ut would enhance the fight to end prejudice in this country by giving that community contidence receive where. person as Woodshasbrought focusto sport ofgolf tates that define certain raceif he or sheis partially mixed, By GINA MCKENZIE Sat Laxé Crry The | debate still goes on as to whether it is legally or ethically right to define someone's raceif a person has been bom into diversity. Woods strongly preaches that he doesn’t The conceptoffried chicken in the Sports world may be new, as Fuzzy Zoeller implied about Tiger Woods, but theunderly. favor one of his heritages over another. Likewise, I feel that we ing discrimination in Zoeiler's comments carries a long histo: as Americans shouldbreak theinteracial divisions that ha becomeso prevalent. It seems likely that niultiracial Americans ry with it, Discriminationinthe sports world, whether it be in terms of raceor sex, daiés backbefore the days whenJackie land, natural resources and the chief industries should be owned by the community as a whole,” We Americans certainly do not want that system of gov dream has still not reached its potential Thirty-four years have passedsince he gave the “I Have a Dream” speech, anddis By KIRSTEN KACZKA See WOODS on Page 2 Sanpy By SHARLEY GUEVARA Sar Lake Cry Just as Jackie Robinson markeda milestonein professional baseball, Tiger Woods has marked I recently read the Forbes magazinearticle predecessors, has proven himself through his precise technique and unwavering concentra tiled “The One Drop of Blood Rule,” and was introduced to the heightening debate over the U.S. Census Bureau's racial categorization a milestone in professional golf. Woods,likehis Surveys. In additionto thecategories of white. tion. However, unlike his predecessors, Woods butis he really black? black, the bureau is considering a multiracial catego. magazine, Woods stated that his racial back peoplebelieve that the current cate ground is one eighth Caucasian, one fourth gorization of racial groups is problematic black, one eighth American Indian, one fourth Thai and one fourth Chinese. By labeling Woods as another Jackie Robinson, society is only seeing the fourth of him that is black four other races are ignored, becauseit forces people of multiple races to exclude various parts of their identity, In the Forbes article, Dinesh D'Souza states that the government shouldstop recognizingthecolor The American governmentignores individ of skin of its citizens and should allow the uals in a similar manner every timeit forces its citizens to define themselves as black. white Asian or Pacific Islander, American Indian, Eskimo or Aleut, Hispanic/Spanishor hext generation of children to simply think of themselves as Americans situation occurs because we define ourselves through others’ perceptions of ourselves, If society only acknowledgesthevisible racein each of us, our perceptions of ourselves ne limited as well he solution is simple: Incorporate the mul rather than a racial category Likeit or not, weare not a color-blind soci ety. The majority of people still visualizeoth individ: which is often not the most predominant. This Asian or Pacific Islander, American Indianor Alaskan native, and Hispanic origin, Woods is oneof millions of Americans who is multiracial. In the May 1997 issueof Time tiracial category that has beenproposed in the ingthetimesofslavery to establishthe num ber of congressmeneach state should have upcoming census and every survey that fol lows. A multi: als feel inclined to select the most visiblerace, Oxford the journey continues, On Aug, 28, 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr, declared, “I have a dream my four little children will one day livein a nation where they will not be judged by thecolor of their skin but by the content of their character. [ have a dream today.” King's baseball. Theroad to equality has been a long, rough one, and Amultiracial category would divide our society into “white” and “other,” and would leave the “others” outto dry. uals areforced to choose amongracesto find the most “essential.” What's more, individu: services, the ism is, “a political and eco nomictheory advocating that mean that people of morethan one racial heritage wouldnot haveto choose between them. other on its census form. Multiracial to totally Robinson becamethefirst black man to play major league Twotakes on the census bureau’s proposed ‘multiracial’ ne category A multiracial category would is not white is American Dictionary, social: will not get the chanceto define themselves without afight ideal of success and glory that follows them every- There are many laws of designation in son That social According and progression People }OOK Up tO sports heroes such as Woods and Michael. Jordan, and to the 1 Those crazy Europeans benefit from socialism Socialism isnt a free ridefor Europeans theypayfor the benefits they demand and receive also sparked @ controversy onracial identity. Woods won the Master's, the most prestigious tournament in golf, but I raise the question, should it matter what race you & Wednesday June 25, 1997 gory will eliminate both the need to choose between equally important heritages and the pressure to identi fy with @ group one does not relateto, Nov aly will the incorporationof a multira Five black slaves were equivalent to three white citizens, By continuing to categorize individuals by one race (mainly white or skin, I carry with me a Hispanic sumame black), the U.S. government is continuing a One way or another | am forced to exclude practicethat evolvedfromslavery cial category be adveti yeous to individuals. ers as beingeither black or white, | am the daughter of a Danish/Italian woman and a Mexican-American man. While | have white Theinclusion of a multiracial ategory would but it will be beneficialtosociety as a whole Categorizing individua: by race began dur See € (GORY on Page 2 According to my sumameI am Hispanic and by my physical characteristics 1 am white somepart of what makes me who Lam, | grew up on a predominantly white upper ernment in our country, Our natural resources and land belong to just a few amongst us, and that is as it should by Isn't it? In his article, Mr. Gibbon: places Holland on the same footing as Russia, Eastern Europe, Cuba and even North Korea! Thesecountries are or were communist countries Holland is a democracy, where its people demand social ser vices for the taxes they pay For many years the Dutch have worked and strived to incorporate as system that takes care of all its citizens in need. They are willing to pay for the services they require and therefore those social ser Vices are notfrec They do pay a few percent more in taxes than we do, but unlike us they demand returns for taxes rendered. Their social services carry them “from cradle to grave.” Dis gusting isn’t it We Ameri cans pay our taxes and only those public servants in th house and senate receive cra die to grave benefits. We our selves have the freedom of paying for our own health care and retirement benefit as far as we areable As a whole, we American: believe and are made ti believe that our nation and its people are the most free, most powerful, richest and smartest, Makes you {c good all over, doesn’t it? 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