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Show Page 3 “Pitting Chicanos Against design Blacks” strikes me as being singularly unac- William Raspberry in his column of upon a question touches 1975, November 21, ceptable. For such an agency to get away with it is totally unacceptable; otherwise, a prece- that is not unfamiliar to Trio project directors oppor- in educational involved others and dent will have been set, and other agencies will attempt to do the same thing on a different day on a different issue.” 1975 Office of Civil against Chicanos “pitting (OCR) Rights associPerez, |. Al Blacks?’’ Raspberry quotes ate counsel for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, as saying: to contrive such a “Eor a federal agency First, MY | would like to congratulate of this newspaper. on the publication in your awareness; it is vital to December your growth as human beings. The Ax effort. Con- worth inue to grow you It is an your time and idea well | could address myself to many things in this article; limit | will however, things ... Perspective and deal with frustration first. it to two Frustration. Let's Taking what personal knowledge | have = about the history of the “Black Experience” =in America, | think it is valid to say that = traditionally most it difficult = found us of to Black folks have individually express our = feelings about things we see happening around = and to us, to persons in positions able to help us with whatever difficulty or problem we = face. This is not difficult to understand given =the enormous amount of negative condition- for instance, that -ing, distrust of authority Blacks have gone through over the years. This requires no long, drawn out explanation. Also, | do not here refer to whatever language difficulties (written or spoken) with which Blacks have had to come to grips. Grammatically correct or not, we have always had the ability to express our feelings on a level far above “hummin’ ‘n strummin.’ “’ Marcus Garvey understood this. Langston Hughes’ Jesse B. Semple understood. Tony Morrison's I’m sure you understand. Sula understood. is “‘the will’ to express to refer | What ourselves. Check out your philosophy notes regarding ‘‘freedom of will.” Now, what HEW is charged with discouraging the development of coalitions between Blacks, Chicanos, women and other minorities. PERSPECTIVE Broad RRR RR RRR RRRR BECRRC REE REE RRRRRRRRRERE RERee FROM HEW’s is programs: tunity does all of this have to do with frustration? Just this. Anytime any one of us has a concern regarding anything that takes place on our campus which he or she feels affects any of us negatively, it is the human responsibility of that person to seek means of having that concern dealt with by one or more of those of us who are here to help solve problems. Anytime there are con- by Sam Harvey cerns by Black students, they ought to bring these concerns to the attention of the administration. The very moment we decide against doing that we are setting ourselves up for frustration. Whether we decide against seeking help because of a distrust of authority or because we don’t think anyone really gives a damn does not matter. What matters is that the frustration sets in and it builds and intensifies. There are three ways to go from there .. . withdrawal and alienation, angry aggression or facing the problem and attempting to deal effectively. It is not enough to stand back and racist. Neither situation simply to be declare a situation to is it enough to even prove a racist. must change the situation. You attempt be to | ne: The word racist is‘used very loosely and - = -—---~ | for one am not too sure if all those folks using it are fully aware of the implications inherent in its meaning and use. If the user refers to the ‘‘total disregard’’ for any race different from the race of the person the term is directed at, then the user had better be able to further establish some objective standards for verifying racism. If the user refers to ‘‘not enough regard’ being given to a race of people by the person the term is directed at, then the user had better be willing to objectively evaluate his own values in regard to the same standards of what the proper amount of regard for another race is. In other words, everyone had better be willing to check himself or herself out before any rocks are thrown. Dig! Malcolm X surely understood this. W.E.B. Dubois understood. Even Superfly understood. I’m hoping that you understand. | cannot guarantee that all of your concerns will be given the attention that you believe they deserve. | certainly cannot assure |
