Daily Nebraskan
Paga 5
Black student needs must be met
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Friday, April 27, 1984
Now is the time for UNLto stop. Stop ignoring the
needs of black students.
UNL and its administrators refuse to recognize
the fact that black students have nced.i. Clack stu
dents have emotional, academic end social needs
-which have consistently been disregarded by the
Msssensale cdrninLtration.
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Opinion
Basic emotional needs such as trust, respect,
equality, encouragement, kindness, compassion, friend
ship, pride, dignity, love, enjoyment, security, confi
dence and consideration are absent in the lives of
black students.
Now b the time for UNL to provide an environ
ment to instill, and then nourish the emotional
needs of black students.
On the academic horizon, UNL employs about six
black faculty members. There are about 285 black
students enrolled this year, according to Multi
Cultural Affairs' records. This calculates to the
alarming figure of one black faculty member to
every 47.5 black students. One person that under
stands the struggle that 47 black students are
experiencing.
In the "usual" classroom situation (class taught by
a white faculty member), black students have to try
twice as hard just to be equal. A white student just
has "to be." How nice it would be for a black student
to walk into a classroom and have the chance just
"to be." One might be surprised by the change in
attitude and academic performance 'of black stu
dents. The feeling of equality will never exist at UNL
unless black students can hide the color of their
skins. But why should they? They have no reason to
feel ashamed.
Now is the time for the I.Iassengale administra
tion to take steps to create and enforce equality and
secunly for black students (and faculty) in and out
of the classroom.
After the classroom, where are black students to
go for relaxation?
Black students return to the dorm room where
they are faced with a white student who has never
seen a black except on television. And although a
dorm is not what most would consider the "ideal"
home, it is all many students have.
Black students have encountered silence in the
halls and in the rooms they enter. Black students
have been harassed when they play "their" music
and tortured when they listen to their white coun
terparts' music.
More than 10 years ago, the Nebraska football
empire made a commitment to black students: the
Culture Center. During the last year or two, research
, has been done, recommendations have been made
in order to find a new home for students of Ameri
ca's ethnic groups.
Yet the Massengale administration is running
from that commitment. A commitment to provide a
comfortable environment for the black student. A
place where black students can withdraw from the
system and regenerate the strength to deal with this
foreign system is a necessity.
The Massengale administration is running fear
fully from making a commitment because of the
cries of white Greeks, alumni and regents who hold
vast misconceptions about black students.
Now is the time for the Massengale administra
tion to take the "right" stand to support the needs of
black students.
Now is the time for the Massengale administra
tion to actively recruit black faculty and students . . .
and more importantly, retain them.
Now is the time for UNL to provide a true "learn
ing" environment. Education is the only weapon
against ignorance.
Now is the time for UNL to provide equal oppor
tunities. .
Equal opportunities on the academic scene.
Equal opportunities to enjoy life on the social
scene.
Equal opportunities to obtain emotional secur
ity, stability and satisfaction.
Equal opportunities to be recruited for jobs
that will lead to financial security after graduation.
Now is the time for the Massengale administra
tion and UNL to stop. Stop being comfortable with
the little bit that it does for black students.
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