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Earth Day
Amidst the belated cries of "save our
environment" now spewing fofth from the
mouths of politicians and government offi
cials, the question must arise as to why the
sudden interest in ecology. Did these individ
uals suddenly realize the perilous position of
the world's natural resources? Were they con
vinced by the active protest of students and
scientists? For that matter, why did the mas
ses of America's amateur activists suddenly
turn to ecology as their issue?
A part of the answer is obvious. The prob
lem is great; it must be resolved now if life
is to be liveable by the end of this century.
But the birth of the ecology movement came
out of the death of the civil rights movement
and the dying anti-war movement. Oddly, it
is an issue on which people of all ages agree
and most are willing to work for. Probably be
cause it is a "safe" movement.
Ecology, like civil rights, will not always
be a "safe" movement. Soon it will run up
against industry and institutions who will no
longer deplore the awful conditions along
with everyone else, but instead will talk of
the cost of pollution. Just as the American
power structure allowed the civil rights move
ment to go only so far, American industry may
allow the anti-pollution movement to go only
to the point where its pocketbooks are jeopar
dized. When you go to the Earth Day events
today, learn about pollution and conservation,
but think about cost also. Because that is
where it's at. The American people seem con
vinced of the seriousness the pollution prob
lem, but arc they willing to pay to solve it?
Jim Pcdcrsen
Kclrnction
The Daily Ncbraskan wishes to retract
an error which appeared in Monday's editor
ial. "Bob Pfeiffer has no ASUN experience."
Pfeiffcr has had ASUN experience as a sen
ator and member of the legislative liaison
committee.
Jim Pederscn
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The tables are turned
by DICK GREGORY
It is at once mid and sad that both
blacks and whites in America today are
just beginning to realize the high price
one must pay for the privilege of apathy
and silence. History seems to have a way
of turning the tables in its repetition, and
those who choose to ignore the horrors
of one historical era can almost expect
to be the victims of the same horror the
second time around.
In the black community today, one
hears the repeated observation, "It looks
like this country is fixin' to practice
genocide." That observation merely il
lustrates that ignorance knows no color
distinction. Just go up to the Indian
reservation some day and ask my red
brother how long this country has been
known for its ability to not only practice
but enforce genocide. America has always
practiced genocide. She Is now merely
"fixin" " to expand her group. And the
sad truth of the matter is that black folks
sat by for years and watched this American
system oppress and destroy the Indians
without raising a voice of outraged pro
test. ONE MUST PAY a high price for being
silent. Silence Is the friend of oppression,
and when the silence is broken in the
name of justice, the oppressor will always
seek to restore it by repression and im
prisonment. I Imagine there were many
good thinking Germans in Germany during
the days of Hitler's rise to power, who
stood silently by and watched the Nazis
have a field day because tlvey were afraid
to open their mouths. But one day they
looked up Ln the sky and saw the bombers
open up on Berlin.
White folks ln America are just begin
ning to fully realize the terrible price one
must pay for silence. Twenty years ago,
when the crime syndicate was restricting
Its dope pushing activity to black ghettos,
black parents cried out to white America,
"Please stop those syndicate hoodlums
from pushing reefers and heroin to young
black kids."
But white America looked the other
way. Little did white America realize that
If It permitted Uie syndicate hoodlums to
ush dope to young black kids without
ear of reprisal, it would only be a matter
of time before the same hoodlums would
; ." be pushing dope to young white kids.
, THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
NOW IT IS white America's turn to
live with the tragic results of an earlier
silence. Newspaper editorials and magazine
feature stories are finally recognizing the
terrible problem of narcotics now that
young white kids are becoming addicted.
Some of white America's most prominent
families in government, in the enter
tainment industry, in high society have
been touched by narcotics addiction. Yet
it is odd to notice that narcotics addiction
in the black community has decreased
during the last decade according to
statistics of the Federal Bureau of In
vestigation. A decrease has resulted in spite
of the silence and apathy of the white
community.
It Is also Ironic that dope addiction
has traditionally been a problem only in
the most impoverished black communities.
Middle and upper middle Income black
families, those who benefited from higher
education and good jobs, seldom had to
worry about Uieir kids being hooked on
dope. Black kids who suffered most from
addiction were the children of poverty
stricken, uneducated black folks.
NOW THAT it is white folks' turn to
be plagued by the liorrors of dope addiction,
it is the children of upper income families
who are getting hooked. Young while kids
In Appalachia are not turning on and get
ting high. Odd, isn't it, that when it comes
to dope addiction at least white folks' best
seems to equal black folks' worst.
When the tables of history turn, those
who have been silent cannot seem to com
prehend the consequences of their silence.
For years, white folks stood by in silent
approval as buses were used to transport
white kids and black kids In the interest
of maintaining segregated schools. Now
that busing is being used as a strategy
to promote school integration, white folks
act like black folks invented buses.
President Nixon extols the virtues of
the silent majority and, in his Inaugural
address, urged the nation to lower Its voice.
Vice President Agncw condemns loud
voices of protest and Attorney General
Mitchell tries to silence them. Daniel
Patrick Moynihan urges a policy of 'benign
neglect' and a shroud of silence over the
race Issue.
But if silence does prevail, one cannot
help wondering who will prove to be
history's ultimate victims. .
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22,11970