thursday, march 17, 1977
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Black is bad' attitudes' instill inferior beliefs in some
By Clyde Steams
In the Declaration of Independence it says that all men
are created equal, but, all through my life people have
told me that because was black I was a second class
citizen. Some black people really believe that they are
truly inferior to white people. Thus they attempt to dis
associate themselves from the black culture by a number
or various means. I can't really understand why they are
letters
Rodeo tocm ignored
Once again I open the rag and see a half page picture of
the state high school basketball tournament (March 10).
Last week the girls' state basketball tournament .rated
front page coverage.
I find it hard to understand that a paper that is
supported by UNL students takes so much interest in
teeny-bopper basketball. If space can be found for the
stories and pictures for this madness, why can't they find
space to print results of a UNL team that is second in the
region and a strong contender for the National Collegiate
finals? This team I am talking about is the UNL Rodeo
team.
We have submitted results from the last five rodeos '
that the team has contended in and none of them have
been printed as of yet. .
In a personal contact by one of our members with the
sport editor of the rag we were informed that, there is
not enough interest for rodeo and not enough space for
coverage for this sport. The space must be for the teams
that have more interest in them by the students.
All we want is a chance. Who determines where the
interest is? Why is this UNL team that is not supported
by UNL funds who must pay their own entry fees and
transportation costs not eligible for a little recognition
from the university newspaper? After all we get coverage
in the Lincoln Journal and other out-state newspapers
why not here?
It seems to me that if we are being censored out, then
how much other news of university organizations is being
censored also? After all we are the ones that support this
paper with our student fees. It seems to me that a rodeo
that draws contestants from six states and is the second
largest indoor rodeo in Nebraska put on entirely by the
Rodeo Association of UNL should be eligible for some of
your precious space. -
So come on sports editor instead of telling us about
the teams that are seventh out of eight, or sixth out of
seven, how about telling about a team that is second in
the region and has several national ranked members on the
teams, how about it?
- Jim Gocke
Publicity Chairman
UNL Rodeo Association -
Pen pd wanted
I am an inmate of the Nebraska Penal and Correctional
Complex. At present I am doing 30 days to three years in
the adjustment center for possession of marijuana. All in
all I'm doing eight years.
I would really appreciate someone to write to.
Just the time it would take me to answer the letters
would be a great help, let alone the news and word that
I would receive through these letters.
Rick Huddleston No. 28741
P.O.Box81248
Lincoln, Neb. 68501
ashamed of their past, their present, or themselves.
All through my life I have been told that black is bad
and anything black is bad. Thus I am black so I 4m bad.
As a matter of fact, throughout everyone's life they are
told that black is bad and that anything black is bad.
In the same sense everything white is good or all right.
For example: to tell a lie is wrong, but if it's a white
lie, it's all right.
Even when you watch television these ideas are still
sublirainslly implated in our minds. Westerns almost al
ways portray the bad guy by dressing him in black
whereas the good guy rides his white horse down the
yellow brick road looking like a vanilla wafer singing "I'm
dreaming of a White Christmas,'' which we know is better
.than a regular Christmas. - -
Also, a large black mass, a tornado is very destructive
and dangerous, but as soon as it gets your kitchen clean,
guest opinion
it's the white tornado. Further, Black Friday, black cats,
eight ball, even a black eye, which in no way resembles
the color black, but in fact is purple, since purple eye does
not properly describe the severity of the evil associated
with purple eye, then black eye is used, all describe some
tragic event. - .
Stay back
Regardless of where you were born, in the great
nation of ours, if you are black you had better stay back.
Unless you can play football, basketball, run track, pick
trash or sweep floors there's no place for you in this
society. Although there are some people trying to change
this kind of thinking, it does exist and will continue to
exist despite their efforts.
There are too many extraneous environmental factors
working against these people for them to completely
abolish this type of thin icing. Meanwhile we must get used
to others and ourselves at times associating the color black
with something bad. ..
The black culture has suffered greatly because of this
ignorance. Throughout history the black man has been
kept in the background. The black man has fought in the
same wars as the white man, made his discoveries in the
same laboratories as the white man, and even sailed the
same ships as the white man. Why isn't he in the same
history books as the white man?
If black people are equal why isn't black history found
along with American history? Instead you must go to
another source to find out about a black man who crossed
the Delaware with General George Washington. If'bkck
people are so much equal how come the only thing
that American history teaches them about their past is
that they were slaves.
I feel that this country has done black people a grave
injustice by attempting to suppress our heritage. We, as
black people, have not been allowed to express ourselves
through any form of the media without having bits and
pieces censored out so that it is acceptable to the white
middle class society.
In the 1968 Olympics, two black members of the U.S.
Olympic team Were banned from further competition
in the games because they "reverently" saluted the flag as
black Americans. Why won't people just except us as
black and allow us to live our lives. Instead we are ex
jpected to change our values to accommodate the masses.
What makes it so bad is that some black people are allow
ing the masses to influence their daily existence.
Staying away
Right here at UNL, black people have reservations
about being "black." They feel that if 'they stay away
from black parties, forget their black friends, stay away
from black organizations, and generally ignore any black
people that they see, they'll be better off. Some feel that
in order to fit right in on campus they must recruit a
brightly colored companion.
Actually there is no better or worse, because all men
were created equal, remember: There is a right and a
wrong though. Because it's all right if someone's not quite
the man he wants to be, but it's wrong for him to try to
be somebody he's not. People should be proud of them
selves for what they are or can be and shouldn't be sorry
for what they are. Because whatever you are, it is unique
and let's keep it that way.
Clyde Stesrss is a jsmlor educational psychology and
special edacstzoai tasjor fjom Omaha.
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