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thursday, September 6, 1979
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daily nebraskan
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Black yell squad addition called humiliating, insulting
Black people In the United States of America have con
stantly been pressured into believing that "the only way
to get ahead in this society" is to integrate with and imi
tate white people. .
So under the influence of such people as Martin Lather
King Jr. and Jessie Jackson millions of Black people set
about that very task. The mission was to become honor
ary white people no matter what the price to their own
identity and dignity.
Black folks choose to get beat and sent to jail in order
to eat lunch with their natural enemy, white people. Many
Blacks suffered humiliation and debasement in order to sit
side by side with whites in a classroom where both are
criminally miseducated. Millions even went as far as using
chemicals to straighten their hair and lighten their skin,
which had become a badge of shame.
This behavior, although unquestionably abnormal, is
quite consistent with the actions of a confused and colon
ized peoplc-a people who have been forced to adopt a
foreign culture, a culture not fit for the civilized or the
sane.
That brings us to the controversy surrounding the
Black woman trying to gain entrance to the UNL Yell
Squad, a gang of half-crazed white girls who exploit their
sexuality and dignity (if they have any) for no apparent
reason. Or maybe their reason is to help recruit white
football and basketball players.
For a beautiful, civilized and proud Black woman (such
as the one in the center of this controversy) to so unre
mittingly attempt to gain membership to a group of wild
and ugly women, is a contradiction to one's sense of logic.
This action is a direct insult to herself and to Black people
as a whole, and does nothing more than to supply con
crete example of things already mentioned in this writing.
Although some of the Yell Squad members have, taken
up protest against the Black woman's addition, Bob De
vaney and Tom Osborne are well aware of the benefits of
adding color to such a pale squad.
The Black woman involved should understand that
striving to integrate herself onto the Yell Squad is only a
striving to imitate frantic behaviors that are unmistakenly
abnormal. To become a member of such a gang would be
to reduce herself to the level of a mere object to be ex
ploited on Saturday afternoon.
I am sure that the beautiful and proud Black woman
will see the true nature of the people she is trying so hard
to integrate with. Therefore, rejecting all atempts by the
money-hungry football gangsters (Devaney, Osborne, etc.)
to exploit her for their own greed-laden ends.
Lastly, if the Black men on the UNL football team
have retained any degree of pride and respect for the prize
possession of our people, Black women, they wjUl openly
protest the exploitation and humiliation of their sister.
Hodari Makalani Sababu
Editor's note: Material printed in the guest opinion space
does not necessarily reflect the editorial stance of the
Daily Nebraskan.
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Senator Novak had no business saying this. It is irra
tional to attack a group of people as large as the campus'
Greek population simply because they have chosen the
same living system as a small group of individuals who
may be guilty of an infraction. Ms. Richardson's article
does not even state that proof exists that a Greek was
responsible in the incident. Those who live in the resi
dence halls last spring may recall an incident shortly
before the ASUN elections in which numerous photo
copies of a letter on TNE stationery were posted in the
halls with the caption "Read This and Vote Indepen
dent." It is unlikely that TNE was obliging enough to
make the photocopies for whomever posted them; is it
any more reasonable to assume automatically that these
TOE letters were copied by a Greek?
If Sen. Novak was willing to introduce an element of
hostility to Greek-Independent relations, Ms. Richardson
and the Daily Nebraskan were happy to help him. Admit
tedly, the story may have been slightly more interesting
because of the quote; and the ensuing widening of the
rift between Greeks and Independents might result in
more front-page material. The Daily Nebraskan should
have considered, however, the conflict which the quote
would undoubtedly bring about along with the advantages
they might have gained from printing it. Such a considera
tion would probably have led to the decision that the
harm done to the student body as a result of its printing
would far outweigh any profit to the Daily Nebraskan
from it.
Until the students at UNL are capable of putting aside
such petty conflicts as that between the Greeks and Inde
pendents, there is little or no chance that they will be
able to unite effectively and solve their serious problems.
Unfortunately, neither Sen. Nova&nor the Daily Nebras
kan seem to have realized this. One can only hope that
those members of both factions who are not so willing
to fling such irresponsible condemnations at one another
will prevail, for the greater good of the student body
of the University. , ?
Bill Flack
Junior Physics
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