Racism
prevailis
Allen Johnson
Editor-Elect
While detractors of court-ordered
desegregation may vehemently contend
that they protest busing ratber than
integration, their actions clearly declare
otherwise.
Busing has merely become a
convenient scapegoat for racist activism
which has manifested itself in pointless
mob action reminiscent of the supposed
dormant era of lynching in this country.
Moreover, the long-standing myth of
Northern liberality has been thoroughly
shattered in recent years by the rash of
violent reaction to desegregation
throughout a number of Northern states.
These incidents lucidly depict the
frightening reality that Northern liberality
exists only until the issue hits close to
home.
A case in point is the behavior of white
anti-busing demonstrators outside
Boston's City Hall.
The protestors, composed of white
students boycotting their classes and
their parents, seized a black man and
proceeded to beat him, appropriately
enough, with a standard bearing the
American flag.
'We got ourselves a nigger!" a United
Press story reports the demonstrators as
shouting.
The battered and bloodied black man,
Ted Landsmark, executive director of the
Boston Contractor's Association, mused,
"I was just walking along and I get beat
up. This is insane. "
The American psyche concerning race
has, indeed, changed woefully little.
Abortion—'whites control'
(Staff photos by James Parker and Nelson Gaines)
Should marriage be a prerequisite for sexual relations between men and women?
Some Black women think not.
Survey results compiled
Delbra McIntyre
Staff Writer
The entire April edition of the BLACK
INK, especially the article on sports
"superstar" Mit Fulford and the articles
relating to culture, were of great
entertainment and interest to most INK
readers, according to a recent survey. The
coverage of the Diggs' oust in the
February edition was also enjoyable to
the readers.
The survey, conducted by the INK'S
Special Projects Committee, showed the
areas that readers enjoyed most and
improvements they wanted in the future.
Of the 305 surveys that were
completed, features, with a vote of 76,
was considered to be the best section in
this year's issues of the BLACK INK,
followed closely by the news section,
with a vote of 58 Editorials, sports and
album reviews followed, respectively.
Some of the improvements wanted in
the INK were more coverage of Black
faculty. Black band members and
students in general, and a Letters-to-the-
Editor section. More people on the sports
section was also suggested, since it was
felt that department presents a one-sided
viewpoint. And of course, a better
distribution method was desired.
One of the major plans of the Special
Projects Committee is the publication of
the paper on a bi-weekly rather than
monthly basis. The readers surveyed
stated that they would prefer the INK
being published bi-weekly or weekly by
votes of 130 and 78. respectively.
An astonishing and welcoming 54
p>ersons indicated the desire to work on
the BLACK INK staff next year. Also, of
the few seniors who completed the
survey, over 24 of them indicated that
they would like to subscribe to the pap>er
after they graduate.
The committee is planning on
beginning advertisement and
subscription sales immediately to assure
that publication will be able to expand.
Any graduating senior that is interested
in subscribing to the INK for next year,
and has not already done so, should
contact Linda Jenkins or Allen Johnson,
co-chairpersons, or any of the committee
members.
Leaders
BLACK
1 N K
Allen Johnson
Editor-in-chief
Gail Wastry
Associate Editor
Linda Jenkins
Managing Editor
Delbra McIntyre
News Editor
Sam Fulwood
Features Editor
Sheri Parks
Arts Editor
Oveta Fuller
Entertainment Editor
Lonza Hardy
Sports Editor
Chiquetta Shackleford
Special Projects Editor
Linda Covington
Publicity Editor
Deborah Lott
Business Manager
Black Ink is published by the UNC Black Student Movement,
Suite B, Carolina Union, The University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27514.
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On-Campus Coordinator Franklin
Bowden, from Fayetteville, and Off-
Campus Coordinators Sherri Blount
(Greensboro) and Darryl Davis
(G reenville).
Dorm representatives also will assist
coordination of communications and
dorm activities such as meetings and
social events. Elected representatives
include: Pamela Mumford (Ehringhaus),
Cynthia Baker (Morrison), Lonza Hardy
(Hinton James), JoWanda Strickland
(Granville) and Jeannie Mask (North
Campus dorms).
Other officers elected who will also
serve on the Central Committee for 1976-
77 include: Otis Speight, Sergeant-at-
Arms; Tony Hall, Secretary; Tommy Wood
and Thomas Mosely, Special Projects,
(For 1976-77 CGC appropriations see
page 3.)
A Note...
Tentatively scheduled is a special, 20-
page orientation edition, followed by
seventeen bi-weekly issues of BLACK
INK
However, the final verdict on whether
such goals will become reality or simply
fade into oblivion rests with you. The
BLACK INK needs your support as
readers, subscribers, and staff members.
It is your paper. It can be nothing more
than you want it to be
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Dark Ages," counters a senior, "Men
have always been able to have sex for the
sake of it, and they call it a 'man's natural
drive'. Well, I call it bullshit! I say if any
woman needs sex to satisfy her natural
desires, sex without love is perfectly
acceptable. The only immoral thing is
being dumb enough to get caught
through pregnancy,"
About birth control methods, including
abortion, most women believe that sex
without some form of contraception
shows either blissful ignorance or desire
that can't wait, "A lot of pregnancies
occur in young girls on their first time
around," says a freshman, "More than
likely they are ignorant about
contraceptive methods and don't find out
untiMt^s too late,"
A junior adds, "most Black mothers
tend to have a you made your bed hard,
now lie in it" attitude about premarital
pregnancies. I agree that a lot of
pregnancies occur in young girls who are
ignorant about contraceptives, but any
mother who allows her child of 1 3 or 14 to
carry the burden of raising a child alone is
not a very responsible or realistic
mother.'"
On a different note, a senior explains,
"Not all premarital pregnancies are
unwanted. After the initial shock of
finding her child unmarried and
pregnant, some mothers are able to
welcome these babies with open arms. I
personally do not believe in abortion
because whether or not the life inside you
is depiendent on you for survival, it is life,
and abortion is legal murder."
When asked why illegitimacy is so
prevalent among Black women, all
women feel that emphasis rather than
prevalence is the key to the
overwhelming focus on Black illegitimacy
rates, "Whites have always had the upper
hand in everything, and this situation is
no different," comments one senior.
"Peggy Sue can go away for a weekend
trip to Florida and no one will ever know
she really went to knock up a baby. Black
women often do not have the resources
or information to deal with unwanted
pregnancies, especially when the
amount of money involved in getting a
legal abortion is considered,"
Despite the monetary problems
encountered in legal abortions, many
other options, some of which are free,
remain available and unused by Black
women, "Abortion is not the only or the
most desirable means of birth control,"
points out one freshman. "Most public
health clinics give free checkups, free
pills (birth control), and free advice after
conception of an unwanted child. All the
reasons for the high rate of Black
illegitimacy cannot be explained away by
ignorance or monetary problems. Why, is
a question with many complex factors,"
What about the child, the end result of
an illegitimate pregnancy? Does being
fatherless really have a detrimental effect
on a growing child?
"I was the product of an illegitimate
birth,” one young woman openly
confesses, "At first, I didn't notice that my
family was any different from anyone
else's, but after 1 entered school things
began to change. It was very hard to
adjust to it (being fatherless) at first,
because no matter how many times
Mother explained it to me, I could never
understand where Father was. After I got
older I finally understood and adjusted to
my family situation, but I was unlucky
because deep inside a lot of kids never
adjust.
To focus and explain the phenomenon
of Black illegitimacy is a task far too
complicated for this reporter. My
interviews gave me surprising insight
into the thoughts of Black women on this
very touchy subject, but understanding
the whys and hows of illegitimacy is still a
very distant goal.