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Ruling to come early '92 Race-based scholarships aruged in court By JEAN MCNAIR Associated Pnss Writer RICHMOND, Va. (AP) ? The 4ih U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is expected to rule early next year whether scholarship programs available only to black students vio late the U.S. Constitution and feder al civil 'rights laws. The decision will come in the case of a Hispanic student who sued the University of Maryland after being denied a scholarship given to blacks. "The University of Mary land is fully integrated," Richard Samp, the student's attorney, argued Thursday before the appeals court. "There is simply no evidence in the record of continuing effects of past discrimination." - ? But the Maryland attorney gen cral's office defended the scholar ship program, contending it helps remedy the lingering effects of dis crimination ai the university. Blacks were barred from the university until the U.S. Supreme Court s landmark Brown vs. Board of Education ruling in 1954. "The state of Maryland is not advancing any illegitimate use of race. There is still an imbalance," said Andrew H. Baida, an assistant attorney gen eral. "About 20 percent of high school graduates in Maryland are black, while about 15 percent of University of Maryland freshmen are black," he said. In May, U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Motz of Baltimore dis missed the lawsuit filed by Daniel J. Podberesky, a 19-year-old Universi ty ,of Maryland student whose mother is Hispanic. Podberesky said the race-based scholarships violate civil rights laws and the equal protection guarantees of the Constitution. But the judge said the scholar ships are permissible because it is too soon to say the effects of dis crimination are no longer felt at the university. - v Podberesky was turned down for the school's Banneker Program, which offers full scholarships worth more than $35,000 to black students based on merit, not financial need. Thirty-eight Banneker Scholar ships w?re awarded to freshmen when Podberesky enrolled in Fall 1990. Although Podberesky's aca demic credentials exceeded those required for Banneker scholars, he was rejected for t,he scholarship because he is not bfack. The appeal comes as the U.S. Department of Education also reviews the legality of race-based scholarships. Last December, the department said most race-based scholarships violate the Civil Rights Act of 1964. But the department withdrew the policy in the face of opposition from civil rights groups and instead said it would conduct an in-depth review of the scholarship issue. The appeals court judges asked Baida how he could say the school still discriminates against blacks when university officials testified that it does not. Baida said the school remains under orders from the U.S. Office of Civil Rights to remedy the effects of discrimina tion. "The Office of Civil Rights has been pressuring the state," he said. Samp noted the University of Maryland has exceeded its goal of having a freshman class that is 14 percent black. Asked by the panel whether the Banneker Program caused the school to reach that goal, Samp said it was "ludicrous" to think a few dozen scholarships had that much impact. Black Achievers' program Continued from page A1 "They already have the poten tial to excel. Academic standards can be raised in any community, with any kids, coming from any environment, if you take the time to sit down with that kid and show them what is really out there and what their potentials are in life, and giving them something to believe in and something to want to work toward, something that they can say 'Ok. if you can do it, I can do it too.' Another aspect of the program will be academic tutoring for the students. Kagins stated, "The Fact that as you go through high school, if you need help in your algebra, or your English, or what have you, we have kids from Wake Forest and Winston-Salem State who have vol unteered their time to come in here and teach these kids the things that they want and the things that they need and what they're lacking in." The YMCA Black Achievers Program was originally developed in 1971 by members of the Harlem Branch YMCA in New York Cily. Since its inception, several cities across the country have adopted the program. This is the second year that the program has been started at the Winston Lake YMCA, however, Ragins stated that last year, the pro gram did not fair as well as expect ed. She expects that this year will be different, since she says over 150 kids have expressed interest in the program. Bui she says in order for the program to continue, volunteers are needed to serve as tutors and men tors for the students. * * For more information about the Black Achievers Program, contact Carole Ragins at the Winston Lake YMC A at 724-9205 7; Reduced funding drawing to over 400 children in four housing districts as well as Greene Street United Methodist Church and St. Benedict Catholic Church. A jazz sampler series was brought to town by Johnson's office. The next performance will be the John Scofield quartet this Saturday night in Wake Forest's Brendle Recital Hall. The month of December, the work of black artists will be on display at the Sawtooth Building for the seventh annual Holiday Expo. "What is missing in Winston Salcm is black dance," declares Johnson. He's bringing the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble to town for three days in February, bringing their non-traditional dance that fuses emotional power, outstanding technique and versatil ity. Sponsors of the dance ensem ble visit are the Winston-Salem State Alumni Association, Wake Forest University Dance Depart ment, Spirit of Life Community Choir and the Winston-Salem /ForSyth County school system. Continued from page A1 Administrative costs are paid by, the Arts Council, says Johnson, "but any programs you see, I have begged, borrowed, or stolen the money for." He is particularly saddened by the loss of Mayfest funds, noting that Mayfest was all about sharing histories and cultures of other countries. While Johnson feels comfort able with the programming of the Arts Council, he feels strongly that Winston-Salem needs a black cul tural arts center. "There's something about instilling pride in your own. We need to be about developing our own, preserving our rich cultural heritage. We almost lost it. We were taught not to appreciate our cultural heritage. Now we are enjoying it, and we need to pass this on to our young people." Black artists Continued from page A1 conduct an informal survey of local incorporated in the art community," black artists to determine the need said Hudson. for a black artists group. Little spent the next ten months "Many black artists fear they will not be accepted or their work will not be respected by other arts organiza tions and galleries. That is a hurdle we as black artists have to get over J! - Lee Cox, artist "When I first came here, I felt interviewing black artists. Her that black visual artists were not report to Hudson, delivered this March, concluded that many black part of the art community and that there was a need for a black artist organization ? as well as a build ing for gallery and studio space. "Even though the Arts Council is now trying to be inclusive, there is a distrust of them among black artists," said Wharton-Little. "Black artists feel that in Winston-Salem there is an unsaid opinion that their work is inferior to other art forms." David Hudson agrees. nI thinlT that's germane to the cultural bias of Winston-Salem. In Toledo, my former home, we had a smaller black community but more pres ence of black artists." Black group? Continued from page A1 lem by incorporating more black board members. Larry Leon Hamlin, founder of North Carolina Black Repertory Company, says that our segregated arts community is reflective of soci ety. "When there are no no longer racial problems of great magnitude, you will find integrated artists. In 1979 when we created Black Rep, the only thing we saw on the white stage was the stereotypical image of blacks. Black theater had to evolve in this city to show a more humanis tic perspective and to have a theater company that would reveal the true image of black people." Of the 13 arts groups funded by the Arts Council, Black Rep is the only black organization. Hamlin notes that the challenge to black groups is to keep their autonomy and "still play with the major players. You don't have to lose your identity m-bc a part of the mainstream." He is c\citcd about the inclusion of his National Black Theatre Festival in the city-county long range plan, Common Vision. Artist Lee Cox wants to sec black artists work more in tandem with existing organizations. "We must learn to get into the mainstream and still maintain integrity in our work." But Glenda Wharton-.Little stresses the need for a separate black organization, noting that there is much education that needs to be done. "Before 1920, African-Ameri can art was not looked at as art. It was not something that you took seriously, because you had to be intelligent to create art. Even though Egypt is clearly on the map of Africa, it has been separated, pulled out because it goes against theories of blacks being artistic." Wharton-Little notes that the black community must feel they are allowed to play a major part in the an community. "It's the difference between con trolllng and running an organization and simply being allowed to work in it." - Lee Cox doesn't blame the whjte establishment or the Arts Council for the lack of visibility of black art. "When I was president of Associated Artists, I pleaded with black artists to enter our shows, and I got all kinds of excuses from people. They said, my work won't win anything, what's the use. With artists, there is a great fear of acceptance. You sit down in front of a canvas, create a painting, and you may like it, but you don't know if anyone else is going to like it." Cox supports his art through his wholesale framing supply business, Lemarts Framing Center on North Point Boulevard. Associated Artists is a non-prof it group of 400 members who pro mote visual fine arts and have a gallery in the Sawtooth Building. Membership is traditionally white, but president Buford Edwards notes that the board of directors is about 25 percent minority. 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