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Iditor •> NoU‘ Ink Sf)ot is d wd) reJden can voice their opinioni and about
Hljck lilr more thoroughly than in a letter to the editor Contributors to Ink Spot should
submit double-spaced artii les no longer than 2‘iO words long to the Hlar k Ink envelope in
the HSM office
{liter th»- year 1481 willing lo dcrept the challenge of being Black on UNC's
predominanllv while campus That is, Iranscenci concepts which are all-white and in-
cor()orate Black values, attitudes and orientations from your ancestral and current family
experience Make it your personal business to be aware of the history {past and present),
struggles. Issues and administrative decisions that affec t, concern and, or u()lift you
Reali/e that UNC is a white-oriented institution and will not automatically include
Hlack-onented courses in the general collc*ge recjuirements and very seldom as a core
course in the upper level courses of your major. Therefore, you must incorporate some of
these courses on your own — they do fulfill cc'rtain rec)uirements.
He aware that certain Black faculty and students right under our noses have made
history loo many ot us do not even r*‘c ogni/e their names, muc h less know why they are
renown lest yourself Blyden lackson, David Belton, Nell Painter, and the list goes on
Be lildcl. ^;iough lo tune into the iniustices and problems ol Blacks who are not students
instead ol dlways critici/ing the attitudes of certain cafeteria workers on campus, be con
cerned enough to ask why Did you know that they were having serious problemswith
their management' Kather than |ust acknowledge the fact that the University filled the posi
tion of Affirmative Action Officer with a white female (Gillian Cell), c|uestion the necessity
of ousting the black male (Beniamin Rawlins) candidate who was already working with the
affirmative dction office
Be aware of what is happening in the Black community outside of UN( s campus Why
do Blacks in C hdpel Hill call it the place of sugar-coated racism instead.of the southern
part ot heaven? "
Haven t you ever wonderc*d why there are three radio stations in ( hapel Hill and not one
IS Black-oriented' Why hasn t the Afro-American/African Studies ( urriculum been depart-
mentali/ed?
It will be a challenge for us to deal with the issues raised here, but it is worth the effort,
let's begin by simply speaking to each other.
And for those of you who have not yet accepted your blackness and are trying very hard
to be neither Black nor white — just human — understand that bc'ing pro-Black does not
mean being antrwhite
Perhaps, that will help pul your white mind at ease until you ran become the Black per
son that you really are
— W'ende j. Watson
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I Ancestral voice
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_ I must make two honest confessions to you, my Christian and
lewish brothers first I must confess that over the last few years I
have been gravely disappoinU‘d with the white moderate.
I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the
VV Negroes great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not
the While Citizens' ’Counciler' or the Ku Klux Klanner. but the
^ white moderate who IS more devoted to order than lo justice; who
prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a
p>ositive peace which is the presence of justice, who constantly says
I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I can't agree with your
methods of direct action ; who palernalisticdlly feels that he can set
Martin Luther King, Jr. timetable for another man's freedom; who lives by the myth of
lime and who constantly advises the Negro to wait until a "more convenient season.
Shallow understanding from p)eople of good will is more frustrating than absolute
misunderstanding from people of ill will Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering
than outrighi reieclion
THE
January 27,1981
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Greensboro
Verdict stirs emotion
Some people would like the controversy
of the Nazi-Klan trial to die a quick and
natural death. Others would like to bury the
memories of the Greensboro massacre, the
trial, and the protest against the "not-
guilty" verdict.
But the controversy lives and the
memories cannot be forgotten.
A march, a cross-burning, an editorial —
something is always there to remind us of
the Greensboro tragedy.
Cries of injustice still ring out from civil
rights supporters, from citizens concerned
about the resurgence of racist groups, and
from those who believe in freedom of
speech and the right to assemble. The cries
are loud and they must be answered
But who will answer the public's cry? The
public's demand for justice?
As with many pleas for justice, the public
looked first to an all-white jury for an
answer. The "not-guilty" verdict, which the
jury handed down after seven days of
deliberation, lit a fuse of protest The
public's plea had not been answered.
Next the public sought out the justice
system in the search for justice. The police
arrested the Klansmen and Nazis. These
men were tried in a court with due process
of law. According to law, the men were in
nocent.
No, the justice system — police, lawyers,
court and jury cannot be faulted.
Let's not fool ourselves, the answer for
justice is within us. Crying that the justice
system failed in Greensboro is like cursing
because your lawnmower didn't cut the
grass after you took it out of the garage and
left it in the front yard. Do you expect a
push mower to cut the grass while you sit
and watch "Soul Train"?
Our justice system is like that
lawnmower. It needs someone behind it.
Someone pushing it. Someone really put
ting his or her back into it to make it work
and get the job done.
Let's not fault the lawnmower for the
grass being overgrown. And let's not fault
the justice system for the "not-guilty" ver
dict in the Greensboro Nazi-Klan trial, or
any other trial decision with which we don't
agree
Cut the grass. Do not wait for another
Greensboro massacre to occur before you
push your lawnmower.
BLACK INK
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Donna D Whitaker
Edilor-in-Chiel
Lawrence Turner
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Donna D. Whitaker.
Greetings! My name is Donna D
Whitaker and I am now Editor-in-Chief of
Black Ink The staff and editors invite you to
continue reading Black Ink to get the best
information about Black students, faculty
and staff members on the campus of UNC-
CH. The Ink is a paper geared toward its
readers, we need to know what you want to
know about. Feel free to contact any staff
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