I From the Black Viewpoint
H By James Cuthbertson
Well be together
— someday
In these days of racial disharmony, there is one thing that
holds the races together though it seems that we are
apart. This cohesive force is very basic. It is the need to
survive. . „ j
Ever since the protoplasm of the first cell appeared or
since God’s light first dawned on earth, according to whose
doctrine one adheres to, man has found it vurtually
impossible to exist alone. Even a hermit feels a need to
communicate with one like himself. Robinson Crusoe felt a
desire for humanity; Henry David Thoreau tried to escape
from reality, but in his essay “On Civil Disobedierice, he
expresses a feeling for his fellow man. Prejudice based on the
evolution of the human society is the primary cause fM the
gulf between the races. Prejudices that are handed down
generation after generation are causing the wide gap. The^
prejudices are ones that cause us to disrespect another s
opinions and ideals. The current trend of separation wiU be
short-lived. The extremists’ organizations will never survive.
They do not include the masses of the people, but in many
ways, their policies dictate to the masses. Blacks and whites,
yellows and greens, will all get together someday. But how
far away is that day? If the past is any pretext, then this is tar
in the future. However, Someday We Will Be Together.
The Star Spangled Banner Award
The Star Spangled Banner Award this week goes to Tom^
White of Kinston for supporting the conservative studente
stand at Chapel Hill which called for cessation of ^twity
fee support for our sister newspaper, IHti uaiIjI
fee support for our sister newspaper,
Tarheel, a powerful man on the board of trustees, Tom
White has objected to the obscenities in the paper. When told
that Chaucer wrote dirty words, he replied that many of his
constituents have never read Chaucer. This is so true. Le
the daily TARHEEL do their thing and ^ve a damn
oops, darn about your fellow man, Mr, White.
Please, let us think
We the students of the United States have been too
suspended in an unreal education system where emph^is
been placed mainly on intellectual regurgitation. Just wha
does this mean? Let me try to explain.
By intellectual regurgitation, I mean that process by
^ teacher gives out a certain volume of informa ion
tests his students on it, judging their level of
how well this information is reproduced This proceaure
allows no room for problem solving „ nrime
thought, the development of which shou e
purpose of education. Perhaps a few examples will help to
ASm^ihool student has it drilled
3 =5 untilheremembersit and accepts it as How m
more interesting and how easy might his task becom
'"ere told that 11 plus 111 equals lllH, that l^is
represented by the symbol 2, lU by the symbol 3, ^d
11111 by the symbol 5. He might then be told that th^
symbols are no better than any others that could be use
except that these are generally acceptecL , » country
A high school civics student is taught th^ in tbi^"°'‘n^
teere is freedom of choice. Often the subject is teft^hwe.
That student should be exposed to the ul®a someone
choice involves a responsibility not to mfnnge upon someone
else s freedom of choice, and he shou pharlotte told
flunk about it. Not long ago a businessman ^e
me that his concept of this basic deny them
didn’t want to sewe blacks he should be free to deny tnem
bis SGrviopQ • •
A college geography etudent -
^bitrary geographic area, the bound Until he
^bitrary and are determined by determining the
earns the significance of certain criteria ^ -ggions he has
boundaries of particular kinds of geographic regions, n
cained nothing. ,,rketine is lost when his
A man with a degree in mark laundry
employer asks him to design a Package . red
‘fetergent if all he learned in school was that cigr« ^
packs will be bought by certain kinds P j^^ese people
good foundation in the psychology of why these p
prefer red packs. , . gay please, let us
To the teachers of this country tet m y
hmk When you test us, interpret and logically
possible, give us the opportunity f jggjn to think for
defend out interpretations so that w destroy intellectual
ourselves. Help us overcome and destroy
regurgitation. , , rvumr. Tr
M. Judson Crump, Jr.
Dear Editor
Mike Klonsky, former head of
Students for a Democratic Society,
spoke here Wednesday. He talked
about the evils of our society, the
wrongs of the American Way, and
lack of of the Western
female.
He proclaimed himself a
Communist, anti-Vietnamer, and
favored El Fathab in the
Arab-Israeli conflict.
But what did Mike actually say?
Was his rap just a put-down of man,
apple pie, and the girl next door~or
was it more? Was he asking
questions? Was he asking the same
questions that we should all be
asking? .
Why are people starving in the
richest nation in the worjd? Why
are rats feasting on young children’s
bodies in Harlem and Appalachia?
Why are our schools so inadequate
yet our social clubs continue to
flourish? Why are we drilled to be
appalled at the word communism
when most people don’t understand
it?
It doesn’t matter whether we
agree or disagree with Mike’s point
of view. If you were offended,
good. Maybe you will get up off
your chairs and do something
instead of walking out because he
said he was a Communist. Maybe
you’ll even learn what he meant by
that dirty word.
If you agree with him, you re
3 fatalistic for me. I’m idealistic
too
enough to hope that we can solve
the problem another way.
But we must remember, and I
believe this was Mike’s most
important point--There are
problems and we cannot afford to
be behind~not now, not ever.
—E.C.
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Letters
EDITOR'S NOTE: The facts of
this case are not exactly as they
are reported in this letter. The
person of whom they are
speaking was dismissed from
this campus as a result of
a court case. THE JOURNAL
will publish an article con
cerning: this matter next
week. Because of our dead
line we were unable to do
so this week.
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To the Editor:
We feel that an issue of concern
to the University has arisen. In
particular, we are referring to the
actions of the school toward a
frequent visitor. This person was
falsely accused of possession of a
false identification card,
drunkenness, and being a general
nuisance. The subject has never had
a UNC-C identification card; he
does not drink; and he is highly
regarded by those that know him.
The accused was granted no trial
and was not faced by his accusors.
The Dean of Students stated that
he was not going to be granted
these rights because he was not a
student. Also, he was told that if he
was ever seen on campus again, he
would be arrested for trespassing.
This is an sge when men should
be concerned about peace and love.
When a person in a responsible
position denies another person his
human dignity on the grounds that
he does not belong to a restricted
group, this is the cause of social
imrest.
A petition is being circulated
and redress of these grievances is
being requested. However, there
will prob^ly be no change in this
situation because once a person has
been labeled an outsider, it is very
difficult for him to gain the basic
rights due him.
We feel that this punishment is
harsh and descriminatory. There are
certain groups of people whom we
feel are more of a nuisance-in
particular the Drunken Dozen
whose childish antics and general
drunkenness are an afront to many
people.
-Joe Elliott, Blaise Rasponti,
Dale Franklin, Luke Russell, Janie
Willits, Jeanie Gilliam
TDixciim
"THERE’S A CABAL OUT TO GET ME.”