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VOL. IX NO.16
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STATE'S AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY"
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B T PHE GREGORY
In an extraordinary display of
support to rid the University of
racism, 61 members of the
Univer ity community, including
Pre ident Harold Shapiro, told a
commit of state legislator about
their experi e ith ra i m and
offered suggestion on ho to
com tit
About 800 peopl crammed in
the Michigan Union' s Grand
Ballroom to listen tudent ,
former University official .atumni,
d Ann Arbor residents testified
before the Ho e Appropriations
Subcommittee on High Education
chaired by tate Rep. orris Hood
(D-Detroit). Hood decided to
convene the bearing 1 t wee in
re ponse to recent racist incidents
prim ily aimed them.
Scott Wong, an Asian-American
tudent who as the victim of a
racial incident last year, said he felt
Hood was concerning himself
solely with the problems of Blacks,
hich he felt as unfair to other
minorities.
HOOD responded that he hated
racism in any fonn but said that
beca he is Blac he focu on
the problems of Blac .
He al 0 vowed that concrete
ction will result from the hearilJg,
but said it was premature to
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speculate on what ction ill be
taken.
The four-and-a-half hour hearing
began officially at 1:15 p.m. when
Shapiro addressed the committee on
behalf of the University.
In a 20-minute tatement
Shapiro agreed that racism as �
campus-wide problem bot told the
co mittee that the University is
more financially committed to
integrating a racially diverse student
body than almost any other
institution.
He presented th committee with
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Of 31 A soclat. chair, 0 Blac
The cauily for the hearing
the broadc t of raci jo es over
University radio station WJJX on
Feb. 4 ..
Hood id the hearing's primary
aim to addles th problems of
racial tension on campus' -
especially tho that affect Blac .
"I understand there are number of
hat orne perceive as minority
group that ould 1·ke to make a
presentation," h said. 401 hope no
one misunderstands bat I am
ying; I want to hear first of all
theBlac students."
Hood said he anted �1ac to
first because racial
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SHI GTO ( IS) - Rep. 1.5 million despite repeated
onald V. Dellum (D-CA) h calls by the United ations
revived hi pu to cure and 20-year old deere i ued
compreben ive sanctions gainst by the International Court of
uth Afric with the intro- Ju tice ordering South Afric
duction of a bill th t he said to withdra
would clo loophole and Dellum sponsored a stringent
ren then penalties against the ction pac age that wa
partheid goverrnent. adopted la t ye r by the Hou
Provi ion of the bill, HR _ but weakened in Senate
1153, ould al provide full cornprorni measure. The Com-
cover e to amibi, the neigh- prehensive ntiapartheid ct of
uthwe frican coun- 19 6 wa adopted last fall over
ally occupied by South Pre "dent Re gan' veto.
An e imated 100 000 During recent C pitol Hill
frican troop remain ne conferenc Dellum in i t·
tioned in th ountry of ed th t the Reagan drnim-
12.51%
5.3
3 ,000
Black, 2%
8.5% Black
7.51% Blac
9+ � Blac
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a
stration and the Botha govern­
ment have found convenient
avenue to circumvent the sanct­
ions law. Despite provisions
of the law prohibiting South
African and amibian uranium
imports, the Administration has
granted special exemptions.
South Africa ferisaloid, a steel
byproduct, continues to be
imported into the U.S., despite
the ban on South friean
stee1.�
Another provision prohibiting
corporate bank loans to com­
panies in South Africa is al
being undermined. Companies
that divest their intere are
able to cure ne loans which
benefit South Africa corpora­
tin in their acquisition of the
U.S. fum .
Dellums i joined by n.
Alan Cran ton n r of the
Rep. Morris Hood
figure outlining the University's
progress with minority recruitment
and retention. He cited the 54
percent increase in the number of
first year Black students over a three •
year period as on example of the
University's success.
But even with the successes,
Shapiro said, "Our accomplish­
ments have fallen far hort of OUT
aspirations.' He said the University
administration intends to make
"several new initiatives" to comb t
low minority enrollment next year.
A T THE end of his address
Hood asked Shapiro to speculate
why he thinks Black enrollment has
decreased from 7.5 percent mid-
1970s to 53 percent this year.
Shapiro said he had no
satisfactory respon . "We all failed
a great deal in that area," he said. '
Shapiro dded, however, that he
doesn't think rising tuition cost
contributed to the decrease.
After Shapiro spoke, he sat
down and listened attentively as
students, mostly Black, testified.
Continued on Pig 2
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nate companion bill.
In addition to the new pro­
visions covering amibia the
legislation would require manda­
tory divestment of all U.S. firms'
from South Africa and a ban
on imports and exports be­
tween the two countri s. The
MARCH 15 21, 1981
hat folio s are the 12
demand presented to Urn­
ver ity of Michigan Pr .­
dent Harld Shapiro by th
United Committee Again t
Racism:
United
Committe
Against Racism
lists demands
mea ure would al prohibit
U.S. military intelligence co­
operation and cutoff of ,S.
millt ry and econorni aid to
countries which violate the inter­
national arms embargo ain t
South Africa.
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