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To the many stu
dents of African de
scent attending
predominantly
European
'American col/eges,
one very clear mes
sage is "You are
not a/one. II,
represented by undergraduate
and graduate tudents.
, ON MORE tha one oc
casion, and in particular in my
nnual State of the Campus Ad
<kess/Column, I conclude by tell
ing students an reader that
"Your are not alone."
The IollowingIs summary
statement by the students of the
NABCC 1991 National Con
ference which supports my ex
'lamations:
• The African liberation move
ment continues. This period of
'he movement seeks the goal of
cultural, economic and political
'iberation via self definition
rough self-knowledge (aka;
�rocentric Knowledge). .
.
: WE HAVE ADOPTED a
working definition of
Afrocentrici ty:
- Afrocentricity is a liberat-
ing ideology ,
: - It is grounded in the practi
"I live and experiences of the
masses of Africans globally
-It transcends the theoretical
- It has as its most profound
emphasts the ideology of
pluralism without hierarchy.
GOALS'
- Community organization.
10 educate the global masses of
fJ'ricans for the purpose of creat
ing a group of intellectuals who
. ere socially responsible and ac-
tive.
: - Bridging the gap between
the campus community and the
community at large.
- To expand the movement
via vigorous recruiting and
education.
- Creation of an ever expand
ing communications network that
has institutional contacts as well
•
. as individual contacts.
PRINCIPLES:
Our principles will centers on
the seven principles of the Nguzo
Saba and, the forty-two confes
ions wi thin the Kemetic
mysteries.
In a future col umn, we will
analyze and critique this state
ment. But to the many students of
Afric n descent attending
predominantly European
American colleges, one very
clear message is "You are not
alone."
DR. FRED HORD, As
sociate professor of English and
Director of the Black Studies at
Knox College is the NABCC
Founder/Organizer.
Ms. Teresa D. Drummond.
Director of the Frank W. Hale Jr.
Black Cultural Center at The
Ohio State University was the
Conference Chairperson.
VIEWS/OPINIONS
w t co
tive ideologue ith re ction ry
credenti I rei ting to people of
color, would attempt to di m' eth
nic plur Ii m nd lncre d em
pion nonwhite contributio to
the 1 rger octety irrelevant to
quality edu tion.
o 0 E ou t, I ex-
plained that "multicultrualism" real
, ly mea two fundamental things:
- The recognition that American
history and thi nation' ccompli h
ments not reflected olely in the
activiti of only race ( hit ), one
language group (Engligh- peake ),
one ethnicity (Anglo-Saxons) or
only one religion (Christianity).
African-Americans, Latino , Asian
Americans, Native Americans and
others have also m de central con
tributions to our ociety.
Dr. Manning Marable is Profes-
or of Political Science and History,
Univer ity of Colorado, Boulder.
"Along the Color Line" appears in
over 200 publications international
ly, and is broadcast by over 40 radio
tatio throughout North America.
o multicultural
edu tion nd ffirm tive etion,
th y deliberately manipul ting
raci 1 nd gender ymbol to mobi
lize their upporte .
Conserv tive 1 0 recognizeth t
cial minoritie will oon total on -
third of the U.S. population. P hing
Bl c , Latino nd other p ople of
color out of the textboo i only a
ACCORDI G TO THE precursor to pu hing back their
Chronicle of Higher Education, in political righ within ociety.
1991 the Olin Foundation awarded a
wrong on at
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le t two coun .
As a prof or of history, I know
that t re i no ingular "truth" in
anyone's history or textbooks. The
hi tory books in the p t have alway
reflected the interests and perspec
tives of people in power in America.
That's why, until recently, that
Native American , Latinos, and
African-Americans were excluded
earch of fund
business can be good for hanging out.
you for is in the mail-room. the same '
is probably.true for other aspec of,
the media spectrum.
Finally, when you write Project
BAIT, please understand that we're
interested in what we can do for each
other. Hard times have hit us too. .
What skills, equipment, contact, etc.
do you have? Mo t communications '
students who come to us don't even
have their old media production
textbook to use as a reference.
They've sold it.
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THESE DA S most communica-
tions majors, when they graduate, are
offered media internships anyway, so
if you already have one, grow from
there. ' ,
, Believe me, I'm not knocking col
lege since I have taught media and a
few other Subjects at the collegiate
level for several years. I merely want
to put it in perspective for would-be
students who may not be able to con
tinue their collegiate career.
College is fund and games com
pared to the media mix. If you think
college instructors can hurt your feel
ing, just wait. All the honors grades
a transcript can hold don't mean a
tinker's damn if you can't kick it out
in the studio, in the control booth or
on remote shoot. Theonly position
in a television. or radio station that
I'm sure a college degree qualifies
David Rambeau is a journalist '
and director of the Project BAIT, a
media production and training or
ganization headquarter in Detroit.
Rambeau produces "For My
People," "Theadamu Presents" and
several other television productions.
He is also a teacher, playwright and
poet.
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Atlanta. We wondered why the But it also said that she really
student didn't transfer to Howard didn't need to go back to .school since
University or University of the she was already in the mix. Quiet as
District of Columbia, both of which it's kept college isn't particularly im
are located in D.C.? portant in learning media production.
It's great to go away to college, A whole hell of a lot of college po i
but why sit out a year when you can tions are just to give teachers and
live at home and go to local com- administrators jobs and yeung people
munity college or university? If four years o� so to gro� up. .
there's a special reason, and there College IS great for t�� social Ufe,
better be to get some money, then. for reading books, wntmg papers,
indicate the reason in your appeal. going to classes to hear tea�he� talk
Another student said she ran into a lot of ri, much of which IS SS,
financial problems in her second great for ng to football games, for
semester. hanging out and a lot of other what
not, but for learning media produc
tion, it's doing it that makes the dif
ference.
In media, few people reads books,
nobody writes papers, nobody is in
terested in what a rookie thinks, 'and
if you get to go to a game, you'll end
up hauling equipment and not cheer
ing for the home team. However, if
you're in the right spot, the media
WE EXPECT SOME
THING in return for everything
we put out. But, since it won't
cost you any more to send addi
tional information and you may
get monies in return, send four full
pages. .
We suggest that students in-
clude a one-page typed resume,
transcript, though not necessarily
an official one, of their college
record, and a letter of recommen
dation from someone who can be
checked with. In the request letter
you hould include a phone num
ber. Same for your recommenda
tion letter. It upri es me how
many art lacking phone numbers.
Your cover letter hould make
ense to us. We ume it already
make ense to you. For example,
one tudent indicated he lived in
D.C., but w going to �0001 in
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This year our. media production
organization, Project BAIT, has got
ten more appeals for funds than ever
before in its twenty-year history.
That hard economic times have
caught up with college students is
apparent. Grants and loans must be
getting more difficult to come by, so
that search now comes to us.
What we usually get from com
munications students is a brief, one
page, typed letter telling that they've
run out of money and would we send
some (amount unspecified) so they
can continue their education. No
SASE is include either.
The students mean well, they just
\ don't know to beg and they don't
know how the system works. The
following is an indication of what we
think and expect. And while we
don't claim to speak for anybody but
ourselves, anybody looking for fund
ing should give our analysis (as well
as others folks' analysis) some '--,H A R R I 5
thought.
To begin, a stamp will carry -t'
four standard sheets containing
your message to a potential do�o�.
In our case, investor, because It s
time out for donations.
THIS ONLY told us she had
planned Poorly and that she would
have been better off going to a com
munity college since she was still in
her freshman year.
The student living in D .C. indicate
that sbe had the initiative to work as,
a production assistant with the local
cable franchise. This showed plenty
sense.
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