THIS WEEK IN BLACK HISTORY
Jun -12
Who wrot th book entitl d; "Th Or; in of Ra and olor"?
What Black [emal . ing r' big t hi in til
Geor in Brown" and "Dinah"?
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en e
RJ 'HI TO Y I not
justaproductofth activiti ofp 0-
pI of European dec nt, T vatu ,
cul tural exp ri n and cia) pat
terns of peopl 0 color-American
Indians, Asian-Americars Latino
and African-Amen ns- re also
central in the constructi n of the
compl x American identity .
African-Am rican id ntity i in
1hi context our group' hi torical
consciou n of i elf, i colle tive
uffering and xperi nces, through
lavery, egr gation and urban ghet
toization, and its attemp at elf-
defini tion.
Second, multiculturalism by defi
nition hould be "comparative" in its
approa h to th study of American
Iif and culture.
This means that a multicultural
perspective mus t approach each indi
vidual cultural tradi tion-for exam
ple, American Indian culture,
Mexican-American culture, etc.
wi th an awareness of its integri ty and
hi torieal continuity.
But it should also eek any paral
lel of experience, values and com
mon traditions between various
group . It hould al 0 compare and
contrast the cultures of "nonwhite"
peoples with the perspectives and ex
periences of the white majority.
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tural ven
raci t umptio
which pret nd t p
. hoi hip."
Finally, a multi ultural pers
live in edu ation hould ins' t up n
the empowerment of opp d P
pl and the transformation of oci ty
to aboli h discriminati n and in
equality.
THEORI ()
am social reality whi h top hort of
addressing basi human problems
experienced in th everyday world
for people of color in Am rica are
useless. A theory i only important in
the amount of human "reality" it x
plains or defin . Critical id ab ut
culture, hi tory, society, and human
development can truly "empower" a .
people who have experienced dis
crimination and social injustice.
The task of e ucators here i to
nurture and foster a critical con
ciousnes am constructive elf-
JUNE 1 rick Dou I
freedom. 1 3 - Supreme Court rulin
W hington, D.C. r
can' first BI k tr
at Olympic trial .
What coa h ign d J acki Robin on to his first major I n ue con
tract?
JUNE 9, - Betw en th 1924 Olympi in P ri and t 1
Gam in Berlin, African-America captured 21 Gold, 5
Bronz M dal . 19 5 - L.. k rs d ted n ton
NBA title a ter ei ht previous defca k t 1
Abdul-Jabbar w MVP.
How old was W.E.B. DuBois when h di d?
JUNE 10, 185 - Willi m W II 8rown wrote t fi t publi hed
play by a Bla k. ]854 --Jam Augu tin H aly, first BI k Ameri
can Roman Catholic Bi hop w ordained.
In what tate is Tu kege Institut I cat d?
JUNE 11,1 59 - The Wand r r w the last hip to brin a larg
number of lav to the U.S. 1920 - Piani t, in r Haz I Dorothy
cott, w: born.
In what city was Nat Turner hang d?
JUNE 12, 1963 - Medgar W. Evers, ivil righ I der, w
murdered in J ckson, Mi s. 19 - Atlanta' 7 Sta e ho ted June
Jord n' Bang, Bang Uber All .prornpting a Klu Klux Klan protest.
1971 - J Jackson founded Operation P h to t bu i to
rovide opportuniti or African-American .
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£u .... ur ...... .sity did Dr, Georg arruther. r c ive hi �h.D.?
ANSWERS on 85
BY E P IZI G th unique
cul tural h ri tag of African Ameri
can pe ple, for exampl , PaH rson
believ that Blac might actually
"div rt an nti n from th di propor
tionat .contributions" they have
made to America' "common cul-
tur ."
Troubled by 'what h terms/the
" eparate but truly equal ideology
that an increasing number of young,
educated African-Am rican areem
bra ing", Patterson insi ts that the
genuin g al of th Black freedom
movement sh uld be " ocial inclu-
ion" into the mainstream.
Although Patterson i a Black lib
eral, indirectly he provides intellec
tual ammunition for reactionary
conservatives like BennetL
.By attacking "multiculturalism"
as divi ive, both Patterson and Ben-
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THE
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and c nomic pohcic 01 R '.1 em
and Bu. h.
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( ur poh .c otti ll. 'TllISJU Y 'ou!d
n t ha coon' rnor . darnauc to tl 'If
abroad If th hat!
READERS WRITE
Wake up De roit
How long will we wait?
H w Ion will w conti nue t run away from our nei h rh d.
until w d ide to make the be t of what we have?
How Ion will we continu to ou elv as a mirr 1 of white
society? D ining ou clv by Eur entne VI w and not r ognizing
ourown gr tn and eauty?
How I ng will w xintinuc t go to war or Am ri 'a, only tome
home to egre ation and ra i m?
How long. will Hollywood continue t depict Afri an people
pim ,pro titute , hu tiers drug pushers, d pc ddi ts, and not
human being i.e. d ct rs, educato ,politi ians etc.?
H wIn 'will we wait, a day, a week, a m nth'!
H w Ion are w going to 'hop in the. uburbs while Afri an
American tore conti nu to go bankrupt?
How long will we continue to think th t the whit man' ice i
colder?
How I n will we continue to think a oro, C'hry. I r. a adillac
i bett r wh n made or brou ht in th . uburh '!,
How long will it take fore w hold ours I\' 'S ant! our .hrldrcn
a untable for the thin
K n Snodgras
Detrolt,MI
d th v lu
WID need to
learn th lessons of "nonwhite" con
tributions to th nation' culture art,
politi and cientific fields, in ord r
to overcome the legacy of raci m am
presumpti ns of nonwhit inferior
ity. Multi ulturaJism p rmits all
Americans to di cover our funda
mental uni ty through our diversi ty.
Dr. Manning Marable is Profes-
or 01 Politi al Science and History,
Univer ity of Colorado, Boulder.
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