( ) pill ion» ,·it· H" 7 on . Color Lin ... _ . u group nd cia! p dudi , m tru ure th po er relation between people of color nd up r-to-middle in­ come hi Thi m an th8t e must pu ue a" eolor-conscio "trat­ egy to cr te the condition w her color is one day irrele­ vant to d tennining the posi­ tions of power, educational a , health care and to other opportunities of daily life. In the 1970 and 1980 , the ideal of color blindn gave way to hat could be tenned "symbolic repr ent tion." lib­ eral educators believed that the recipe for cultural diversity would be achieved by bringing representati of a new pee> trum of interests into the acad­ emy-women, racial minorities, physically disabled people, lesbians and gay , as well as others. Programs ere established THIS WEEK IN BLACK HISTORY fo rd. At om in titutio , minori y faculty oeeupi v lvingdoorposi ion, u 11y t th d ignat of i true- . tor or is nt prot; or, n to t nur or ppoint . Tran c nding th old, r strictive boundari of "di r- ' ity" m going beyond t old langu g of "minority . grou "within our colle and' in ociety a hole. We m ttle for nothing 1 than t fundamental red finition of t "mai t m", to be fully inclu­ sive of the broad t range of . cultural pe pecti , religious and philosophical valu , lan­ guages and oci I traditions which retIed all of America. Going beyond diver ity means fostering a cultural dia- ' logue bet een the repre- . entative of variou ethnic group on campu 88 which . 1 cis to exchange, baring and . cultural synthesis. U niversiti must go out of . . th ir way to create spaces for ' people of color and other op- . pressed group toexp them-' selve culturally, nd to ' dialogue with others. As things now stand, too : often we find students of vari­ ous ethnic backgrounds relating , to each other at a polite ocial distance, never really learning , about other groups' experi- ' ences. We only begin to appreci­ ate our own culture, when we . t:a�e, the �,i.W�, ,�o.� what is • I valuable m som e e e cul- t '.1 Il 11 Going beyond diversity in higher education will require a change in the power relations between people of color, women, and the traditional elites which ' dominate our universities. By , redefining the mi sion and core content of our education, we can begin to move from the margins , to the center. . o hould h r p nted beginning, rather than the end, of p of education reco truetion on of ocial and cultural dif- fere within tb cad my. In- tead, omeho e h lost our ay. And at many colle and universiti , e are du- ally movingba ard. One on' that omen and racial minoriti ere u u­ ally hired and ub equently lo­ cated in the bureaucr tic margins of academic institu­ tions, rather than within real centers of power. There ere few deliberate programs which actually tried to identify schol­ ars of color and/or femal fae­ ulty with admini trative abilities, to mentor and culti­ vate them, and to advance them 7- o ter in Richard Wright' "Natiu Son"? OVEMBER 11, VET- E D 1890 - D. McC patent portable fire cape. 1989 - ivil i o w dedicated in Montgomery, Ala. 1879 20,000 fric n- eric n migrated to Ka What percent of the vote did John Conyers receiue when he was re-elected in 19661 From what university did Dr. George Carruthers receive his PH.D 1 NOVEMBER 12, \941 Mad e Lillian Ev nti founded th National gro Op­ era Company. 1977 - rn t "Dutch" Morial was elected first Black mayor of New Or­ leans, La. 1790 - The first U.S. census listed African-Am ricans as 19% of the population. 1778 - Over 700 Blacks took part in the Battle of Monmouth. NOVEMBER 8, 1966 - Ed­ ard W. Brooke of Massachu­ setts became first Black U.S. enator since' Reconstruction. 1965 - The Freedmen' Bu­ reau to aid fonner slaves was established. 1966 - Basketball player Bill Ru U became first Black coach of professional team. 1938 - Cry tal Bird Faucet was elected state repre­ sentative in Pennsylvania, be­ coming the first Black woman to serve in a state legislature. . Lester's: World In what month in 1971. was Angela Daui acquitted of mur­ der? NOVEMBER 13, 1985 N.Y. Mets pitcher, Dwight Gooden, 20, became the young­ Who played the machines and est ever to win th Cy Young electronics expert, Barney Col- Award. 1989 - ammy Davis lier, on "Mission Impossible"? Jr. celebrated 60 years in show III IJI -:-r" usin wi h . N� NOVEMBER 9, 1 0 - Ii :-. II ge Fun ne ational Negro B e gales. 1808 - Legs (but not ac- League was organized. 1968 - tual) importation of slav -but POOl' People's Campaign arrived not actual-into the U.S. ended. in Washington in the Spring. January 1. 1950's - The first 1900 - Black Congressman African American ballet dancers G.H. White introduced first to break into mainsteam oompa­ anti-lynching bill. 1967 -Rich- nies were Arthur Mitchell and ard G. Hatcher 'of Gary, Ind., Janet Collin . 1894 - A. C. and Carl B. Stoke of Cleve- Richardson pat nt casket lower­ land, Ohio became first elected ingdevice. 1913 -Daniel Hale Black mayors of major U.S. cit- Williams becam charter mem­ ies. 1731 - Mathematician and ber of the American College of inventor Benjamin Ban- Surgeons. neker, was born. Dr. Manning Marabl.c i& Pro{t sor of : . Hi toryandPoliticaISc�,andDiree- I tor of th African-Americo.n Studies In- : stuute, Columbia Uniuersity. "Along the : Color Line" appear in in 0 T 250 pub- : liauions and 75 radio stations throllgh. out the U.S. and internatumally. On what railroad line did Gran�ille T. Woods work, prior to marketing his first invention? What cy Young Award win­ ner played with the Harlem Globetrotters ? I shouldn't do hrs .. t ut I like you folks, so I'm gonna' let you have this baby for only S20.000. ANSWERS NOVEMBER 10, 1960-An­ drew Hatcher was named as­ sociate press secretary to President John F. Kennedy. 1876 - Meharry Medical College opened. 1852 - 'S0- journer Truth delivered fa­ mous "AIN'T I A WOMAN"? speech. 7th - The University of Illi- nois. 8th - Greg Morris. 9th - Bob Gib on. lOth - Bi r Thorn 11th - 85 Per nt. 12th- une. 13th - Th anvil] and Southern Railr d. two ca , , • am Who was the primary charac- By James E. Alsbrook . nomic slavation of the former 18 . Th y had no 'Ie I play- ing field' in the gam of life .. On the contrary, millions of rich, (I rtile aCT of I nd were gi n to millio of whi e Euro­ pe n immigrant who h d no " we t equi y" wha oev r in Am rica. Co equ ntly, th poo t of Europ , the down rodd n, the failur ,th "tired, th u n­ w sh d m s s" migrated to America, go a f h tart on virgin land with no caste or cl domination nd in a ro­ bu , xp nding on my p opl , by white people and for . white people. Although m t of . the people on w lfar oday are . white, million mor became . uoc sful b caus of this gov­ rnment give-away of millions of doll rs worth ofland and sup­ port to impoverished non-citi- . z ns. Thi nation's leaders 100 y ars ago thought it in th best . inter t of the nation to inv t government assets including 1 nd nd guid nce in a dis- tr sed peopl who could be­ come ass ts to th nation. prof ionals. R ney s cat gory w repre- ented by thou nds of hard­ working, well-m aning and less- ucc sful p r. on who wan nd deserv a . Ii of th Am rican pie. Black people in M rtin' en­ lightened and advanta cat­ gory - like Collin Pow 11 and n. arol Mo 1 Braun- have becom inc ingly uc- cessful in breaking down barri­ e . 6 co tin e know? Who's th spiri ual peo­ ple 'pon earth? The Black peo­ ple! Dem a deal wit God. And God naw Ie dem down. And GOO say d m f unite. Because when you unit, that is the power of God. You know, God love love, which is unity. So when you unite, you t th whole power of GOO. That's what lllM want. Words from th man, th mind, from th late Rag Bob N ta Marl y. Marley: Way I ee, ya seen! It looks simple but it's true. Rasta for the people! RASTA- F AR1! for the people, seen capi­ talism and communism are fin­ ished it's Rasta now! The , , Blackmon way of life. That s what we a ay now, dread. We as y, give th Black mon fe him way of life now. Mek him how you how government rim and how people care for people. Who you fink have th lov? Who sing the tune inna church? Black people a sinE? dem, ya T ON imilar ituation. It erseas and r cruit thous nd of "your ti r , your poor I your huddled m ss yarning to br athe fre , th wretched refuse of your t ming shor ." Already within our borde are the Rodney Kings and mil­ lions of hi economic and eduea- ' tional peers who are practically "homel . and tempest- " Th y are in the innerciti . In the 1800 , thi country in­ v ted millions in poor whi to BUILD its If. Today, it mu t invest millions in poor Blac to SAVE itself. T H D n w Europe n immigrants, mo t of whom pok littl ornoEnglish, generally ucc ed w h n th y worked diligently they had b n compelled to do in Europe. M nwhile the n wly freed la received very little of this good land nd were forced to become harecroppers and m labor with few favor­ able landholding opportuniti in the lush, productive, farm­ belt area. The problem of the "free" but landless and destitute Bla was cr ted by a hite-control­ led, hite-benefiting affirm- tive action program of hite BUT category are th from which a m r All hould r memb r that Black peopl 's current eco­ nomic plight b n aft r eman­ cip tion in 1865, in the b n of a dedicated "Black" recon- truction plan for th iurviv I of many thousan of landl andjnoneyle former laves for whom I gal pro ion and education were re rict d. Th y did not ge th w ll-publi­ cized "forty ac and mule." Som obtained rand h re and there, but no nationally organ­ ized plan was made for �� eco- Pub shed each Sunday by New Day Enterpri e 12541 Second Street, Highland Park, MI 48200 (313)869-0033 Benton Harbor Bur au, 175 MaIn Street, Benton Harbor, MI 49022 (616)9271527 . Contributors: Bernice Brown· Patricia Co rt· ry Goilid v : Craig II Allison Jones> Efu Kora ma- Shock Fbck • Ron S I • Tureka Turk Cero�n Weld Production Mlnager: t