Page 2-The Michigan Daily- Friday, January 17,1992 ACTIVITIES Continued from page 1 adding that events related to the holiday began in November and will continue through March. Both Eastern Michigan Univer- sity (EMU) and the University of Montana have also expanded the number of the issues they will cover. "The focus is not just Afro- American," said Ray Carlisle, direc- tor of Montana's Education Oppor- tunity Program. Monday, the university will host} a lecture by Julian Bard, a civil rights leader during the 1960s. The topic of his speech will be "Civil Rights Then and Now." Susan Bairley, acting director of Public Information at EMU, said a presentation held Wednesday enti- tled, "What Killed King?" posed such questions as, "What was he do- ing as a political theorist, revolu- tionary, and humanist, that got him killed?" "(The holiday) gets broader ev- ery year in the kinds of things we in- clude, for example, the social action program." The number of days al- lotted for the celebration has also increased from past years. EMU's Baha'i Student Organiza- tion - a religious group whose goal is the equality of all races and sexes - will sponsor a panel discussion on the topic of multi-cultural mar- riage on Sunday. Events planned Monday will center around the theme, "A Call for Social Action," sponsored by the Black Student Union, Hispanic Student Associa- tion, and Native American Indian Student Organization. A wide range of social issues will be covered, including family and children services, cutbacks in services to older adults, homeless- ness, and mental health services. At Virginia, Arizona State, and the University of Arizona, this year's celebration will be unique be- cause of the number of student groups involved in the planning, school officials said. All 14 college deans at the Uni- versity of Arizona took part in a candle-lighting ceremony on Wednesday. Hargrove said they were "shedding a light on having open discussions and ongoing talks on the contributions Dr. King made." While most universities have held events in honor of King since his birthday became a national holi- day in 1986, this is the first year that Virginia Commonwealth Uni- versity and the University of Mon- tana have not held classes. "We've never had it off before, even though we're a state school," said DeeDee Hirsch, managing editor of the Commonwealth Times, the student newspaper. King Day is a state holiday in Virginia. Montana made King Day a state holiday last year. Harry Fritz, a professor of history, "championed the cause," Carlisle said. The state of Montana is 92 per- cent white and 6 percent of the pop- ulation is Native American, the largest minority. Out of 10,800 stu- dents enrolled at the university, 48 are African-American. Michigan State, EMU, and Vir- ginia will be in session Monday. "Our rationale for having classes is to continue to work for issues of equity and equality, and you don't necessarily do that by getting a day off," Bairley said. University representatives at these schools said professors have been encouraged to take their students to events and talk about King and the ideas he stood behind. MLK Continued from page 1 to Empowerment: Redefining Our Cultures." Symposium co-organizer Bunyan Bryant, an associate professor of natural resources, said, "All work- shops will be outstanding. A lot of work has gone into bringing these nationally-reputed people ... Students should really take advantage of this opportunity." Black Greek Association President James Green agreed. "It's very important to be educated about the efforts of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., which exemplify the ef- forts of all minorities," he said. Green's fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha, will dedicate a plaque to King during a workshop recapturing King's life. King belonged to the same fraternity. Bryant said he especially looks forward to a workshop titled,"The Future of Detroit: A Development Project," which will gather students to help renovate the city of Detroit in the summer. "In the past, workshops have been exciting and provocative with no follow-up. Now we want to do this," Bryant said. "Now we can utilize the resources of students across this country, espe- cially students from the University of Michigan. In the spirit of Martin Luther King, Detroit in the summer '92 is consistent," he said. Bryant emphasized that the sym- posium is not just for Blacks or other students of color. "I think the world is becoming much smaller and ethnic groups are becoming larger. If we're going to live in a diverse nation, let alone a diverse world, we have to understand diversity," Bryant said. SOPHOMORES... Did you get it?* CP&P mailed to all sophomores this week. Check your mailbox for programs designed especially for you. ...or pick up your copy today at CP&P. The University of Michigan Career Planning Plac ent 3200 Student Activities Building ANALYSIS Continued from page 1 Zuiiiga believes King saw this too. To her, his dream of racial un- derstanding requires remedying in- iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii Wayne StateLkiversity GRADUATE STUDIES IN BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES If you wish to participate in cutting-edge life-science research in a new $23 million building on a beautiful urban campus, and you are majoring in biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics or engineering, we invite you to apply for our graduate program leading to the Ph.D. or M.S. degree. We have active funded research programs in many modern areas of biological sciences. Our new two-year Molecular Biotechnology program also awaits your inquiries. Many graduate students are supported with various forms of financial packages up to $18,000 per year. Please write or call us for further information and an application package. Wayne State University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Department of Biological Sciences Wayne State University Detroit, Michigan 48202 Phone: (313) 577-0601 Fax: (313) 577-6891 justice between the groups involved. If this is true, the dream of brother- hood, both on campus and nation- ally, is not one easily met. 'I have a dream that my four lit- tle children will one day live in a land where they will be judged not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character." Laws and programs implemented since 1963, designed to facilitate equality between racial groups, have not bridged the gap. The average Black, Hispanic and Native Ameri- can household still earns far less than the average white one. The end of legally-sanctioned discrimina- tion has not meant the end of racial injustice. Color still matters. Lapious Williams, a deacon at Gospel Truth Tabernacle Church in Detroit, said the crux of the prob- lem is that a change in a law cannot change people's hearts. "We've opened doors, but I don't know if we've touched people's moral fiber," he said. In the debate over affirmative ac- tion laws and civil rights bills, the need to change attitudes, a pillar of King's philosophy, has often been forgotten. But even if everyone agreed to judge their fellow humans "by the content of their character," there is still uncertainty over what, exactly, that means. There is a hot debate over whether, in judging character, one should take into ac- count a person's environment. Shelby Steele, a Black professor, argues in The Content of our Char- acters, that Blacks waste their en- ergy by pointing fingers at outside forces for their problem. Minori- ties, Steele contends, should simply do the most they can with what they have and be judged by the same stan- dards as everyone else. Rackham student Colin Leach, a member of the Baker-Mandela Cen- ter for Anti-Racist Education, called this a "misreading" of King's message. "Implicit in Steele's in- terpretation is that people's charac- ter can't be assaulted by poverty and racism," he said. Like the issue of race relations, the debate over equality of opportu- VIGIL Continued from page 1 the display to be an important re- minder of last year's war. Roger Hsia, an LSA junior, said, "I guess if they hadn't done this, I probably wouldn't have given (the war) a great deal more thought in terms of ... what did the Iraqis suf- fer." nity, over the content of character, cannot be separated from deeply felt attitudes and inequalities in Amer- ica society. "I have a dream that ... little Black boys and little Black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers." "It's symbolic," Williams said. "If you allow little kids to play, they don't pick color. They just play. Prejudice is instilled in you. If you allow little kids to play to- gether, they'll stay together." However, many of the children born since the civil rights era lived in neighborhoods and went to schools that were racially homoge- neous, and were often socialized in the racism of their parents. Still, the experience of children who enter a multicultural environment early enough that they are not carrying the baggage of prejudice inspires hope. "Our kids are friends irrespec- tive of race," said Giannine Perigo, principal of Carpenter elementary School in Ann Arbor. Nearly half of Carpenter's pupils are minorities. "I don't think the kids even look at the fact that there are colors." "And when this happens, ... we will be able to speed up the day when all God's children ... will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritiual 'Free at last. Free at last. Thank God almighty we are free at last."' Clearly, today, we are not free at last. But some voices do suggest that there is hope. William Cun- ningham, director of Focus Hope, a large Detroit-based organization devoted to community service and education, says he thinks Americans are more aware of the problems they face in 1992 than they were in 1963, problems which are bringing Amer- ica down, and which will force ac- tion. "Americans are beginning to see that racism cannot be tolerated or we will sink in the swamp of our own moral mediocrity. We're so much healthier today because we know how sick we really are." Another student, Linda Drach, was appreciative of the reminder. "I think this helped me remember because I hadn't thought about it nearly as much as I should think about it," she said. Saturday, the Rackham Student Government, along with several campus groups, will be sponsoring a teach-in about the after-effects of the Gulf war, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Angell Hall Auditorium C. 0 0 '0 Sbe icrigran 4OailI The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745-967) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms by students at the University of Michigan. On-campus subscription rate for fall/inter9l-92is $30; all other subscriptions via first class U.S. mail, winter semester only, are $80. Subscriptions must be prepaid. The Michigan Daily is a member of The Associated Press and the Associated Collegiate Press. ADDRESS: The Michigan Daily, 420 Maynard Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1327. 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