The Michigan Daily - Weekend etc. - Thursday, September 15, 1994 - 5 Black, white and alone al over BY EUGENE BOWEN I am Black. I also support racial tolerance and integration between Blacks and whites. It is always good to know that regardless of the shout for racial separation coming from both Black and the white camps, there are many who refuse to limit their circle of close friends to just those with similar skin color. However, racial separations do still exist, here at the University and abroad. We all know about the rac- ism, prejudice and biases both Blacks and whites exert on each other on the job, in the classroom and even in their subconscious. (It still amazes me how some whites will still cross the street as if by reflex when they see a group of Black males approaching.) I have noticed one common prac- tice of University students which is - with negligible exceptions-a split among racial barriers. This practice is the Friday night party. (This practice may also take place on Saturday, Sun- day, Wednesday ... After all, this is the University of Michigan. But, for the sake of simplicity, I will stick to Fridays.) This is also one such prac- tice where Blacks and whites can learn much from each other. I warn you now, I will be making a great number of stereotypes. I real- ize that you may not conform to these stereotypes, but you must be willing to concede that many do. If you're one of those diehard PC non-viola- tors, you will probably die of shock upon reading this, so don't. Also, I don't want to receive too much hate mail. Hell, if I was a sociology profes- sor, this would be considered prize literary work; so chill. Also, I acknowledge that this is- sue doesn't just apply to Blacks and whites. Everyone-Latinos, Asians, Native Americans, Russians, etc.-are affected by racial separations. How- ever, I haven't the time nor the news- paper space to include every ethnicity represented at the University. Every Friday evening, hordes of University students prepare for a night of drunken revelry. Whites dress in a variety of denim jeans and plaids and head for the various historically white frats and sorority houses on State Street or Washtenaw. Meanwhile, Blacks deck themselves in overpriced name-brand clothes and gym shoes and head to either the Union, where many parties sponsored by histori- cally Black frats and sororities are held, or to someone's pad for a house party. Already, the racial separation is apparent. Few Blacks attend "white" parties, and even fewer whites attend "Black" parties fearing that Blacks will take revenge on them for what See PARTIES, page 8 I I The Holy Cows fhe Holy Cows, those local music people, will be playing up a storm tonight at the Blind Pig. Not to be confused with e national band the Cows, the Holy Cows are as surely a product of our neighborhood as construction and pizza places. If you don't go and support local acts like (or specifically) this, then the local scene fairy will come to your place of residence and beat you about the head and neck with a two by four until you either come to your senses or pass out like a water buffalo with tuming sickness. And Gone Daddy Finch will be there, too, so move your weasely little bottom down there. Fall Lessons Every Sunday Night Main Dance Room, CCRB 7:00pm Beginning Lessons 8:00pm General Dancing Everybody is welcome! No partner necessary! It's Free! There is no pre-registration. Just show up at the beginning of the lessons whenever you like. Dress is casual For More Information Call: 663-9213 f6ance 6f6?6 I Blues and Jazz Festival - Taj Mahal The photo says it all. Taj Mahal is a master of blues and R&B, simultaneously intense yet mellow, traditional yet innovative. His voice is *rresistable, and his flowing stream-of-conciousness stories are rooted in Afrocentricity and steeped in the pride he has for his musical elders. This pride is not just a scholarly one: "Man, there ain't no dust on my guitar!" he exclaims. Indeed, he is headlining on the final night of the Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival, an event as historical yet as timeless as "Taj" himself. His 1993 release "Dancing the Blues" is a living testament to the music that first enraptured and inspired him: the post-war R&B of the forties, fifties and sixties. Cuts like "Strut," "Blue Light Boogie" and "Blues Ain't Nothing" are Taj Mahal originals that pay respect to the elders in the best possible way: a new interpretation and recreation of their R&B / blues standards. See Taj Mahal play the music he loves on Sunday the 18th at *Gallup Park. Gates open at 11 am; 1-day passes are $10 for students with ID, $13.50 in advance, and $15 at the gate. Call 747-9955 for additional information. 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