2 - The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, January 17, 1995 HOOKS Continued from page 1 disintegration of families. Hooks spoke passionately about single-parent families. "This is some- thing that we must deal with," he said. "There's more to being a father than just conception." Although the status of Blacks looked" bleak during King's life, Hooks recalled King saying: "But I have seen the promised land." As a lawyer, preacher, businessman and civil rights activist, Hooks said he too has seen "the promised land." If anyone would have told him as a young boy there would be Black may- ors in cities across America, Hooks said, "I would have laughed at them. But thank God it's happened - I've seen the promised land." To those who say Blacks have made no progress, he said, "Let's stop lying. We've come a long way, but do not forget we still have a long way to go." Hooks cited four ways to continue the progress: be prepared to work hard, stop putting each other down, reach out to all people and "have that kind of faith that Martin Luther King had." After his speech, Hooks said that it is important to speak with college students. He said he brings a message of "peace and love and the message of moving forward and to remind people there is still a lot to be done." "If we don't do that with college students," Hooks said, "we're lost." Third-year Medical student Althea Hunte said she was glad she attended. "The speech was inspirational," she said, "because I think it serves as a reminder just how far we've come." University President James J. Duderstadt opened the program. Raymond Mullins, president of the Ypsilanti/Willow Run Branch of the NAACP, gave the welcoming speech, and Carl Breeding, president of the Michigan State Conference of the NAACP introduced Hooks. After everyone spoke, Hooks led the audience in a spiritual, "We Shall Overcome." Black Student Union Speaker Nina Smith looks on as students struggle over a megaphone at BSU's rally yesterday. Speaker calls for more complete psychology research on Blacks By MARIA KOVAC Daily Staff Reporter Pamela Trotman Reid reports that socialresearch on African Americans is scarce. When searching for journal ar- ticles on Blacks recently, she found few listed on a database, she said. As a professor of psychology and women's studies at City University of New York, Reid is concerned about how African Americans are examined from a psychological perspective. "Psychology continues to depict African Americans as stereotypes," Reid said inaspeech before100people in Lorch Hall's Askwith Auditorium yesterday afternoon. Reid said she believes psycho- logical studies do not pay enough attention to diversity and that research- ers too often see ethnic groups as immaterial to their studies. Due to this lack of psychological research involving African Ameri- cans, there is little information or literature about such things as ethnic identity and gender roles, Reid said She said that a crisis of identifica- tion exists when people who view themselves as Black or white are not seen in the same way by society. Reid explained that a Black person's "authenticity" is often ques- tioned by society when they excel intellectually or professionally. She said that many young African Ameri- cans worry they may "relinquish their ethnic identity by being successful." "Criteria is also set within the Afri- can American community as it tends to privilege men over women and does not pay enough attention to class differ- ences and sexual orientation,"Reid said. Reid believes that society - and in particular, the field of psychology - need to recognize that context, or one's experiences, and identity can overlap. They are not separate enti- ties of an African American's exist- ence. "Being Black is not the totality of our culture," Reid said. LSA junior Ryan Yoder enjoyed Reid's lecture. "The idea of develop- ing more complex models of race and ethnicity was interesting," he said. MLK DAY Continued from page 1 "what you see is not always what you get" theme. Speakers emphasized the need for Blacks and members of other minr- ity groups to avoid being co-opted by what former BSU speaker Aletea Gordon called "a system that seeks our end." When LSA sophomore Nina Smith, the BSU's Speaker tried to close the event, some of the individu- als present protested. Members of the National Women's Rights Organizing Coali- tion and the three Dental School work- ers recently fired and reinstated, wished to address the crowd. NWROC organizer and RC junior Jodi Masley said Smith had previ ously agreed to include the workers. Though Smith denies this, Masley said, "she's lying." Using what Masley described as "thug tactics," BSU members forcibly blocked NWROC members from tak- ing the microphone. One student at- tempted to wrestle an NWROC bullhorn away from Shanta Driver, the director of the Detroit NWROJ office. Approximately 20 students rushed in to participate in the brawl, which ended as BSU leaders left quicky, taking the public-address equipment they had rented with them. NWROC members, after recap- turing their bullhorn, allowed the workers to say their peace, and then marched to the Dental School and demonstrated for an additional hal hour. Masley describes BSU's alleged last-minute omission of the NWROC speakers"adouble-cross." She added, "The BSU exposed itself to be 100- percent co-opted." Smith classified NWROC's ac- tions as "misdirected and disrespect- ful," and though she refused to com- menton Masley's allegations, she feI the march and speeches had been a success in general. Others disagreed. Shawn Cordell, a Lawrence Tech Institute student who attended, was disappointed. "A quiet voice don't get responses," he said. "People could have shown more en- thusiasm." Cordell also felt the BSU was hypocritical in denying the workers the right to speak. "They talked abou being controlled, and then went and tried to control others." Several students were offended by Jones' addressing the multira- cial crowd as "Black people," and an Ann Arbor man objected to the University condoning the BSU's chanting "fight the power," in the streets of Ann Arbor. "It's disrup- tive," he said. Despite discord generated by the Unity March, students in general shared a spirit of harmony. Kenisha Purifoy, an LSA first- year student, said she felt the day was a "remembrance of a great man who did a lot for a country trying to il- prove problems of racism." from an individual novement to :a more organizational trend. Plides said desegregation through the years has had a positive effect n all aspects of life. "Ranging frim college, economic success, social re- lations across racial lies, rates of drop- outs, delinquency and even preg- nancy, people are better off in an Speaker challenges Asian Americans 1995 Martin Luther King Symposium Dr. Edwin J. Nichols "Understanding the Roots of Cultural Conflicts: Pathways to Intercultural Skills" January 17, 1995 9:00am - 12pm Chrysler Auditorium, North Campus or 1:30pm - 4:30pm Michigan Union Ballroom Dr. Edwin Nichols, an internationally recognized consult- ant on cultural diversity, is an exciting and dynamic speaker. His presentation will: 1) increase understanding of the 'roots' of cultural differ- ences (e.g., decision making, use of time, communication, conflict resolution, etc); 2) provide insight into the practical application of inter- cultural skills; and 3) provide additional knowledge in the application of the Managing Diversity process and other diversity ap- proaches. Dr. Edwin Nichols' presentation is sponsored by: the ITD Managing Diversity Program, the College of Engineering, Family Housing-Office of Student Affairs, and the University Libraries. By MAUREEN SIRHAL Daily Staff Reporter Warren Furutani, the first Asian American chair of the Los Angeles School Board, challenged the University's large Asian American population to be visible advocates for their rights during a lecture at the Michigan Union yesterday. More than 100 students and faculty turned out to hear Furutani's message about the challenges facing minorities. "At times we start getting con- fronted by certain attitudes that we are not familiar with," Furutani said. "When I started school, people dealt with Asian names as though they lost their intellectual equilibrium." "In order to understand people, you have to listen to their history as it unfolds every day," Furutani said. "We are in the position to put that history in our heads and use it as tools to define ourselves." Furutani criticized the United States as a nation that has used mi- norities. "The United States has a history of using people of color to build and then use them as a scapegoat when the goal has been completed. Asian Americans were used in the late 1800s to build the railroads, and when that was finished, the Asians were no more. "As soon as you take a group of people and you limit them compared to other groups, you set up a second level of class." Furutani said. Through examples and stories, Furutani invited members of the au- dience to see if they were receiving "their fair share of the pie." "Asian Americans have found a way to survive and grow. The largest minority on this campus are the Asian Americans," Furutani said. "Do you get your fair share? We are asking for justice fairness and equality. How much more American can you be?" Furutani said he wished students were more active on campus. "The student leaders I've run into are very passionate. The question is what kind of vehicle they will use to achieve what it is they want." Many students responded posi- tively to Furutani's speech. "(Furutani) is definitely an ex- ample in the Asian community," said Maricel Fuentes, an LSA senior. "I think if Asian Americans took his message to heart, we would see more activism on campus." BRO WN Continued from page 1 them to take a stand. "We must re- member that it was the young people who led the movement and made a difference, now it is your turn." Henderson said the Brown deci- sion was 105 years in the making. She ACTIVISM Continued from page 1 ing and firing practices at the Dental and Medical schools. "Better com- munication was needed between stu- dent, staff, faculty and maintenance," said Detroit Judge Cynthia Stevens, a member of BAM I. Western Michigan University Prof. Henry Davis, amember of BAM I, said, "We, as a University should cherish the legacy (of student activ- REGISTRAR'S BULLETIN BOARD Dates to Remember Last Day to: ism) by working to make our goals a reality. It is important to not only leave with a degree from the Univer- sity but to make this a better place to live in for all of us." Davis also addressed the difficulty for Black professors to attain tenure. "The University has made progress since 1966, when there was only one Black (administrator), however the struggle goes on," said Detroit Audi- tor General Roger Short, a member of BAM I. Panelists argued that the Univer- sity will not encourage efforts to alter the status quo, so students must take the initiative: "You have the power to challenge old premises, to create new visions and to create new choices," Linzie said. Center for African American Stud- ies Prof. Daniel Holliman, a former member of UCAR, strongly criticized Provost Gilbert R. Whitaker Jr. as an "obstructionist" to equality. "Whitaker needs to ask us how we really feel. Just because we have more minority faculty and more insti- tutions set up for minorities, they aren't necessarily helping the situa- tion. We can't be fooled by a Black face in a high place," Holliman said. 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