November 17, 1988 (vol. 99, iss. 51) • Page Image 4
…-Israel" student activist group - constructed a wooden Israeli school "bus on the Diag. On the side of the bus 'Tagar painted a racist statement: "STOP ARAB TERRORISM." The bus symbolizes an attack last month on the…
…OPINION Page 4 Tiursday, November 17, 1988 The Michigan Daily 0 E 3ibah i t yianU Edited and managed by students at The University of Michigan Fasting for the poor 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor…
… regard Asians as an underrepresented mi- + nority. Many Asian student groups feel that their representation is not adequate because the distribution of Asians1 among various schools is not represen- tative…
… million people with terrorism. This is not a political statement but a racial one. Arabs aresnot a political en- tity, such as a state or political *organization. The statement "STOP ISRAELI TERRORISM" on…
…. Recently, several Asian students were called "chinks" at a Kappa Sigma party. The incident was disturbing but the response to it was even more in- dicative of the trivialization of Asian issues on this…
… campus. Several Asian student groups told the Daily that they believe that the fraternity did not expect them to respond because Asians are perceived as politically inactive and are not expected to be…
… girls and prostitutes. Other issues which Asian student groups hope to address are: the need for a Center for Asian American stud- ies, Asian faculty in the liberal arts, and a Korean language program…
… condemnation. The stereotype of Arabs as terrorists is common. For example, just last year the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Immigration and Naturalization Services arrested eight Palestinians…
… declared them terror- ists. All charges against them were eventually thrown out of federal court. These government actions perpetuate the myth that Arabs are dangerous. Several Arab and anti-racist groups…
… presented a resolution asking the Michigan Student Assembly to con- demn Tagar, to withdraw recognition of the group, and to demand that Tagar offer a public apology. MSA tabled the resolution presented by…

















































