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The Red and Black / Finals • Monday, June 11, 1990 • 7
Griffin waffles
Concerning your coverage of the
state flag issue, I’m appalled with
the bias of your newspaper. Your
original intent was to present both
sides of the issue and also a middle
voice to create an ‘objective’ forum.
The result proved that objectivity,
even for an independent paper,
loses its way when confronted with
a heated issue. The first two arti
cles spoke with candor and honesty
but the third by Melissa Griffin at
tempted to hide her true feelingB
and failed miserably. Her position
is obvious. Do not change the flag.
She believes that somehow the flag
will change itself. I suppose that it
changed itself in 1956 also.
Bengston totally ignores the flag
change of 1956 that was a reaction
to the 1954 desegregation ruling by
the Supreme Court. Griffin seems
to think that only poor, white,
rural folks can be racist. And both
think that the point of changing
the flag is an attempt to “cure”
racism. I’m glad that a graduate
journalism student and a senior
English rntyor have the insight to
realize that racism is a bit larger
than a flag. The reason has nothing
to do with the Civil War or with ed
ucation. The Old South spoken of
in Heath’s article is the South of
1956 when blacks had separate
lives and were not considered even
as human as a white. We find it so
easy to condemn the South Afri
cans for their inhumanity when in
our backyards we still coddle a
symbol, i.e. the flag, that is a direct
confrontation to our own desegre
gation attempts. Why is it so hard
for ‘Southerners’ to admit that
their past is filled with a few mis
takes/
Matthew S. Penn
senior, engl I ah
The R & B racist?
I am writing you in regards of
the inabilty of The R & B to include
some sort of mention of the late
great Sammy Davis, Jr. It’s known
that Mr. Davis touched the hearts
of many people through his enter
tainment and expertise. It shows a
lack of tact on your part to leave
him out of your newspaper.
I was appalled to read the May
17th edition and see the death of
Jim Henson mentioned in the
paper but not even a small clip no
tifying the public that Mr. Davis
had died.
The two entertainers died on the
same day, and it seems to me that
The R & B chose to inform the
public of the white entertainers
death as opposed to the black en
tertainer’s death, not only was Mr.
Henson’s death mentioned
Thursday, but there was also an
editorial cartoon tribute Friday.
The R & B has adhered to favor
itism as well as to discrimination
on the part of its white readers
versus its black readers.
In my opinion, the least that can
be done at this time is to inform
your readers of your contrast of in
terest in favor of Mr. Henson and
in opposition to Mr. Davis.
Sonya C. Williams
sophomore, economics
Howard F. Lemons
sophomore, economics
Kelly conditioned, too
This letter is in reponse to Scott
"Chris, this Is our last day working together. Don’t make me hurt
you.”
— Hogal Nassery, R & B opinions editor, to Chris Grimes, asso
ciate news editor, who was trying to put a lollipop in her hair.
on flag issue
Kelly’s piece on feminism. I think
most people will agree that it’s only
the people who go too far — the ex
tremists — who encourage the rest
of us to go far enough. It was only
after radicals like Alice Paul orga
nized protests and demonstrations
that women eventually got the
nineteenth amendment passed
which allowed us to vote.
I also find it striking that Scott
Kelly should so ignorantly indicate
his own completely successful con
ditioning by society. I think it’s sad
that so many people fail to realize
that they are conditioned — mostly
by the media — to accept only nar
rowly defined concepts about
what’s beautiful and what’s accep
table. It’s not only the sexist media,
however, that conditions people.
We’re also affected by the white-
male curriculum taught in school.
In my experience at the Univer
sity, most of my teachers have
made excuses and have acknowl
edged that their course will mostly
consist of materia] by white-males.
Also consider the fact that most
popular religions conceive of God
as a man. Men are given a concept
of themselves as divine — women
are not Most people admit that all
of this does devalue a woman’s ex
perience and makes it very hard
for us to truly define ourselves
since there’s nothing with which
we can identify.
The next time Scott Kelly de
cides to write on a particular sub
ject, he should take a little more
time not only to research his sub
ject, but also to truly think on what
he’s writing about. Women’s
equality concerns more than equal
rights and laws — we must also
fight against the things that have
made it necessary for a feminist
movement in the first place.
Kristin Zimmerman
freshman, interdisciplinary studies
Young Boggs at large
Luke Boggs’ “Letter to the NEA”
is yet another example of the au
thor’s misguided youthful zeal. He
shows no understanding of the ar
tistic process and needs of the
human spirit. With an outpouring
of rhetorical hyperbole, Boggs
lowers himself to the worst form of
sophistry.
Socrates once said that the
wisest man is he who claims to
know nothing. If we use this as our
scale of wisdom, young Boggs has a
long way to go.
Can Boggs produce a single
“artist” such as his absurd Flavius
that wins government suppport?
Can Boggs defend his libertarian
views without resorting to rhetor
ical flash? Can Boggs say anything
intelligent about the need to get
government out of the arts?
If the market is allowed to deter
mine what is to be art, Madonna
will be our Diva, Tom Clancy the
poet laureate, and slick advertise
ments will hang in place of Dali,
Mapplethorpe et a]..
Perhaps then Boggs will be
happy and his spirit fulfilled.
Michael Zwecker
Junior, history
An apology is in order
On behalf of Lowery’s Tavern we
would like to apologize to young
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Terrance Heath for the way he was
treated on his first visit to Lowery’s
last quarter. We remember the
night in question very well. As
Young Terrance ascended the
stairway and into the main room, a
cold dark silence fell over the
crowd. The band ceased to play and
the large crowd spread to avoid
contact with Young Terrence and
his date/friend. As they made their
way through the room it seemed
like an eternity before he finally
reached the bar. The whole way
the crowd was undressing Young
Terrance and his date/friend with
their eyes.
To make matters even worse,
someone actually said “Hey” to
Young Terrance. Well, Young Ter
rance, my response since my child
hood years to that is, “Hay is for
horses.” That would have shut that
rude person up for sure.
And yes, Young Terrance, you
were wise in appearing as a couple
because, as mentioned in your edi
torial, people who appear to be
alone do get hassled at Lowery’s. In
fact, Young Terrance, we beat
them severly upon the head area
and throw them out the windows
where they plummet to an ag
onizing, lonely death. And so
Young Terrance, if you do decide to
visit our establishment in the fu
ture, please come with a date/f
riend and do hold her hand as to
appear to be a couple. If this isn’t
enough, Young Terrance, I will
personally hold your other hand as
you make your way through the
crowd of Loud Obnoxious Whiny
Egotistical Redneck Yuppie
Schmlicks, as you put it in your ed
itorial.
Chad Lowery
Tim Brown
owners of Lowery’s
Sexuality not a choice
Concerning James Coley’s letter,
it’s Mr. Coley who should acquire a
human sexuality text. In doing so
he may discover that no one de
cides to be homosexual — let alone
just because someone “popular” is
gay. It’s no more a choice than
choosing whether to be right or
left-handed. Further, he may find
that like heterosexual
relationships, homosexual ones are
more than purely sexual.
No, Mr. Coley, homosexuality
won’t be the downfall of America. If
anything, it’ll be intolerance and
hatred that will destroy this
country by denying its own citizens
the right to be who they are, the
rights of life, liberty, and the pur
suit of happiness.
Dann Early
Pear Sexuality Educator
Junior, genetics/zoology
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