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Clark Atlanta University Panther
February 6,1992
PERSPECTIVES
Separate.... but Equal
V* THE PANTHER
Staff Members
Veronica Fields
Editor-In-Chief
Anthony George m
Managing Editor
LaKesha Gage
News Editor
Jayme L. Bradford
Editorial Page Editor
Chandra Thomas
Lifestyles Editor
Lewis Pryor
Sports Editor
Kesha Moorefield
Copy Editor
Ann Wead Kimbrough
Adviser Q
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By Jayme L. Bradford
Editorial Page Editor
It is amazing how students can
go to college together but never
know each other. Many students at
Clark Atlanta University are strang
ers, specifically among the gradu
ate and undergraduate students
“I don’t know any undergrads
and right now I have other goals
and priorities. I don’t have time to
mingle with the them. We have
different aspirations and I don’t have
time to play little games,” a gradu
ate student said
This is the beginning of our prob
lems here at CAU— the lack of
student unitv. How can we come
together with other students in
the Atlanta University Center, if
we are divided.
Although undergrads and grads
have different agendas, we can
learn from each other. Every stu
dent, despite classification, is
By Natasha Shubrick
Contributing Writer
A French class was the last place
I expected to be enlightened about
the growing tension between Afri
can American and African students
in The Atlanta University Center.
Apparently my professor
was so concerned that he felt it
necessary to take a class period to
discuss an article printed in the
Atlanta Constitution concerning
another type of racism in the AUC.
To be quite honest, I too was
surprised, I had no idea such a
problem even existed. After this
startling revelation was made, it
was as if everyone had an incident
or story to contribute to the discus
sion. On one hand there are some
African-Americans who believe
strangely enough that Africa is far
from being civilized.
Their perception is that Africans
resemble Eddie Murphy’s fictional
wife Uhmfoofoo riding through the
jungle naked on zebras, with huge
afros and not to mention, bones in
their noses.
making an effort to survive in this
Eurocentric society by furthering
their education.
Undergraduates need the guid
ance from the grad students in or
der to get some idea of what we will
be confronting in our immediate
futures. By all means, graduate
students should serve as mentors
so that they can bring another
brother or sister up as well.
According to Fredrick Burton ,
another graduate student, CAU stu
dents lack activities that bring them
together. “We’re not in the same
classes or clubs. There aren’t any
organizations wherein we work to
gether."
Students do not work together
bv choice, not by demand. For
example, in the School of Business
there are many organizations that
both graduates and undergradu
ates can partake in. These include
Toastmasters International, Entre
preneurs Club, Decision Science
Club, .American Marketing Asso-
It makes me wonder if they think
Africa is really like a Tarzan movie
with millions of Africans swinging
from trees.
Then there are the old stereo
types that Africans are afraid of
combs, toothbrushes, and wash
cloths. Also, there are the myths
that all Africans are darkcomplected
and malnourished. Where does the
extent of all this misinformation
end?
I can only imagine the disap
pointment African students must
feel when they are continually asked
insensitive as well as ridiculous
questions such as, Are there paved
roads in Africa? Do Africans live in
houses or do they live in grass
huts? Both African professors and
students must find it equally an
noying when some African Ameri
cans purposely claim to have diffi
culty understanding them when
they speak.
On the other hand, it is just as
ciation and the Financial Manage
ment Association. Unfortunately,
not a lot of students participate in
these organizations either.
Even though every' student does
not appreciate the merger of Clark
College and Atlanta University; we
must all accept it. It really hurts my
feelings when students distinguish
one historic institution over the
other; we must all be on the same
accord. Anything divided against
itself can not stand.
St udentsmust interact with each
other more than just during elec
tion time, when candidates want
votes. Although most graduate stu
dents are loyal to their undergradu
ate institutions, their families and
jobs, Clark Atlanta University is a
part of each of us and it’s time for us
to acknowledge that fact. Clark
College and Atlanta University are
dead, Clark Atlanta University has
been born.
wrong when Africans respond nega
tively when they are asked to repeat
themselves. Instances do occur
when African Americans really do
not understand what is being
said.
It is also wrong or "slanted”
that some Africans perceive Afri
can- Americans as being shift
less and lackadaisical. It is also
unfair that some Africans act
arrogant and feel that they are
superior to African Americans.
I am disappointed that some
Africans assume that because
some African-Americans ask
them ignorant questions, we all
share the same closed-minded
mentality.
This type of racism is bred
from ignorance where both cul
tures are concerned, which is
ironic, since we are all of African
descent. It is totally
unconceivable how a race can
slap their own in the face.
Misconceptions in the A.U.C.