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Clark Atlanta University Panther
March 5, 1992
PERSPECTIVES
Monkey See, Monkey Do
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By Jayme L. Bradford
Editorial Page Editor
The very same thing that we often
accuse Morehouse and Spelman stu
dents of doing, we Clark Atlantans
are doing the same thing ourselves.
By all means elitism or should I say
confusion is taking over the Atlanta
University Center. Everyone wants
to be superior and we have all bought
into it.
Whenever you have to justify your
self by putting another brother or
sister down, this is not superiority
but ignorance and in some cases
inferiority. Never have I seen the
stereotypical problems become more
evident in the AUC than at basket
ball games. In fact, it has gotten to
the point that I am sometimes afraid
to go to the games because of the
tension, which can easily become
violent.
For the first time during my
matriculation, I felt ashamed of
some of my classmates because
of the degrading remarks made at
the Feb. 4 game against Morris
By Jocelyn Bogen
Contributing Writer
Well African Americans Febru
ary was your month ! We are
given the shortest month to re
flect on our past and current
accomplishments. So what are we
reading about and watching on
television?
The first presidential primary,
the winter Olympics, and of course
Mike Tyson’s rape trial. Don’t let
me forget about a family member
of one of Jeffrey Dahmer’s victims
who got “real black” during
Dahmer’s trial. Why is the media
is doing all it can to down-play or
blatantly ignore the importance
of this month?
Maybe I’m confused or igno
rant but, what important dates
are celebrated this month? We
have Valentine’s Day- a day for
materialistic expressions, then
there is Abraham Lincoln’s Birth
day- and we all know about how
he “freed the slaves with the great
Emancipation Proclamation.” We
Brown. No longer were the com
ments funny, but rude.
"M.B.C—Make Believe College” was
the very last thing that I would
expect to hear from the mouths of
CAU students, especially with the
way that we often have to prove
ourselves.
If anything, we should have been
chanting, “M.B.C.—The Real Col
lege”. I say this because Morris
Brown is the only historically black
institution in the nation that is
funded totally from the black com
munity. Therefore, when we talk
negatively about Morris Brown, we
simply belittle ourselves along with
the efforts our people have made
towards progress.
I just think how defensive I get
when I hear people talking nega
tively about CAU, because this is
the school that is getting all of my
money. So I can imagine how stu
dents at Morris Brown felt when we
implied that their school was not
comendable. What right does any
one have to pass judgement on an
institution that is trying to uplift
have George Washington’s Birth
day- which we celebrate because he
was our first president.
"A month's reflec
tion of history is
nice but not
enough"- Bogen's
response to Black
History Month
Personally, it is insulting to cel
ebrate President Days when we all
know how sensitive George Bush is
to our concerns, not to mention he
was so helpful in signing our civil
rights bill last year. It was so nice of
him to take time out of his busy
schedule to come to the King Center
to celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King
Jr.’s Birthday . It was so pleasant
seeing him fly with Ms. King to
Atlanta. I guess it didn’t bother her
our race, especially when they are
not a direct part of that entity?
Come on, be reasonable—we know
that it would be an insult if a stu
dent outside our school made a
derogatory comment about CAU.
Furthermore, I have seen conversa
tions get so intense that fights broke
out. But if a CAU student made the
same comment nothing could be
said, because that student pays
money to be here.
People can talk about Morris
Brown all they want, but I have the
utmost respect for the students and
the institution itself, because they
have school spirit and aren't
ashamed to show it.
Wolverines support their school and
events much more than many Clark
Atlantans do. Two weeks ago. the
CAU Student Government Associa
tion sponsored a valentine dance
for $.99 for the student body, and
only ten people showed up, includ
ing the disc jockey. But when
Morris Brown held their social, it
was packed, which is more than we
can say for ourselves.
that we are not important to him
unless were voting!
Anyway, I could go on for days.
The point is-- we have no official
African American holidays
forAfrican American History Month.
I guess nothing important hap
pened this month in history.
Psyche! Two important dates are -
February 20, 1895, the day that
Frederick Douglass died and Feb
ruary 10,1988, the anniversary of
Nelson Mandela's release. African
American history is something we
live out everyday, not 28 days, ex
cuse me we got an extra day this
year! History has served as a
protectant for our people.
Personally, it has been a source
of inspiration during difficult times.
A month’s reflection of history is
nice but it is not enough, unless
learning the “I Have A Dream”
speech and discussing the Under
ground Railroad is all the history
there is. We as a people must take
the initiative and have the desire to
learn about our ancestors, because
it will not be given to us!
African American History: A Year-Long Celebration