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Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner ’68
by Gary L. Johnson '
Next school term, the campus population will include 40+
Negroes in the Freshman Class ’68. These Negroes are now,
and will be disillusioned — that is receiving fraternity and ac
tivity mail yet when they get here, they find it different.
Of course. their tint week will
be gnat Everybody will at least
ittempt to.be friends. Then
when te fraternities move in, the
freshman relationships will change
considerably. There is hardly any
talking of friendship, and the re
lationship that existed before this
point has been completely termi-
lated. Then there are the week-
nds where the Poor Souls will
face the ever lonesome hour. As
the eeks go by, they will begin
to take their so-called places and
form their own colony. They will
ime hardened and embittered
use of the hypocritical white
fiends that speak in the dorm and
can’t see you in public. These same
Negro freshman come forth to the
Cafeteria and find a gold, blue,
and green rug and brown-beige
* tiles. Then they will be met with
* the excuses, Tm sorry, but I was
raised up the wey I am and I can’t
!" Then about the second
quarter the Negro students are
tired and disappointed at Mercer
? What is their des
tiny? Their alternatives?
At home I have several friends
coming to Mercer next year. They
ash, “How is school? Tell me about
it!” Usually I say two or three sen
tences of non-encouragement but
not encouragement What else can
I say?
Oh yes, of course you the white
Mercerians have a problem, and
it’s true that your parents might
be responsible for the prejudices
you preach, but at this stage of
the game—College—, one should
be mature enough to make his own
decisions and guidelines to follow.
But many white students have the
attitude, "My father was a segre
gationist, I’m a segregationist and
my children will be segregation
ists." Hal Now what do I do in
the meantime? Where does the ’68
Negro freshman go from this point?
—To Hell? Sorry, but we will take
no more back seats.
Oh yes, you white Mercerians
with the white only attitude are
going to be in a bind next term.
There will be more than 100 Neg
roes on campus—6% total, popu
lation. Bluntly, it will be a mass,
and we the Negroes will not tol
erate what we did in *64, ‘86, *66,
’67. Thoee days are over and gone.
Now, what are you, the White,
going to do—Nothing? I don’t
think so. We, the Negroes, are not
going to let you do nothing. We
are going to act. How? guess!
What right do I have to say
this: 1) I am a Mercerian in name,
2) I am a Negro and an impatient
man, 3) and I am Gary Johnson
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who has thus begun to act Other
Negroes who have been silent and
afraid in the past to speak out are
coming to the spotlight. A threat?
By no means. But it is a prediction,
and if you ware I, Gary Johnson,
a Negro at Mercer in Macon, Geor
gia, of the deep South, you would
know why this prediction cannot
fail. Let’s get right with God you
Baptist? Let’s get our House in
order Mercer!? Guess who’s com
ing to dinner in ’68.
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there. At any University in UAA.!
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mer *68 U S.A--style, and it’s go
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Dear Fnitnioua,
Yesterday a Mead of mine asked me what 1 thought of the world’s
situation. My reply was, “I’m not certain, but it could be. Anything
can be done I think, maybe, but I wouldn’t want to say for ntre. You
see, I really don’t know all the tacts because I’ve never tried thinking
before. In conclusion. If it is possible one could maybe, but I wouldn’t
bet my money on It” Wasn’t I correct?
Unquestionably youra,
Susie Cream cheese
Dear Susie (you wonderful amoe
ba),
Yes, you are absolutely right!
You will lead a fantastic life if
you retain that grand quality of
not thinking.
Only fools think and it’* the id
iots who commit themselves to
what they believe. Those guys who
say what they mean are really
stupid. I guess they are just look
ing for trouble.
On the local level look at Dean
Trimble, because he said what he
believed at the social organization
discussion ... he “fired up” some
emotions and even went as far as
to wake up twenty-five students
who were peacefully asleep in their
chairs. Boy, what a fool! He made
people question their beliefs and
worst of all THINK!
Dr. Martin Luther King. Jr.,
was another fool. He was just ask
ing for it (if he hadn't interfered
we could have had these neat riots
ten years ago). Dr. King's prob
lem began when he started to think
about what was going on around
him. He then made the fatal mis
take of speaking up when he saw
something wrong. Look at him
now, shot just like Mahatma Gand
hi. Those non-violence guys are
troublemakers.
Stokely Carmichael is another
-one. Because of him, we the people
have to think. We have to think
of a way to justify ourselves be
cause he has said we haven’t been
fair to all (what a crazy idea, and
here in America!). Stokely has
made some of us think while
George Wallace is making the oth
er part react. These guys just don’t
know what they are doing.
Although I don't agree with any
of these men because it'* eaaier to
think about it, rumor ha* it that
some of my friends are thinking
. . . poor fellows. Next thing you
know they will be reinforcing their
thoughts with action.
Susie baby, you have got it
made! If you continue to merely
exist no one will ever ask you for
your opinion, judgment ofr any
of that other crap. Your life will
be like that of the Vegetable Peo
ples': completely perfect because
no problems exist to think about.
Just let someone else do the think
ing, then if anything goes wrong,
you can always blame them. Re
member, those jerks who stick their
necks out usually make decision*,
influence people and are leaders.
Who wants that!?
Yours in love and peace,
Frumious
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