Black Residents Say
Racism Exists in Dormitories
By LES BLUMENTHAL
Of the Emerald
Editor’s Note: This is the
first of two articles dealing with
racism in dormitories. The sec
ond article will be interviews
with dorm counselors.
In its first report to Univer
sity President Arthur S. Flem
ming, the President’s Commit
tee on Racism on Campus found
“the most important problem
confronting dormitories is the
problem of racism.”
• The report then went on to
discuss ways of eliminating this
racism. It broke the problem
down into three parts: place
ment of students in dorms, re
cruitment and training of dorm
itory personnel and the prepara
tion of dormitory food.
Secluded Racism
John Green and Billy Gaskins
are two Washington, D.C., Ne
groes who are in this system;
they live in Adams Hall, Walton
Complex.
“Racism definitely exists, not
always open, usually secluded.
A hostile tendency, uncomfort
able stares in the cafeteria line,
snickers coming from a room
as you walk by,” says Green, a
freshman in sociology.
University Wins
NDEA Grant
The University has been
awarded a $1.2 million grant
from the U.S. Office of Educa
tion for support of the Na
tional Defense Education Act
(NDEA) graduate fellowship
program during the 1968 69 aca
demic year, according to Calvin
Fisk, administrative officer of
the graduate school.
The grant, which is less than
the amount awarded for the
current year, will provide a to
tal of 225 fellowships on the doc
toral level as compared to 240
fellowships awarded this year,
Fisk said. Of the total, 41 new
fellowships will be awarded
next year, while 75 were new
this year. The remainder are
renewals of previously award
ed fellowships.
Nearly all departments and
schools except those not award
ing doctoral degrees will re
ceive a portion of the funds.
The NDEA fellowship pro
gram, which was begun seven
years ago, is the largest gradu
ate awards program on cam
pus, according to Fisk.
Other major doctoral awards
programs include the National
Science Foundation Traineeship
and Fellowship grants and the
U.S. Public Health Service Grad
uate Fellowships.
Two fellowship programs also
exist on the master’s degree
level, the Experienced Teacher
Fellowship Program and the
Prospective Teacher Fellowship
Program.
Gaskins, a sophomore, says,
"When a White is near to a
Negro everything is maybe up
tight, when he gets a few steps
away . . . It’s there, some guys
don’t have enough guts to come
out and confront you.
Open Prejudice
“Some people try to fool
themselves, but deep down in
side they’re racists. It comes out
most when a Black dates a
White. When you’re around a
dorm, guys break their necks
to talk with you. but when
they’re with a girl, well, it’s
something else,” he continued.
“I’ve not openly experienced
prejudice, mostly just talking.
A White looks at you once,
that's all right, twice that’s fair,
a third time, well you know
...” added Green.
“It was my own choice to
room with Bill. He is a home
boy with similar characteristics.
No place has the same style,”
continued Green. He felt no
pressure to room with Bill, in
fact originally he was to have
roomed with a White, but he
Visual Workshop
Set for August
Designers, photographers, crit
ics and teachers will be visiting
the University this summer to
participate in a workshop on vis
ual communication.
Participants attending the
Aug. 12-23 workshop will study
the use of images as aft, com
munication, propaganda and en
tertainment.They will also inves
tigate the way in which im
ages are perceived.
A faculty of national promi
nence has been selected to pre
sent lectures and lead discus
sions, including W. Eugene
Smith, an international photo
journalist; Jerry Snyder, art di
rector of Scientific American,
and Martin Dworkin. editor of
the series on Culture and Com
munication for Teachers Col
lege of Columbia University.
A fee of $160 will be assess
ed for the course which car
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Two additional hours of credit
will be available to those wish
ing to prepare a paper.
Further information about the
course may be obtained from
Bernard Freemesser, associate
professor, School of Journalism,
University of Oregon. Eugene,
97403.
PL-3 Schedule
Tuesday, May 21
6:30—Huntley-Brinkley Report
7:00—PL-3 News
7:15—Seminar in Alienated Youth
Education
8:30—UO Conversation with Tony
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just felt it would be better to
room with a person who has
"the same sentiments, and
hopes you do.”
Gaskins looked back on the
previous year he had spent at
Utah. "You get that extra look
in Utah. A man almost drove
into a pole looking at me. The
first clay when I woke up in
the dorms there. I found a sign
on the door to my roommate
and me, saying ‘Black boys go
home.’ I’m freer here than I
was at Utah.”
Turning to the suggestion of
the President’s committee to
have more Black counselers,
and better-trained White ones,
Green said, "there are Blacks
who want to be counselors. They
just don’t know how to go about
it.”
Both emphasized that they
had not felt that the counselers
in their dorm were prejudiced,
but that they had heard from
their friends that some were.
Black Counselor
They believe that besides the
fact that they could communi
cate better with a Black coun
selor, it would also be a learn
ing experience for White stu
dents.
Questioned about the word
"soul,” Green said. “It is some
Mental Health
Workshop Slated
The University will be hold
ing a mental health workshop
from June 10 to 14. The pro
gram is designed for teachers,
public school administrators,
counselors, public health per
sonnel, health educators, and
personnel in allied health, bio
logical, and medical science.
The workshop fee is $31 for
two hours of undergraduate
credit (HE 408) or graduate
credit (HE 508). Students may
apply the fee to their total reg
istration fee for the regular
summer session provided they
do not exceed a full load of
course wprk.
thing from the heart that every
one has; it just never reaches
a peak in some people. It’s the
ability to let yourself go.
Soul Food Not Bad
“The dorms serve Chinese
food, Scandanavian food, Italian
and Indian food; soul food can’t
be that bad,” Green said laugh
ingly. They went on to talk
about sweet potato pies, chit
lins, candied yams, ham hocks,
blackeyed peas, and pig’s feet.
Green continued, “If you’re
going to persecute the man.
why don’t you just go ahead
and separate them? Most Whites
don’t know what afflictions
Whites put cn Negroes. Why
shouldn’t the Black be preju
diced against the White? Why
should the Whites be preju
diced? Who’s suffered?
“Most Negroes are impatient.
They don’t want to have a life
like their parents.’ I don’t want
it handed to me; I want the
opportunity.”
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