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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (April 5, 1971)
Black attitudes revealed in Rights report By PATTI MINTON Of the Emerald The attitudes of approximate*} half of Eugene s permanent Black residents were revealed la a week in an extensive report approved by tbe Eugene Human Rights Coamussaaa Sponsored by the Eugepe City Council last spring, the survey polled 319 persons from families about problems which exist for Blacks in employment, education, housing. government, pobce relations and medical needs Only longer term community residents were included in the survey, however, therefore eliminating tbe 3®0 Black students currently attending the University According to the report. over sixty per cent of tbe residents interviewed had lived in Eugene for more chan ten years, and eighty per cent had lived here more than six years Significant dissatisfaction was primarily registered with regard to job opportunities, followed by education and housing. Medical care rated tbe least dissatisfaction according to the report , . The report's unroductkm. prepared by survey director Ron Fame, indicates that a relationship exists between income and un met health needs in the Black community. Forty-three per cent of families with incomes bekow i&M) had unmet health needs, while only rune per cent of families with S5000 phis incomes had such needs. Blacks also reported experiencing discrimination in bousing, education and law syyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy/yyyyyyyyyyyyyyysssyyyyyyyyyyyyyyys. enforcement. yet seventy per cent of thoae si id they (fad nothing abend it. Of those sur \eyed., however, one-third indicated that demonstrations. marches and militant oreamzatKms sere the most effective forms a keal actum Ax observation of the report -vrtr*1 ~a Qfwtfvart gap m communication r»es deaened to solve racial problems as well This vss iwtntwi when one-third of the respondents mdjeated they were unaware of the pg yjcmance of the Human Rights Coannussaot: Specific suggestions regarding education included efforts to get additional Black ad ministrators. teachers, aides and classified personnel into die public schools at every level The conumsston also called for a restatement of the school district's policy concerning problems raised by minority groups in the schools A team of specialists in the area of race relations axuud be appointed by the school district the commission reported, and the district should also implement procedures for identifying racism among prospective em ployees Concerning education the commission generally observed that "A second generation of Black citizens is recerving an un satisfactory eduction and racial problems are manifest at aE levels of pubbe school educatioc Schools must now act to suppress racist conditions and to foster healthy at titudes among students and staff ' In the critical area of employment, the survey discovered that the unemployment rate for Blacks was at least 11 per cent, or roughly two-fifths higher than the rate for all workers in the Lane County Labor market during April-June 1976. The commtssMC concluded by suggesting that The Oregon State Department of Em ployment assign a minority relations expert to its Eugene office Concerning bousing, overcrowding was not listed as a problem in Eugene s Mack households, however “the overwhelming majority of Bleak families felt that the condition and availability of bousing for whites was much better than that for Blacks.'' _ The commission suggested the ap pointment of a minority relations specialist as an employee of the City of Eugene who would be responsible for assisting local residents in qualifying for private home ownership. _. In the area of law enforcement, tne committee concluded that few Blacks the odice to solve discrimination prowems, however they do seek police assurtance regarding other law violations According to Sb? report. “most Black people have the opinion that relations of the police with the community as a whole are bad, but relations between the police and the Black community are even worse ” , , _ Surveyed Blacks also expressed a desire to see more Blacks employed in various law enforcement agencies, however not as a measure of “tokenism.’ The committee’s recommendations on law enforcement included an attitude change on the part of law enforcement personnel toward Blacks, including the institution of race sensitivity classes. In general, the committee stressed the need for relations between Blacks and law enforcement on personal and education contacts rather than arrest situations. The political attitudes of Eugene Blacks •*ould dispel the illusion once and for all that Eugene is somehow blessed while the rest of the country is damned in a pit of racial turmoil ” According to the survey, local Blacks are generally a concerned segment, with 55 per cent as registered voters com pared with 45 per cent in the total community 62 per cent of those registered Blacks participated in school and city elections as opposed to 25 per cent of all voters, yet the majority of Blacks have no affiliation with local organizations or groups. In general, the commission found local Blacks to be alienated from government agencies, including those designed to meet their needs. It recommended that more communication and understanding must be established before progress with specific problems which confront Black citizens can occur. Based on the survey, the commission evaluated itself and recommended that it be broadened to include representation from all non-white minority groups, including economic and age minorities. The body noted that one-third of the Blacks interviewed were under 30 and that no representative from this age group is represented on the commission. Tht Or agari Oaay tmmm m pubti*ed MM*r Mra** Friday daring 1O1001 year,’ r«ep>* darme mum and vacation pariodi fate# wmUt^tur*** P-inaok^»«mmer two ion. toy •» PtMMcaMaaa guard of ttw Unrvoraity O* Oregon taconddaoo postage paid at Eugene, Or open nan. tnacrtpaie rates tie per year. PM nadamlr. roar, n » par term. Editor Manager Emerald Claatified in y DOWNTOWN I EUGENE I PARK CAMPUS EVENTS CALENDER MONDAY, APRIL 5,1971 9:00 am—CSPA field staff meeting 10:00 am—Pollution and international law conference—129 Law 11:00 am—CSPA search committee meeting—Faculty dub 12:00 noon—Pollution and international law conference lunch Art history faculty meeting—Faculty dub 1 00 pm —WIN Personnel office meeting Baseball: Gonzaga University—Howe Field 2:00 pm—CSPA council meeting 3 :00 pm—CASEA lecture 3:30 pm—Physics colloquium E. H. Hauge—221 Allen Baseball: St- Mary s College—Howe Field Gordon Gilkey, OSU. Dean's candidate. Lecture: “Contemporary Print Techniques”—107 Lawrence 7 00 pm—Tree of Life series YMCA 7 30 pm—Recreational Folk Dance—Gerimger Gym 8 00 pm—' Rashomoo FngKab dept, film—ISO Science McGovern for President meeting TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 1971 12:00 noon—OSEA executive board meeting 3:00 pm—Baseball Oregon College of Education—Howe Field 3:30 pm—Deans and department beads meeting—115 Gerimger 4:30 pm—“American Foreign Policy” lecture Dr. Denny—250 CLS Recreation graduate student association meeting 6:30 pm—Alpha Kappa Psi meeting Escape workshop 7:00 pm—Tree of Life series YMCA 7:00 4 9:00 pm—RCU film: Breakfast program benefit films— LM PLC 8:00 pm—Phi Beta Alumni Don Hunter slides April 6 4 7— Recital Hall U of O Student employees union meeting WEDNESDAY. APRIL 7.1971 9:00 am—Interinstitutional committee on High School visitations conference— Faculty dub 10:00 am—Crew: UO vs Longbeacb—Dexter Lake OSEA bargaining council meeting 10:30 am—South Wales Australia School meeting Univ placement service 11:30 am—Japanese language table 3:30 pm —Facuity meeting—150 Science 3 30 pm—Esperanto dub organizational meeting 6:30 pm—German movies, German dub—Gold Room, Carson Hall Bridge lessons—Faculty dub Chess club 7:00 pm—Bridge dub meeting—Faculty dub 7:00&9:00pm—RCU film : Breakfast program benefit films—180 PLC 7:30 pm—Pi Mu Epsilon meeting—208 Deady 8:00 pm—Condon lecture—150 Science Phi Beta Alumni Don Hunter slides—Recital Hall THURSDAY. APRIL 8.1971 11:30 am—Graduate student council meeting 12:00 noon—Foreign student friendship foundation meeting—Faculty club 12:30 pm—Art history faculty meeting—Faculty club Howard Kennett Piano recital—Recital Hall 1:00 pm—Baseball: University of Portland—Howe Field 4:00 pm—Co-op store annual meeting 5:30 pm—Education for Real Estate salesmen lecture—Straub Hall 6 30 pm & 9:00 pm—Survival film series: “Multiply & Subdue the earth”—180 PLC 8:00 pm—Woodwind Quintet concert—Recital Hall Condon lecture—150 Sci. FRIDAY. APRIL 9.1971 12:00 noon—Physical plant search committee meeting—Faculty dub 12:30 pm—Friday’s musical smorgasbord—Recital Hall 3:00 pm—Tennis: Oregon State University—Corvallis Tennis: Southern Oregon College RR tournament April 9-10—Ashland, Ore. 30.7:00 & 9:15 pm—Political science films: “Persona"—150Science 30 pm—Slavic film festival: “Ashes and Diamonds”—180 PLC 00 pm—“King Lear” Drama—University Theatre Recreational Folk Dance—Gerlinger Gym SATURDAY. APRIL 19.1971 TRACK: University of Washington—Hayward Field 1:30 pm—Baseball: OSU—Corvallis 2:00 pm—“A Winter’s Tale” Drama—University Theatre 8:00 pm—Folk Concert “Richard III” Drama—University Theatre SUNDAY. APRIL 11.1971 4:00 pm—Josephine Hart Soprano, degree recital—Recital Hall 7:00 A 9:15 pm—University film society: “La Ronde”—University Theatre 8:00 pm—Linda Bishop - Flute, student recital—Recital Hall UNIVERSITY OF OREGON (2®=®P ' 13th At Kincaid Campus Extension 4331 .. i n m
