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
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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
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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.
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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
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