Equal opportunity is not enough Bv Myles Brand One common theme woven through man) of our historv lessons is that A merit a has thrived as a nation of mum gr.nits \o iiifornieii person i an _Commentary_ denv the eontributiou ot linmi gr.oils and the descendants ol immigrants to Amerit an i ul lure and sot ietv Thus, it is all the more ironii to realize that i ontrarv to some popular thinking, main muni grants have not been warmly welcomed There is a strain ot hostility and intolerant e that runs deep m Amerit an soi ietv vv Inch can not he overlooked American Indians, almost trom the arrival of w hite people were sv sternal it ally exterminated, and then those few who remained were confined to reservations The dhinese. lapanese and lews fleeing Nazi lairope were a11 denied admission K) our country And of course, we i annot forget the hitter store ot the Afrit nils w ho i nine soon at ter the Pilgrims, unwilling and angry, captives oil the slave ships I he great store of the I'nited States cannot he told without these unpleasant c hap ters We are currently evperienc ing a new ee.iee ot immigration Russians in Neev York; Nic .1 raguans in Miami. Ilmong in Seattle and Portland; Vietnam esc m Texas and Oregon over tiOO.IHH) neev Americans per year, ac c circling to one esti mate This rate is almost as high as that ot the period be tween lull) \s in the past, many me lud ing our neighbors in Latin America must tight a hard hat tie to convince the government that the I foiled States should open its doors to I hem All around us we see mam ellllerent people ot v arious lien lages We abound in diversity I lie once favored theory of the melting pot: the image ot Americans boiled down to one happy and satisfying brew no longei applies it probably never did I hem are many dil lerenl Americans who have all made .1 unique contribution to Ament .m culture Some observers now desr ribe tbe I 'nited SI.ties .is .1 s\ m phonv vv ill) m.oiv distim I and easih identified uistru ments performing in li.irmonv It is Init' that if the I ’nited Slates is to successfully lat e the soi 1.1I and ei ouomii 1 hnllengos ol the late twentieth i enlur\ we must all work together lint equally true is that too often the Amerii an s\ mphoin is out of ke\ K.11 ism and other negative attitudes and stereo types loutililie to confound re Intiinis in this 1 uuntrv ()ur ow n state in partu ular has an ambivalent lnstor\ In the mid nineteenth 1 entur\ it was illegal for a Itl.u k person to take up residence here llawai ians were forced to leave and (Chinese were loudly con demned American Indians suc.cumlied to first disease then to federal troops More ret entlv. in I’orlland a 1 it\ otherw iso know 11 to he pro gressive. a Black man was mui (i federal i;m eminent lodav main mmtxI programs (min irs ami |iiu( edtires art" in plat t- lii'ii- (hanks to mu al lirnialivi- ai (ion polit \ let nn n.imi' a ft"\\ nl mu sm i i'ssi's I In- (illn i- nl \tlmissiiins oflt'is tuition iviiims to .iltr.it I niiiini II \ sllllll'llts I In- ( dill I- lit Mil limit \ftairs llir ()l!n i- nl Mullit iillnral Alt,ms anti \i a demit I earniii}; Servn es all nl It-i programs In In-Ip niaki' tin1 I’mvcrsils a responsive institn t n i n Wr liavi" a tiirmal plan tu lliakt' this i ainpns ai i «*ssilili* In tin- ilisalili'il ami as st.ili" funds lift unit' availalilr in- art- si>t In makr till' nt‘t I'ssars improve infills I In- slinlfiil i mnliu I i inli- is fsplit itl\ umill'll tn I. >i tiul \ f i li.il nr pin sii al lia rassiiifiil nr assault Ihere is a vjreal ilf.il innrt' In lif ilmif however Hi- iifftl In rflain nitirf tif mu minority sin Hunts U c lift'll In increase the tntal nuntbfi nf umiifii atlmin islralnrs anil I at tills I )i 1 r re i ortl tin hiring Hlat k Ilispanit \merit .in hull.m .mil \suin I.ii 1111 \ .mil administrators i-. IIII.K 1 C|)l.ll)ll‘ Wf .ll-MI lll'l'd III hire mule women .uni minor ities in i l.issitieil .uni manage llieill sei vu e |ii isil ions \ffirmati\ e ,u I ion is .i nun .il issue II is Siill|il\ wrong lo ills ■ omit some peoples .uni some u.ilmns I'm those ol us ill higher cdtn .ilion howevel .1 strong affirmative .u turn polit \ Is also good ediu.ition |iolu\ I he students ol this (hnversits know this bettei 111.Ill any ad ministralor [.earning does not stop ill the i lassroom It hap pells in the ilorili. in the loi kei riKim and over at the KMl Students learn from othei slu dents This t huversitv must make the lull effort, therefore lo bring togethei the most diverse group ol students possible to make learning i omplete In this w a\ the I huversiK w ill be a mil nxosm ol the best m the real world Oin sludeiils will graduate wiser lor knowing I hat a heller w orld a world w itlioul bai i n is i an be real i/ed \o legal \ is more impoi taut Oregon l)uil\ _ _ Emerald I’ll Hox «|0» » illfTIK Of, COM •»'•*»» ’ : ■ . . .1' • 1 M 1 ' l> !’ • * • lay ■ • ' ; r**ii of Oregon i ug«ne Oregon Th«* Emprjhl is inclopcntlonUy of Iho Univnoyrty Adh officon on lh<> ffv- • 'M.U f !»>«■• I ?t M«.. »! 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