.Community
Racial injustice is unfinished
business for South Africa, U.S.
By |unt* Russell
Emerald contributor
"Toward | list it e" was the tlioim- nl present.!
lions In N'ithi Molhukrishna troin South \tru a
.mil Cerald Seals. Corvallis ( it\ manager at a to
rum Wednesday evening to gain insights into the
connection between the struggle tor rn< nil tustic e
m South A Eric a and in the I anted States
Molhukrishna, who began a I’ll I) program m
education at the University last fall, addressed
the issues central to the struggle in South Atm a
and the requirements tor rai i.d justic e
Clergy and l,ait\ Com erned sponsored the
forum as part ol their Covenant Against \purt
held program.
Mothukrishna began her talk In outlining the
tradition of black protest against while domi
nation in South Africa, and the answering vio
lence by authorities
"Blacks in South Africa have protested
against injustice and inequity that they have es
perieticed in South Africa since the beginning of
the centurv," Mothukrishna said "They have
protested the svstem under the < ontrol of a wbite
ininoritv. a white minority that is determined to
hold the power, wealth and land
The homeland policy of re lot ating him ks to
non-white areas is another problem caused by
apartheid. Molhukrishna said
"In the name of apartheid, millions of people
were uprooted from their homes over the years
she said "This is the result ol the homeland puli
cv,"
The homelands are scattered pieces of land,
often without good roads or railroads she s.ud
The government's reasons tor the homeland poll
I V are two fold
I hr government believed that the indepen
ilrnt homelands would provide proof to the ilitrr
national community lh.it the whilr South Alma
government hail m.itli' full at commodation to
provnir full rights to hlai k people
Mothukrislina said
1 I hr government i nwtrd stria lures to <11
vide the proplr I hr povrrK in the homeland is a
t onsi ions effort to keep the homelands underdo
v eloped. Motlmknshnn added
"Ladies and gentlemen, this is apartheid,
Molhuki ishna said W hat I have tried to show is
that the stun tore of apartheid remains It remains
untouched In the i osmetii changes the govern
men! has made \o him k South Aim an will lest
until the apartheid system is complrtrlv a bo I
ished It is a i rime against humaintv
Seals addressed the forum alter
Nfothukrishn.i asking w hy Ament ans should
support the struggle against apartheid I he an
swei lies in our lustorv and in those that want to
forget that slavery ever existed. Seals said
"Why support the struggle’’ Seals asked
' Hei arise the V word nigger, still siips too easi
Iv from some ot our lips Young kids our hope
for thi' future dub themselves skinheads and em
brat e rai ism Too many of us are vehu les ot
dope, not instruments ot hope
"Why support the struggle’ Seals asked
again " Bet ause history giv es us our identity and
imbues us with hope We owe oui t hildren two
things roots and wings
"Wb.it confronts the world ill the decade to
come is promise the promise ot bettei tunes
Seals added "There is however unfinished
business and that is apartheid
Group gives support to
gay and lesbian youth
Bv Kathleen Sweeney
f morale! ( ontributor
I lic (>.iv and lesbian
Vmitll I hoop lias helped
mint' than 1(H) youths suite
its UK I'llljllll m I'tti
U r If a forgotten iiimul
ily .1 forgotten group said
M.iiirt'i'ii Burke (•!.>(• to
foundei Burke along w itli
Robin Madt'll ioundt'd
(,1 ,Yl 1 in Nov embei I ‘lit to
represent ga\ and lesbian
poop It* J1 years old and
voungf’r
1 In* group s number one
oli|e< tu e is peel support
Burke said I lie group mem
hers i an discuss issues lat
mg them m a friendly sot nil
setting
Idle group does more than
dismiss problems, hmvevei
Bill ling work I rum different
i ontributors. group mem
hers put together a i oluuiii
that runs monthly in I hr
l.nrmlrr \rlwmk a state
wide new smaga/i lie direct
ed at gas and lesbian read
ers
Notes I mm the t lay and
I.esbian "t nutli t .roup t om
limes poetry photography
and ot liel t l eal lie works
submitted by both group
members and nonmembers
( oil Koduknyy sk I / / \ s
assistant to tin' |>ni)lishiH
i ,dls tlio i olutnn om iting"
.itul say s it h.is been well re
i eived
I he youth group is non
run li\ Robert Hem who
took over two months ago
Ihirkf .iu<l \l.idfll gave up
thi'ii h'.idfrshtp .liter they
turned lt_’
Hie group targets young
pisiplc Im'i .itlsf gay .111(1 It's
In,in youth .itf otlfii yyorking
through dittcreiit probh'ins
tli.in older guys .mil Ifshi
■ ms lifiiig g.iy or lesbi.ui is
li.ird enough hut it’s fVfn
more ddlti uIt in high
si liool. llui ke s.iul
I here's sut h ,m empli.i
sis on being heterosexual in
high si liool she said, add
mg she believes the pressure
is greater there than in i ol
lege
i leiu said the group pro
y bit's a mm h needed sense
ot i (immunity awareness
(, 1 .Yl I meets Monday s
trniii n to . It) p m at the
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