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"Society, in some ways, hits become
more permissive of blaming others lor
(its) problems." Rikhoff s.iiii
"Economic fear proluibly ties a lot to
do with it There's a lot of fear out
there,” he said
bear on the port of the victims also
plays u role in the reporting of or lailure
to report hate crimes People who expe
rience a hate crime sometimes already
feel marginalized and may fear embar
rassment and retaliation
l or gays and lesbians, reporting hate
crimes could moan the disclosure of
their homosexuality, said Sue
Dockslador, direc tor of the (lav l esbian
and Bisexual Alliance
"Since we don't have any protection
under the law, (from employment die
elimination) it's kind of frightening
because you don't know who's going to
get that information," she said
Doc kstader said she believes there has
been a rise in hate crimes targeted at
gays and lesbians However, fear of re
porting and the lac k of a central place to
report to makes suc h c rimes difficult to
true k, she said
Dockstader was highly critical of the
per form uni e of the Of fit e of Public Safe
ty in responding to guv and lesbian stu
dents, and for that reason she decided to
lurn all halo crime information over to
tho Eugene Human Rights Commission
Reporting hato (rimes is one thing,
combatting them is another.
"The only way to deal with hale
crimes is for everyone to work togeth
cr," said ASUO Affirmative Action co
ordinator Bobby Lee "One group can't
do it alone everyone has to he
volvcd. There's no Other wav
"I think, th lies! wav t combat I ,1
crimes is through education because I
think that a lot of people wl p- rpetrate
these things are ver\ -ingrv, niisin
binned individuals.” IKx kstader s.iid
I.is,i 'Lawrence. BI.h k Student I’nuin
co-director, blames "pure ignorance” for
bate crimes
"I would like to see the 1 'invcrsliy !
low through on its pledges (of cultural
diversity) by promoting cultural aware
ness and sensitivity,” she said.
"If one student experiences a hate
crime, we all experiem e a hate crime,
and we would all take it very personal
ly,” Lawrence said "One hate crime is
too many."
Students who experience or witness a
hate crime are encouraged to report it
immediately to the Office of Public Safe
tv or tire Eugene Police
doing through reporting and griev
anon procedures that follow a hate crime
can he a frustrating and discouraging ex
perience, Tsuneyoshi said (in her case,
Announcing their plans to combat increased crime around campus at Thursday s
press conference are (L to Ft) Carey Drayton, OPS director; Bobby Lee, ASUO Affirma
tive Action coordinator, JoSonja Watson. ASUO vice president; Therese DuBravac,
ASUO Programs coordinator; Mona Gentry, Saferide co-director; and Gerry Moseley,
vice provost for student support and academic services.
.she never found out what happened to
the men in lIn? car.)
However, there is support out there
and it should Ik? taken advantage of, she
said Victims of hate crimes (and other
forms of discrimination) may suffer
from low self-esteem and depression,
which can seriously undermine stu
dents'academic and personal lives.
The following organizations offer sup
port services and referrals:
• University Counseling Center
340-3227
• Office of Student Advocacy
348-3722
• Bobby Lee, ASIJO 34G-3724
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coordinator, announced the
.egani/iition ol a town mooting,
to take place Nov <i, and en
couraged students and commu
nity members to attend.
"This will be a meeting . . to
begin a comprehensive, pro-ac
tive awareness campaign
against violence," she said.
Throughout the school year,
DuBravac added, the ASDO
will provide workshops, guest
lectures and various oilier ac
tivities with the same goal in
mind
The discussion turned to the
issue ol sensitivity toward mi
norities and Lisa Lawrent e. co
director of the' Bhu k Student
Union, said the Emerald pro
vided an example of insensitiv
ity Wednesday by running an
editorial cartoon that some con
n
siderod racist.
"How can we ho sure this
won’t happen again?" she
asked.
Moseley commented that it is
important to speak out and lie
heard.
Emerald Editor Christopher
Blair said the cartoon was in
cluded inadvertently.
“When the cartoon came in,
we did Hag it as being racist,
overtly so, it was obvious,” he
said. "However, a breakdown
in communication occurred
and it got into the paper Again.
I upologize for that.
"Being accused of racism is a
very serious charge and very
disturbing," he said. "What
people have to understand is
that from time to time, things
happen that are had. All 1 can
do is assure people that it won't
happen again "
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