Speakers address
racism experiences
By Fivers Janssen
A University law student
chilled I hi* cmwii wtth.ii per
sonaI story of racism Thursday,
setting the tone for .1 weekend
of diversity-aimed let turns .it
the law school
|ane Suskin. .1 sc. and year
law student, told about her ex
portent es five years ago living
near Grants Pass with a friend
Her friend's son. a live year-old
African-American was fol
lowed bv several Ku K lux Is Ian
members on fits was home
from st hoof In full regalia,
they.'told the tats to lease town
immediately
"She if nl n t feel" I ike she
could go to the .liithot ities
Suskin remembered. diet au.se
the klan were the.authorities
As a result, she and her son.
had to leave
Suskitl svas one of five speak
ers at the SIMt' rally, t o spun
soretf hs the law s< liooi The
rally opened the "(ielefir.it mg
Human Diversity conference
that ssill run through Saturday
Dave I'rohnmastr dean id
the law school, shared his per
sonal experiences vs ith diM rim
ination A a high school stu
dent in southern Oregon, he
was shocked to discover the
mayor and leading 1 atizens of
his tosvn were all klan mem
hers He said it awakened him
to the frightening reality of rat -
ism and the growing need for
diversity in Oregon
We are only a generation
awav, or perhaps a day away
from discrimination against our
brothers and sisters." Frohn
mayer said Diversity hv my
definition is having an identity
within a community In the
law school, we must !»■ a part
of licit identity, otherwise we
anti our sot lety will revert to a
kind of tribalism
Donna Alhrn director ol \!
firm.1Sjs«’ Action at lane (inn
nuintty f'<>Iif'yt• saiii true diver
sity ran happen only i! people
rerogrvtzr their similari11es
rather than different es
' U e • ■ • i tu r> i 1 We
are a' human la mgs Albro
said Who VS e ,i'e, :•;!■ .’--spelt
to the past, the pri ser.! and the
future We need to realize that
vs hat happens in \ frit a hap
pens here What happens in
Antarctica happens lien Ail
our destinies are linked in
terms of existing as human !»■
'frigs The linkages between us
are stronger than the.'■ differ
(li.lrenie Spigner and Domi
nit k Vein also expressed frus
(ration at tile '-bigotrv" and hu s
ot diversity tiles see on campus
and in the state
Vetri ru-i hair of President
Brand s Task Pori e on Lesbian.
Cas and Bisexual ( unierns.
said tile diversity < onfereni e
tells ^ass and lesbians and pro
pie of color that the University
values their present e
fie criticized tile Oregon ( ill
/ens \llninte, repeatedly call
ing them (tops ( rat kpots
Again, and expressed liope
that people vs til recognize the
roots of bigotry
Suskin sani she was con
cerrtfid about who vs isn't repre
sented at the University a
tiieme reiterated by most of tile
speakers She urged people to
observe the world outside of
tile University and not to be
iieve everything tile University
tells them
People have to turn off the
PV. to not trust tile newspa
purs. she said We have !o
see fur ourselves what s hup
pernng on the street We need
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