LETTERS
Oregonphobic
In response to Nkole tCnstal's
commentary about the 'homo
phobtf ignorance of Oregon*
ana IODF.. Nov 2?},! have « (»v»
views that I would like to share
First. her stereotype* are sick
ening Consider her high m bool
feat her She didn't think a guv
tike him would aland up for
people* sexual orientation
he*vaum he an a "big guy who
liked ru ing am. apeak mg
gruffly, and an from Nehra*
ka " Nebraska" I'm surprised
I hey even lei I he sue ker tome
within SO mile* of San Francis
co»
And those women from your
women's studied class? flow
dare they that one of them not
want to be hit on by someone
she was not attracted to! If she
said that she wa* afraid to lie
nice to a large, hairy Nebraskan
because he liked her. she would
lie "Nehraskaphuim.” right?
And the other one. who didn't
want to think about the two men
she knew having sex together
now. there’s a crime There are
etude a few heterosexual couple*
that I'd rather not picture having
sex. Cal! me Kosoanne arid
Tom-Arnold-phobic if you
want!
Besides Kristal's arrogant
claim that California's Bay Area
is the most "socially advanced”
area in the known world. 1 find
her condemnation of Oregon
quite irritating. My thanks to
Kftsial for her patronising
remark* about our backward
state. 1 encourage her to go on
hack to California (home of Pete
Wilson. Proposition 1M7. the
East Oakland School District
and the l. A Police Department)
and stay there She should leave
Oregon and the rest of the
Northwest to u* real progressive,
political activist*
Nathaniel Famam
Soootogy
Wrong number?
C>n my vole# mail two week*
ago. I found a mnm of indignant
message* i adeeming an item on
a recent Afric an Arneru an tele
f>ra«.on in the Onimm Gcmtmm
tainr This puttied mo fmuuw I
had no knowledge of tbt article
and only an admittedly modest
level of awareness of tho eel**,
bouton itself
Obviously. my axiom!an had
been mistakenly circulated
amongst several minority stu
dent organisation* Copies of the
article had become w ane by the
time I sought to read it, hut I did
manage to find one Although I
didn't understand tome of the
reference* in it. I agree with the
caller* that n went wav over the
line of satire. free speec h and
free pres* a* I understand them
|i e being intentionally hurtful
to someone else}.
The whole thing wa* pretty
depressing as I got to thinking
about the kind* of force* that
bring people'* date of mind to
*och a poisonous place
Although the episode wa* a
minor nuisance to me personal
ly. it cenainlv served to raise my
consciousness shout such mat
ter* on campus
The main irony in thi* case of
switched phone number* is tlui
the messages the caller* were
trying to send did not find their
intended mark, this letter i*
intended to make them aware of
that
Such ort urrence* serve to
remind u* that even when (and
if) we find a peaceable level of
tolerance for one another's dif
ference*. we ll still have a long
way to go in terms of true empa
thy , forgiveness and — sorry if
this sounds corny or naive —
love for other* Some of u*
believe that nothing less than
survival of the specie* ts at
stake
Kan Paul
Fine and Applied Am
No more hate
It i» tiro* to bring attention In
an iMiM of grave important«* lo
our University community I
firmly heheve that lhr Univtni
iv is a plat* whrm the right of
free spe« h must be fostered In
fact, (hit right it a imn nun part
of«am put j»fo that enables us lo
better ourselves and our com
munity
While I still affirm the right to
free h t mutt take iaaoe
w ith the publicat ion of racist
ideaU The November l 3 tHue
of the Oregon Ctunmvntatar it a
disservice to the campus com
in unity
The Isack page of tht* issue it
proof that mu itm and bigotry are
tiill rampant The ('wiunrntatof
triviaUm* the history and impnr
tame of the Black Student
Union’* hwartraa celebration by
testing for what tl tall* "an
oppressed victim seeking an
empowerment If) badge “
kwanraa it the tyjte of even!
that every ttudent bntrfin from
at we thare our culture* Thin
issue t» the moat disgusting dis
play of stereotyping that I have
warn m my four year* on campus
fattl April, the Ctimnwntolot »
hack page was dedu.aled to glo
rifying tiate rape as a "proud, gim
d#f-specific custom." and an
"aggressive male mating prat:
tn» ’’ I hope dun all students who
are offended by these two issues
as I ant will let the (kwnnurntaltH
know that this is an unacceptable
use of student tees These type*
of direct attacks on our commit
ndy are unacceptable
Please giin with me in telling
them know that the Uni verst tv is
a place where free sper« h is cel
ehrated. but where rat ism. «c
i**n and bigotry are not (all them
a! 340-3721 and let them know
how you feel l et us continue to
work toward building communi
ties. not breaking them down
Jennifer Williamson
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