GIHR Co-Chairman Says
Thursday, Dec. 11, 1958 University Daily Kansan
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Bigotry Hurts U.S. Prestige
The existence of racial discrimination in the United States makes our democratic ideals seem hollow in the eyes of the people of the world.
"We citizens of the United States should keep this in mind. We are not isolated, and the things we do don't go unnoticed in the rest of the world. The people in Asia and Africa whom we wish to save from Communism cannot help but look at the United States and wonder just what sort of democracy we have."
This is the belief of Linda Kay Bodle, Lawrence senior and cochairman of the Group for the Improvement of Human Relations. The work the GIHR does on a local level will help end this racial problem, Miss Bodle said.
"The betterment of racial relations is essential to the conduct of world affairs," she said.
Miss Bodle said the GIHR, established three years ago, tries to make people aware of the racial discrimination problem. Too many people seem to think the problem does not exist in Lawrence, she said, and many others just close their eyes to it.
"We encourage these people to attend our meetings, and we send representatives to the meetings of other organizations in an attempt to interest them in our function," she said.
GIHR is also trying to interest students by the distribution of a newsletter telling the group's activities.
Linda Kay Bodle
"An emphasis on brotherhood just
during Brotherhood Week is not sufficient—there should be a continuation of it throughout the year," she said.
"We feel one of the most important of our activities this semester has been our periodic visits to restaurants downtown." she said.
"We try to find out the owners' current policy. There have been places opened to Negroes since we started our visits, but often their policies do not remain constant in this respect.
GIHR is a voluntary group and has no list of members. Miss Bodle said anyone interested in the group's activities may attend the meetings.
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"Every place is different. Some make a big fuss about serving Negroes, and some just smile and say no. It's not at all as it would be if the town presented a united front against our activities, as has happened to similar groups down south. However, many townspeople are sympathetic to the Negro's problems."
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Another activity conducted by GIHR is its annual Conference on Intergroup Tensions. The conference was established last year, and was attended by delegates from 10 Kansas schools.
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