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Thursday, October 22, 1992
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Workshop stresses racial tolerance
By Mark Martin
By Mark Martin
Kansan staff writer
Dan Wildcat wants you to take a walk around Lawrence—not just to exercise your body but also your mind.
Wildcat,头身 of natural and social sciences at Haskell Indian Junior College, delivered the keynote address yesterday at a workshop called "Responding to Racism and Discrimination" at Haskell. Wildcat said Lawrence would not be a united community until more people understood each other.
"Take a walk through north Lawrence, or the Alvamar neighborhood, or through a trailer park," he said. "When you do that, look at the different homes and people, and think 'how how they experience life differently than you. We all need to do this.'"
The workshop, sponsored by the Haskell Coalition of the Lawrence Alliance, included several panel discussions that were moderated by Haskell students. More than 100 people heard discussions on topics such as ending discrimination in the business community and how to file discrimination complaints in the workplace.
A session titled "Cultures of Diversity; Understanding and Respecting Differences" had audience members and panel members sharing experiences and ideas about discrimination.
Rene Brown, an African-American pastor who works in Topeka and lives in Lawrence, said discrimination existed throughout Lawrence.
"When I walk into a store, unless I'm dressed in a nice suit like I am today, I don't get the treatment I deserve," he said.
Brown said he was concerned that school districts across the country had few African-American teachers who could relate to and understand young African-American males.
Diane Silver, a representative of the Freedom Coalition, a gay and lesbian rights group, said misunderstandings and ignorance about gays and lesbians led to rampant discrimination and even deaths.
"For years now they've been saying we undermine family values," she said. "But gay and lesbian people do not have a hidden agenda. Our only agenda is to live our lives, to have children and families and to be seen for what we are: human beings."
Several Haskell students asked members of the panel how they should deal with the anger they felt about discrimination. Panelist Ruth Kyle, an American Indian and KU graduate student, said American Indians should inform others about their cultures and fight for equal treatment in every aspect of life.
"As an Indian, be pissed off and angry about what has happened to our people over the years," she said. "Don't hide your pain or anger, you have a right to be angry. But above all, be proud of who you are."
Many panelists commented that communication and education about cultures was the only way to break down stereotypes.
"Too many times we have people going to the same grocery stores, being neighbors; but they never talk to each other," Kyle said.
Sover said that to end racism and prejudice, everyone would have to confront their own ideas about other cultures.
"Each and every person has to be willing to put up with some discomfort and talk to the people that our stereotypes tell us to fear the most," she said.
Kip Chin / KANSAN
Wike Tosee, an instructor at Haskell Indian Junior College, (right) explains that American Indians should take pride in their culture. Other panel participants included, from left to right, Hija Canda, Dorothy Pennington and Ruth Kyle.
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