Whites 'ignore' open racial war
Whites in the United States must be informed of the potential for civil war with blacks, Terry McClain, Boy's Town, Neb., freshman, said yesterday.
"Too many whites ignore the possibility of an open war with blacks." he said.
McClain is the leader of a group of concerned white students, numbering about 12, whose mission is to tell whites that blacks are "sick and tired of being oppressed" and will fight for their rights against the white power structure, he said.
He described the white power structure as white dominion of business, government and the entire society of the United States.
McClain said the white power structure is unfair, but added "it's the only thing we've got." This power structure has become too strong to overcome peacefully. Such ideas as the Job Corps and black peace groups have not succeeded, he said.
He said the white alternatives to this situation are to change the existing power structure to include blacks or to fight for the power structure as it now is.
A change in the white power structure will take generations,
he said. Blacks cannot wait this long.
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"Our purpose is to inform whites of this situation and to let them know what the alternatives are. They can then decide what course of action they want to pursue."
McClain stressed that whites must inform whites of the situation, on a person-to-person
basis. If blacks were to tell whites, the whites would merely ignore them as they have done in the past, he said.
"Whites have underestimated the power of black militants."
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Fighting is the only recourse blacks have to meet their demands, he said.
McClain said if a civil war did break out, cities would be in chaos, business would close and
He said his group is not a radical force, but rather one that presents fact as they exist.
the United States would be "a dend country."
"We are not bigots, nor do we want blacks to run over us," he said. McClain said he thinks this is the main thought among blacks at KU.
McClain admitted that his small group can not change the
entire nation's attitude toward blacks, but said it can start a small movement at KU that can spread on a person-to-person basis.
McClain said a similar group was started in 1966 in Los Angeles and is still continuing its efforts.
McClain said the entire situation is "pathetically funny" and "damned near hopeless."
Yearbook pickup in Strong Hall; deadline is today
Today is the last day for students to pick up the second edition of the Jayhawker yearbook, Brent Waldron, Denison, Iowa, senior and Jayhawker business manager said.
Waldron said the yearbooks will be distributed today in Strong Hall rotunda from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The orange receipt card is needed to receive this edition of the yearbook, he added.
If anyone failed to receive the first edition, Waldron said these can be picked up in Strong by showing the receipt card and a KU-ID.
He explained that if anyone has lost this card, there is a $1 charge, and a KU-ID also must be presented to receive the yearbook.
He added that yearbooks also are on sale for $7.
Letters of application for positions of editor and business manager for next year's staff are now being taken, Waldron said.
Letters, he explained, should be addressed to Raymond Nichols, vice-chancellor of finance and chairman of the Jayhawk advisory board.
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