6A NEWS THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2009 ACTIVISM (CONTINUED FROM 5A) practices are, to some extent, conducted in other forms. People who are online have a different kind of activism." Thompson said it might be a matter of not having the right leaders today. She described the sidewalks being covered in chalk when she was in school, all of them announcing the time and place of another rally or protest. Now chalk on University sidewalks advertises parties or drink specials. LAWRENCE resident Kenny Cochrane offers free condoms to passers by in the Kansas Union Tuesday afternoon. The Douglas County AIDS Project and LGBT handed out free condoms and offered free HIV screenings as part of World AIDS Day Observance. THE NEW ACTIVISM "I know I didn't have the desire to start up a protest — but maybe I would've joined one or two," Cox said. Although the status of minorities and women has improved since the 1960s and '70s, many people argue the struggle isn't over. women earn only 84.8 percent of men's earnings on average. According to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, black unemployment is currently almost twice that of white unemployment. Even now, with prospects for women looking better than ever, pay equity has not been fully achieved. A report by the International Trade Union Confederation in 2008 showed Adam Buhler/KANSAN Wayne Propst said today's youth has stopped aggressive activism prematurely. He said a great deal of the apparent idleness comes from a lack of sophistication. "I know I didn't have the desire to start up a protest — but maybe I would've joined one or two." Propst argued it wasn't necessarily young people's fault. He said the daunting task of reforming the world is still too overwhelming. TOM COX Shawnee second-year graduate student "I think the culture has morphed into such a beast that even if there were a few young people who said, 'Wait a minute. What's going on?' they would be such a minority," he said. the Gap and Urban Outfitters." Propti said it was likely that students were aware of the problems still existing today, but they didn't know how to face them. In turn, he said they "retreated to places like "They're smart enough to realize that if they were to go get a sign and walk up and down the street, maybe throw a brick through the window, that it would be a complete waste of time," he said. Bailey and Thompson said the pressures of college have changed, and perhaps increased, since the 1960s, discouraging students from breaking boundaries. In general, there was less pressure to succeed back in the '60s. For women and minorities, especially, it was a big enough achievement to have made it into college at all. Bailey said the expectations have greatly elevated since then. "Young people who are successful enough to be going to college today have also been raised in situations where there was always a lot at stake." Bailey said. "They're expected to do the right things and to be conscious of social obligation and privilege." Thompson said she held a great deal of faith in young people's desire and ability to change the world. She said although modern activism appeared to be more behind-the- scenes and quiet than the radical, outspoken and highly visible protests of the '60s, it was no less effective. "I don't think they're With the power of Internet, Thompson said people could actually reach out beyond their own communities and spark global change. any less caring, any less interested — and maybe way more so just because they have the access to the world instead of just dealing with things within Lawrence', she said. Bailey said there was a tendency to romanticize about the uprisings of the '60s and '70s, and it was especially important to realize that it was a much darker time than often depicted. "There were definitely a lot of young people who put their lives on the line and struggled for civil rights," she said. "There were people who passionately worked for social justice and protested against inequality, but it was also a time of enormous anger and violence and a great deal of misogyny. "It wasn't an easy or happy time, and some people who were protesting and trying to change the world were trying to change the world in ways that weren't necessarily all that great either." Officer Newman looks back at the time period with a feeling of irony and disbelief. Although it was a particularly troublesome time for him and his family, he finds amusement in the chaos. "It it was funny for awhile" he said. "It was like a comedy. We had no idea what we were doing." For better or worse, the noise of the '60s and '70s has quieted. Despite the violence and fear that resonated in Lawrence during this time, the movements sparked change. The effectiveness of today's activism is yet to be determined. — Edited by Lauren Cunningham A NEW KIND OF CIVIL RIGHTS Civil rights are not solely a race issue. For the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, civil rights are still the front lines. Although black people were denied the right to fairness, opportunity, and respect, they were never denied the right to marry each other, assuming they stayed within their own race. Rachel Gadd-Nelson, Kansas City junior and University Educational Outreach Program Coordinator for Queers and Allies, said it was somewhat puzzling that there wasn't more visible outrage from the LGBT community due to this denial of civil rights. She said the quiet nature of LGBT activism was partially due to a change in priorities. The AIDS epidemic spurred a great deal of radical activism in the 1980s. Since then, there was a general desire to no longer be associated with the whole time period because of the stigma associated with it. She said many members of the LGBT community wanted to blend into the mainstream "I think a lot of people who are trying to work within the mainstream movement don't want to be radical because that could be used against them," she said. a major component of the cause, Gadd-Nelson said it wasn't everything. The disturbingly high suicide rate of gay teens is another example of the gay movement's current priorities. Still, the community's relatively subdued reaction to gay men and lesbians not having the right to marry was perplexing to Gadd-Nelson. While gay marriage is "I think it's a really good question and I think it's something that the LGBT community should ask itself more often," she said. 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