Where are your facts?

This letter is in response to Marc Alberts’ “Separation furthers racial segregation” in the Oct. 8th issue of The Northern Star.

After reading and re-reading this column, I found no quotes of African or African-American people, nor were there dates insinuating Marc had been to Africa.

In addition to his unsupported data, I was informed by an alumnus of the ‘70s that there has never been a black person on the editorial board.

I found Marc’s assessment of the “problem” to be ludicrous. He states:

1.The problem is that by emphasizing Afro-American culture, it denies the equality of black people…

2. Living in a segregated society has been accompanied by discrimination for black people here.

3. …the cultural ties black Americans have with Africa are based on the mistaken notion that races have some sort of common “mindset.”

4….black culture is much closer to white American culture than to any in Afica.

5. In 1954, our Supreme Court realized…segregation is an inherently unequal condition. Have we forgotton so soon?

One, how deep does your lack of information, research and resources on Afro-American people go, Marc? Two, where is here: are you placing ownership on America?

Three, go back and re-read my first point. Four, that hilarious statement must have derived from the same comic strip in which you obtained that afro-wearing, Elvis Presley-dressed black person!

Five, African-American people were unequal from day one of the 400 of oppression. They are unequal now, and even affirmative action does not make us equal.

If you can live with what your fore-fathers have done to the African people, then fine. But Marc, don’t expect all African or African-American people to join you in your case of amnesia, because justice has not been accomplished (yet).

Pamela M. White

Junior

Political Science