Kean University - Memorabilia Yearbook (Newark, NJ)

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lncompe tent On October 31, 1980 the Independent published a spoof issue, the Incompetent. As well as mocking the administration of the college, the lncompetent mocked the underlying racial tensions here at Kean and throughout the country. The issue was intended to be humorous and, in fact, some of the articles were rather funny. Reaction to the incompetent was varied. Opinions ranged from . . . if you can't take a joke, that's your problem, not mine. to lt was a sick joke printed by sick journalists. Some students took the issue at face value saying l'm not against the idea of a spoof but l am against offensive literature. and . . . if a mistake has been made it is something to be learned from, we can learn nothing by stopping the publication of the Independent. But publication was halted for two weeks. I I Minority students who felt attacked by some of the articles in the incompetent, mainly the article A Caucasian Perspective , demonstrated in front of the College Center and destroyed thousands of copies of the Independent's regular November 1 issue. They chanted the phrases We demand our rights and The Independent must go and called for the resignation of Editor-in-Chief, Renaldo C. Stokes. After much debate and unrest, the Independent resumed publication with Renaldo Stokes remaining as Editor-in-Chief. ln his November 20 Editorial, Mr. Stokes explained that the intent of the incompetent was . . . to explore the absurdities of racist, sexist, and ethnic stereotypes. 13'