Sanderson High School - Lakonikos Yearbook (Raleigh, NC)

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I Un ortunately, many people have a very negative reaction to Black Awareness Week. These people feel that the week is just a Tad or a way of getting back at white people. But it is these people that shoukl be listening more, instead of condemning. Geof Bland

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PIA QTIPB R Whites are finally Gd T 0 beginning to undef- stand Black Culture. in Bk Z Now if they will only pvac c stop doing the C 7 ,! I don't know about r Q interracial relations, I 've skipped for the 4 li1it ' y last three years. L 1-sf I Mark vveus The purpose of Black Awareness Week is to assist in enlighten- ing the faculty and student body of the culture and heritage of Blaek people, past and present. Clifton Hall A positive action toward racial detente. Alice Richards 21

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4 Black Awareness Week is the fact that blacks tend to segre- gate themselves more than at any other time of the year. They seem to band together to bring attention to their dif- ferences as a minority. The remaining population of the school is conglomerated under the term majority and is cast as an oppressing force to the freedoms of blacks. Neither side seems to be able to communicate their ideas and soon the tension increases to an undesirable level. There are too many good possibilities of Black Aware- ness Week to let it become a dreaded event. It should not be treated as a cram course in Black Culture or a show of racial strength. Black Aware- ness Week is meant to be a learning experience for Blacks as well as non-Blacks. There should be a joint effort for both groups to accept and understand each other. Segre- gation, racism, and prejudices should be overshadowed by brotherhood. 23