1992_04 The Daily Collegian April 1992

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Levin
Manny Fernandez
gBJ writer "%—
5:45 pint— A slow trickle of
people began to form a line in front
of the Forum Hall at Fresno City
College .on a breezy Saturday eve¬
ning, April 4,1991
They stood at the foot of the
concrete steps; a yellow and black
"Police Line—Do Not Cross" sign
taped across the front Two armed
policemen stood at the top of the
steps; a quick search through the
shrubbery beside the hall for bombs
wan made pai-Hpt
In line, the people assembled
were talking about racism.
It was the issue on everyone's
minds and tongues. It was an issue
because Michael Levin, the phi¬
losophy professor from the City
College of New York, was sched¬
uled to speak about his views on
affirmative action.
David Dye,a philosophy instruc-
toratFCC, contacted Levin to speak
on the campus. Dye did not receive
FCC approval for Levin's speech.
Levin was in the pub lie eye more
than five years ago for his com¬
ments about affirmative action and
the intelligence of black people.
The controversy began when
Levin stated in "Quadrant," an
Australian journal, that if college
education were to be raised to its
old depth, America would have to
"reconcile itself to an embarassing
failure rate for blacks." He went on
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to say "there is now quite solid evi¬
dence that..the average black is
significantly less intelligent than the
average white."
6:00 p.m.— A "Silent Protest,"
organized by the African American
Faculty and Staff Association and
the Pan African Student Union,
began.
Greg Barheld, president of the
Association, said the protest of
Levin's speech was done to educate
people about who Michael Levin is.
"How do wedeal with the Levin-
mentality inside and outside the
cnTmrmntty?" RarfWH anto»rl rhprfay
before. "Unfortunately, racism is
not dead. Ifs very alive."
6:25 p.m.— Mark Marquez, a
FCC student, patiently waited in
line. He is one of David Dye's phi¬
losophy students.
"I think the people that are pro¬
testing should examine the facts,"
Marquez said as he looked at a flier.
Darryl Jackson, also an FCC and
Dye student, stood in front of Mar¬
quez.
"I feel that he is a racist," Jackson
said of Levin. "There's no way in
the world that he can prove that
black people are genetically infe¬
rior."
Marquez replied, "He's saying
on the a vera ge, from IQ tests (blacks
are less intelligent than whites]."
Jackson 'said, "But he's saying
there is some biological basis to
that."
"If he's going to go about it,"
Marquez replied quickly and
sharply, "Then he should go about
it, wouldn't you think, in a biologi¬
cal way? The best way to explain
something is scientifically."
Jackson replied, "He has no
sociological theories whatsoever."
Their conversation carried them
into the hall, up the steps and to the
speech.
James Todd, one of the original
organizers of the silent protest and
an FCC student, waited in the grow¬
ing line with a sign at his feet say¬
ing: "Levin Phis Dye Equals Ra-
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David Laudenback, an FCC stu¬
dent at the back of the line, dis¬
agreed with what some of the pro¬
testors had to say.
"Most of the people who are
protesting haven't heard him
speak," Laudenback said. "He's
here to talk about affirmative ac¬
tion. The views being discussed
aren't even involved."
"Yeah, whatever," someone said
loudly behind him.
"I'm going in there with an open
mind," he said, more quietly this
time.
7:30 p.m.—The groupof circling
protestors grew larger as the night
wore on, more vocaL
The group was singing: "By any
means necessary^by any means
necessa ry ...I am somebody... We are
somebody."
8-30 p.m— The circle of voices
began to get smaller, people were
ta Iking in groups, scattered through¬
out the shrubbery and trees.
Daviy T.Brown, Troy R. Brown
and a number of other FCC stu¬
dents talked in a group, to the side
ofthedrde.
Daviy Brown was the speaker of
thegroup.    *
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ment, the Mack struggle, but I be-
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