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women. The plaintiff need do
nothing more to win if the em¬
ployer cannot prove affirmative
that he did not discriminate.
"All affirmative action requires
are good faith efforts toward
numerically specified" employee
racial balances.
Levin presented a hypotheti¬
cal situation in which 9Q of 100
college faculty members are white
"and the college adopts the goal
o&. reducing the percentage of
whites on the faculty," he said.
This is normally described as
increasing the number of blacks
arlH women," Levin said.
, "It's unlikely to be decribed in
terms of the group whose repre¬
sentation i s being reduced." In this
case, Levin said, "race is patently
overriding previously announced
merit criteria."
Levin said no one should be
given "special access" to a job.
Levin used as a metaphor the
attempt to get at a bannana at the
top of a tree. .
"If I don't get the banana my
rights have not been violated as
long as no one interfered. My right
is a negative right. Ifs a right to
not be interfered with."
Affirmative action, he said, has
the employer owing the banana,
or the job, to the employee.
Levin suggested in his speech
that rather than giving people of
co lor affirmative action as a means
of reparations for pSst wrongs,
that a flat monetary fee should be
agreed upon. One audience
member yelled out, "Good, then
give me my money."
When asked later what dollar
figure Levin would suggest to the
government asa meansof repara¬
tions to individuals, he answered
sarcastically, "Zillions."
During the question and an¬
swer session, Levine Was asked
whether he thought that racism
existed in the United States. His
answer in the negative drew jeers
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"Irrational discrimination
thrivesonly when governmental ly
enforced," Levin said in his
speech. When several white su¬
premacy groups were suggested
by audience members to Levin as
examples of racism after his talk,
the speaker waffled, conceding
that racism does exist in some
forms in the United States. He
later asked members of the audi¬
ence to cite any specific acts of
racism that had been committed
against them.
FCC spokeswoman Kathleen
Bonilla said before the speech that
Levin's visit was equivalent to a
local-business renting space on
campus.
"This is nota college-sponsored
event," Bonilla said. "David Dye
is the underwriter. He paid the
rental, security and insurance."
Still some FCC students said
they were appalled that he was
allowed to come to campus. Oth¬
ers said they were glad to hear
what Levin had to say.
Faculty members and college
administrators earlier denounced
Levin's visit and vowed not to
give money toward his visit.
Dye, upset by FCC'sofficial re¬
sponse to Levin's visit, said at the
tail of the discussion, "Maybe
Fresno City College is not ready
for a philosophy lecture series,"
something Dye created.
Audience members and the
press were inspected by campus
police with hand-held metal de-
tectorsas they entered Forum Hall.
No whistles were allowed and two
pocket kniveSvwere collected and
kept at the door>\
A few demonstrators from
outside the Forum Hall building
took seats in the back row, hold¬
ing up signs with slashed out
swastikas. "Racism Disguised As
Academic Freedom Will Not Be
Tolerated," read one sign. Another
read: "Michael Levin + Genetic
Research = Fear and Deceit/
Asked after his speech whether
he was discouraged by such a
negative reception, Levin said no,
that this factor doesn't discourage
him from continuing his speech
toiir* or writing* on affirnvitivp
action, genetic differences and
race.
One FCC student's remarks
were so vociferous that FCC pro¬
fessor Dye cut the student off in
the middle of his sentence.
That's enough," Dye told the
student, who was part of an audi¬
ence growing more tense by the
moment. Several students were
standing at their seats, waiting to
be recognized.
"We will not have speech-
making here," Dye told the audi-
Studentsshotbackatjjevinand
Dye when, during the question
and answer session, they gave
lengthy explanations to questions.
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