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Blacks discuss i By TONIA MALLETT Staff Writer Part two of the forum "Black by Nature; Oppressed by Choice," sponsored by the Minority Assistant Program, was held on Nov. 19, and focused on Mentacide. Mentacide, as defined by author Bobby Wright, is tKa t\r% /? * J ? -J - - *? - - ?? ?' * ? * " * uiv uv^nLA^iaic anu syMcuiauu ucsirucuun 01 an maividual or group s mind. The panel t insisted of Laveta Small, a professor in the Criminal Justice department at USC; Micheal Thompson, a graduate of the university; psychology Professor Ron Poulson; and Bumette Gallman. Shawn Bell, the moderator, asked the panel a series of questions, giving each panelist an opportunity to express their views on the different forms of mentacide. "Mentacide is very frequently called mental slavery. On several different levels they are the same, but on the other levels they are not the same," Gallwin said. "I think that mentacide is an epidemic in our community because most of the African people in this country don't even recognize the fact that they are oppressed." One problem they talked about was the way blacks have been defined throughout history and the way they have been victimized. Small said to black Americans, "You need to define yourself. We are our own worst enemy. We victimize each other. We let other people define what we do." Gallman said, "When you don't understand your role as a victim, you become your own victimizes Power is the ability to define reality and have other people respond to your definition." Gallman gave the audience some history about where this discrimination was coming from. 'There were several different ways of making them Every year, the Ar prepares people they neve The Red Cross gets he Thank goodness the United Ql It brings out tl UnttwJVtay Ride with a sober driver. JUST DO IT! Reporters, Photograp Copy Editors Pick up an application so< Come by Russell House Rm 313 or 321 Buy 1 Buffet Get 1 Free I Between 2-3PM O'Heleigjtft BEST*UMWT 7^ I ! offer good only with student ID ! 771-7289 1305 Ass i i i mental slavery slaves because our ancestors weren't slaves when they were brought here. Slaves weren't brought from Africa; Africans were brought from Africa. They were made slaves when they got here. And one of those ways was to create loyalty," Gallman said. "And one of the things they did was they said, well, your house servants are better than the field servants. They gave them more food, better food, better clothing. And the key to that was that the house servants were usually the sons and daughters of the slave owners. What type of being would enslave his or her own children?" The problem of skin color has also shown up in various relationships with people. "I feel it has to do with how we are taught in society to view what is good and what is bad," Thompson said. "We've always been taught that white is good and black is bad. You wear white to a wedding and you wear black to a funeral. And I think that corresponds right down to the color of our skin, not only just the concept of black and white but the standards we base this concept by." The topic of biracial couples also was discussed. "Historically, we have had, over the course of thousands of years, a consistent enemy. And that enemy has been the Asian and the European, consistently. We may not want to admit that, but you look at history at the ways it has been laid out," Gallwin said. "When you openly accept as a mate a partner or whatever an enemy of your ancestors what you're doing is giving a grave inservice to your ancestors," Gallwin said. They also discussed the importance of knowing where you are coming from. 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