Play Fails To Show
Black Man's Plight
By CRAIG HUTSON
LOS ANGELES Trade Technical College perform¬
ers, who were on PCC campus last week with a
performance of "What Color Is Black?" sing a
black spiritual. The program was based on the
works of Langston Hughes, Martin Luther King,
Jr., Carl Sandburg and Watts Writers Workshop.
KPCS Offers New Format
for its 1971 Programming
“What Color Is Black?”, a Los
Angeles Trade Tech College pro¬
duction, directed by Bernard Gold¬
man, was presented here Thurs¬
day, Dec. 10, in Harbeson Hall.
The program was a lyrical pro¬
jection of the black man’s plight
in America.
As stated by William Shanks of
the English Department here
(credited with bringing the pro¬
duction on campus), ‘‘The purpose
of the program was to convey to
the black student who he is in
America (as though he were
someone other than an oppressed
man).”
The program asked the question
“Am I held back because I am
black?”, but never gave a direct
answer, which I feel was a way
of turning the other cheek to the
truth.
The world knows the black man
has been, is, and until he begins
to speak in a way that America
Youngblood,
Hill make
All-American
All-Metropolitan Con f e r e n c e
performers Duane Hill and Syl¬
vester Youngblood were given an
even higher honor than the were
named to the 1970 JC Grid-Wire
All-American team which was
announced on December 8.
Also named from Pasadena was
guard Dave Ogden, who was ac¬
corded honorable mention recog¬
nition.
The All-American rating capped
off brilliant years for both
НШ,
a tight end from Mansfield, Ohio
(Buckeye country), and Young¬
blood, who formerly starred at
Pasadena High School. Both are
highly sought after by many of
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Lecturing last Thursday at PCC,
Caltech cellular-molecular biolo¬
gist Dr. James Bonner empha¬
sized the changing of attitudes,
food production methods and pop¬
ulation growth rate to prevent
famine and chaos.
It is Dr. Bonner’s belief that we
could greatly increase available
vegetable nutrition by feeding
plants directly to people, rather
can understand, he win be a vic¬
tim of American democracy.
Why wasn’t the question “Am I
held back because I am black?”
given a direct answer? It was be¬
cause of a desire to feed a love
and peace program into the un¬
aware individual (black man) so
he’ll continue to live on his knees
reaching, but not grasping, for
some abstract reality offered to
him by America.
Instead of answering the ques¬
tion directly, Goldman took it no
further than the black man hav¬
ing been denied his symbolic 40
acres and a mule. Again and again
his colored performers projected
more trash to the audience, par¬
ticularly the black audience.
The projection was that of ad¬
vancement depending upon in¬
dividual effort, strength, and will
power, which is contrary to real¬
ity.
The only way the black man
in America will rise is through a
collective effort. Otherwise only a
system-chosen few will make it
and the others will remain black
prey for white America.
Source material or scripts were
from works by Langston Hughes,
Martin Luther King, Carl Sand¬
burg and the Watts Writers
Workshop. I wonder why Gold¬
man excluded such people as
Richard Wright, LeRoi Jones,
Malcolm X, and the Black Arts
Repertory Theater in Harlem.
After all, it was supposed to be
an optimistic view of the black
man yesterday and today.
In the program it stated all men
were different shades of the same
color, but it didn’t state that it
was the shade that didn’t resem¬
ble white that encounters all the
umanity of America — particu¬
larly the darkest shade — black.
Goldman, your production of
“What Color Is Black?” is a farce,
is more trash to intercourse the
minds of unaware black people.
Black is not a color but a state of
mind, being, existence.
Black is what I am.
than to animals. Cattle and other
food animals, says Bonner, waste
a great deal of nutritional poten¬
tial by such actions as walking
around while converting plants
into meat.
The waste may be as high as 90
per cent. "Increase plant con¬
sumption by humans and reduce
the animal welfare program.”
Neither does he believe in “har-
By TIM MARSHALL
Did you know that PCC has its
own FM stereo radio station?
KPCS is located at 89.3 on the
dial and operates at a power of
4000 watts.
The staff got off to a slightly
Call it educational, informative,
knowledgeable, invaluable, pre¬
cious, whatever, but six weeks in
Mexico City absolutely free, in¬
cluding transportation, meals and
lodging is an opportunity not to
be missed.
It all comes under the courtesy
and sponsorship of the Experi¬
ment in International Living, a
non-profit, independent, educa¬
tional organization which is offer¬
ing its third annual scholarship
for a six-week summer visit to
Mexico.
To be eligible for this trip, ap¬
plicants must have two years or
the equivalent in Spanish, be able
to represent a minority group, be
a citizen of the United States, and
be between 18 and 30 years of age.
For application forms, students
should contact Miss Adelina Ace¬
vedo in 121C Tuesdays from 12
to 1 p.m., or Wednesdays after 2
p.m.
All applications must be re¬
turned to 121C before January 8.
The reason for this early dead¬
line is to give the organization
sufficient time to screen all the
applications.
The Experiment’s programs are
based upon the conviction that a
person learns to understand
another person and his culture
by living with him as a member
of a family.
To Miss Acevedo, who qualified
last year for this scholarship, this
is undeniably true.
For four weeks Miss Acevedo
lived with a family in a small
vesting the ocean” as some now
advocate. “We have overestimated
the ocean.” Most fish live in the
areas over the continental shelves,
while vast marine areas are virt¬
ual deserts.
“Before we can increase world
food production, we must educate
people and build a technological
base. By scientific adjustment, the
U. S. should have no problem
feeding her people.”
late start this year due to con¬
struction work being done in the
basement of C Building where
the station is located.
The KPCS staff has many new
ideas for the 1971 season.
News is being expanded to three
Mexican village, and during that
period was in complete awe of
the things seen and the knowledge
gained.
“Every day I learned something
new.” She said that the children
of the village had never before
heard a fairy tale, and explained
that the reason for this was that
the parents did not have time.
The father worked out all day
■file the mother cultivated the
fields.
Every day for one hour she
played games with the children
in the country where the air was
clean and fresh and pastures
green and verdant.
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Ecology Handbook
Begins at Home
Ecology Action is compiling an
“Ecology Begins at Home” hand¬
book. It will have items of inter¬
est for homes everywhere, but
will be designed to serve our col¬
lege district.
The following cities will be in¬
cluded: Pasadena, San Gabriel,
Temple City, South Pasadena, San
Marino, Sierra Madre, Alhambra,
Altadena, and La Canada.
The handbook will include a
brief explanation of the eco-sys-
tem and its functions, a brief ex¬
planation of why ecological
awareness is necessary, and a
guide to establishments offering
ecologically acceptable products.
The group needs everyone’s as¬
sistance in compiling information
for the handbook. Below is a list
of areas to research. Please at¬
tempt to find all that you can in
your city. Then submit it to Ecol¬
ogy Action group.
Dairies that recycle glass;
stores that carry organic, biode¬
gradable soaps; fruit stands that
are organic; nurseries that carry
native plants and promote organ¬
ic gardening; family planning
centers; bookstores with ecologi¬
cal sections; and anything that
would pertain to ecology.
times a day, a special program on
Beethoven and his life, a words
and music show, and the Many
Faces of Pasadena program are
some of the thoughts for 1971.
KPCS will also continue to run
its usual fine variety of easy lis¬
tening, jazz, country western,
classics, and folk music. There
will also be a continuation of the
“Job Opportunities” program.
The idea of KPCS is to train
announcers and other radio per¬
sonnel to get in the business of
radio eventually.
There are various staff jobs
available, such as program direc¬
tor, traffic director, chief engin¬
eer, sports director, news direc¬
tor. These are held by students.
Program director Cynthia Hall
is responsible for general pro¬
gramming. She has to be a jack
of all trades and deal with any
problem which may occur at the
station.
Traffic director Steve Burke
must keep logs of the various
broadcasts for the FCC. He is
also heavily involved with the
night programming. Sports direc¬
tor Tad Larson is in charge of the
live football and basketball games
that are heard over KPCS. They
also intend to add baseball and
track to next year’s program.
News director Gregg Benham
must gather all of the news in¬
formation for the announcers.
A team of 16 announcers are
now at PCC, but don’t let that dis¬
courage you if you’ve been think¬
ing of taking the two-year course.
As Burke puts it, “We need all
the help that we can get in the
telecom courses.
“There are three classes: Tele¬
com 11, which is a survey class
and the most basic and general
radio class at PCC. Next is Tele¬
com 12, which is the announcing
class, and then there is Telecom
14, better known as the produc¬
tion class.
“In these three classes one learns
various techniques, such as learn¬
ing hand signals, picking records
for the show, writing scripts, and
producing a show in general.”
KPCS is a non-commercial ed¬
ucational program which does
announce public services. Look
for the new KPCS program pam¬
phlet that will appear around the
first of January.
Station manager Robert Wright
would like to thank all KPCS lis¬
teners for their response last year
and hopes that many PCC stu¬
dents will “tune in” 89.3 on their
radios also.
"What Color Is Black?" performer asks.
Ocean: Overestimated for Food
Mexico Trip a Great
Cultural Opportunity