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Many who follow =E2=80=9Cthe news=E2=80=9D are awarethat, a few weeks ago, =
a story in Rolling Stone magazine charged that a youngwoman had been subjec=
ted to gang rape at a fraternity houseat the University of Virginia.
The story, taken at face value by universityauthorities and most media, bec=
ame national and then global in scope. Itquickly triggered a vilifying rush=
to judgment against the frat and its members,the house was summarily close=
d , then all frats were under suspicion -- andthere were campus demonstrati=
ons against them and their members.=20
But it=E2=80=99s all turned out to be a fake.
CNN and MSNBC, which broadly carriedthe report, seem unhappy with this reve=
lation =E2=80=93 but do have to saysomething.But the best report on thistra=
vesty comes from Fox:
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/12/06/rape-story-unravels-rollng-stone-says-=
trust-in-uva-source-misplaced/
This is a case where unbridled =E2=80=9Cpoliticalcorrectness=E2=80=9D ran a=
muck =E2=80=93 and a lot of people have been hurt. The term itselfhas alway=
s disturbed me.It sounds likesomething emerging from a tiny and insular pol=
itical sect, with its rootsoriginally abroad, and which, unable and unwilli=
ng to engage tangible issues ofsubstance, is turning its zeal against its o=
wn followers =E2=80=93 sort of like anauto-immune disease where one=E2=80=
=99s bodily immune system turns on itself.
I like to think in terms of goodtaste and good sense.
In the last 35 years or so, politicalcorrectness has pervaded much of the c=
ulture of this country.On the plus side, it has illuminated theoften wide p=
arameters of a great many instances of social injustice.=20
On the negative side, it=E2=80=99s frequently used incavalier fashion with =
little regard to the actual, factual situation.And, for unscrupulous folks,=
it can be a toolof Machiavellian nature, well suited for careerism and pol=
itical campaigns.
And all of this wild and spuriousdust and sandstorm stuff can confuse and o=
bscure the many and very real instancesof human injustice.
The Duke Lacrosse fraternity frame-upat Durham, N.C. a few years ago stemme=
d from knee-jerk P.C.Still familiar with the social and politicallandscape =
of that state where we lived for a number of years, I almostimmediately kne=
w that to be a frame-up.Eventually =E2=80=93 eventually =E2=80=93 that was =
straightened out and the accused fratmembers were totally vindicated..Herei=
s some of my writing on that one:http://www.hunterbear.org/NORTH%20CAROLINA=
%20THOUGHTS%20AND%20MEMORIES.htm
Not long after the Duke situation, afull scale witch-hunt against religious=
polygamists (fundamentalist Mormonsunaffiliated with the mainline LDS chur=
ch), burst forth yet again. (These seemto occur about every half century or=
so.)In this case, there were charges, via a few witnesses of very dubiousc=
haracter, that women and children were being abused en masse.Arizona and Ut=
ah moved, though cautiously,against the polygamist communities.But,in West =
Texas, authorities seized several hundred children. Most American media had=
a field day playing up the abuse allegations.
I knew this to be a frame-up immediately.Perhaps alone on the myriad of e d=
iscussionlists, I had had contact a number of times, in northern Arizona an=
d southernUtah, with polygamists and their small communities =E2=80=93 and =
I knew them to be goodpeople.After a number of turbulent months, the Texas =
appellate courtruled that it could find no evidence of child abuse whatsoev=
er and ordered thereturn of all of the polygamist kids to their families.Th=
is was upheld by the Texas SupremeCourt.The children were returned and,alth=
ough there are flare-ups now and then, the attacks on these peaceful people=
have ended =E2=80=93 for the time being.Seethis long webpage of mine:
http://hunterbear.org/POLYGAMY%20FIRES.htm
In 1991, at the University of NorthDakota, a move began to develop toward i=
mposing a code banning =E2=80=9CHate Speech=E2=80=9D.Thoughtful faculty and=
students recognized the dangers to the First Amendmentand academic freedom=
=E2=80=93 and some faculty were aware that such a code could beused for un=
scrupulous purposes in the UND setting which, to understate it, was beset w=
ith internal problems.I wrote the letter that launched oursuccessful campai=
gn to kill the Hate Speech ban.
From our Hunterbear website:
=E2=80=9C I wrote the following letter [under my originalname of John R Sal=
ter, Jr] and published it in The Dakota Student[University of North Dakota]=
on April 30, 1991. I was not surprised thatit angered a number of administ=
rators as well as some faculty. The UND studentresponse -- across all sorts=
of racial/ethnic/cultural lines -- was extremelypositive. My letter was su=
bsequently published in the May / June 1991 issue ofthe excellent socialist=
journal, Against the Current, under the title,"Defeat Racism, Don't Censor=
It."
I stand, of course, by every word I said, then and right to the present
moment.
SPEECH BAN WON'T END RACISM --John R Salter, Jr [Hunter Gray]DAKOTA STUDENT=
4/30/91
I'm completely against any efforts toban racist or sexist speech, or any
other speech, on college and university campuses -- or anywhere else.
I speak as both activist and academic and as one who has been involved in
social justice pursuits and teaching since the mid-1950s.
American Indians have traditionally recognized the right of everyone to be
heard -- no matter how unpopular or even noxious the verbiage. Whatever
its many limitations, my native state of Arizona has never deteriorated --
despite the presence of the copper bosses and the farming magnates, among
others -- into the sort of closed society once exemplified by Mississippi.
In part, at least, this has been because of the libertarian traditions of a
far-ranging frontier where "things open out instead of in" and wherefree
speech has generally, however grudgingly, been respected or at least
tolerated.
I've never known any effort anywhere toban speech that really "worked."
I've known few such efforts that, sooner or later, weren't turned against
the advocates of constructive social change. Hell, look at human history.
Frankly, some of the most sanctimonious proponents of suppression of racist
and sexist speech in university settings have been, in my observation,
administrators whose real commitment to, say, affirmative action has been
Zero -- and who frequently have worked against anything of a tangible natur=
e
that would increase the numbers and morale of women and minorities in
meaningful positions. Other, more well meaning official folk, worry about
"negative speech," expressing their concerns in the context and styleof a
prattling timidity that brings out the worst in everyone.
Here at the University of North Dakota,in a state and region where Native
Americans are the most substantial minority, our Department of American
Indian Studies offers several sections of a course called Introduction to
Indian Studies -- which fulfills a state teacher certification necessity an=
d
also meets certain humanities and social science requirements. About 350
students per year pass through these courses [I teach 200 or so personally]=
;
the majority are Anglo, with a good number of American Indians and other
minorities represented. In this classroom setting, academic dimensionsare
heavily laced with confronting all kinds of people hang-ups and we deal wit=
h
these in a non-guilt-trip, "say what you please" hang-loose sort of
atmosphere.
This works -- and often these students go on to take other courses of ours,
such as Contemporary Indian Issues or Federal Indian Law and Policy or
Plains Indians. Common interests, common concerns, and common allies
surface.
And in many other sectors, in and outof the university setting, we
challenge all kinds of anti-people words and deeds and patterns. We'vedone
it openly and candidly -- and without tearing people down. Our effortsare
interracial and intercultural.
We've seen things improve enlightenment-wise with the students, considerabl=
yso, and with many townspeople. But we still have a long, long wayto go in =
getting minorities and women hired in solid and influential universityposit=
ions. Academics -- including academic liberals -- are certainly often harde=
r to deal with than an essentially nice Anglo kid who hassome
hang-ups.
The kid is usually honest enough to face up and change, given a firm push o=
r
two or three -- done in a friendly fashion.
We just have to keep fighting, all of us together, step by step. Butlet's
not waste time on dangerous gimmicks like gag laws and regulations. The
real prize lies "over the mountains yonder" and we can catch it -- ifwe
don't allow ourselves to be de-railed and diverted into the canyons.
[Editor's note: Salter is chairman of the Indian Studies Department.]
Again, I like to think in terms ofgood taste and good sense.
In Solidarity,
Hunter Bear
HUNTER GRAY [HUNTER BEAR/JOHN R SALTER JR] Mi'kmaq / St. Francis Abenaki / =
St. Regis Mohawk=20
Protected by Na=C2=B4shdo=C2=B4i=C2=B4ba=C2=B4i=C2=B4=20
and Ohkwari' . Check out our massive social justice website:=20
www.hunterbear.org
Member, National Writers Union AFL-CIO=20
Core dimensions of my Community Organizing course:
http://www.labornet.org/news/0000/hbear.htm
My expanded/updated "Organizer's Book,"=20
JACKSON MISSISSIPPI -- with a new 10,000=20
word introduction by me. Covers much of my=20
confrontational social justice organizing life to=20
date. Contains much how-to grassroots organizing=20
methodology: http://hunterbear.org/jackson.htm
See this for mini-bio, efforts to prevent JM=E2=80=99s appearance in
Mississippi, a wide range of its many reviews, and some
photos: http://www.amazon.com/John-R.-Salter/e/B001KMEHWY/ref=3Dntt_dp_epwb=
k_0
The Stormy Adoption of an Indian Child [My Father]:=20
http://hunterbear.org/James%20and%20Salter%20and%20Dad.htm
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size=3D"3">
</font></font></div><font face=3D"Verdana" size=3D"2"><p style=3D"margin: 0=
in 0in 8pt;"><b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style=3D"line=
-height: 107%; font-size: 12pt;"><font face=3D"Calibri">Many who follow =E2=
=80=9Cthe news=E2=80=9D are aware
that, a few weeks ago, a story in Rolling Stone magazine charged that a you=
ng
woman had been subjected to gang rape at a fraternity house<span style=3D"m=
so-spacerun: yes;"> </span>at the University of Virginia.</font></spa=
n></b></p><div><font face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"3">
</font></div><p style=3D"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-we=
ight: normal;"><span style=3D"line-height: 107%; font-size: 12pt;"><font fa=
ce=3D"Calibri">The story, taken at face value by university
authorities and most media, became national and then global in scope. It
quickly triggered a vilifying rush to judgment against the frat and its mem=
bers,
the house was summarily closed , then all frats were under suspicion -- and
there were campus demonstrations against them and their members. </font></s=
pan></b></p><div><font face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"3">
</font></div><p style=3D"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-we=
ight: normal;"><span style=3D"line-height: 107%; font-size: 12pt;"><font fa=
ce=3D"Calibri"><span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But it=E2=80=
=99s all turned out to be a fake.</font></span></b></p><div><font face=3D"T=
imes New Roman" size=3D"3">
</font></div><p style=3D"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-we=
ight: normal;"><span style=3D"line-height: 107%; font-size: 12pt;"><font fa=
ce=3D"Calibri">CNN and MSNBC, which broadly carried
the report, seem unhappy with this revelation =E2=80=93 but do have to say
something.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But the best rep=
ort on this
travesty comes from Fox:</font></span></b></p><div><font face=3D"Times New =
Roman" size=3D"3">
</font></div><p style=3D"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-we=
ight: normal;"><span style=3D"line-height: 107%; font-size: 12pt;"><a href=
=3D"http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/12/06/rape-story-unravels-rollng-stone-s=
ays-trust-in-uva-source-misplaced/" mce_href=3D"http://www.foxnews.com/us/2=
014/12/06/rape-story-unravels-rollng-stone-says-trust-in-uva-source-misplac=
ed/"><font color=3D"#0563c1" face=3D"Calibri">http://www.foxnews.com/us/201=
4/12/06/rape-story-unravels-rollng-stone-says-trust-in-uva-source-misplaced=
/</font></a></span></b></p><div><font face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"3">
</font></div><p style=3D"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-we=
ight: normal;"><span style=3D"line-height: 107%; font-size: 12pt;"><font fa=
ce=3D"Calibri">This is a case where unbridled =E2=80=9Cpolitical
correctness=E2=80=9D ran amuck =E2=80=93 and a lot of people have been hurt=
. The term itself
has always disturbed me.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It=
sounds like
something emerging from a tiny and insular political sect, with its roots
originally abroad, and which, unable and unwilling to engage tangible issue=
s of
substance, is turning its zeal against its own followers =E2=80=93 sort of =
like an
auto-immune disease where one=E2=80=99s bodily immune system turns on itsel=
f.</font></span></b></p><div><font face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"3">
</font></div><p style=3D"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-we=
ight: normal;"><span style=3D"line-height: 107%; font-size: 12pt;"><font fa=
ce=3D"Calibri">I like to think in terms of good
taste and good sense.</font></span></b></p><div><font face=3D"Times New Rom=
an" size=3D"3">
</font></div><p style=3D"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-we=
ight: normal;"><span style=3D"line-height: 107%; font-size: 12pt;"><font fa=
ce=3D"Calibri">In the last 35 years or so, political
correctness has pervaded much of the culture of this country.<span style=3D=
"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the plus side, it has illuminated the
often wide parameters of a great many instances of social injustice. </font=
></span></b></p><div><font face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"3">
</font></div><p style=3D"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-we=
ight: normal;"><span style=3D"line-height: 107%; font-size: 12pt;"><font fa=
ce=3D"Calibri"><span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the negat=
ive side, it=E2=80=99s frequently used in
cavalier fashion with little regard to the actual, factual situation.<span =
style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And, for unscrupulous folks, it =
can be a tool
of Machiavellian nature, well suited for careerism and political campaigns.=
</font></span></b></p><div><font face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"3">
</font></div><p style=3D"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-we=
ight: normal;"><span style=3D"line-height: 107%; font-size: 12pt;"><font fa=
ce=3D"Calibri">And all of this wild and spurious
dust and sandstorm stuff can confuse and obscure the many and very real ins=
tances
of human injustice.</font></span></b></p><div><font face=3D"Times New Roman=
" size=3D"3">
</font></div><p style=3D"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><font face=3D"Calibri"><b st=
yle=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style=3D"line-height: 107%; fon=
t-size: 12pt;">The Duke Lacrosse fraternity frame-up
at Durham, N.C. a few years ago stemmed from knee-jerk P.C.<span style=3D"m=
so-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Still familiar with the social and politic=
al
landscape of that state where we lived for a number of years, I almost
immediately knew that to be a frame-up.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;">&=
nbsp;
</span>Eventually =E2=80=93 eventually =E2=80=93 that was straightened out =
and the accused frat
members were totally vindicated..<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> =
</span>Here
is some of my writing on that one:</span></b><font size=3D"3"> </font><b st=
yle=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style=3D"line-height: 107%; fon=
t-size: 12pt;"><a href=3D"http://www.hunterbear.org/NORTH%20CAROLINA%20THOU=
GHTS%20AND%20MEMORIES.htm" mce_href=3D"http://www.hunterbear.org/NORTH%20CA=
ROLINA%20THOUGHTS%20AND%20MEMORIES.htm"><font color=3D"#0563c1">http://www.=
hunterbear.org/NORTH%20CAROLINA%20THOUGHTS%20AND%20MEMORIES.htm</font></a><=
/span></b></font></p><div><font face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"3"><br></f=
ont></div><div><font face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"3">
</font></div><p style=3D"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-we=
ight: normal;"><span style=3D"line-height: 107%; font-size: 12pt;"><font fa=
ce=3D"Calibri">Not long after the Duke situation, a
full scale witch-hunt against religious polygamists (fundamentalist Mormons
unaffiliated with the mainline LDS church), burst forth yet again. (These s=
eem
to occur about every half century or so.)<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"=
>
</span>In this case, there were charges, via a few witnesses of very dubiou=
s
character, that women and children were being abused en masse.<span style=
=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Arizona and Utah moved, though cautio=
usly,
against the polygamist communities.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> =
; </span>But,
in West Texas, authorities seized several hundred children. Most American m=
edia had a field day playing up the abuse allegations.</font></span></b></p=
><div><font face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"3">
</font></div><p style=3D"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-we=
ight: normal;"><span style=3D"line-height: 107%; font-size: 12pt;"><font fa=
ce=3D"Calibri"><span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I knew this =
to be a frame-up immediately.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </sp=
an>Perhaps alone on the myriad of e discussion
lists, I had had contact a number of times, in northern Arizona and souther=
n
Utah, with polygamists and their small communities =E2=80=93 and I knew the=
m to be good
people.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After a number of <=
span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>turbulent months, the Texas =
appellate court
ruled that it could find no evidence of child abuse whatsoever and ordered =
the
return of all of the polygamist kids to their families.<span style=3D"mso-s=
pacerun: yes;"> </span>This was upheld by the Texas Supreme
Court.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The children were re=
turned and,
although there are flare-ups now and then, the attacks on these peaceful pe=
ople
have ended =E2=80=93 for the time being.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun: yes;">=
</span>See
this long webpage of mine:</font></span></b></p><div><font face=3D"Times Ne=
w Roman" size=3D"3">
</font></div><p style=3D"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-we=
ight: normal;"><span style=3D"line-height: 107%; font-size: 12pt;"><a href=
=3D"http://hunterbear.org/POLYGAMY%20FIRES.htm" mce_href=3D"http://hunterbe=
ar.org/POLYGAMY%20FIRES.htm"><font color=3D"#0563c1" face=3D"Calibri">http:=
//hunterbear.org/POLYGAMY%20FIRES.htm</font></a></span></b></p><div><font f=
ace=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"3">
</font></div><p style=3D"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-we=
ight: normal;"><span style=3D"line-height: 107%; font-size: 12pt;"><font fa=
ce=3D"Calibri">In 1991, at the University of North
Dakota, a move began to develop toward imposing a code banning =E2=80=9CHat=
e Speech=E2=80=9D.
Thoughtful faculty and students recognized the dangers to the First Amendme=
nt
and academic freedom =E2=80=93 and some faculty were aware that such a code=
could be
used for unscrupulous purposes in the UND setting which, to under=
state it, was beset with internal problems.<span style=3D"mso-spacerun=
: yes;"> </span>I wrote the letter that launched our
successful campaign to kill the Hate Speech ban.</font></span></b></p><div>=
<font face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"3">
</font></div><p style=3D"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-we=
ight: normal;"><span style=3D"line-height: 107%; font-size: 12pt;"><font fa=
ce=3D"Calibri">From our Hunterbear website:</font></span></b></p><div><font=
face=3D"Times New Roman" size=3D"3">
</font></div><p style=3D"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><b><span style=3D'color: rgb=
(172, 0, 0); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif; font-size=
: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";'>=E2=80=9C </span><fo=
nt face=3D"Calibri" size=3D"3">I wrote the following letter [under my=
original
name of John R Salter, Jr] and published it in The Dakota Student
[University of North Dakota] on April 30, 1991. I was not surprised t=
hat
it angered a number of administrators as well as some faculty. The UND stud=
ent
response -- across all sorts of racial/ethnic/cultural lines -- was extreme=
ly
positive. My letter was subsequently published in the May / June 1991 issue=
of
the excellent socialist journal, Against the Current, under the title,
"Defeat Racism, Don't Censor It."<br>
<br>
I stand, of course, by every word I said, then and right to the present<br>
moment.</font></b><b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><br><font face=
=3D"Calibri" size=3D"3">
<br>
<span style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">SPEECH BAN WON'T END RACISM&nbs=
p; --
John R Salter, Jr [Hunter Gray]</span> </font><font face=3D"Cal=
ibri"><font size=3D"3"><span style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">DAKOTA S=
TUDENT 4/30/91<br>
</span><br>
</font></font><font face=3D"Calibri"><font size=3D"3"><span style=3D"mso-bi=
di-font-weight: bold;">I'm completely against any efforts to
ban racist or sexist speech, or any<br>
other speech, on college and university campuses -- or anywhere else.<br>
<br>
I speak as both activist and academic and as one who has been involved in<b=
r>
social justice pursuits and teaching since the mid-1950s.<br>
<br>
American Indians have traditionally recognized the right of everyone to be<=
br>
heard -- no matter how unpopular or even noxious the verbiage.
Whatever<br>
its many limitations, my native state of Arizona has never deteriorated --<=
br>
despite the presence of the copper bosses and the farming magnates, among<b=
r>
others -- into the sort of closed society once exemplified by Mississippi.<=
br>
In part, at least, this has been because of the libertarian traditions of a=
<br>
far-ranging frontier where "things open out instead of in" and where
free<br>
speech has generally, however grudgingly, been respected or at least<br>
tolerated.<br>
</span><br>
</font></font><font face=3D"Calibri"><font size=3D"3"><span style=3D"mso-bi=
di-font-weight: bold;">I've never known any effort anywhere to
ban speech that really "worked."<br>
I've known few such efforts that, sooner or later, weren't turned against<b=
r>
the advocates of constructive social change. Hell, look at human hist=
ory.<br>
<br>
Frankly, some of the most sanctimonious proponents of suppression of racist=
<br>
and sexist speech in university settings have been, in my observation,<br>
administrators whose real commitment to, say, affirmative action has been<b=
r>
Zero -- and who frequently have worked against anything of a tangible natur=
e<br>
that would increase the numbers and morale of women and minorities in<br>
meaningful positions. Other, more well meaning official folk, worry a=
bout<br>
"negative speech," expressing their concerns in the context and style
of a<br>
prattling timidity that brings out the worst in everyone.<br>
</span><br>
</font></font><font face=3D"Calibri"><font size=3D"3"><span style=3D"mso-bi=
di-font-weight: bold;">Here at the University of North Dakota,
in a state and region where Native<br>
Americans are the most substantial minority, our Department of American<br>
Indian Studies offers several sections of a course called Introduction to<b=
r>
Indian Studies -- which fulfills a state teacher certification necessity an=
d<br>
also meets certain humanities and social science requirements. About =
350<br>
students per year pass through these courses [I teach 200 or so personally]=
;<br>
the majority are Anglo, with a good number of American Indians and other<br=
>
minorities represented. In this classroom setting, academic dimension=
s
are<br>
heavily laced with confronting all kinds of people hang-ups and we deal wit=
h<br>
these in a non-guilt-trip, "say what you please" hang-loose sort of<br>
atmosphere.<br>
<br>
This works -- and often these students go on to take other courses of ours,=
<br>
such as Contemporary Indian Issues or Federal Indian Law and Policy or<br>
Plains Indians. Common interests, common concerns, and common allies<=
br>
surface.</span><br>
<br>
</font></font><span style=3D"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><font face=3D"Cal=
ibri" size=3D"3">And in many other sectors, in and out
of the university setting, we<br>
challenge all kinds of anti-people words and deeds and patterns. We'v=
e
done<br>
it openly and candidly -- and without tearing people down. Our effort=
s
are<br>
interracial and intercultural.<br>
<br>
We've seen things improve enlightenment-wise with the students, considerabl=
y
so, and with many townspeople. But we still have a long, long w=
ay
to go in getting minorities and women hired in solid and influential univer=
sity
positions. Academics -- including academic liberals -- are
certainly often harder to deal with than an essentially nice Anglo kid who =
has
some<br>
hang-ups.<br>
<br>
The kid is usually honest enough to face up and change, given a firm push o=
r<br>
two or three -- done in a friendly fashion.<br>
<br>
We just have to keep fighting, all of us together, step by step. But
let's<br>
not waste time on dangerous gimmicks like gag laws and regulations. T=
he<br>
real prize lies "over the mountains yonder" and we can catch it -- if
we<br>
don't allow ourselves to be de-railed and diverted into the canyons.<br>
<br>
[Editor's note: Salter is chairman of the Indian Studies Department.]=
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ight: normal;"><span style=3D"line-height: 107%; font-size: 12pt;"><font fa=
ce=3D"Calibri"> </font></span></b></p><div><font face=3D"Times New Rom=
an" size=3D"3">
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ight: normal;"><span style=3D"line-height: 107%; font-size: 12pt;"><font fa=
ce=3D"Calibri">Again, I like to think in terms of
good taste and good sense.</font></span></b></p><div><font face=3D"Times Ne=
w Roman" size=3D"3">
</font></div><p style=3D"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;"><b style=3D"mso-bidi-font-we=
ight: normal;"><span style=3D"line-height: 107%; font-size: 12pt;"><font fa=
ce=3D"Calibri">In Solidarity,</font></span></b></p><div><font face=3D"Times=
New Roman" size=3D"3">
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ight: normal;"><span style=3D"line-height: 107%; font-size: 12pt;"><font fa=
ce=3D"Calibri">Hunter Bear</font></span></b></p><div><font face=3D"Times Ne=
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</font></font>HUNTER GRAY [HUNTER BEAR/JOHN R SALTER JR] Mi'kmaq / St. Fran=
cis Abenaki / St. Regis Mohawk=20
<br>
Protected by Na=C2=B4shdo=C2=B4i=C2=B4ba=C2=B4i=C2=B4=20
<br>
and Ohkwari' . Check out our massive social justice website:=20
<br>
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Member, National Writers Union AFL-CIO=20
<br>
<br>
Core dimensions of my Community Organizing course:
<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.labornet.org/news/0000/hbear.htm" mce_href=3D"http://=
www.labornet.org/news/0000/hbear.htm">http://www.labornet.org/news/0000/hbe=
ar.htm</a>
<br>
<br>
My expanded/updated "Organizer's Book,"=20
<br>
JACKSON MISSISSIPPI -- with a new 10,000=20
<br>
word introduction by me. Covers much of my=20
<br>
confrontational social justice organizing life to=20
<br>
date. Contains much how-to grassroots organizing=20
<br>
methodology: <a href=3D"http://hunterbear.org/jackson.htm" mce_href=3D"http=
://hunterbear.org/jackson.htm">http://hunterbear.org/jackson.htm</a></div><=
div>
<br>
<br>
See this for mini-bio, efforts to prevent JM=E2=80=99s appearance in
<br>
Mississippi, a wide range of its many reviews, and some
<br>
photos: <a href=3D"http://www.amazon.com/John-R.-Salter/e/B001KMEHWY/ref=
=3Dntt_dp_epwbk_0" mce_href=3D"http://www.amazon.com/John-R.-Salter/e/B001K=
MEHWY/ref=3Dntt_dp_epwbk_0">http://www.amazon.com/John-R.-Salter/e/B001KMEH=
WY/ref=3Dntt_dp_epwbk_0</a></div><div>
<br>
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The Stormy Adoption of an Indian Child [My Father]:=20
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href=3D"http://hunterbear.org/James%20and%20Salter%20and%20Dad.htm">http://=
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