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the Afro-American and other third world students on the occupation of New Africa House. We the third world community of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst wish to acknowledge the time and effort that Chancellor Duffy and his staff put into the negotiations over our concerns. We accept in concept in spirit the response to the list of specific concerns and demands that we presented to him yesterday. We are especially pleased that the new Africa House has been restored as a cultural center and focused on the educational and cultural activities of the Afro-American and other third world students. It was. We welcome the recommitment of many of the recommendations first made their first report and look forward to their realization as soon as possible.

We are aware they turn a vigilance is the price of liberty and toward that end are simply a monitoring committee comprised of third world students faculty and staff to begin immediately the task of seeking final resolution of several items of concern that the administration has not addressed to us a little satisfaction. And to ensure that responsible and steady progress is made in the implementation of those items of concern. Fully agreed upon. We endorse the Graduate Student Association call for a moratorium next week to have a campus wide discussion. Good luck and. Thanks to those members of the non world community who gave us such generous and enthusiastic support. We are heartened by the realization that we're not alone in our struggle and oppression based on race or color. We wish to thank those of our brothers and sisters throughout the campus Valley and nationwide who called CIT material and spiritual support or joined us in the Africa House.

We specially want to thank those who provided the wonderful food and pillows and blankets. This has been exhausting but exhilarating experience as Frederick Douglass said if there's no struggle there's no progress. And in the words of the spirit of that our late brother James Baldwin used to love the quote the very time I was lost my dungeon shook and my chains fell off. Thank you all again. Let's you know continue our law to not continue on. For even a minute. Right. Not a great. Writer got it right. I would be satisfied that if that's all the matter of being aware of the language has he more specified monitoring of what we see in the polling which a lot of thought he wanted you to know. Well all but one of the the point of the speech that one of the nice things that are now coming once again to focus on getting in the illegal behavior by any means here in concept. Was dirty in her eyes. This is a difficult language right now but what the document itself has been accepted now

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It wasn't that it wasn't racism but. You know I think people need to open their eyes.

More than that many people though of other minorities have been here tonight including myself. And other Asians have been here. This is an issue of human rights and every minority that have been here in Kompas we all of us suffer of oppression here. I would like to fight back through education and calling the support of every Hispanic person that he's around to please communicate with us and he was there support. I think they moved along. I think my report made it clear that I didn't expect that they could do everything in one year or in two years or in five years. They've moved along. Unfortunately other incidents have occurred since my report. I anticipated that to the student reaction was a response to that and the administrative response to the students I think can be given great credit. I think that everybody has one here today and I think that what's going on in the process is it's really an extension of some of the

recommendations I made. How would you characterize the mood on campus today as opposed to maybe 1986 after the World Series and some as far as race relations but I think the mood is improving actually. I think that the black students got a broad cross-section of support this didn't turn out to be a black white reaction it was a it was a mixed reaction. Five people supporting the the essence of the black student concerns even the administration supported the essence of the black student concerns what pleased me more than anything else was the determination on the part of the students to turn to to stand up and determine their own destiny. I think that's so critical. I think it shows a sense of responsibility that the administration responded to. This is the nature of this of it had to do with a group of students who wanted to say to this community and I think really to the to the larger I want to express to the larger

world some apprehension and fear not in appropriately some concern beyond this recent event of the brutality of it not. That's happened on this campus twice in the last 18 months that's too much. And both times it had to do with alcohol. And I think that's the factor that we ought to look at. Again we've been in this campus. We've our policies in this regard are much stricter than they were a few years ago but I think every campus in America is unwilling to talk about the seriousness of alcohol abuse among adolescents and teenagers who attend students. And but these are expressing fear they're expressing concern they were expressing idealism. And you know I think that there was an educational process taking place they were challenging the administration of the university to listen to them.

And we now have a challenge to try to work together. I don't think you know they have a they have a. Large ambitious agenda and it changed two or three times but we share their concerns. The problem is racism everyplace in America. This happens every day. But I think.