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~ Maybe just goof off.

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-:2 columnist Rod Solar, and irwin
: Oostindie and Karl Schmitt from -
‘othe North Shore Youth Council,
” but:there’s room for more readers ‘

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‘CBC: RADIO 690. will present a
special, live. two-and-a-hsif-hour
Youth Forum on the family on
Sunday, Oct. Gat 1:30 p.m.

i The ‘program is. part
Young People’s Radio (YPR)
week, Sept. 30 to Oct. 6.
~. Less than a lifetime ago, the
majority of Canadian families
were composed of two adutis in «
permanent union that . produced

"three to five children.

Exceptions to that’ family model
are now the rule. Today’s families
have many names: nuclear, ex-
tended, blended or single-parent.

Six teens from across Canada

'. will discuss their experiences, the
upheaval in traditional family life
and the families they want to
form.

The teens were billeted together
in Vancouver for the week prior
to the broadcast. Their group
discussions and general activities
were taped.

Excerpts trom those tapes will
be played and the teens (aged 17
and 18) will discuss the issues
raised and comment on_ their
taped conversations.

At 3 p.m., Daie Goldhawk,
host of Cross-Country Checkup,
wil! open the lines to Canadians
who can join the conversation,
express their opinions on the cur-
rent state of the family and ques-
tion the young people.

This special live youth forum is
produced by Hal Wake.

of CBC's.

This week’s question:

What party would you
vote for in the
provincial election?

980-KIDS

Racism, part 3

A string of isolated incidents or a phenomenon?

TWO WEEKS ago we discussed the. myths and

realities of racism.

I argued that this is an issue
not to be ignored. That it cc-
curs right here, right now.

Last week I felt that discles-
ing my persenal ethnic
background may have under-
mined my position on educa-
tion and racism. Today, I

. don’t believe so.

In discussing the issue with.

those who had been affected by
prejudice, I realized that racism
is too mal an issue to be
examined by a completely un.
reiated outsider.

1 was born in Chile. My
parents tuoved to Vancouver
when I was three. I have never
experienced blatant racism

ed at myself.
-' The reagscn for this is ob-
- vious. I don’t fit the imposed
caricature that most peont:
relate to Scuth Americans. I
don’t have brown or red skin. I
don’t have :an accent, and I
never wear 9 voncho.

Some wo.aid say that I am
one of the lucky ones. I get
lost in the crowd of blue eyes
and blond hair.

I would have to speak some
Spanish for someone to believ:
that I am not from here. Ever:
with the demonstration, some
ask how many years of Spanish
instruction I’ve had.

Environment forum \

SENIOR SECONDARY § schooi
students from across the province
have been invited to present
thoughts and ideas about sus-
tainable development to the Brit-
ish Columbia Round Table on the
Environment and the Economy.

They can do so through essays
and a two-day Youth Forum
scheduled in Vancouver on Tues-
day and Wednesday, Nov. 19 and
The forum will bring some 80
students together with members of
the provincial Round Table. A
student from each of the pro-
vince’s 75 school districts, along
with representatives from in-
dependeni and aboriginal schools,
will take part in the forum’s
workshops and discussions.

Essays prepared as pazt of the
process leading to the forum will
be reviewed by the Round Table
and by tne Education Ministry so
that all participants will be heard.

The Youth Forum is part of the
Round Table’s public consultation
in its efforts to arrive at a consen-
sus in the crafting of a sustainable
development strategy for British
Columbia's future.

Students interested in taking
Part are asked to prepare an essay
of 250 to 500 words expressing
their thoughts and feelings about
sustainable development in British
Columbia, and what the education
system might do to help achieve
it.

‘ Each submission will be review-

ed in a process through which one

By Rod Solar
Contributing Writer

I’ve never had to face serious
_ insults against my character
because of my ethnicity. I have
never been turned away from a
friend’s parent’s house because
of my color. I have never been
shoved aside in-a job competi-
tion because of my iast name.

I’ve never had racial slurs
smeared -on my door. I’ve
never had a firecracker tossed
into my doorway by someone
yelling “‘Go away ... we don’t
want your kind here...’*

And neither have most of
you.

Unless, of course, you are
Asian, black, East Indian,
Native | Indian, Italian, or Jew-
ish, :

In discussing racism with
people who do not look cauca-
sian, I’ve realized (to my sur-
prise) that racism in Canada is
a string of “‘isolated inci-
dents.””

In my interviews, I have
heard from students (elemen-
tary, high school, and post-
secondary), businesspeople,
educators, and other profes-
sionals.

student from each schoo! district
will be chosen to attend the Youth
Forum.

A copy of each essay will be
given to the Round Table for con-
sideration in its work, and to the
Ministry of Education for review
of the ideas on how to address
sustainable development issues
within the province’s education
system.

Like many people, I related
racism with the KKK and Nazi
Germany. I would think of
blacks in South Africa or Jap-
anese Canadians in the 1940s. .

Never would I think. of my
schools, my workplace, my
streets ... my own
neighborhood.

No, I relexed in my obscuri-
ty. It was someone else’s prob-
lem. Somewhere else.

This columa is the last of
this series on racism. I am, in
some ways,. relieved. As I'm
stre you are too.

Also, in hearing the some
times shocking, always disturb-
ing, stories of my sources, my .
sympathy has grown immensc-'
ly. For what these people have
endured over.so many years, ;
would feel proud to be counted :
amongst them. :

Today I feel I’ve joined a -
family. A family of oppressed:

. peoples all over the world:

But I am only an honorary:
member. I have not felt the
pain. of prejudice. I can’ only’
imagine how ‘it must feel, how”
it must hurt... .

Even this feeling is a
pressure on my: chest and a:

coldness in my fingers as I type — } -
on this page. -

A page that is ‘stained by the- .
salt of millions: of: wmneeded “y
tears. -

~ Transportation, ‘hotel and meal ~
costs will be provided by’. the.
Round Table -and the B.C:
Ministry of Education, with sup-
port from Canadian Airlines In-
ternational and Time Air.

Further information about the
Youth Forum is being made
available through public libraries
and secondary schools throughout
the province, or people can cali

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