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Editorial discounts `U' racism

TO THE DAILY:

The editorial that appeared Jan. 25, "Crying Wolf," concerning the Dental School racism case was appalling but not unusual for the "new Daily." Your editorial viciously attacked the case of the three fired workers in the name of upholding the University's review that found no racist intent on behalf of the employers. Unfortunately, the Daily staff chose to ignore this country's painful past and shameful present of widespread racism which does not exclude the University.

For the Daily, the University's decision alone was enough to determine the Dental School workers were lying and willing to go through a lengthy legal process, just for the hell of it. Perhaps the Daily staff is ignorant to the fact that institutions are easily capable of promoting and covering-up racism because they have the resources and people willing to blindly believe them.

The editorial mentioned no sort of investigation or even the slightest knowledge of the legalities of the case that could have prompted the Daily to attack the workers as they did. The Daily accused the workers of trivializing racism when in fact, the trivializing of racism is exactly what the Daily is promoting.

Bad journalism is the easiest factor to point to in this case. The history of racism in this country tells us that it is not easy as 1-2-3 to discount racism possibilities.

CARLEAN PONDER