EQUALITY CONFLICT

Editor:

I quote Judy Geissler, November 27th: “I’m thankful for being of the white race in a land where the white is supreme. But I’m even more thankful for having the sense of social responsibility to know that it’s my job to do everything I can to end the hypocrisy of the racial ‘double standard’ in America.”

I also quote Roger Gillespie, same date: “San Jose State College is a school with a problem.” Both Judy and Roger have problems far more serious than those of San Jose State. Judy says that she will do all she can to fight hypocrisy but she seemingly wouldn’t change places with a negro. Roger’s problem is worse. He refuses to believe that BYU has a problem. By quoting out of context and by indicating that UTEP has solved their “problem,” Roger would have us believe that the black man is the same as the white man in the eyes of the Mormon Church.

But if we accept David O. McKay as a prophet of God then we must accept the fact that the negro cannot receive the Priesthood. Also, if a negro defines racism as being excluded from the full rights of the Mormon Church, then we are guilty of racism in his eyes. Whether or not Roger accepts this as our problem is up to him but I think it’s about time we pull our heads up out of the sand and admit that the doctrine that we accept as the word of God is in conflict with the negro concept of equality.

Alan A. Enke