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'No Appreciable Difference'

"I don't think that
anything that might come
about in the next 20 years or
has occurred in the last 15 years
has produced any appreciable
difference in the attitudes that
have prevailed in this country
from 1619 to 1973 There is
no such thing as a back lash

There is only a white lash," he
insists.

He observes a deficiency in
the amount of black culture at
the University. "Because black
culture is not generally
integrated into the University's
program, having one week
that's called Black Culture
Week is an important thing. It
is the only concentrated
exposure to the black
American that is available to
the University as a whole." Mr
Baker maintains

In his mind, this deficiency
of black culture is a major
factor involved in the
assignment of priorities in
terms of the artists who are
brought to Charlottesville.
"How do these priorities to
choose particular artists come
about so that I want to spend
my money for x, y, or z.
Whites have been sold a bill of
goods through advertising.
Their minds have been
manipulated so that what they