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Guide to the Citizens Interracial Committee (CIC) Community Dialogue Tapes
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Box 1
August 18, 1967 (reel #22-1)
http://library.sdsu.edu/scua/citizens-interracial-committee#reel22-1 This tape is a recording of one of the numerous CIC dialogue
sessions with community groups and city officials. This particular session included representatives the city attorney's office,
the Urban League, San Diego City Schools, the Union-Tribune, various churches, the police department, city officials, and
the mayor. This recording includes introductions from participants, an overview of the agenda, and a discussion and review
of the previous session's meeting minutes, as well as an agreement that certain public officials (the mayor, chief of police,
and Councilman Hahn from the Southeast San Diego district) must be present at future meetings. After reviewing these minutes,
the group discussed the definition of racism. One participant differentiated between racism and racial discrimination, claiming
that San Diego is not racist because racism isn't embedded in its legal structure the way it was in Nazi Germany or South
Africa. Other participants concluded that racial discrimination is accepted as normal in San Diego and this issue must be
addressed in order to effect change. Mayor Curran also spoke up and stated that semantics makes communication about racial
issues complex and difficult. The tape ends in the middle of Mayor Curran's discussion.
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September 1, 1967 (reel #22-2)
http://library.sdsu.edu/scua/citizens-interracial-committee#reel22-2 This tape is a recording of one of the numerous CIC dialogue
sessions with community groups and city officials. This particular session included representatives from the city attorney's
office, the Urban League, San Diego City Schools, the Union-Tribune, various churches, the police department, and city officials.
Noticeably absent was Councilman Hahn from the Southeast San Diego district, Mayor Curran, and the chief of police. This session
began with introductions and a discussion of the purposes of the meetings. The group also heatedly discussed the absence of
the mayor, chief of police, and Southeast San Diego councilman. Tom Johnson mentioned housing discrimination for African American
servicemen and insisted that prejudice is the fundamental issue and that the City must recognize its normalcy in order to
change it. Others agreed that the white community needs to accept that San Diego is racist and the mayor should articulate
the problem to the public. Several participants stated that the media and city officials need to be more active in changing
attitudes instead of waiting for a burst of violence. Another participant discussed the San Diego Mexican-American community's
stance.
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