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DIFFERENCE

By KERRY READSHAW
ts only a white piece of
paper with black lines.

The black lines are four

=people -- men of distinct,
grotesquely portrayed, ethnic
origin. Other lines make bold
letters. Words.

__ “We want your homes.”
“We want yourjobs.”-

“We want your country.”
The paper originated in Mis-

sion, was recently distributed

near the corner of Vancouver’s
Broadway and Main streets,
and now rests on Hanny
Pannekoek’s desk. Pannekoek,
co-ordinator of the Vancouver Is-
land Human Rights Coalition,
believes the paper is an example
of hate literature. She sees
three or four such tracts each
year but has no legal authority
to deal with them. Most com-
plaints such as this are referred
to the B.C. Council of Human
Rights, a provincial government
agency.

“Still, it’s frustrating. People
bring this to us, it’s ugly, and
there’s little we can do. We
can’t put a name to who
produced it, we can’t track them
down. Often, it’s produced by
someone in the States and then
brought here,” she explains.

But Pannekoek thinks the
producers of this particular
piece of literature can be traced:
at the bottom of the sheet is the
acronym ARM and a box num-
ber. Coalition members are seek-
ing legal advice, hoping ARM
can be charged under the 1981
Civil Rights Protection Act. The
act, which Pannekoek says has
never been used, guarantees
basic civil rights.

And racism does violate civil
rights. But how often it occurs
in Canada, and whether it is

serious Continued on Page 3

THE

FEET DON’T FAIL ME NOW is probably what this colorfully-clad lad is thinking
as he and a doll-like lass concentrate on the intricate sieps of a Polish dance
during a Folk Fest celebration of yesteryear. This year’s week-long festivities
start on Sunday.

MAKING AN EXHIBITION of
herself in 1929 qualified this
pilot fo be pan of a muscum
exhibit about pioneer wom-
en. see Page 16.

__-MISS MANNERS: To raise un-

prejudiced children, yous-
don’t have to see red when a
guest makes an intolerant re-
mark... but you must make
your views known./ Page 7.

B DR. TOMORROW: A hot in-
vention will forever change
the way body temperatures
are tested . . . swallowing the
thermometer is the latest sick-
room trend./ Page 9.

i CALENDAR: Auditions, Ba-
ha‘i summer school, and ihe
Carmanah Forest Society... .
the ABC guide fo planning
your week includes all of this
and more./Page 14.

e BS : ese
THE SCOOP aboui the guys
shooting the hoops is told by
Bill Kennedy on Page 16.
Read all about the Men‘s Na-
tional Basketball team.