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_October Issue 2009
Images of 56 murdered
youth spark calls to end
senseless violence
By NAYABA ARINDE
Amsterdam News Editor
This, week Ts AmNews front
page is meant to be jarring. And
heart-wrenching. Does it make
you catch your breath? It is
supposed to. oNinety-nine
percent of those people on the
poster are from South Jamaica
Queens. The only ones who
aren't are Biggie from Bed-
Stuy and Tupac {claimed
somewhat by Brooklyn], and I
knew all of them, T T said activist
Erica Ford, CEO and founder
of Life Camp: Inc. oMost of
these children were victims of
_ gun violence, and the age range
is 3 to 25. ? These children were
the victims of drive-bys,
targeted hits and stray bullets.
oAll of itis senseless violence, ?
said Ford. oThese people are
the reason why I am doing
what I am doing now. Their
deaths moved me. This youth
violence has made me dedicate
my life to building 4 better
future for the children. That was
why I formed Life Camp, which
is a community-based nonprofit
organization that wants to
provide young people with the
means, resources, tools, hope
and. vision to make the right
choices and develop social skills
to navigate problems and.
obstacles that they may face.
oUnless and until we address. the
undiagnosed depression in.our
community, we will continue to
see acts of yiolence, ? said Terrie
Williams, founder of the Stay
Strong Foundation and author
of oBlack Pain "It Just Looks
Like We're Not Hurting. ? oThe
answer is clear, ? continued the
Healing Starts With Us: mental
health advocate, obut no one is
understanding the reason for the
violence, Every time I hear of
these horrors, I also hear people
asking, What's wrong with
Greenville Ts Hair Show
these kids? T They are a
reflection of us. We as adults
are. separate from our own
pain and are not getting help,
and we pass it on directly to
our children. oAll of us,
through learned silence, learn
to absorb. shock and never
speak of it. And so we self-
medicate through violence,
through drugs,.alcohol,
work, anything to not sit with
the pain. We act out, we lash
out. We' want to blame the
okids, but the answer is us: We
all need help. ? An unnamed _
high-ranking source in the
police department spoke
with the AmNews about the
shooting. of yet another
young Black male on
Tuesday .in Harlem by
Marcus Garvey Park. As the
youth is expected to survive ©
law
his. injuries, the
enforcement official opined,
oMy heart bleeds as I make.a
plea for you to remain safe
and alert through this gun
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Editor |
The Daily Southerner
By: W. Terry Smith
* Reduction in cemetery lot fees
_ will have to wait at least anothe
month after a motion to return
to the original $500 fee failed
to get enough votes: Monday
night during the Tarboro Town
Council meeting. Councilman
Jim Alford and Dr. Steve Hoard
were absent. Mayor Donald
- Morris said Alford was under a
doctor Ts care for back pain and
Hoard was out of town.
Councilman Roy Gray Ts motion
to go back to the original $ 500
fee for town residents received
five votes, but six were needed,
Town Attorney Mike Blough
bine said. Reoncilmas Melvia
Muhammad voted nay and later T :
nade a'Tnotion to reduce the fee
to $ 250 in honor of the town Ts
upcoming 250 birthday next
year. His motion died for lack
of a second. Muhammad made
lenghty remarks why the $750
fee
drastically. Several times the
mayor slammed his gavel
down, but Muhammad said,
oTl calm down, but I will be
heard! ? All of this was after
council voted unanimously in
June to raise the plot-fees to $
750 for town residents, and $
1500 for out of town residents.
After being called upon for the
invocation, Gray suggested
going straight to the review of
the cemetery Jot fees later on
should be. reduced :
VEBLZ
at TtAuaary
oN
NOT WnorHN outrroszeg
fees, After Gray Ts vote failed " -
it will be on the Nov. 9 agenda -
when a-simple majority will be
needed to pass " two residents
stood up during the citizen
comments period and suggested
council rescind the increase and
return to the $ 500 level.
oI applaud the hard work the
town Ts employees do to keep |
Eastlawn Cemetery do to keep
Eastlawn Cemetery in pristine
condition, said Taro Knight of
1118 Edmondson. Ave. oWhat I
can Tt applaud is the 50%
increase (from $500 to $750).
Greenville Mayor Race Heats Up!
| Pichined Sve} is incumbent Maser Patt Dunn and Minne Johnson nies both hihing to seal
_the 2009 Greenville Mayor election. Although both women hold gréateapabilty to carry out their
duties as Mayor efficiently and with the best interest of Greenville citizens at heart, if elected
Minnie Johnson Anderson will be the Ist African American Female to have ever occupied the
office. Good luck to you both the M: Voice Newspaer proudly salutes you.
What Has Happened to Black Marriages? T
to love themselves first and be Annual Legislative weekend in
by Rochelle Boykin Bey
Special to the NNPA from
the Howard University
News Service
WASHINGTON (NNPA) -
Men and women must learn
to get married and stay married.
oMore open-minded if they want pes om oLove thyself ? is
the first commandment of love,
This was the conclusion of 4uthor and family therapist
experts during a forum on Audrey Chapman told the
coreaties at the annual udience at the forum. oSingle
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stress to them the
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s According to T the Labor ©
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_ Americans presently without.
-employment rose to a post- ud
many Word War Il high at 53.4.
both... percent. Specifically, the.
ols employment tate amongst
k Mon-students from 16-to-24
year olds is taking the
greatest nose " dive,
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dbe . wrong, I don Tt plan to flip»
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because I am going to .
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sai, fu every year vag coe bing weiss lor: wh ks with
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sdnahoginis risk of getting the flu, single mother in an Se ee umbels
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saan Mg frentetn brea imp heats condition much lower rate of being Northeast Houston. ». federally funded programs had
issue of dba ina michae Se pertain ds e rae y. hospitalized than middle-aged Washington and her ha enrollment of 297, 169 °
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organizations "_ " directly stnvey, in percent of African- psychology ee NNPA Washington Corresponden
African-American
_ be working at a local fast
food restaurant. Especially i
; Aine sree rates hitting )
ee rdest : ~ If young People - are not
the recession, 7 was
of ~ burgers and prepare fries, but
people out of work. Sol am
oed the pa
| ~tnillion Americans have lost |
. jobs with young workers
othis series Of Statistics started
being compiled by the
government dating back to-
1948. The youth unemployment
_ fate has never exceeded. 50
"percent, but today Ts picture is T
dismal with so many personal
obstacles ocoupled with a
struggling economy. oIt Ts hard
: on my mother, sol have to help
out. Many of my peers are out
selling drugs, stealing, and
doing other things to. survive.
employed or in school, we get
"into trouble ?, says Washington, "
a future education major. oIt
gags hard tokeep applying and
Not getting any re 3 ?, Says
3 » Tony Brown, 19, who chose not
D g0to college right after high
_ School. During July, young men
with the highest !
x unemployment rate at 19.7
i i
percent compared to 17.3
percent for women. By face,
Blacks and Hispanic led at 31.2
and. 16.3. percent. oWe have
T witnessed that many young
- applicants éven lack the basic
teading and writing skills to
complete a job application ?,
says Carla Lane, the CEO of a..
Te staffing agency based in Dallas,
Houston, Beaumont. and
Orlando. oLack of employment
| pushes young people towards
participating in negative
activities ?, says Mavis Jackson,
a licensed " dependency
at.16.4 percent...
he won Tt let:me down T
yvuctl bit with Sreipeting
adults flooding the job market,
one-quarter of those | youth did
not obtain a job. The Labor
Dept. however sees it as an
overall success, Unemployment
among youth increased by 1.1
million betwee April and July .
2009. An estimated 1.6 million
people ages 16-19 were
unemployed in. August and
more than a quarter of
teenagers were unable to find
work, according to Labor
statistics. Lane agency, Lane
Staffing, 1s. stepping up by
developing a program that
trains young people i in trades.
that will make them
employable, marketable and in
some Cases. self- sufficient, Over
| the summer, Lane employed her
10-year-old daughter, Darian,
along with other youth from her
church. oThe economic times
are tough but we ¢an not stop
empowering the community.
We have to-show-the younger
generation how to work for
something and don Tt wait for a
hand out. Without employment
or purpose in life, it can lead to
the wrong choicés, ? she said.
Jackson Ts 27-year-old son,
Victor Jackson, knows first
hand the dead end that a string
a wrong choices can lead to.
After doing a four year stint in
the Air Force, nearly facing
serious jail time, and getting
mixed up in the gang life, he is
now working to gain stability.
oTam proud of him. He told me
Jackson, who) helped bier son
enroll at the Art Institute of
Houston to pursue a degree i in.
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sisters working with these kids in households with married
on the streets. oThe gun fire in. parents; now 70 percent are
New York City is crazy, and the raised in single-parent homes
organizations on the frontline Phere were often. more
are the ones who need to be | questions than answers. oWhat
supported. Russell Simmons happened to the knight in
has come on to support us and shining armor? ? asked
has reached out to artists to. mgood who displayed a
come up withthe anthem foc ag rk p
Counseling Services in Silver
Spring, Md. Perrault opened by
asking the women in the
audience to describe African-
American men. The women
yelled out odogs, ? ounfaithful, ?
oinconsistent, ? ouneducated, ?
ono class, ? ogay ? and olazy ?
g other terms. Perrault
Holmes _ eee,
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Chapman, host of oThe Auc
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FM. African-Americans wi
never move forward until th
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WASHINGTON (NNPA) " As he sits ina well-cushioned, Lazy Boy recliner, Lyle Henderson
prepares to get comfortable. He kicks his feet up and makes sure the : remote control is near.
For eight hours straight, he watches television and movies, while drifting i in and out of sleep.
Henderson is not a couch potato. He Ts receiving his weekly dose of chemotherapy. oI was
born T with a disease called hemangiomasarcoma, which is cancer of the blood vessels and
muscle tissue. So far, it has only been in my left leg and foot. I Tve had close to 65 operations .
now, ? Henderson explains. oMy first operation was when I was | years old. I Tve been on and
off chemotherapy all my life. I Tve also had radiation therapy, but that didn Tt work too well in
my body. ? Henderson, is not alone is his fight with cancer, African-Americans bear a
disproportionate burden of cancer and Blacks have the highest mortality rate of any racial and
ethnic group. He believes that sub par treatment of Black patients b White doctors may be aaa
the reason. oIt has been my experience that when you go to a doctor that is not of color "a
White doctor ~ they tend to be a little dismissive and | unfortunately they don Tt take the time.to
speak with you about all of the conditions and issue relating to your disease and/or regiment
and/or treatment. That Ts when you have to stop them in their tracks, ? Henderson s says. oIt has
been my experience that with my African-American doctors they T ve been more obliging, more
relationship-building, They have more genuine concern about what's going on with me and
my body and more importantly how this is affecting my life and my lifestyle. ? Durado Brooks,
director of prostate and colorectal cancers for the American Cancer Society, agrees that the
juality of healthcare can have a direct impact on survival. oThere is definitely some evidence
that minority patients get a different standard of care. A number of studies have shown that
African-American women diagnosed with the same stage of cancer as White women are less
likely to receive state of the art care for breast caner and there are similar sorts of findings for
lung eancer among African-American men, There is some data suggesting that in colorectal
cancer they [African-Americans cans] may not receive as aggressive therapy, which may contribute
to the excess death rate, "he says. 1 The American Sire ah Coe reports t that of the L, 4
~ New PERE Used By Police
To Calm Agitated Citizens
have ever heard about this can we ensure that African
kind of program, this kind of American, Latinos, women and
use where they basically force the poor: are not subjected to
an injection upon an this drug more often than
individual knowing nothing others? Studies. show that
about his or her medical African American men face
condition, ? ACLU Director harsher treatment and penalties
Hedy Weinberg told WSMY- in the criminal justice system.
TY Nashville. That is the How many minorities have been
main problem with this killed when police said they
program. Although thought they saw a weapon and
paramedics administer the pone. was found? Is the
injection, they have no way threshold for injection the same.
of getting a medical history for everyone? Police should be
Become too agitated on the from the individual If police encouraged to seek-nonlethal
streets of Nashville, Tenn.. and can restrain a person enough methods of dealing with
police and paramedics may inject for paramedics to give an. mentally disturbed individuals.
you with a drug that not only injection, then that person can That should include better
calms you but could make you be taken to the hospital, training that doesn Tt necessarily
forget the incident. Police can and. where a full complement.of emphasize force or drugs as the
~. Should seek nonlethal ways tO medical personnel is available first and Sy oa
"deal with agitated and mentally {9 deal with any side effects. |
ill individuals; however; injecting Midazolam can also have
individuals with the powerful negative effects on pregnant
sedative Midazolam, which is women; In Nashville, three
also known as Versed, is simply women of child-bearing age
a bad idea. I'd file this under the were given the injection
olawsuit-waiting-to-happen ? Ot without their consent, -
oabuses-in-the-making category. ? Second, those-injected with
This practice makes even less. jphe drug may not reniember
sense considering that Nashville what happened afterward.
police recently banned the use of How can individuals help in
another popular nonlethal their own defense if police
weapon: Tasers. Last year in New charge them with a crimé? §
York City, the improper use of a. One man; Dameon Beasley, [
nonlethal Taser on a mentally who was injected with the |}
disturbed man led to his death. drug -after erratic and |
Police violated departmental potentially dangerous =
policy when they Tased the man, }ehavior, said he remembers
the street on a security gate, phim to sign a paper before
without having something in becoming unconscious again.
say they Tve never heard of using gone anything after that shot,
Midazolam in this way: oI Tve hey, I couldn Tt have argued
talked to my colleagues around that fact. I don Tt remember, ?
the country, .and:none of the Beasley said. Finally, given ©"
Teen Killed
By Police
This is a crying shame, these police
who was standing 10 feet above waking up and police telling Officers are way the fu*k out of hand:
CHAMPAIGN ~ " Members of the
sof 7 . ; . 4 y+q: Dlack community mourned one boy Ts
Place to reak his fall. Experts 7g they would've said I'd death.and called for another 15-year- ©.
old to be released from juvenile «.
detention Monday. Kiwane Carrington.
died Friday afternoon after being shot "
ina scuffle with police. Another youth, ©
still being detained and will have
a juvenile court appearance today.
Such appearances are not open to
the public. Laura Manning, the
mother of the boy still in custody,
said at a Monday press conference
that her son is a slight youth who
has not reached his full height. She
said he was not a threat to a police
officer who, along with Police
: Chief R.T. Finney, confronted him
and Mr. Carrington at about 1:20
p.m. Friday after a neighbor called
911 to report a possible burglary
at 906 W. Vine St., C. The boys
had been let out early from
READY school and went to.a
house where Mr. Carrington had
stayed last summer, and was a
frequent visitor. At a press
conference -Monday at the
Urbana-Champaign Independent
Media Center, Debra Thomas,
A
people, from T the South to the the instances of racial ;
The Pitt Memorial Hospital Foundation is accepting letters of intent for
grants or funding to support projects in the program's focus areas:
* Diabetes
© Access to Care
* Minority Health
* Senior Services
* Nuttition/Physical Activity
The grants will be awarded as part of the Foundation T 2010-2011
Community Benefits and Health Initiatives grants program.
1 Grant funding for 2010-2011 is restricted to Pitt County and.will not be
awarded for medical research. Only government entities or non-profit
organizations with 501 (c) (3) status are eligible for funding.
The grant pefiod is for July 1, 2010 - June 30,2011.
Letters of intent should inclade Tthe following:
- © Brief organizational history.
* Project description; inelude farget population
* Explanation of how the project addresses the program's focus areas
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Submit letters to the address below.
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who lives at the Vine Street
house, said the teen was a good
boy and was welcome at her
home, A 911 caller had said the
two boys were trying to get into
the house through doors and
windows, and officers
responded. When the boys did not
do as ordered by the police, a
scuffle ensued, andthe
unidentified officer Ts, handgun
went off, according to police. He
was placed on paid administrative
leave, Deputy Chief Troy Daniels
said on Friday. Police were not
commenting on the accusation
Monday. oWhen the facts are in,
the city plans to be fully open and
transparent about
happened, ? Mayor Jerry
Schweighart said Monday in a
prepared. statement. He said the
investigation, led by the Hlinois:
what
10/2/2009 - 10 /16//2009.
State Police, could take
several weeks. ? This has been T
tough on our community, and
our sympathy goes out to
everyone involved, ? the mayor
added. Kenesha Williams, Mr.
Carrington Ts sister T and
guardian, was at the press
conference. Family members
said he was a good kid: who
had been troubled in the last
year, after his mother died of
pancreatic cancer. Thomas
also praised the young man,
and asked, oHow was it
burglary when he was
welcome there? ? She said a
Champaign County NAACP
President Jerome Chamibers.
oHow do we stop our black
boys from dying where the
authorities are the ones in
question? ?
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Black Youth Faces Growing
Threat Of Violence From Peers
by Kristin Gray
Special to: the NNPA from the
Afro-American Newspapers
WASHINGTON (NNPA) - For
soft-spoken honors student
Derrion Albert, death came at the
hands and feet of a savage mob
of his peers. Albert, 16, of
Chicago, was brutally beaten as
he walked home from school
Sept. 26. The culprits, four angry
Black boys between the ages of
16 and 19, were videotaped
bludgeoning Albert with a
railroad tie plank and pummeling
him in an unprovoked fit of rage.
The church-going teen Ts death
has brought to light the ongoing
war Black youth wage. against
one another. Even President
Obama, whose former Chicago
residence is less than an hour
away from the site of Albert Ts.
death, has called the grainy, two-
minute cell phone video
ochilling. ? Obama will deploy
Attorney General Eric Holder
and Education Secretary Arne
Duncan, the former head of
Chicago schools, to the Windy
City next week to otalk about the
issues of school: violence and
youth: violence, ? White House
Press Secretary Robert Gibbs
_ Said Oct.1. While youth violence
has decreased fationally since
2004, Black children represent an
overwhelming majority of crime
victims and crime perpetrators.
According to Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC)
statistics released in 2008, the
homicide rate among Black males |
ages 10 to 24 is more than double
that of Hispanic and White males
in the same age. gro
though African-Americans are a
minority population in the U.S.
The CDC also found that nearly.
36 percent of students in grades
9 through 12 had been in physical
fights in 2007, while 16.3 percent
of male students surveyed said ? increased monitoring and
Services to youth who are
they had fought on school
property. But statistics do little
to explain why so many Black
children are robbing each other [
of the opportunity to become
adults: Some believe the
breakdown of the Black family
has created a generation-of
children lacking support at home
and positive images of Black
men. Others point to social Web
sites like Facebook and YouTube
as the new hangout for
schoolyard bullies and promoters:
of teen-on-teen violence, But T
Nemi lya Ogunronke, executive |.
director of the Baltimore-based
OYO Traditions Cultural Arts
Institute, believes many violent
Black children lack outlets to
positively express their anger, and
instead resort to guns and gangs
as a refuge. OYO Traditions |
promotes the arts as an escape
from the stress of inner-city I
living. On Oct. 10 the institute
will host oRemember Me, ? a
community-wide program
exploring a recent rash of
premature deaths in Baltimore Ts
Druid Hill neighborhood.
According to Ogunronke, many
Black teens have become
in a culture of violence and have
tie ae Wile
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up, Even
few resources to improve
their lot. oFor youth actively
engaged in violence, there
may be a level of acceptance,
since they have incorporated
violence-as part of their
lifestyle, ? Ogunronke said.
oFor youth that are- not
engaged, it is more that they
don Tt know what to.do:about
it, which is different than
accepting the violence. ?
Homicide was the leading
cause of death among
Baltimore residents ages 15
to 34, according to the
Baltimore City Health.
Department Ts 2008 Status
Report. OYO Traditions
attempts to soothe the anger
Black teems experience
through programs like oThe
Enlightened Warrior, ? a
conference providing positive
examples of Black manhood,
and oDrums Not Guns, ?
which introduced young
adults to African drumming.
Maryland officials are also
aware of the perils faced by
inner-city youth. Tammy
Brown, chief of staff for the
Maryland Departmient:of
_ Juvenile Services, said state
officials and. her department
assist children who are
Victims of crimes, and prevent
them . from » becoming
offenders themselves. oPublic
safety is one of the top
Priorities of Governor Martin
Q TMalley Ts administration, ?
Brown said. oReducing the
number of juvenile homicides
and non-fatal shootings of
youth under [our
department Ts] supervision is
one of the goals that
Secretary Donald DeVore has
established for the
department. ? T The state
department has created the
Violence Prevention
Initiative, which provides
most at risk of committing or
being victims of violent crimes.
The program currently serves
approximately 400 youth with
various levels of monitoring ,
including GPS tracking and _
house arrest. While certain cities
understand first-hand the danger
many Black youths face in their
own communities, the nation
remains largely unaware of
homicides and brutality among
Black teens, said Angela
Conyers Johnese, the director of
Kandie Smith
juvenile * justice for the»
Baltimore-based Advocates for
_ Children and Youth. Social Web
sites like YouTube, where the
video of Albert Ts murder
surfaced soon after his death,
and Facebook have served as.
vehicles for the broadcast of -
schoolyard bullying and vicious _
altercations. But. Conyers
Johnese believes these sites are
actually helping the situation.
oCities like Chicago, Baltimore,
. New Orleans, these cities have
been dealing with violent crimes
among young people for years, ?
she said. oNow we have
YouTube, Facebook . and
MySpace and young: people "
with their cell phone cameras
and camcorders, and they Tre.
able to record instantly what is _
happening in places where the
world can see it. So, its not that - ~
it Ts making [violence] happen,
but it Ts making it more visible.
It's the attention that puts the
people in action mode. They feel
more impacted. It draws more
people to want to do something
and eliminate the problem. ? But
that visibility can be a double-
edged sword, Last week, video
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Targeting
Blacks
Date: Friday, October 16,
2009, 5:15 am
By: Michael H. Cottman,
BlackAmericaWeb.com
The Obama administration,
perhaps the most media-savvy
White House in history, is now
in the publishing business - and
exclusively for black
audiences. The first edition of
oThe White House Wire: News
for the African American
Community, ? an occasional
newsletter that is designed,
specifically for black
Americans, was released this
week to mixed reviews. The
first installment of the
newsletter featured a mix of
news releases and links to the
White House Web site
including, Obama Ts passage of
a Senate committee health care
bill, a Navy ship named for a
civil rights activist, U.N.
Ambassador Susan Rice Ts "
speech at Howard University;
Obama Ts affordable housing
program and Obama Ts
-Thursday visit to New Orleans
and the Gulf Coast. Corey
Ealons, 4 spokesman for the
White House, _ told
BlackAmericaWeb.com the
newsletter has no original
content but is oone-stop
shopping information for what
is happening at the White
House and agencies
throughout the
administration. ? The new
online newsletter - believed to
be the first of its kind at the
White House - has been .
praised in some quarters, but
has also generated criticism
from several black journalists
who view the owire ? as a
strategic move by the Obama
administration to manage the
news without answering the
hard questions. oWe Tre being
snookered, ?, :
és ?
Louisiana Justice of the
Peace Denies Interracial
Couple
oI Tm not a racist.... They
come to my house....they use
my bathroom... ?
By AFRO Staff
(October 18, 2009) - A
Louisiana couple is outraged
at a local official's decision to
deny them a martiage license
because their relationship is
interracial. Hammond, La.
residents Beth Humphrey, a
White woman, and her fiancé
Terence McKay, a Black man,
were eo
DeWayne _
Today and a former president of ©
The National Assocication of
Black» Journalists,
_ BlackAmericaWeb.com. oIt Ts
part of a pattern, ? said
T Wickham, who writes often
_ about politics and race. oThey
used black c journalists for their T
oneeds during the campaign, and
when they were able to move
beyond Rev. Wright and move
__ beyond race, they didn Tt need us
anymore. ? Wickham, an
outspoken journalist who has
both criticized. and praised
Obama over the past eight
months, said Obama promised T
to meet with black columnists
at the Democratic National
Convention last year, but it
never happened. oThey devalue
black journalists who have a
reputation of raising issues of
importance to the black
community, ? Wickham said.
Several other black journalists
said they prefer to adopt a wait-
and-see position, explaining that
they want to observe how the |
newsletter evolves before
passing ; judgment. But Wickham
said the White House needs less
spin control of its message and
more straight talk from Obama.
on issues that impact blacks -
and he said black journalists
cannot give Obama a pass
simply because he Ts black.
Wickham said Obama has not
specifically addressed closing
the achievement gap between
black- and white students,
closing the black unemployment
gap " that has now skyrocketed
to 15 percent " or talked to
reporters in detail about his plan
to. overhaul urban America.
oThere Ts a fear they will have to
answer these questions, ?
Wickham said. oThey run from
those kinds of issues. ? The
White House had no official
comment on Wickham Ts
remarks, but one Capitol Hill
staffer pointed out that the
White House did invite a group
of black journalists to meet with
Obama on Air Force One this
summer and said T Obama T has
granted interviews to Ebony and
BET, Meanwhile, Ealons
explained that the oWhite House
Wire ? is simply an opportunity
for the Obama administration to
share news of interest to African
Americans " important news, he
said, that black Americans need
to know... ae Sats, a ae
by local justice of the peace
Keith Bardwell in early October.
Bardwell said his decision was
based on concern for the welfare
of children the couple may have.
After learning of Bardwell Ts
local.and national media, oWe
are used to the closet racism, but
we're not going to tolerate that
overt racism from an elected
official, ? she told CNN.
Bardwell is a justice of peace for
Tangipahoa Parish Ts 8th Ward
and has served in the position
for 34 years. His is to
hold the office until: 2014.
oThere is a problem, with both
groups accepting a child from
such a marriage, ? Bardwell said.
oI think those children suffer,
and I wont i? ie en
told oAP. oI have piles and piles of
~ black friends. They come to my
- my bathroom. I treat them just
Senator Mary Landrieu (D-La.)
_to The New York Times,
Press reported. oHowever, Iam
of his district and our parish. ?
through it. ? oI Tm not a racist. I
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just don Tt believe in mixing the
races that way, ? Bardwell told
home, I marry them, they use
like everyone else. ? U.S.
said Bardwell Ts practices and
comments were deeply
disturbing. oNot only does his
decision directly contradict
Supreme Court rulings, it is an
example of the ugly bigotry that
divided our country for too
long, ? Landrieu said. According
Louisiana Governor Bobby
Jindal has joined civil rights
groups and others in calling for
Bardwell Ts " resignation.
Tangipahoa Parish President
Gordon Burgess said in a
statement that Bardwell Ts views
were not consistent with his or
those of the local government.
But as an elected official,
Bardwell was not under the
supervision of the parish
government, The Associated
certainly very disappointed that
anyone representing the people
of Tangipahoa Parish,
particularly an elected official,
would take such a divisive
stand, ? Burgess said in an e-
mail. oI would hope that Mr.
Bardwell would consider
offering his resignation if he is
unable to serve all of the people
Although the couple is
distraught by Bardwell Ts
decision, they said they realize
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most of the community. oHe Ts ["
not representing all the people.
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CNN. oHe Ts only representing +
the people with his sane | " "
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opinions. ?
McKay were later married by
another justice of the peace in
the same parish. Humphrey said
she believes the incident
occurred for a reason. oI jus
think that God puts you in the
right positions at the right time
in order to stand up to people
who choose to live their lives
with hate, ? she said. According |
to CNN, Bardwell told a local
Louisiana newspaper that in his
oexperience, most interracial
marriages don Tt last. He saidhe |
always.asks if.a couple is
interracial and, if they are, refers, |,
them to another justice of the .
peace. Bardwell said noone had |
complained in the past. The
number of interracial marriages
has skyrocketed nationwide, ,,
nearly quadrupling between |
1970 and 2005, the most recent
year for which there is U.S.
Census data. As of 2005, nearly
8.5 million Americans are living,
in omixed © marriages, ?
according to CNN. According
to the AP, a spokeswoman for T
the Louisiana Judiciary
Commission, said investigations
of the incident are confidential
for now. However, if the.
commission recommends action
to the Louisiana Supreme °
Court, that information would
become public.
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by Pharoh Martin
NNPA National Correspondent
Originally posted 9/29/2009
WASHINGTON (NNPA) -
Besides health care, the
economy is at the forefront of
the national discussion and
with more and more families
falling behind financially, the
Congressional Black Caucus T
39th Annual Legislative
Conference kicked off with a
summit addressing poverty.
NAACP President and CEO
Benjamin Jealous said there are
connections between T poverty
and incarceration. He said the
biggest issue outside of jobs is
to address the nation Ts
ridiculous incarceration rates
because of the devastating
affect it has on families and on
the surrounding community.
oIt makes no sense that the
United States has 5 percent of
the world Ts. population but
holds 25 percent of its prison
panel addressed issues that lead
to underclass communities that
have a high concentration of
unemployable felons and
impoverished families. Issues
such as unfair drug sentencing
laws, employment barriers for
formally incarcerated people and
poverty in rural areas T of the
country dominated the panel
conversation. T Opportunities
for All-Pathways Out of
Poverty ? opened with the entire
Democratic congressional
leadership welcoming
conference attendees. Speaker -
of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-
Ca.), Senate Majority Leader
Harry Reid (D-Nev.), House of
Representatives Majority
Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), -
Rep. Barbara Leée and
Congressional Black Caucus
Foundation chairman Rep.
Kendrick Meek (D- Fla.), chair
of the CBC Foundation, were on
stage as the welcoming.
committee for ALC. The
summit, held at the
congressional auditorium in the
Capitol Visitors Center, was the
first official event scheduled
during the ALC. The more than
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King Family Laws
By ERRIN HAINES, Associated Press Writer Errin Haines,
Associated Press Writer - Tue Oct 13, 6:36 am ET
ATLANTA - After more than 14 hours of discussion, the heirs
of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. reached a settlement late
Monday that will keep the family from a public jury trial. Martin
Luther King III, Bernice King and Dexter King had aired their
grievances in open court for more than a year. The siblings
began negotiations Monday morning as the threat loomed of a
civil trial that was expected to reveal personal and financial
details about King Inc. Dexter King Ts brother and sister sued
him in July 2008, accusing him of acting improperly as head of
the their father Ts estate, which the three of them control as a.
private corporation. In the lawsuit, they claimed he shut them
out of decisions involving King Inc. and refased to hold a
shareholders meeting since 2004. The three have been largely
estranged for months as Martin Luther King II and Bernice
King said their brother continued to make decisions on behalf
of King Inc. without their input or knowledge. Monday Ts
agreement signals the end of a legal feud among the siblings
and could clear the way for private relations to thaw. Accordin g
- to the settlement agreement, Fulton County Superior Court
Judge Ural D. Glanville has declared the siblings odeadlocked ?
as shareholders and will appoint a temporary custodian who
ulation, ? Jealous said. He four hour summit hosted three nae
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up ' compared to T the cost of aimed at aggressively tackling 7 _. ws on healing their personal relationships. AR thee
educating a person, which has poverty to attacking other . pat siblings said they looked forward to mending the rifts of recent
proven to be acrime deterrent. factors that lead to poverty. Reelect Pat Dunn Mayor months and that significant progress had been made with
oIn California, for instance, TWe had a tough decade; ? said | meer ae Monday s resolution. It was a tiring day, but I would say a
families fight to try to get the Morial. oWe need to refocus on very triumphant day, : Dexter King said after the hearing. oThis
state to pay more than $8,000 public policy. ? Morial pointed allows us to begin the healing process. J th looking forward to
dollars toward their child Ts Out that poverty rates have risen the future. The most important thing is that we can advance
public education and then you as high as 25 percent for Blacks the legacy of our parents. ? Dexter King, who Is recovering
have to turn around and fight and Latinos while Whites have from a car accident that left his leg badly injured, walked on
to get the state to pay less than fared better at 11 percent. Hilda crutches during the day and left the courthouse ina wheelchair
$250,000 per child to keep a Solis, the first Latina Labor without his siblings. Still, Martin Luther King I and Bernice
child in a California-Youthy Secretary, had expounded on King called the settlement a positive one. oWe have always
Authority that leads to prison, ? that point on an earlier panel, loved one another, ? said the elder King brother. oAfter all, we
he said. TWe are in the best She had sat on a panel with are all we have. ? Bernice King said reconciliation with Dexter
- place than We have ever been secretaries of other federal King would be a process. oLove compels you to take a higher
in the last 40 years to try and agencies including the road, ? she said. oWe love our brother and the legacy of our
decrease incarceration rates. ? Department of Commerce, the parents. At the end of the day, we re still a family. ? Both parties
due to progressive coattails Department of Education, the must submit three names of proposed custodians within 14
around the country. ? Jealous Department of Transportation days of the settlement. Under the terms of the agreement, the
sat on a panel that also included and the Department of Housing candidates must be qualified to manage a business but must
National Urban League CEO and Urban Development in also be sensitive to the nature of the legacy to be managed. ?
7 Mare Morial, Dr. Ronald ofder to discuss anti-poverty The court must interview at least one choice from both sides,
: | Walters of the African Programs that the federal and will name the custodian within 30 days of receiving the
( Leadership Center and Malaak government is initiating. As proposed list of candidates; Once approved, the custodian will
; Compton-Rock, wife of: people of color, we are bearing An Experienced public servant rere, .2 the court on King Inc's progress
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his capacity and reputation around the world, and that.will help us accomplish things for all of "
a 9 @ humanity. ? The award was a reminder of Obama Ts standing on the world stage, particularly in
f : a | Europe. But critics in the U.S. expressed astonishment that the Nobel committee had bestowed
*" 2 honour ona president who has not yet been on the job nine monthis, and whose foreign policy
_ tecord " on the Middle East peace, Iran, North Korea and two foreign wars " is still being
| written. U.S. Republicans, who in the 2008 presidential campaign ran ads touting Obama as the
world Ts biggest celebrity, said that Obama was honoured more for his inspirational oratory than
| for any substantial accomplishments. oThe real question Americans are asking is, What has
y of | President Obama actually.accomplished ? ? o said Republican National Committee chairman Michael
a a |, Steele. oIt is unfortunate that the president Ts star power has outshined tireless advocates who
@y have made real achievements working towards peace and human rights. ? Other conservatives
said the Nobel committee had proven its left-wing bias, noting that nominations for this year Ts
award closed on Feb. 1, 2009, 12 days after Obama was sworn into office. Arizona Senator John
McCain, Obama Ts 2008 presidential opponent, said he believed part of the Nobel committee Ts
odecision-making was (based on) expectations ? that Obamia Ts foreign policy efforts would yield
results, Thorbjorn Jagland, chairman of the Norwegian Nobel committee, acknowledged as much.
oWe are hoping this may contribute a little bit for what he is trying to do, ? he said. oSome people
say, and I understand it, oIsn Tt it premature? Too early? T Well, I'd say then that it could be too late
bis at eee © spond three years from now. ? Since taking office last January, Obama has sought to tevive
{fk C AL ISE QO i; od Se G8 Se peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, recently arranging a face-to-face meeting between
| " cota Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Mahmoud Abbas. He has spearheaded efforts
WASHINGTON " U:S. President Barack Obama was awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on © Pass climate-change measures in the U.S., although a anti-global-warming bill is stalled in the
Friday for his oextraordinary: efforts ? to revive international diplomacy, an honour that sparked Senate. Last month, he chaired a special session of the United Nations Security Council on nuclear
immediate controversy and one the recipient himself appeared shocked to receive. Crediting Obama "0®-proliferation, He also appr oved the first direct U.S. negotiations with Iran in three decades,
for creating a onew climate in international politics, ? the five-member Norwegian Nobel committee and delivered a speech to the Muslim world in Cairo. Obama said he would oaccept this shies -
said the first-year president had restored America Ts global leadership by taking a leading role in acall to action " a call for all nations to confront the common challenges of the 21st century. ? As _
advancing issues ranging from climate change to nuclear disarmament. oOnly very rarely has a Prestigious as the Nobel Peace Prize remains, it may bring domestic political complications for a T -
person to the same extent as Obama captured the world Ts attention and given its people hope for a President who is facing near-record unemployment while also weighing a dramatic escalation of _
better future, ? the Oslo-based committee said in its citation. Obama was awakened by aides shortly the war in Afghanistan. Larry Sabato, director of the Center for Politics at the University of
before 6 a.m. and told of the Nobel committee Ts decision. At a Rose Garden news conference, Virginia, said Americans may view the award as othe equivalent of someone receiving a gold
Obama said he was odeeply humbled ? by the award and felt undeserving of the honour, oLet me be Watch in his first months on the job" rather than at the end of a distinguished career. oEven to
clear, I do not view it as a recognition of my own accomplishments, but rather as an affirmation of Obama supporters, the award seems ridiculously premature, ? said Sabato. oWe've come to think
American leadership on behalf of aspirations held by people in all nations, ? Obama said. oTo be the Nobel Peace Prize as SCATCET Capper, o areward for significant, tangible accomplishments
honest, I do not feel I deserve to be in the company of so many of the transformative figures who other than simple promise of what might be. Obama § victory Was so unexpected that the White.
have been honoured by this prize. ? The White House said Obama would travel:to Oslo for the Dec, House said it had not known the president was nominated. Journalists attending the shaper icat
10 award ceremony and planned to donate the $1.4-million U.S. in prize money to.charity. He ceremony in Oslo gasped when the President's name was announced. oI know that fhroughout
becomes the fourth U.S. president to win the peace prize, following Jimmy Carter, Theodore Roosevelt history, the Nobel Peace Prize has not just been used to honour specific achievement; it Ts also
and Woodrow Wilson. Former U.S. vice-president Al Gore won the award in 2007 for his work to been used as a means to give momentum to a set of causes, ? Obama said in his remarks. oThese:
raise awareness of global warming. Just 48 years old, Obama now stands alongside some of the °hallenges can Tt be met by any one leader or any ON PRROB Foe
world Ts most distinguished statesmen and humanitarians " including Mother Teresa, former Canadian TEXT OF THE NOBEL COMMITTEE TS PEACE PRIZE CITATION:
prime minister Lester Pearson, Burmese human rights activist Aung San Suu Kyi, Mikhail Gorbachev, __ :
Nelson Mandela, the Dalai Lama and Martin Luther King Jt. " as a fellow Nobel winner. Another oThe Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009'is to be
past winner, Polish labour leader Lech Walesa, was taken aback of word of Obama Ts award. oWho, awarded to President Barack Obama for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international
Obama? So fast? Too fast. He hasn Tt had the time to do anything yet, ? Walesa said. In Ottawa, Prime diplomacy and co-operation between peoples. The committee has attached special importance to
Minister Stephen Harper said he was overy happy ? for Obama and believes osuch a prize. augments Obama Ts vision of and work for a world without nuclear weapons. , .
Obama has, as president, created a new climate in international politics. Multilateral diplomacy
has regained a central position, with emphasis on the role that the United Nations and other
international institutions can play. Dialogue and negotiations are preferred as instruments for
-Tesolving even the most difficult international conflicts. The vision of a world free frori nuclear
arms has powerfully stimulated disarmament and arms control negotiations. Thanks to Obama Ts
"Initiative, the U.S.A. is now playirig a moré constructive role ini meeting the great climatic challenges
the world is confronting. Democracy and human rights are to be stren ee eS
- Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world Ts attention and
" ? given its people hope for a better future. His diplomacy is founded in the concept that those who
... fe to lead the. world must do so on the basis of values and attitudes that are shared by the
majority of the world Ts population. os
For 108 years, the Norwegian Nobel Committee has sought to stimulate precisely that international
policy and those attitudes for which Obama is now the world Ts leading spokesman. The committee
endorses Obama Ts appeal that oNow is the time for all of us to take our share of responsibility for
a global response to global challenges. ?
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Nation Faces A Lack Of Black Teachers
eee By KATHY MATHESON (AP)
_CHEYNEY, Pa. se Lenny
| Macklin made it to 10th grade
| before having a teacher who
looked like him " an African-
|. American male. Gregory
Georges graduated from high
| school without ever being
taught by a black man.Only
about 2 percent of teachers
| nationwide are African-
_American men. But experts say
» that needs to, change if
educators expect to reduce
=} minority achievement gaps and
~ dropout rates, Macklin, now an
18-year-old college student,
said he understands the circle
that keeps many of his peers out
of the classroom professionally.
oA lot of males, they don Tt like
' being in school because they
can Tt relate to their teacher, ?
~ Said Macklin, of Pittsburgh. oSo.
why would you want to work
there? ? American teachers are
overwhelmingly white (87
percent) and female (77
percent), despite minority
student populations of about 44
|." percent, according to the
Bureau of Labor Statistics. It Ts
oa job men generally avoid
because of gender stereotypes,
fear of abuse accusations and
_ low pay, said Bryan Nelson,
founder of the Minneapolis-
based nonprofit organization
MenTeach. The average U.S. where it began in 2000 after
teacher salary was about researchers found that fewer
$51,000 in 2006-07. Yet than 1 percent of the state Ts
increasing the number of elementary school teachers
minority teachers is important were black men; the overall K-
because of othe role model 12 student population at the
factor, ? said Greg Jolinson, a time was 42 percent black.
policy analyst for the National Nearly six years after the first
Education Association. oThese MISTER cohoft graduated in
students need to see successful 2004, there has been some:
adults of color in front of them, ? progress, though Jones .
Johnson said. Macklin and concedes iiot nearly enough.
Georges, both sophomores at About 50 program graduates
historically black Cheynéy are teaching in South Carolina
University near Philadelphia, schools, representing a 25
are trying to fulfill that need percent increase in the number
through the Call Me MISTER of black male instructors -
teaching program. MISTER is statewide, Jones said. Another
both an acronym " Mentors 250 future teachers are inthe
Instructing Students Toward MISTER pipeline, scattered
Effective Role Models " and across 28 colleges in seven
areference to the 1967 film oIn states. To improve the national
the Heat of the Night, ? in which percentage of black male
Sidney. Poitier Ts character teachers to even 3 percent,
demands respect with the line, another 45,000 would need to
oThey call me MISTER Tibbs! ? enroll. One hurdle may be that
Designed to put more minority the program is found mostly at
men at the head of the historically black colleges and
classroom, the initiative offers yniversities, which have lower
scholarships in exchange for graduation rates than colleges
teaching in public schools. oIf overall, according to an
we can recruit linebackers, Associated Press analysis. Men
point guards and track stars, we at those schools have a paltry
can recruit third-grade 29 percent graduation rate
teachers, ? said Roy. Jones, the within six years, in part due to
program Ts national executive Jack of money and poor
director. oIt is a matter of academic preparation, the AP
priority. ? Jones directs the found
program from Clemson
University in South Carolina,
C. STRIVE has trained more than 1,000 participants and placed more than 750 participants.
in gainfulemployment. The program was founded in East Harlem in 1985 to help people
who face significant barriers to employment achieve economic independence through work.
It combines training the osoft ? skills needed to achieve success in the workplace (attitude, "
cooperation, and personal responsibility) and the ohard ? skills required to find and keep a
job, including job search techniques and long-term planning. STRIVE has expanded to
include 19 affiliates across the country, each locally grounded and responsive to the unique
needs of its local populations. The N. C. STRIVE office is located at 1710 West 6" Street,
Greenville, NC 27834. Serving as executive director of the organization is Joyce Jones.
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