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ISSUE WEEK MAY 20-MAY 285, 1998
EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA'S MINORITY VOICE-SINCE 1981
HOSPITAL... PRIVATE OR PUBLIC!?
Acceptance of the PCMH Privatization Proposal Concerns Black Leaders
by Kitty J. Pope
County Commissioners ltave ac-
cepted a resolution of a counter
proposal given to them by Pitt
County Memorial Hospital officials
to privatize the hospital. The board
of commissioners voted 5-4 to
approve the major terms of the
counter proposal with commission-
ers Jeff Savage, Eugene James.
Farney Moore and Charles Gaskins
opposing.
Commissioner Savage who has
been against privatization from the
beginning, had earlier made the
motion to take the PCMH discus-
sion off the agenda so commission-
ers could get legal advice, but he
never got the support with a second
motion. Savage said that commis-
sioners need to hear the concerns of
the community before making a
Littie
Willie Center Gets New Van!!
Folks beam as State Representative Henry Aldridge helps the Little Willie Center cut the rib-
bon on the new van that was given to them by the State Legislater.
teen
Pastor George Hawkins...
An Instrument of Deliverance
by Kitty J. Pope
George A. Hawkins was called to
the ministry over 20 years ago and
for 17 years he worked as a
traveling evangelist.
As a young evangelist, he trav-
eled with renown evangelist Jim
Whittier. He also followed the
ministries of Apostle Arthur
Skinner and Morris Cervantes.
After becoming acquainted with
prophet Ray Solomon of Trinidad,
Hawkins was able to travel with
him to many countries including
Holland, Trinidad, Jerusalem, and
Israel preaching the Gospel and
singing.
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George Hawkins
Hawkins, a Williamson native
who has been self- Preloved as a
florist, caterer and Wedding con-
sultant for the past 25 years»
attended Wake Forest University in
Winston- Salem. A certified cos-
metologist and beauty instructor,
Hawkins worked as an instructor at
Beaufort, Martin, Durham, and
Dezasoro beauty colleges while he
was still a traveling evangelist.
In April of 1991, Evangelist
Hawkins founded the Tabernacle
Center Church of Deliverance wit
only 7 people. Today the church
more than e comi
together in fellowship for / a
stronger relationship with Christ.
"We don't refer to our congregation
as members of a church, because we
are the church in that Christ lives
on the inside of us. The body is the
temple of God," says Hawkins. "We
are all one in the body of Christ."
It was in 1992 that the Lord gave
Hawkins a vision of the new
sanctuary and how it should be
constructed. The location of the
new sanctuary was given to a ten
year old boy named Keith Rodgers
in a dream. Despite negative criti-
cism and skepticism concerning the
possibility of the new sanctuary,
Hawkins vision for the sanctuary
came into fruition in 1996. Since
that date the church has experi-
enced many, many miracles from
God - miracles that have included
mental and physical healings, pros-
perity blessings, destroying of de-
mons. and the opening of many
doors.
Pastor Hawkins oversaw the con-
struction of the new tabernacle
from the time the foundation was
laid to the finishing tasteful decora-
tion of lavender carpet with match-
ing accessories and chandelier
lights throughout the church. Since
the Tabernacle Center of
Deliverance's opening, an adjacent
building has been purchased that is
used as an Educational,
Counseling, and Cultural Arts
Center (T.E.C.C.). The church has
also purchased a couple of other
houses that is used toward the up
building of God's kingdom.
"Our church is about helping the
community... We have helped
former drug addicts, drug pushers,
welfare victims, homosexuals, alco-
holics, depressed and homeless
ple in finding Christ," says
Hawkins, "We take peo le who the
world has labeled ies? and
help them to clean up their lives.
That's what Jesus Christ was and
still is all about," he adds. Pastor
Hawkins who is thankful to God for
being delivered from some of his
HAWKINS Continues Page 3
Bro. Clark Celebrates
15 Years in Radio
WOOW's own William H.
Clark recently celebrated 15 years
in radio with a week long church
service and a banquet on the last
day at the Dubois Center. All seven
days were well attended by family,
friends and the Miracle
Deliverance church family. Gifts of
love and appreciation were
presented to Clark for his years of -
dedicated service.
Teresa & William Clark
Clark worked for Hampton
Industries for 17 years before he
started working as a Gospel Music
announcer 23 years ago. He got his
radio training from the late Sam
Sutton and later, went to work for
Jim Rouse when he launched
WOOW Radio. He has continued
to work as an announcer, promoter
and sales manager at the station for
the past 15 years.
In Winterville, where Clark
lived for 45 year before moving to
Ayden, he served on the planning
board, the board of adjustments
and the board of alderman. His
name is engraved on a plaque in
the Winterville Town Hall in honor
of his work toward getting the new
building constructed.
Clark is a member of Miracle
Greenville where he serves as
decision.
It was commissioner Mark
Owens, Jr. who made the motion to
accept the resolution stating that.
reorganization is necessary to meet-
ing the needs, to continue accom-
plishing good medical services. He
said that he would push for a
decision at the next meeting.
Black leaders are concerned
about the implications of a private
hospital in the community.
Commissioner Savage vowed to
continue to fight the reorganization
of the hospital. "Someone has to
stand up to be a voice for the
citizens and their concerns, and |
will continue to do it with every
fiber in my body," said Savage.
Dr. Howard Parker of Sycamore
Hill Baptist Church said that
privatization may be good for the
survival of the hospital because so
many other hospitals are doing it.
"It may be a way to keep the
community from going to other
hospitals for quality care: but I do
have concerns about whether there
is enough money appropriated for
coverage for thase who can't afford
hospital care,? said Parker.
Commissioner Farney Moore
feels that the public hospital is
doing a good job and that we
should stay on that path.
"Privatization implies being selec-
tive which means that the hospital
would pick and choose patients. It
is likely that the poor and those
without coverage would be left out
and this would be very unfair.? says
Moore.
Bishop Randy Royal, founding
President of the Coalition Against
Racism and Pastor of Philippi
Church of Christ, believes that it is
premature to determine the effect of
privatization on the community at
large. He does have grave concerns
about the care of the indigenous
community residents. "We will
have to monitor the situation
closely to see that persons in need
of hospital care are not turned
away." explains Royal.
Royal said that it is unfortunate ©
that citizens may lose control over
the hospital that they purchased.
"I'm hoping that the hospital will
consider building a health care
center in the black community
Blacks have been good "partners"
with the hospital in that blacks
have traditionally needed hospita!
care more often and their stays are
usually longer because of inade-
quate illness prevention practices."
said Royal. :
"It is very important that we
focus more on programs to help
onuinorities take better care of their
health and programs that are
educational in terms of the impor-
tance of regular visits and
check- ups to health care facilities.
Like so many other issues in the
black community, the ball has been
dropped in laying a good founda-
tion for prevention programs.
Prevention is a crucial issue." adds
Royal.
Journalist and civic activist Keith
Cooper believes that the county
commissioners should not have the
major voice in making the decision
on whether or not the hospital
should go private. Cooper says that
the decision to remain public or go
private should be left up to the
citizens of the community . He feels
that matters as this should be a part
of a referendum.
"There should be a six month
period where people are educated
on the pros and cons of both
privatization and having the hospi-
tal as a public facility. The
community must be aware of the
ramifications of having the hospital
going private," says Cooper. "When
the public is educated about these
issues, they will be able to make
intelligent decisions. I believe that -
most people would want the hospi-
tal to remain public once they
understand all of the factors.
Cooper believes that the hospital
should remain public and other
ways must be found to make the
hospital more efficient. He believes
nriyatization would make it very
difficult for all people to receive the
same proper care. "Poor people
probably would get weeded out of
getting adequate health care while
priority would be given to those
who can best afford it, explained
Cooper. "Private hospitals are typi-
cally more concerned with money
than providing health care.
Privatizing Pitt County Memorial Hospital
The PROS AND CONS...!
Dr. Gene Transburger, ECU
"for privatization"
Dr. Gene Transbarger, director of the Dept. of
Community Nursing at East Carolina Medical School
was the recent guest on the Jim Rouse Minority Voice
television program.
Dr. Transbarger is in favor of the privatization of
Pitt Memorial Hospital.Having worked as a chief nurse
executive for a private, not for profit hospital in
Greensboro for 14 years, Dr. Transbarger feels that
there is value and many advantages to having Pitt
Memorial as a private hospital. Dr. Transbarger says
that he understands the concerns of the poor, but
strongly feels that the community and the hospital staff
would not exclude the health care needs of those who
cannot afford hospital costs.
Bennie Rountree, President/SCLC
¥,
oagainst privatization"
Bennie Rountree, president of the Pitt County
Southern Christian Leadership Conference says that
the black community has fallen asleep on this issue.
"We are going to wake up and find that many of us will
black
the
be unable to enter the hospital for treatment. We need
to come together to stop the privatization of the
hospital," exclaims Rountree. "I am calling on every
son to come together and get an injunction to
eral court to keep the hospital public. We cannot
and must not let this happen. We must not let our
future remain in the hands of a select few who care
nothing about us as a people." Rountree is urging that
all people who interested in thwarting the drive to
privatize Pitt County Memorial Hospital to call the
SCLC.
Chicago hospital could not
ambulancesbring in patients, a ravenwood Hos
Frustrated police officers finally carried
Boy Bleeds to Death Outside Chicago Hospital
On Tuesday (May 19) a young 15 year-old boy bleeding from a gunshot wound just steps away from a
be resued by emergency room personnel because rules required that
ital spokesman said.
hristopher Sercye into the hospital after waiting more than 20
minutes Saturday night, but Sercye died a short time later. Witnesses said hospital emergency workers refuse
to come to Sercyes's aid dispite pleas, quoting
are determined to review Ravenwood's policies
police official called the policy "ridiculous". Three suspected gang members were charged wi
hospital rules. John Blair said
to make sure that something like this never happens again." A
th the shooting.
licy was followed, but that "we
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deacon. His pastor is Ella Grimes,
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Credo of the Black Press
The Black Press believes that America can best lead the world away from racial
and natural antagonisms when it accords to every person, regardless of race,
color or creed, full human rights. Hating no person, fearing no person in the
firm belief that all are hurt as long as anyone is held back.
Decent Incomes for Low Wage Workers
by Hugh B. Price
President, National Urban League
With all the hurrah over the astounding current performance of the American economy--the so-called Long
Boom--it's easy to forget that portion of the nation's work force which has hardly shared in the general
prosperity-the 12 million Americans whose wages range from the current minimum wage of $5.15 an hour up to
$6.14 an hour.
That sum, earned by people who work in such low-skill positions as fast-food worker and teacher's aide, adds
up to paltry annual income indeed. The average American worker's hourly wage is $12.64 an hour. But an
individual working at the minimum wage for 40 hours a week, 52 weeks a year, earns only $10,712 annually--an
income that is $2,600 below the federal government's poverty line for a family of three.
That fact, coupled with recent cuts in welfare and Food Stamps programs, has driven increasing numbers of
the working poor to emergency food banks and pantries. A 1996 U.S. Conference of Mayors survey found that 38
percent of those seeking emergency food aid hold jobs, up from 23 percent in 1994; and more and more private
charities are saying they can't meet the greater demand on their resources.
We must help Americans who work but often endure great privation move closer to a decent, livable wage.
We can do that by supporting legislation in Congress by raising the minimum wage to a threshold of $6.15 an hour.
Senator Ted Kennedy (D.-Mass.) will try to bring the measure, which has President Clinton's backing, before the
Senate after the Memorial May 13, 1998 Day Congressional recess. Representative David Bonior (D.-Mich.) will
lead the effort for it in the House. The proposed law would raise the minimum wage by 50 cents each year for 1999
and 2000.
We should raise the minimum wage because itT0s only fair: hard work deserves just compensation at the
bottom as well as the top of the salary ladder. We know from the experience of the 90-cents minimum-wage hike
President Clinton signed into law in 1996 that minimum-wage increases benefit the people who need it
most--hardworking adults in low-income families. Based on federal labor department statistics, the Economic
Policy Institute, a Washington think tank, found that nearly 60 percent of the gains from that minimum wage hike
has gone to workers in the bottom 40 percent of the income ladder. Raising the minimum wage by $1 will help
insure that parents who work hard and play by the rules, and who utilize the Earned Income Tax Credit, can bring
up their children out of poverty.
Contrary to a widespread view, federal statistics show that most workers earning the minimum wage are
adults, not teenagers. Half of them work full time, and another third work at least 20 hours a week. Sixty percent
of those earning the minimum wage are women; 15 percent are African-American, and 14 percent are Hispanic.
Our recent experience has shown that raising the minimum wage in an era of strong and balanced economic
expansion won't undermine job growth. The hike President Clinton signed into law in August 1996 increased the
wages of 10 million workers. Since then, the economy has created new jobs at the very rapid pace of 250,000 per
month, inflation has declined from 2.9 percent to 1,6 percent, and the unemployment rate has fallen to 4.6
percent--its lowest level in nearly 25 years.
Some have expressed concern that raising the minimum wage will make it even harder than it routinely is for
young black males to find work. Of course, the unemployment rate for black males 16 to 19 years of age remains
dangerously high: for 1997 it was 36.5 percent. But the minimum wage itself is hardly a significant cause for this
decades-old problem, as we've noted before. Keeping the wages of all low-income workers at subsistence levels
will likely only exacerbate the employment problems of young black males--and the communities they live in.
Increasing the minimum wage now would restore its real value to the level it last held in 1981, before the
inflation of the 1980s drove it down. We further recommend that Congress index the minimum wage to inflation
starting in the year 2001 to prevent a further erosion of its value. Low-wage workers should be treated no
differently than other, higher-income workers who annually receive at least a cost-of-living increase in their
salaries. With our economy in such glowing health, there could be no better time to raise the minimum wage. As
President Clinton urged in his State of the Union Address: "In an economy that honors opportunity, all Americans
must be able to reap the rewards of prosperity. Because these times are good, we can afford to take one simple,
sensible step to help millions of workers struggling to provide for their families: oWe should raise the minimum
wage.?
Is President Clinton Exorcizing Black Males In The American Psych?
By Sherman N. Miller
Ina 1954 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the "Separate but Equal" doctrine, hence desegregating
the nation's public school system. That action had an unintended consequence of vilifying Black males because the
Black civil rights groups had an upward mobility strategy that was too skewed toward civil rights whilst ignoring
the true goal of Mainstream American socioeconomic parity. Some unscrupulous groups exploited the pervasive
white fears commonplace at the time to vilified black males as plotting sinister deeds against whites.
This Black male demonetizing reached a dangerous stage in the mid-1990s where it now jeopardizes the
long-term strategic health of the United States of America. One need only recognize how rogue foreign nations pay
homage to Rev. Louis Farrakhan, the current prophetic black American leader, to see that an outcast black
community is a beachhead for foreign powers to gain a foothold in the United States. Furthermore, black America
views its males' vilification as socioeconomic genocide.
The assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., destroyed the black male prophetic leadership that is
acceptable in mainstream America. This assassination left black America trapped the last thirty years in the chasm
between civil rights and equal rights. The black oTalented Tenth" bailed out of the civil rights struggle once they
saw the doors to mainstream opportunity starting to open. But these educated blacks underwent a cultural
metamorphosis evolving into white closes suggesting that they had disdain for the beliefs of the masses of black
erica.
The Talented Tenth's aloofness underpins the present class chasm that pervades the black community. What
is foolhardy here is that the U.S. black community needs the skills of the Talented Tenth to foster their upward
mobility just as the black leadership in South Africa and Zimbabwe recognized that they needed the skills of their
white minority populations to prosper. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to recognize that black America can ill afford
to maintain the present shunning of the Talented Tenth if equality in mainstream America is to be a realistic goal.
apence me issue becomes, "What can be done to reposition the black male in a positive light in mainstream
erica?"
The obvious answer to this question is a public exorcism rite performed on black males presided over by the
pene of the United States. It requires three key psyche changes to demonstrate a paradigm shift in the perception
0 es:
1) Black AmericansT link to an African homeland needs Mainstream American legitimation.
Femme relationships with black African nations must be on a strategic importance basis where trade is the
point,
3) Past ill-treatment of black Americans must be acknowledged but there has to be a course set for true black
equality in America's financial sector.
President Bill Clinton understands the need of these psyche changes and he is now the exorcist for black
American males in the economic mainstream. His town meetings are forcing the debate on race in a non-threatening
re.
President Clinton's long stay in Africa carried a few symbolic messages that he legitimated the link between
American blacks and their homeland by removing the stigma of blacks being relegated to the status of chattel
because they had no human lineage. President Clinton passed through the same door and dungeons that were a path
of tears for the enslaved America's black fore-parents. He acknowledged slavery was wrong but he offered hope of
a brighter tomorrow.
Yet the real symbolism that touched black America's males was President Clinton paying homage to the
President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, even though Mandela has ties to some rogue nations. Mandela
symbolizes the black male strength caricature that is prized in the U.S. black community, Also, South Africa showed
a strong black-run nation where you don't see a bunch of starving blacks on the television for American aid.
President Clinton's Africa trip set the U.S. business leadership's thinking in motion to find ways to work with
Black African nations using the adage, "Let us have trade and not aid." In a trade relationship, President
Clinton is destroying the ve caricature of downtrodden blacks only being able to beg for crumbs falling off
the world marketplace's At home he is elevating blacksT personage by pointing out that they do have a heritage
and they can run our corporations and the nation.
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WATERS IN LEADS FIGHT T00 QUASH RIGGS
ADMENDMENT |
Rigys Anti-Atfiemative Admendment Now Poves Theat oa Capital Hill
A Commentary from Congresswoman Marine Waters Den-CA)
Here we go again. Rep Riggs and his extreme right-wing friends are attempting to polarize and divide this nation by pitting
| citizens of this country one against another. |
Not satisfied with the recent plummeting minority enrollment numbers in the University of California system, Rep. Riggs wants
to duplicate dramatic drops in minority admissions at public colleges and universities nationwide. Under the guise of ending
discrimination, Rep. Riggs' amendment would eliminate federi#hfunding for colleges or universities that support affirmative action.
The effect of this amendment would be devastating, Itwill close the door to opportunities and hope for minority students across
this nation. :
Since the University of California System eliminated affirmative action, admission for Black and Latino students have
plummeted, Black undergraduate admissions dropped 66 percent at UC Berkeley, 43 percent at UCLA, 46 percent at UC San
Diego, and 36 percent at UC Davis, Latino undergraduate admission dropped 40 percent at UC Berkeley, 33 percent at UCLA, 20
percent at UC San Diego, and 31 percent at UC Davis, Rep. Riggs and his supporters mischaracterize the admission process and it
reliance on race. Colleges and universities always have looked at a variety of factors - test scores, race, out of classroom experience,
personal achievement and life challenges - to determine who to admit to their institutions. Neither race nor SAT test scores have
ever been the sole criteria to determine who would be admitted to a university, However, all students, regardless of race, must meet
threshold requirements that demonstrate that they are qualified to handle the workload of college.
Affirmative action is a tool that gives qualified applicants an equal opportunity to compete. It is a means, not an end, Let us not
resegregate our education institutions. Oppose the mean-spirited Riggs amendment.
The Way For Black Empowerment
by Dr. Lenora Fulani ,
Why Am A "DP (Developmental Psychologist) But Am Not In The "DP" (Democratic Party).
Many people who run for office are interested in winning. If that's what you're interested in and you're black
you run as a Democrat. That's why Rev. Al Sharpton became a Democrat, for example. The Democratic Party is
focused on getting its people elect and once elected in holding on to their elected position and their power.
The Democratic Party is not a place to be if you're concerned with solutions to the problems we face--as a city.
as a State or as a country. That concern doesn't ultimately fit with the Democratic--or the Republican--agenda.
because you're too caught up in getting elected and staying elected.
I'm a developmental psychologist. I became a developmental psychologist because | wanted to find solutions
to poverty, to substandard education, violence, despair, and drug abuse among young people. I became a political
activist because there are pressing policy issues--from campaign finance reform to charter schools to finding a trade
approach that benefits all Americans--issues that are simply going unresolved by the Democrats and Republicans.
Democrats and Republicans say to us, "elect me" and we'll solve the problems. But the problems we face are
not reducible to who is or might be in office. We have lousy schools. We have too few opportunities for our young
people. We have to generate national reconsideration of our entire educational approach. That's not going to be easy
process, and it will be a futile process if it is constantly overshadowed by the obsession on the part of policy makers
with getting and staying elected. The agenda becomes determined by polls, focus groups and protecting yourself from
attack.
I don't want-to end up in that position. So, when I run for office, when I involve myself in electoral campaigit
or in party-building for the Independence Party
Were You Counted?
By Oscar Smith
Primary elections are over, and we will discuss outcomes next week, but the question I would like to ask now
is: "Did you stand up and allow yourself to be counted?"... in other words, did you take just a few minutes out of your
television watching time, or some other worthless thing, to go to the polls and cast your vote?
Well, if you did not, don't let me hear you complain. And I don't want to hear that age-old excuse, "It doesn't
matter, they are going to do what they want to any way," or "What difference will my little old one vote make?"
Neither question is a viable argument.
In Wake County, for example, black Americans were once able to determine the outcome of most races because
of turnout. Today, that same group of voters, or non-voters, if you will, couldn't elect the dog-catcher, that is if he
or she were elected.
Of course there is disillusionment over a lot of things that you may feel are right or fair. But guess what. You
know how you change that.... YOU get up off your rusty-dusty and go to the polls and vote your choice... after
carefully weighing all of the choices.
Recently Ella Scarborough, the only female - who happened to be black -- in the US Senate race in the primary
voiced concerns over what she said she had been told was what amounts to vote buying by other candidates.
Personally I can't understand why any black voter worth his or her salt would vote for anything other than a black.
if that candidate was equally qualified for the office. You see,, that attitude is what elects candidates. Not the "Oh
he or she can not win so why should I vote for them?" or the so-called money for votes that Scarborough talked
about.
That is the way you get the candidate of your choice elected for anything. Until you get out and exercise the
right that so many fought and died for for so many years, your voting strength will continue to get divided and split
so that you will continue to be totally ineffective.
If you are angry abut what I've said, maybe you'll take that anger and channel it into a positive change mode
and make me out a liar during the runoffs, if any, or the general elections in November and begin to turn this thing
around. Only you, each and every one of you can do it.
The Twentieth @ The Twenty-First Century KLU KLUX KLAN
By Elder Walter Sadler
The question that plaques today's minds of every African American and other ethnic groups who were victims
and victimized by the KKK -- the most dehumanized hate group in this nationTs history, other than Adolph Hitler
and his German troops, is "Where" and "Who" were they yesterday and "Who" are they today?
According to human histories recorded in 1915, a white gentleman by the name of William J. Simmons -- a
self-styled colonel from Alabama " created the second KKK in this nation. He single-handedly inspired "The Birth
of A Nation" of (496,955) member hiding behind this nation's oldest institutional technique Bureaucracy with the
idea of promoting his organized idea of selling robes and memberships, building his empire under this deceptive
illusion.
In the 1920's, his organized idea spread throughout the South and beyond. The face of this nation was claiming
2 million members... males and female... of the white race. However, his idea appealed to white clergymen of the
Protestant denomination. How appalling. In the southern region with a scheme to oppose Roman Catholics, Blacks,
and Jews, by subjecting and inflicting brutality upon them, racial, political, and economic injustices.
This immoral and unethical organization was anti-black and anti-Asian for the following reason to promote
white supremacy and to inject institutionalized racism upon African American and other ethnic groups. Somehow
it seems African Americans are continually experiencing this unendingly evil today on a national scale through
economics and politics. Justice has pleaded their case.
The KKK's own corruption, violence, internal conflict, tax troubles and negative publicity in southern
newspapers brought them down, but this did not bring the organization to a close. Until the 1960's an obstetrician
or medical doctor reorganized the KKK and changed their name to the "United American KKK" who viciously
fought against integration and the civil rights movement, establishing small independent Klan groups, wearing their
traditional attire~white robes, As recorded, thee men behind the robe were doctors, lawyers, senators, and governors
of states, congressmen, law enforcement officers who dominated the political and economic arena with white justice
and displayed injustice toward blacks.
Today, at the dawning of the twentieth century and on the horizon of the twenty-first century, few are sill in
business, invoking much of the same crime in the same areas on an institutional level moving the white supremacy
fringe on a less picturesque, organized view. They have put away the white robes and robed themselves in blue and
gray suit, with starched shirts, wearing ties.
Today, I ask African Americans not to discard this nation's history that have dealt with us deceptively through
injustice, hoodwinking us psychologically by using our white counterparts on a subtle and intellectual level. Since
and the 1960's civil rights bill this evil has seeped through the cracks of another generation displaying
how it can engraft itself through people and time.
Beatrice Maye
Ms.
Congratulations to
Angela Carol Robinson, of
Hartford, Connecticut, on her re-
cent prestigious appointment as
Judge of the Superior Court of the
State of Connecticut. A cocktail
reception was given in her honor on
May 18. Ms. Robinson is_ the
daughter of Deacon Charles and
Ann Garrett- Robinson, of
Hartford; and the granddaughter of
Deaconess Mamie May- Garrett, of
Greenville. and the late Mr. George
Garrett.
REGISTER RECEIVES
TEACHING AWARD
Jasper Register
The East Carolina University
College of Arts & Sciences awarded
From The Dax ot Mrs. Beatrice May
Thank you ...and Please??
You need more then just two little words these days...
its 1998 Department of Sociology
Teaching Excellence Award to Dr.
Jasper Register, citing his commit-
~ ment to high standards in teaching
and his devotion to his students,
making him a standout among his
peers.
For his outstanding contribu-
tions as a teacher in the
department, othe students are far
better trained and the quality of the
degree programs visibly enhanced
because we have you as a member
in the department.?
WORDS OF WISDOM
You are rich according to what you
are, not according to what you
have.
When looking for faults use a
mirror, not a telescope.
Failing to prepare, we prepare to
fail.
Success comes in cans.
comes in can'ts.
People don't fail. They give up.
Success comes to those who make
it happen. Not those who let it
happen.
BOYS TOWN
SOCIAL SKILLS
How To Follow Directions
1. Look at the person
2. Say okay.
3. Do task immediately.
4. Check back.
How To Accept "No" For
An Answer
. Look at the person.
. Say okay.
. No arguing. whining or
pouting.
4. If you don't understand why. ask
calmly for a reason.
. If you disagree or have a com-
plaint, bring it up later.
How To Greet Someone
. Look at the person.
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How To Accept Criticism
1. Look at the person.
2. Say okay.
3. No arguing.
How To Make A Request
. Look at the person. )
. Use a pleasant voice tone.
. State request specifically.
. Say "please".
. Say "thank-you" after request
is granted.
How to Give Negative
Feedback
. Look at person.
. Use a calm voice tone.
3. Make a positive statement
for praise.
. State the problem specifically.
. Give a rationale to why it's
a problem.
. Offer a solution.
. Thank the person for listening.
SOME POINTERS
1. Let your speech be better than
silence or be silent.
2. "Soft soap" will not take away
the stain of sin.
3. Before you jump on the bank
wagon make sure it is going in the
right direction.
4. When there is irregular behavior,
there usually is something irregular
going on.
5. A woman may wear a long dress
and have long hair, but if she has
a long tongue, she is a long way
from being with the Lord.
6. Are you a part of the problem, or
are you a solution to the problem.
7. If we do not assemble with God's
people down here, it is a foregone
conclusion that we are not going to
be assembling with them up there
in the hereafter.
8. You cannot backslide without it
working havoc and devastation in
the lives of your children, too.
9. Parents, if you compromise and
give in to your wayward children.
they will not have anything to come
back to when they see the error of
their way.
10. Much of television feeds the
carnal mind about like putting
gasoline on a fire.
11. The high-mindedness of some
ministers of religion can easily be
detected in their showy display of
degrees from institutions of highcr
learning.
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own personal demons says
many so called ohigh society
Christians" don't come openly
probably because of some of his
past indiscretions. "They do, how-
ever, sometimes slip in for prayer
or healings. I still try to help them.
Since I've been delivered I am
about helping others to get deliv-
ered through the power of the Holy
Ghost. My ministry is about deliv-
ering and not judging," explains
Pastor Hawkins. He adds that if he
had listened to all of the negative
comments and not sought the Lord
for directions, the church would not
have the type of ministry that has
delivered so many people.
"Our goal is to give to the
community what God has given us.
God has given us wisdom to
succeed in life, knowledge to be the
head and not the tail and an
understanding of how to walk in
the newness of life," says Hawkins.
Most of all God has given us much
love to share at home and to spread
into the community."
12. To live only in the past is to
make all accomplishments in your
life past tense.
13. People who are not with "one
accord" in the church are loose
stones (not in the structure of the
Lord's house) that are stumbling
blocks to others.
14. An idle person with time on his
hands will end up in the devil's
hands if he is not careful.
15. We may throw out the baby
with the bath water when we are
more concerned about the dirt than
we are the baby.
16. When your children have
memories and mental pictures of
their data, do they see a flashy
dude dressed like a California
playboy, or a God- fearing man
whose very countenance and de-
meanor emanate godliness?
17. OBNOXIOUS SINS: Sodomy,
drunkenness, partiality, conceit,
selfishness. greed, self- righteous-
ness, and the list goes on.
Actually, all sin is an abomination
and obnoxious to God.
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addressed the NAACP National Board of Directors (Board) and the Special -
Contributions Fund Trustees (Trustees) at a NAACP Board luncheon last "
week where he announced that the FCC will seek reconsideration of the
affirmative action decision in Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod v. FCC. The
FCC Board and Trustees were in Baltimore for a three-day series of meetings.
"I was so disappointed when the Circuit Court lat month held the FCC
rules on equal employment opportunity unconstitutional," said Kennard in
announcing the decision. He pledged¥to take whatever legal action is
necessary to reverse the Lutheran Church decision.
In Kennard's remarks, he praised the NAACP Economic Reciprocity
Initiative that is currently reviewing the diversity record of the
telecommunications industry. "I publicly supported that initiative as soon as
it was announced," Kennard stated.
One thrust of Kennard's remarks focused on the disparity in access to
technology between low-income communities and affluent communities.
"How do we make sure that this revolution in communications helps people
not just in Montgomery County but in downtown Baltimore?" asked Kennard. |
He pointed out that 78% of schools in affluent communities have Internet
access -- but only half the schools in low-income areas have access. He stated
that the percentage of white children with home computers is triple the
percentage of black and Latino kids.
Kennard asked the NAACP for its continuing help in eliminating the
disparities that currently exist.
Prior to Chairman Kennard's address, Baltimore City Mayor Kurt
Schmoke drew biblical parallels to the commitment of the NAACP to
addressing the issues facing urban America. He commended NAACP
leadership for being a "strong partner" and expressed delight at starting the
next millennium with the NAACP convention in Baltimore in the year 2000.
NAACP Chairman Julian Bond extended the invitation to Chairman
Kennard and Mayor Schmoke to address the Board and Trustees at the
luncheon so that the Board's time could be spent obeing enriched with
information from those leaders who can help the Board carry out its NAACP
mission."
President & CEO Kweisi Mfume expressed strong support for FCC
Chairman William Kennard and his effort to halt the assault on EEO and
affirmative action guidelines in the broadcasting industry. "I pledge to
re-energize NAACP membership around the issues of access and deployment
of advanced technology into our community, making it a priority of the
.NAACP economic empowerment agenda," said Mfume.
President Mfume joined Kennard in calling for the elimination of the
"digital divide."
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David Nelson's love for skating
stems back to the childhood age of
2 when he put on his first pair of
skates Nelson has been skating ever
since. Now in his mid 50's, he has
not slacked up in the least bit. "I'm
in a different world when I'm
skating,? explains Nelson. "I feel.
David Nelson,
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relaxed, at peace and I forget about
the cares of the world when I'm
soaring on a pair of skates.?
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Known around town as the skate
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ties. It was while he was working
as a physical therapist at Pitt
Memorial Hospital, a position that
he held for 17 years, that Nelson
put together his first skate-a-thon
to raise money for the children's
hospital and for the hospital's
therapy recreation department.
This skate-a-thon was a success
and Nelson began to sponsor other
skate-a-thons.
He once did a skate-a-thon and
went to different churches and
businesses to raise money for new
equipment for therapy for the
hospital. Nelson has continued to
serve as the Special Olympics
skating coach for the last 14 years.
Last year his skating team brought
home 9 Gold, 9 Silver and 7
Bronze medals from the Annual
Special Olympics Skating Meet.
Nelson, who has taught three
generations to skate, says that
skating is always on his mind. He
does volunteer work at least three
evenings a week at Sports World
and teaches skating lessons on
Saturday mornings. Nelson says
that he volunteers because some
there are some children who want
to learn to skate but can't afford it.
He has done this for the past 22
years.
"Skating with children allows me
to form a buddy system with some
of them and I am able to mentor,
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of them discuss problems with me
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The Project Blueprint Program ts
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(CHARLESTON) "The saga of slavery cannot be
discussed by slave master and slave, even over a mint
julep and a sincere, I'm sorryT..." wrote an editor in a
February 1994 edition of the City Sun a former Black
newspaper in New York. "Be aware, Mr. Ball, this is
an impossible dream."
ven supporters question what Ball has accom-
plished. And at what cost.
"I wish my family had been Quakers in the
Underground Railroad instead of slave owners in the
Low Country," says his cousin Catherine Tupper. "I
wish we had been more."
Ball acknowledges his family's discomfort and
offers them an apology too. He's not trying to
embarrass them, he says. By sharing their history with
the other owners of that history, he hopes, paradoxi-
cally, to bring them honor.
Some feel he already has. Charlotte Vogelsang
threw a party for her cousin, praising his bravery for
"taking us to the scary, hard place, for making us think
about the truth." .
But she can't persuade her father, a minister, to
agree.
On the Black side of the family too, not all Ball's
newfound cousins are thrilled to learn about their
heritage.
"Ed Ball was born with a silver spoon in his
mouth and I was born into poverty. All of a sudden he
is going to come forward and understand my situation
and say, sorry says Leon Smalls of Philadelphia,
whose great-great-great-grandfather was a Ball. "A
blank apology to 100,000 slaves. That is not enough."
Small's parents are more forgiving of the stranger
White Writer Makes Amends for A
who disrupted their lives. . They live about 30 aie
from Charleston, near a beautifully restored Ball
plantation where their ancestors once worked.
and considered her a friend. Now they are not sure if they
will see her again. Even age, they say, cannot excuse her
comments in interviews with Ball, had prepared
them for the hurt of hearing her. describe onegroes" as
"tomcats? whom White people could never understand.
"I was surprised for what she seemed to think =
about us," said Smalls' mother, shaking her head. oI
never thought she would say something like that about
the Black people.?
Ball seems genuinely saddened by the pain he has
caused. But he is sure he is doing the right thing.
On the beach at Sullivan's Island, he knows for
certain. As a child he collected shells here, oblivious
to the fact that this is where slaves ships dumped their
dead overboard. The sick were herded into opest
houses" and held for several weeks, then taken to the
mainiand to be sold.
"Sullivan's Island was like an Ellis Island for
slaves." Ball says standing on the sandbar at the mouth
of the Charleston harbor.
"About 40 percent of American slaves arrived at this
spot. And there is nothing here to remember them, not
a single marker. It's just too painful."
As part of his own journey of remembrance, Ball plans
to move back to Charleston permanently. He wants to
live with the people he has written about, his family -
White and Black He has spent five years raising the
dead. Now he will live with the ghosts.
Ball
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morbidity and mortality and conse-
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Achieving the level of prepar-
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major national effort. This discus-
sion of possible bioterrorist attack
scenarios adds to a growing con-
cern about our willingness as a
nation to commit the effort and
resources necessary to protect our
citizens. -
Biologic warfare and use of
biologic weapons by terrorists have
only recently been discussed openly
and realistically. The fall of the
Soviet Union and the defeat of Iraq
uncovered extensive biologic weap-
ons programs of surprising sophis-
ticatfon and diversity. The threat to
the nation from biologic weapons is
no longer a debate issue. Now the
questions are how immediate and
serious is the threat and how do we
respond effectively?
Protecting the armed forces
against biologic weapons, although
complex and difficult, is less
challenging than protecting the
civilian population. The armed
forces are relatively small popula-
tions that can be vaccinated against
the major threat agents. Aerosols
containing biologic materials can
be detected at a distance, and
protective masks and suits are
effective. Military medical person-
nel are trained to recognize and
treat casualties, and antibiotics,
antiviral drugs, and antitoxins can
be stockpiled for military contin-
gencies. The preponderance of
scientific expertise for many of the
threat agents is within the military
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tie his capability Pl
is ity is now being
" compromised by budget
cut personnel reductions.
The civilian population can-
not be protected in the same
manner as the armed forces. We
must rely heavily on our intelli-
gence and criminal investigation -
agencies and on international ef-
forts to identify specific threats and
deter terrorists. We must also
recognize the possibility that a
determined terrorist organization
may not be deterred, may evade
detection, and may succeed in
releasing an aerosol of a virulent
bacterium, virus, or toxin in a
susceptible target area such as an
airport or stadium. Our current
capability to effectively respond to
such a scenario and minimize the
impact is far less than needed.
The U.S. Armed Forces and
the Department of Defense have the
eatest capability in biologic de-
fense, but the responsibility for
dealing with the threat of biologic
weapon use by a terrorist falls on
multiple federal, state, and munici-
pal agencies and the civilian health
care community. Most of the
organizations are inadequately pre-
pared to deal effectively with the
problem.
The organizational aspects of
dealing with an attack on our
civilian population are daunting.
Responsibility for recognizing an
unusual outbreak of illness that
may be the result of the deliberate
release of a biologic warfare agent
will fall on the health care commu-
nity. Early recognition will be an
important factor in determining the
overall outcome and will depend on
the level of suspicion and knowl-
edge of the health care providers
that see the initial cases. Rapid,
precise, and reliable diagnosis will
be the responsibility of the federal
and state public health laboratory
system with help from their mili-
tary colleagues. Organizing and
managing the care of patients and
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health response will involve local
health care and municipal agencies
and authorities and state public
health authorities. The effective-
ness of coordination, support, and
leadership at the federal level may
make huge differences in reducing
death rates and containing the
possible secondary spread of a
communicable disease. The Federal
Emergency Management Agency
has the major responsibility for
planning and coordinating the |
consequences phase of a
response, but
determine the outcome.
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fare threat seriously, a major effort
will be needed to develop contin-
gency plans and initiate coordi-
nated and mutually supportive
programs in all involved agencies.
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health care community will require
a major effort involving several
major professional organizations.
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nostic and identification capability
is essential for medical care, public
health, intelligence, and law en- ."
forcement agencies and should be a *
national priority.
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deal with the broad spectrum of
agents on the threat list, bacteria,
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national preparedness will require
leadership and action by responsible
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By. CASH MICHAELS
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Thanks to a torrent of television _
commercials and enough person
wealth to drop $3.2 million into his
own Democratic primary campaign |
coiffures without blinking, John "
Edwards, a highly successful "
Raleigh personal injury attorney, is
now the nominee Democrats across
the state hope can unseat
conservative Republican incumbent
U.S. Senator Lauch Faircloth in
November.
But will African-American
voters, whose numbers at the polls
have been steadily dwindling in
recent years, support Edwards to
the extent needed to offset the high
amount of white moderate to
conservative votes Faircloth is
likely to get?
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elective experience out of the
seven-candidate Democratic
primary field, received little
support from black community
- leadership statewide, thus garnering
only 10 percent to EdwardsT 51
percent of the May 5 primary vote.
D.G. Martin, a respected
Democratic party stalwart, came in
second to Edwards with just 29
percent. If Edwards had been kept
below 40 percent, Martin could
have forced a runoff.
In years past, most observers
confirm, when a credible black
candidate, like a Rev. Jesse
Jackson, Rep. Shirley Chisolm, or
even former Charlotte Mayor
Harvey Gantt, announced that they
were running for a top office,
several grassroots efforts were
formed within the African-
American community to ensure that
if they didn't at least win, there'd be
enough of the black vote to ensure
Will Black ye
John Edwards
That's what Edwards and his
supporters will have to work on in
the months before the general
that African-American interests
weren't ignored.
Only then would the primary
winner get black voter support in
the fall.-This way, the Democratic
party was kept on notice not to take
the African-American for granted,
though many in the community feel
they already have. If blacks ever
lost that leverage, they warn, their
issues would eventually be cast
aside.
"In the past the African-
American community has had more
leverage by supporting a candidate
in the primary who would then
throw his or her support to the
(winner)," Chris Fitzsimmons,
executive director of Common
Sense Foundation Inc., a nonprofit
progressive issues advocacy group
in Raleigh, confirmed to The
Wilmington Journal.
That didn't happen for
Scarborough, however, because
Edwards was able to get early
commitments from a good majority
of the state's black leadership, and
some have questioned, and even
Edwards in Noven
degree, and court victories against of the John Locks Foundation, a
"vq insurance companies for othe little
_ election. The young, handsome,
| well spoken, telegenic campaigner
has. a good head start, having
| . corralled key support from virtually
all of. the state's elected and civic
black leadership, including top
endorsements from the Raleigh-
Wake CitizensT Association, and the
Durham Committee on the Affairs
~ of Black People.
How long will that support hold?
Can it translate into excitement,
enough to get African-Americans
back to the polls in significant
numbers? Indeed, what's in it for
blacks to put Edwards, a political
novice whose bank book, law
alleged, how he did it.
A week before the primary,
Scarborough confirmed that she
was hearing what many insiders
had been reporting to The
Wilmington Journal and The
Carolinian since the tide of black
political action committee
endorsements were going EdwardsT
way.
"I am hearing that (black)
leaders across the state are being
bought by certain candidates," she
told The Carolinian in Raleigh
on April 28. oI'm hearing that, I
couldn't vouch for that, I cannot
confirm that. But I get calls all the
time about people being
purchased."
Community leaders who stayed
neutral in the race, like James
Hankins, first vice-president of the
New Hanover NAACP, said they
had hoped that that alleged practice,
which was once commonplace
years ago, had now ceased, warning
that if blacks lose their leverage
now, their issues will eventually be
cast aside.
Media insulting of black people is alive and
_ well
Minority Keport
By James E. Allsbrook, Phd
The ugly and notorious N-word,
which exploded into the news
spotlight so conspicuously during
the O.J. Simpson trial, has
reclaimed the spotlight in three
separate incidents.
First, the NAACP has won its
battle with the Merriam-Webster
Collegiate Dictionary publishers
who have agreed to change the
definition of the word, onigger?.
Second, the Urban League of
Eastern Massachusetts has led a
heavy attack on Boston Magazine
which used the term, oHead Negro
in Charge?, to describe Dr. Henry
Lewis Gates, a prominent professor
at Harvard U. This term is a
takeoff on the old, belittling and
contemptuous term, oHead Nigger
in Charge?, which reeks of sarcasm
and disrespect.
Third, U.S. Sen. Wendell Ford,
old-line Democrat from Kentucky,
said, oI am not nigger-rich?, in
answer to a call-in question on a
radio talk show. This 30-month-
old insult was not reported in most
newspapers at the time, but it is
stored in computer data.
The NAACP campaign against
Merriam-WebsterTs objectionable .
definition was led by Kwame
Mfume, that "organizatignTs
talented, thoughtful and well-
spoken leader. The objections
came when the dictionary defined a
onigger? simply as a black person
and failed to state that the term is
very objectionable. The publishers
received thousands of complaints
and replied that they are reviewing
the definitions of onigger? and
other possibly objectionable terms
and will make revisions in
subsequent publications.
An extended definition |
indicating that onigger? is offensive
does appear in the much larger,
Unabridged Merriam-Webster
dictionary, but this inclusive and
scholarly volume usually is held
only in research-oriented libraries
found generally at large educational
institutions. .
An article in Essence magazine
by Delphine Abraham reported that
él had collected ten thousand
signatures on a petition to change
the offensive definition in the
Collegiate Edition of this top-rated |
Webster's.
The usé of oHead Negro in
Charge? as the title of Boston
magazineTs April feature article on
Prof. Henry Gates offended readers
of both races. Boston newspapers
said reaction was varied, probably
depending on the sophistication of
the reader. oSkip? Gates, as
nicknamed by his mother, is highly
esteemed~in academic circles and
his professional credentials are
first-rate.
The long article on him
discusses his humble origin in West.
Virginia, his brilliant scholarship at
Ivy Leaf universities, his marriage
to a white woman, his various
publications and his assembling a
very talented group of black
scholars now teaching at Harvard,
. where he is chairman of African
America Studies. The article
quotes GatesT as using profanity on
various occasions and measures his
career success by his publications
and his extracurricular work that '
have brought him an expensive,
home and estimated income of
about a million dollars per year.
The article states that Gates, 47,
could become the most influential.
black man in America because he
and his talented black recruits at
Harvard can produce ideas and
intellectual leadership that can
change greatly the situation of
black people in America.
However, within recent years, |
African AmericansT demand for
normal human dignity has
intensified through
condemnation of objectionable
stereotypes and other methods of
racial ridicule projected by radio,
newspapers, magazines, television,
movies, stage and other media.
The NAACP -presents its annual
televised awards nationwide. Its
Spingarn Medal is a treasured, |
historic recognition of race-
betterment work of very high
quality, Ebony magazine presents
awards in, various categories to
outstanding high school and college
students. Essence magazine,
among other things, presents its
oLiving Legend? award to
established blacks of outstanding
accomplishment.
Various black fraternities and
insistent :
sororities, the Links and other
organizations have helped with
scholarships and awards for
excellence. But more needs to be
done.
positive, but we must eliminate the
negative by opposing negative
productions like the Jerry Springer
show, the profanity and vulgarity
that appear too often on BET |
television, and the stereotype-
reinforcing damages that come
from negative and injurious
productions like oPorgy and Bess?,
oAmos nT Andy?, oThe Green |
mma e,
Pastures? and other presentations
that identify black people as
simpletons, dope addicts and
prostitutes as in oPorgy,? and in
old-time blackface vaudeville.
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S| man," are the only things that have
distinguished him in the U.S.
Senate race; so far?
And is Faircloth, albeit a
conservative who follows closely in
the steps of his colleague and GOP
mentor, N.C. senior Sen. Jesse
Helms, seen as being as much of a
threat to African-American
interests as Helms reportedly is?
Those are the questions,
observers say, the Edwards camp
will, have to successfully answer if
they plan to have a Democrat from
North Carolina elected to the
Senate for the first time since the
late Terry Sanford did it in 1986.
"I think EdwardsT key
weaknesses are lack of political
experience and his background as a
trial lawyer," John Hood, president
"It's all about money, and it's all
about winning,? Hankins told The
Wilmington Journal, adding how
distressed he was with the
likelihood of big money leaving
little room for key African-
American issues to be placed on the
table.
"We need to at least make them
recognize that we're out there, reach
out, and try to get some of the
(issues) that (we) want (addressed).
If we can't do that, then we're really
Just wasting our time."
"TV and money can pretty much
sae a. oena meena
T continued.
Raleigh conservative think tank, |
told The Wilmington Journal.
"Faircloth will portray Edwards as
lacking the experience and maturity
to be an effective senator. He will
also say that Edwards will represent
the interests of the trial lawyer
_ lobby rather than those of business,
hospitals, schools and ordinary °
folks."
Faircloth, a former Democrat,
defeated Sanford in 1992 after .
switching parties.
"I would assume that Edwards
would run strongly among North
Carolina blacks, as do most
Democratic candidates," Hood
"But I doubt he'll
generate as much interest as Harvey
Gantt did. Furthermore, I don't
expect a large turnout (this fall),
because of general contentment
make or break whatever they
want," Hankins continued. "We
don't need to fall into this trap. We
need to put some of our issues out
there, and use our vote to bargain
and get some of the things we're
trying to get."
Chris Fitzsimons warns that just
because Edwards has _ black
leadership support, doesn't
automatically translate into
significant black community votes.
"I would probably make the
argument to Mr. Edwards that just
because you have prominent black
Republican senator this year, é
Hood concluded, oand that's not
saying much for the democratsT
chances.? Or ae
- Part of the baggage Edwards
will carry, however, is the bad taste
some in the African-American "
community have at the way former
Charlotte City Councillor Ella -
Scarborough, an African-American
and Democratic primary opponent,
was treated.
With no money and significant
problems developing a statewide
campaign organization,
Scarborough, the only person with
leaders signed onto your campaign,
and you've? gottenT the
endorsements of the black political
committees from around the state,
you're not going to win this election
unless you speak about the issues
that affect the black community,
and excite them to go to the polls,"
Fitzsimons said.
"] think there's a huge difference
between endorsements and
excitement, energy and a strong
turnout. That's what (Edwards)
absolutely has to have to beat Sen.
Faircloth."
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