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Silver Anniversary Memorial Day Weekend!

By Rupert Cornwell
WASHINGTON - The final
sentence of his memoirs

completed, Bill Clinton is back,
nipping into President George
Bush's handling of the crisis oin
Iraq, and signalling he intends to
play a role in the race for the
White House.

Liberated from literature, the

100 Black Men

Celebrate

old master is limbering up anew
for political action. On T uesday
evening, he ripped into his
successot for neglecting the real
menace of Osama bin Laden to
go after Saddam Hussein, and
for gratuitously turning world
opinion against America.
"We had unanimous support
for going into Afghanistan, they

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Butler W. Lewis -

Hara Hinton -

GREENVILLE ~ The idea of 100
Black Men has been around since
1963 and the idea of starting a
branch in Greenville began about
three years ago when Maurice
Jordan and Butler W. Lewis began

Financing our own |

by James Clingman

Have you kept up with the
Progress of the reparations
movement as it to getting
firms that benefited from slavery,
such as insurance companies and
banks, to pay teparations to the
descendants of slaves? The argument
is that since those businesses gained
much of their wealth from financing
and insuring the ships and other
instruments -of oppression utilized
during the most heinous treatment of
a people in history, they should also

pay reparations.

From what I understand there

Report Shows Black Americans

NEW YORK (BNW) " Black
Americans are less likely than
white Americans to own homes,
don't earn as much as whites,
don't live as long, and don't do as
well in school, according to a
report by the National Urban
League and the list goes on.

The report, released last week, is

a collection of survey data and*

essays by experts in race, social
justice, health, psychology and civil
rights. _

The most conspicuous
differences it found were in the
areas of home ownership and
economic parity, with " black
earning power about 73% that of
whites.

"The wealth gap is significant,"
Urban League President Marc
Morial said in an interview.

"There are a number of things we

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GREENVILLE - This year the

President, Stephan Pryor - Secre
: Maurice Jordan , Events Chairperson, Joe Daniels-
Education Chairperson, .Edward
TarrickCox,. James D.I Evans,. Anthony Foreman, Charles Grimes

Eppes Alumni Association will
be celebrating their 25th Silver
Anniversay: It was in the fall
of 1978 when, Mildred Jenkins
Whichard, Alice Gibbs Moore,

T Marion Gorham Wilkes and

Imogene Taylor Dupree met at

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[the United
participated in the hunt for bin
Laden and supported giving an
ultimatum to Saddam Hussein
to open his country to weapons
inspections," Clinton said. "We
were in good shape. What
happened?"

What happened was the Bush
team's obsession with toppling

tary, C. Reginald Oates,. Clarence Goss,
Fund Raising Chairperson, Joe Shambley -
Newton - Mentoring Chairperson, H.Emis

Nations]

Clinton Sets A Precedent With, An

Saddam, he claimed, regardless
of the facts about Iraq's
weapons and non-involvement
in the September 11 attacks.

It was an unprecedented
volley. Former __ presidents
largely follow a code that sees
them keep mum about their
successors T performances. But
Clinton appears feady to

discussing the merits of this
movement. After many
discussions and meetings, the
Greenville Interest Group was
formed to further develop this
idea,

are several well documented cases,
put together by top-notch
experts, that will make wife
Progress toward reparations when
they come to court. Some are also
calling for boycotts against the
companies involved if they do not
voluntarily admit their involvement
and compensate Black people for
obtaining their wealth on the backs
of our ancestors.

That Ts not bad idea as far as I
am concemed. | spent a little time
with Conrad Worrill on two
occasions during the past six
months, and I am thoroughly

have to get much more focused on
as a community: health, home
ownership, estate "_planning,
community economic
development, � said Morial, a former
New Orleans mayor who was
named president of the 93-year-old
civil nights group last May.

«The Urban League report found
that blacks are denied mortgages
and home improvement loans at
twice the rate of whites.

About 68% of Americans own
their homes, but the Census
Bureau has reported that
ownership among blacks and
Hispanics is about 48%. Nearly
54% of Asian-Americans own
their homes, compared with 75%
of whites.

The report also found that, 50
years after the Supreme Court, in
Brown vs. Board of Education,

the home of Marion Wilkes to
begin planning a .reunion of
the Class of 1945.After much
discussion, it was decided to
include the classes of the 40's
since their graduating class was

so small. The first Eppes
reunion was held at the
Ramada Inn on the weekend of
July 4th in1979. At the first Reunion

' television

During this time, peliminary
work was done to start a chapter
with the guidance from the
National Chapter located in
Atlanta, Ga. Working nights and
some weekends the necessary

ppression
impressed with his knowledge of
the reparations movement and his
focus on bringing it to fruition. He
is doing righteous work and we
should support him and all of those,
including our dear elder, Robert
Brock, who have fought and
continue to fight for what is right.

As I was reading an article in
Cincinnati Magazine, titled, oThe
Baptist Economy, � which noted the
owild-eyed glee � with which city
officials and the virtually all-White
Cincinnati Convention and Visitors T
Bureau looked at the National
Baptist Convention USA. it

decreed segregated public schools
unconstitutional, the
performance of black students
continues to trail that of their

white counterparts.
The 2000 census found that
91.8% of white students

graduated from high school,

Je Vice-Presiden t,

Lee,. Johnny Ford -

, Bishop Earl Jones,. Garrie | Moore,. Thomas Payne,. Art Wallace and. Russell Williams.

information. requested by the
National Chapter was finally
submitted for review and after
much anticipation and planning,
representatives from Greenville
traveled to Atlanta in December

occurred to te that Black people,
and in this case, Black churches, are
financing the oppression of Black
people as well,

You may have tead my
column, oThe Rest of the Story, �
where I discussed the Baptist
Convention deciding to come to
Cincinnati despite being asked to
Stay away because of the Cincinnati
boycott against travel and tourism to
this city. When I read the piece in
Cincinnati Magazine, I was even
more assured that my assessment
was absolutely correct: It Ts always

about the money; and we are

financing our own oppression.
Done under the tired mantra

of oracial healing � the Baptist
convention will bring $21 million
dollars to a city in which oppression

compared with 83.7% of black
students.

"The as-yet unfinished process
of implementing Brown has
turned out to be nearly as slow as
the process of tearing down the
Jim Crow system that allowed the
educational segregation

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re-enter the fray, and his book
will give him the platform to do
sO.

"I've been in writer's jail," he
said. "For three months I've
been reliving my life - and it
was hard enough the first
time." But now, the, 900-page
volume My Life is ready. In
barely three weeks, the hoop-la

Chapter Takes Root in Eastern Carolina

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of 2003 for a President's Summit,
in Atlanta. Finally on December 5,
2003, the Greenville Interest
Group officially became the 100
Black Men of of Eastern North
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James Clingman
continues to run rampant. The only
healing will be financial, and that will
be for the oppressors. Vanessa

challenged in Brown," Harvard
Law School professor Charles
Ogletree Jr. said in one of the
report's essays,

The report also found:

* Teachers with less than three
years of experience are twice as
likely to work in predominantly

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receiving a larger advance than

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general should stop
oppression of their own people. But
since it seems they are not ready to

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n Bush

i start, at a convention in
Chicago. Then comes a
worldwide tour to accompany

publication in late June.

The early signs are that the

} tome will eclipse even his wite

Hillary's Living History, which
broke records for _ political
when it hit the
bookstores exactly a year ago.
former president _is

his wife, a rumoured US$12
million ($20 million), compared
with $8 million. The initial print

tun is also larger: 1.5 million

against a million for Hillary.
And, daré one hope, it will be
better-written than her

f pedestrian effort.

Unlike earlier political books of

" 2004, by the journalist Bob

Woodward, the former
intelligence chief Richard Clarke
and others, Clinton's will not
dish dirt on the Bush
administration. Instead, if he is
halfway true to form, it will be
an opus of - self-justification.
Readers looking for juicy stuff
about Monica Lewinsky are
likely to be disappointed.

For students of modern

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Williams, che new spokespersoh for
the National Underground: Railroad
oFreedom � Center, came to town

_ and said it was good that the

Freedom Center was obuilt by Black
hands � and was a symbol of healing,
which are more statements that not
only are incorrect but also would
make the ignorant person think all is
well in Cincinn-apathy. I wonder how
ation is.

Black leaders and Black folks in
financing the

stop this kind of madness, I think we

should implement the same tactics
against them that have been brought

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Catching Hell

minority schools as they are in
predominantly white schools.

* On average, blacks are twice as
likely to die from disease, accident
and homicide than whites; the life
expectancy for blacks is 72 years,
or six years less than that of
whites.

The Rouses want to make a difference on July 2oth

GREENVILLE - It is often said
that loyalty and devotion best
describes the character of Mr.
Jim Rouse. He involves himself
in every aspect of the growth and
development of his community,
as well as the prosperity of the
citizens who live within it.

Jim Rouse is a graduate of
James Monroe High School in
Bronx, New York. His desire to
challenge the minds of others,
while informing people, prompted
him to enroll in the New York
School of Broadcasting where he
completed his post secondary
studies, Later he attended Fisk

University in Nashville,
Tennessee.

Jim Rouse is presently the
owner and operator of two
prominent radio _ stations
WOOW in Greenville and

WTOW in Washington. He is a
photographer, a journalist, and
the Publisher of Eastern North
Carolina's first African American
newspaper the "Minority Voice".
He is also the host of a weekly
talk show "The
Minority Voices".

For one who knows Mr.
Rouse it is easy to see that he is a
"people person" dating back to
his eatly military career from
1962-1965 where he served with
the U. S. Army 101st Airborne.

He is also a Vietnam Veteran
(Ranger).

Throughout his career Mr.
Rouse has been involved with
numerous organizations, boards,

commissions, civic and fraternal |

affiliations
Association

Carolina
Broadcasting,

to North
of

National Association Of Black |

Owned Broadcasters (NABOB), as

well as sitting on NC State Boagd of
to increase awareness of

Diabetes on a statewide level.

While community service
does absorb a great deal of his
time Jim Rouse always find time
for church and home. He is
happily married with seven
children and ten grandchildren,

Mr. Rouse feels that
registered voters who go out and
vote have the power to create
changes in government housing,
unemployment and education,
on both a state and local level.

He also feels that voters
have the right to know what
your elected officials are doing
for citizens of North Carolina
and that means what laws are
being enacted on your behalf and
most importantly how those laws
will affect you now and in the
distant future? '

"Voting is more than a
tight bestowed upon citizens of
this great country, it is a

*

Shown above are Kaye and Jim Rouse in front of the Board of
Elections after recently registering as canidates for the Pit County
School Board anf the State Senate seat District #3, Edgecomb, Martin

and Piet County

more black pfopulation in this P

various political agendas at a state

privilege. A privilege that should
not be taken for granted, it gives
you the ability to shape the
future of this Nation", he stated.

He added that voting is
more than casting ballots for
faceless candidates whom you

e

in Raliegh. This Senate District was created to give
art of the region more voice in
vel.

may not have complete
confidence in. It is the process of
electing a person who you trust
will act in your best interest and in
the best interest of the state and
countty, |

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runhing to meas her Atlanta area Georgia's poor aid al black at first it was just "them," now, George Bush was swom into countries live without sanitation
ional seat. She delivered the belt. Those most up in arms at its a whole lot - of us. office. How does One measure About one-third live without safe
Sollowing speech to the Georgia Tech the time were our armers who Globalization used oto be the anxiety level of American drinking water. One-fourth lack
Globalization Forum, April 22 -Ed were agitated about NAFTA. perceived as something that workers who need these jobs; adequate housing; one-fifth live
Tonight we are here to talk about Those not up in arms, but who happened to poor workers or the watch them leave the US; realize without modem health services;
obalization. During my grad bore the brunt $e = tial ann nee
school days, I sat th a few of NAFTA, were HE SECOND Goins of i iA & 2) pee children don't make
econ Banssk And T emonbe in one case, the Pp». THE S ri b ti CYNTH A . ad 13 it through fifth
that my teachers could draw women of Roy 4 . oNS grade; an equal
te diagrams on the board, Sparta, Georgia - [+ Yon nnn - oag number are
and write mathematical tions Hancock WAS malnourished.
that went the length of the County. There, fF -* ".-_ o Water shortage and
; and they would always single mothers [_ 7 i contamination. kill
add at the end, nif all things are held "_ families ae . nearly 25,000 people
equal. � 9 together with Fo... 5: a day. Diarrhea kills
And so I emerged from ate their low- = Y nearly 4 million
school a true believer, free jobs in the textile | - og children every year.
trade was fair, if all things are plants. There, OF o@ In Bolivia, when the
. single mothers } : US multinational
oSar as I left the world of lost ther jobs t Bechtel tned to
academia and entered the world of when the plants 1-2 | privatize the water
politics, my first lesson learned was moved away. | _~ | supply, a revolution
that all things are not equal. watched was sparked. Now,
I think I would like to start my desperate we can add Bolivia
remarks remembering a families endure to the list of
comment that Venezuela's desperate times. countries that don't
President, Hugo Chavez, makes in "Al things being like our policies.
the documentary, "The Revolution "didn't In addition to global
Will Not Be Televised." In that the women inequality, the
film, he says that the people who of Sparta, United States is also
are - labeled perro are Georgia _into experiencing
really not that at all. That they are account. As a ee domestic inequality.
the true globalizers because they caring According to the US

care about the world and all its
people |

The most glaring effect of
globalization that I have
confronted is the impact on the
lives of real people for whom I am
responsible.

My first encounter with people
whose lives were impacted by what
we call globalization came as I
sought to represent Georgia's old

2004:
Sd
by Margaret Kimberly

Anyone foolish enough to vote
for an Orwellian titled law,
Unit and Strengthenin
merc by Providing Neonat
Tools Required to Intercept and
Obstruct Terrorism (USA Patriot
Act), should not be allowed to run
for dogcatcher in Dogpatch. The
White House, United States
Senate, and House of
Representatives should certainly
be off limits to anyone so cynical
or so stupid that they would not
see the fs inherent in such
legislation.

Nothing symbolizes the lack of
integrity of American politicians
or the public acceptance of state
power more than the Patnot Act.
Just as the Help America Vote Act
will disenfranchise voters, the
Patriot Act has endangered our

freedoms and increased the power
the federal government has over
our lives. The only thing worse

than the existence of the act is the
shameful manner in which
congress has ceded its
constitutionally granted authority

to the White House and the |

ironically named Department of
Justice.

by Brian Gilmore
The Republican Party is courting
Atncan-American support, but

wooing Blacks with one hand
while slapping them with the
other is not an effective strategy.
The party says it wants to
increase its share of the Black vote
in the next election to 25 percent.
Ed Gillespie, chairman of the
Republican National Committee,
stated recently that this push 1s a

single

mother, who also happened to be
an elected official, I had to.
That's when I drafted legislation
to take away tax breaks for
corporations that locate their
plants overseas. It wasn't a sexy
subject at that time, but it was
definitely a problem that I saw
firsthand, aftecting real lives and

real people.
Now, more people afe paying

The Year of

Just 45 days after September
11, 2001 the United States
Congress gave in to patriotic
fervor and its own spinelessness
and passed the Patriot Act with
hardly any debate (see, February
27, 2003). Only one member of
the Senate, Democrat Russell
Feingold of Wisconsin, had the
courage to vote against the
legislation. Massachusetts Senator
John Kerry dismisses criticisms
of the act as mere ohaggling. �

oI voted for the Patriot Act
right after September 11th,
convinced that " with a sunset
clause " it was the right decision
to make. It clearly wasn Tt a
perfect bill " and it had a number
of flaws " but this wasn Tt the time
to haggle. It was the time to act. �

It is disconcerting when our
civil liberties are likened to
souvenir shopping while on
vacation in a foreign country.
The days and weeks following
September 11th were the worst
possible time to act on legislation
that decreased individual nghts
and increased government nghts.
{ was most certainly tme to
debate how much power

4 Bovernment should have over the

Republican effort to

"top, top prionity."

One wonders how Gillespie
and his party expect to achieve
such a lofty goal when his party
has such an abysmal record on

omany fundamental
Atncan- American issues.
For " one thing, many

Republicans have made it clear
over and over that the party
opposes attirmative action. The
Bush administration opposed tt

gain Black vo

environment: in faraway places |
like China. Now globalization
has come home. _

So the first effect that I would the,

like to mention is the effect that
these economic policies have on
Careers, creating uncertainty for
real people as they watch more
and more jobs being sent off
shore. .
Estimates run into the millions

lives of its citizens. Americans
face an uphill battle in protecting
their civil liberties no matter who
wins the presidential election in
November.

Acronyms like the USA Patriot
Act have a long and dubious
history in the fight against
government controlled domestic
terrorism. The Counter
Intelligence Program, Cointelpro,
sewed seeds of distrust among
the Black Panthers and other
groups and kept activists under
surveillance. Three decades after
its existence the word Cointelpro
evokes images of a teal life
conspiracy so frightening that it
still makes every other conspiracy
theory, plausible or not, difficult
to dismiss.

Unfortunately American
memonies are short, even in the
Black community. It is easy to
dismiss presidential candidates
from the Yale Skull and Bones
Society, but individuals and
institutions who used to be
thought of as friends are not, and

should be treated accordingly.
Ministers subjected to
Cointelpro surveillance now

prove their Chnistian activism

in the recent U.S. Supreme Court
decision that upheld affirmative
action at the University of
Michigan law school.

Secondly, Republicans have
fallen short on the issue of racial
profiling, particularly since the
Bush administration took office.

Attorney General John
Ashcroft, during his March 2001
confirmation hearings, vowed to
product a legislative product to

Civil

te

that some even
continue to get tax breaks when
they leave; and then find that
it careers have been
outsourced?

In all of my econ courses, I
don't recall any of my professors
ever adding that to the equation.

Secondly, I am concemed about
the worsening gap between rich
and poor; not just globally, but in

credentials by extolling the
virtues of an overly violent film
about Jesus whose director says
that Protestants are going to hell.
These same members of the
clergy have forgotten that Jesus
had nothing good to say about
governments or money and yet
they swooned and bowed down
to Caesar to get cold hard cash
doled out through George Bush's
Faith Based Initiative. .
Based Initiative should be do:
away with for no other reason
than its initials are the samigsas
the agency
aintelpro. A program meant to
help religious groups should not
remind anyone of J. Edgar
Hoover.

While President Bush uses the
Patriot Act as an election year
tool Black leaders bicker about
whether or not gay marriage is a
civil nghts issue. There are
serious legal and moral issues
involved with granting marriage
rights to same sex couples, but it
won't matter much if the
government doesn Tt need to
show probable cause in order to
get search warrants and then
doesn Tt have to inform us that we

is futile
combat racial - profiling, but
nothing has come close to bein
passed into law since Ashcroft's
statement.

Thirdly, Republicans have
failed the Black community on
economic issues. As
unemployment rose across the
nation, African Americans were
disproportionately affected. In

June 2003, the unemployment
rate for Afncan Americans

A Culture of Indifference....

The following article originally
appeared in The NorthStar
Network.

White men in power rarely
apologize for their indiscretions.
In fact, in most situations, they
manipulate instances in which
most of us would feel shame and
find ways to profit from their
immoral behavior. Just look at the
Watergate alumni. Richard Nixon,
though _resigni from
ee isgrace, went. on to

ome a best-selling

PeThere a other examples. Oliver
North was the shadow behind the
Iran-Contra scandal, betrayed the
nation Ts trust as a military officer,
convicted of a felony and later

iN as a conservative radio

and television tlk show host.
Journalist Mike i was
caught fabricating stories as a
Boston Globe ist and was

oFrome rewarded with a job on
the MSNBC cable news channel
and an offer from the Boston
Herald. Bill Clinton in a
sexual liaison with a young intern,

is impeached admittedly for an
indiscretion that doesn Tt rise to
the level the Constitutional
standard of a high crime or
misdemeanor, but shows little
remorse en route to cashing-in
with a multi-million dollar deal
for his memoirs.

Even when apologies are
offered they tend to be 50 trite
that as soon as the words roll of
the lips they evaporate into thin
air. Such was the case with
President Bush Ts feeble apology
for the abuse of Iraqi detainees at
the Abu Ghraib prison. Not only
was the president slow to show
any remorse for the physical
abuse and humiliation imposed
by members of the U.S. mili 7
when he finally did exhibit a feint
degree of humanity it was in

ing and communicated to
King Abdullah of Jordan, not

directly to the Iraqi le.
Adding insult to oo Sectet
of Defense Donald Rumsfel K
under whose watch this shameful
episode as occurred, appears
before members of Congress and
offers a sorry apology on one
hand and displays the utmost
on the other. ne
t become painfully
aware to vay in the Arab world

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is what Black Americans have
known for some time: the United
States has no standing to be the
moral arbiter of the world. Our
experience from slavery to Jim
Crow to the emerging apartheid
state has been of a nation
predisposed to the use of
violence to maintain white
Supremacy. It is naive, at best,
and ignorant, at worst, to believe
that a nation that engaged in the
genocide of American Indians
and the dehumanization and
enslavement of Africans, and
subjugation of their ancestors, is
capable of acting humanely
toward people of color on
another continent. h
There is no getting around this
point. What has, tans ited in
Iraq is part and parcel of the
American experience. It is the
part of our nation Ts history that
is conveniently forgotten by this
war's apologists and the media.
And it 1s our present reality. The
disproportionate incarceration of
African American and Latino
men, many on minor
offenses, and their wo
undes sentencing guidelines that
are patently racist and result in
the warehousing of hundreds of
thousands, provides the context

for Abu Ghraib. As Yoes the
hundreds of incidents of police
violence and killings of Blacks. Is
there any real difference between
the brutality exhibited by US.
soldiers against Iragi detainees and
what local police departments

habitually impose upon Blacks The

across the nation? '

And speaki of a ies:
When do ae ours T Even a
lame one at that. It is particularly
offensive to hear government
officials offer an apology, albeit
late and insincere, to oreigners
but trip on their tongues when the
subject of the expenence of Black
African descendants is raised. And

beljeve me, it Ts not the apo I
cay care about. It Ts oa

acknowl t of the pain and
suffering this nation caused my
ancestors expressly to maintain
white privilege, the economic
benefits derived from Blacks T free
and exploited labor, and how that
| transcends generations and
continues to impede Blacks full

and equal participation in
drug American society. me
What we see in Iraq is simply
our own reflection.
Walter Fields is Publisher of The
NorthStar Network.

The Faith,

that opave ° us �

percentage point

Census, more than 34 million
Americans now live below the
poverty line. That's almost 2
million mote impoverished than
in 2001. Over 16% of our
children live in poverty, almost
double the figures for 2001. The
Veterans Administration
estimates that on any given night
300,000 veterans sleep on
America's streets. The VA

have been searched.

It is time for civil dissbedience
in America, and the targets this
time around are not the usual
suspects. We will have to take
ministers and politicians to task
when they tell us Wal-Mart is a
good place to work. Elected
officials should be dead
politically if they make asinine
comments such as these when

,.asked about Wal-Mart's labor
; Practices: oI don't know about.

use I go in there and
shop. I'm not trying to get into
their business � (Bleck hicago
Alderwoman Emma Mitts).

If ministers are truly concerned
about the state of the Black
family they should also speak out
against a corrections system that
is built to incarcerate as many
Black people as possible. Gay
people can Tt compete with
mandatory minimum drug
sentences in causing damage to
Black families. Taking on. the
powerful is more difficult than
making trite comments about
Adam and Eve versus Adam and
Steve.

These same preachers will have
to be reminded that Jesus Christ

surged to 11.8 percent, a full
igher than the
previous month, one of the
biggest jumps in the last two
decades. Today that rate is still
languishing at 10.2 percent while
theoverall U.S. rate is at 5.9
percent.

Since March 2001, the economy
has lost 24 million jobs. The
manufacturing sector, the one
most responsible for the rise in
the Black middle class, has been
hardest hit. Since March 2001,
300,000 factory jobs held by
Blacks, or 15 percent, have
disappeared, according to the
New York Tunes.

President Bush's chief response
has been to provide the wealthiest
Americans with huge tax breaks.

- Close the home ownership

Metropolitan

of the cae nt

experience
Conservatively,
four T hoenelcs

one out of every
males who is

sleeping in a doorway, alley, or a

box in our cities and
rural communities has put on a

: uniform and. served our country.

Surely America must remember
them. But while our ony
spends one billion dollars a wee
for war, we. can't find money to
provide our vets shelter and a
warm meal?

In addition to the highest
unemployment in, a decade and
persistent health care challenges
for those Americans who do have
jobs, a permanent underclass is
being created and that is not
sustainable.

I'll just recite for you the findin
from several studies published this

year:
United for a Fair Economy:
oState of the Dream, 2004 � report:

states that on some indices, the
racial gap has actually widened
since the murder of Dr. Martin "
Luther King, Jr. Sadly, it will take
8 years to close the high school
graduation gap; 73 years to close
the college graduation gap; 581
years to close the per capita
income gap; and 1,664 years to
p.

The New York Times informs us
that nearly half of all black men
aged 16 to 64 in New York City
are unemployed.

The Chicago Sun-Times tells us
about a Hul! House Report .
entitled, "Minding the Gap: An
Assessment of Racial Dis ity in

ooo
According to the Sun-Times, "the
report describes two completely

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Disobedience

was killed because he spoke out
against the powerful religious
leaders of his day. If they can Tt
muster the courage to speak for
the estimated 10,000 Iraqi civilians
killed by U.S. military intervention,
we may just have to hold church
in our own living rooms while
they pose for photo ops with
President Bush.

If we are going to rid ourselves
othe retrograde,
thé cynical, we
have to start speaking out against
al) of them. Their color and their
Past history should not change "
what we say or how we Say tt.
2004 should not be remembered
only for the Olympics, leap year
and a presidential race. It should
be remembered as the year that
Americans declared they are mad
as hell and are not going to take it
anymore.

Ms. Kimberley is a freelance
writer living in New York City.
She can be reached via email at
margaret.kimberley@blackcomme
nfator.com. You can read more of
Ms. Kimberley's writ at
http:// freedomrider.blogspot.com

without party changes ~

This has done little to lower the ©
Black unemployment rate.

And finally. Republican efforts to

gain more of the Black vote will
likely come face to face with the

bitterness in Black America left
over from the 2000 election. Many
African Americans have not
forgotten the controversy in
Florida that propelled Bush into
office.

The Republican Party's neglect
of, if not outright hostility to,
many important African-American
issues cannot be easily forgotten.
If the party wants Blac support, it
would do best by improving its
record on African-American issues
and reaching out to Blacks in

-non-election years, as well.

Brian Gilmore is a lawyer and



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Janet Jackson

By Nicole Moore
Amsterdam News
Overexposure _ ig

never
considered a good thing, regardless

of what form it comes in.
Overexposure to the sun will cause
sunburn, Overexposure to cold
weather will result in frostbite, and
to the media, as in the Bonier romp
- well, I chink that says it all.

For me, the idea of

Overexposure really gets interesting
when you throw culture and Black
bodies in the mix. Insert Janet
(Damita Jo) Jackson. Let me first say
that I believe her move with Justin
Tm gonna have you naked by the
end of this song" Timberlake (inset
above) was a well choreographed,
however it was a tacky publicity
stunt to promote her album. Do |
think it was inappropriate? YES! Do
I think she should have apologized a
second time to appear on the
Grammys? .NO! Do I think that by
bringing up this incident again 1
may be playing myself out on some

The U

Kobe Bryant

already over hyped media play?
Maybe... But just hear me out on
this one. -

We live in a society well
known for _ "its' "_ erasure,
marginalization and fetishistic

exoticizing of the Black female .

(nude) body. So when I consider
Ms. Jackson's major reveal at the
hands of a Black-culture-adoring
wannabe white male who in the
end took no responsibility for the
"wardrobe malfunction," I not only
think about .the corruption of
standards, over which CBS and the
FCC are justifiably going ballistic, I
think about power and pleasure -
who has it and who wants it.

I only wish that Janet could
think as well as she can tease,
because if she did, she would have
conceived of a way to promote
herself and flip the tables over on
feminism, pop music and sexuality.
She would have rocked the entire
halftime show (who needed Puffy
and Nelly anyway), the way sisters
rock the dance floor when we hear

- Beyonce's "Baby Boy." Cause when

Beyonce starts "ooohing" an
"aaahing, � you know it's a wrap!

Black Exposure

Omarosa Stalworth

All of a sudden everyone gets
Caribbean and our dancing
becomes sultry, sexy, and
celebratory, part Josephine Baker,
part Lil T Kim (circa 1999), we
know how to get our swerve on
and still not totally give it up.

That's the thing with
exposure; the art of it is to not only
control what is shown but to
somehow manipulate the way in
which it is also seen (consumed) so
that the experience remains
self-defined and transformative -
for the guy in the club, for 100
million television viewers and
definitely for oneself.

So in acknowledging Janet's.

quasi auspicious album's debut, I'd
like to thank the sisters who knew
way back when that sometimes
less is more, T and still knew how to
work their magic and use their
beautiful Black bodies to empower,

Students ata study session at a junior high echool in Petal, Migs., Jan. & 1970. Today, the majority of Black students still

attend schools that are préedominatély Black. In some schoo! districts, segrog

by Leland Ware

The 1954 Brown decision was a
critical turning point in constitutional
law and American race relations.
Many credit the decision. with
sparking the Civil Right revolution
and leading to the enactment of state
and federal laws that ended decades of
- official discrimination and segregation.

Ronald Walters, a professor of
government. and politics at the
University of Maryland at College
Park, believes the decision had a
"psychological impact � that helped

African Americans the

give"
confidence to go on and participate
in the Civil Right Movements."

The most immediate legacy of
Brown was the restoration of

principles that underlie the
Fourteenth Amendment," said
Waters. "There is a line between
Brown and the civil rights act of
1964, 1965 an 1968."

But while the decision may
have led to successful legislation in
the areas of housing, transportation
and public accommodations, schools

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disparities in income, education,

housing, transportation, health,
and safety. �

According to the Hull House
report researched by Loyola
University, it will take 200 years
for the gulf that separates black
quality of life from white quality
of life to close entirely.

One example cited in the report
"Whites are 125% more likely to
use marijuana than blacks; 181%
more likely to use cocaine; 431%
mote likely to use inhalants; 516%
mote likely to use LSD. And yet

blacks account for 79% of all drug -

arrests."

A University of
report shows that African
Americans are stopped more
often, frequently receive unequal
treatment after being stopped, are
stopped for longer periods of
time, and are searched and
arrested more often.

A Harvard University study
finds that the quality of health care
varies by race and at a recent
seminar on the subject, one of the
star panelists recommends that
blacks see black doctors to escape
racism in health care.

Harvard Professor Henry Louis
Gates, in his series "America
Beyond the Color Line," informs
us that a full 40% of all black

Cincinnati

children are living at or beneath
the poverty line.

The Washington Post tells us that
hundreds of chi tested at least
47% higher than the national
average for lead poisoning,

The most recent report comes
from the National Urban League,
which reports on the State of
Black America, 2004. It reminds
us that over "216 years ago, the
authors of the US Constitution
counted " enslaved African
Americans as 60% of a white
person. According to the total of
the 2004 Equality Index, the
status of African Americans
today is 73%" that of their white
counterparts.

Over 200 years of American
Progress equals 73% No
wonder the National Urban
League reports that 40% of
blacks feel little of no
improvement in economics or
social mobility.

Clearly this is a situation that is
not sustainable.

Thirdly, I'd like to talk about a
situation that is a growin
problem: sexual slavery and
uman trafficking. One major
side effect of extreme poverty
throughout the world is the
growing crisis of sexual slavery
and human trafficking. A recent
US. Government estimate
indicates that roximately
800,000 - 000 people
annually are trafficked across

ation is highor than it was in the 608,

remained segregated for decades and
today are rapidly resegregating as

courts end years of desegregation

orders.

What went wrong? What
happened to the equal Opportunity?
Fifty years after the landmark
decision, why has the promise of
Brown remained unfilled?

"The court's ruling against
school segregation encouraged

African American to believe the
entire structure of White supremacy
was illegitimate and

legally

Cynthia Mckinney - speaks about the threats to freedom

Josephine Baker

impassion and inspire. Shout-outs
to Salt-n-Pepa for "Push Ie,"
Josephine for her banana skirt,
photographer Mfon Essien for her
mesmerizing self-portraits, Sade for
her "Love Deluxe" album cover (of
which Janet took a huge bite),
singer Joi for her live performances,
Aaliyah for damn near everything,
Ma Rainey for her trademark gold
coin necklace and knowing how to
swing that Black bottom, and a
special shout to Sara Baartman, aka
"The Hottentot Venus, � who was
taken from her home in South
Africa in 1810 and oexhibited
throughout Britain as a "freak" for
having a large booty and bosom.
She is the original icon for Black
female exposure, and we embrace
her! Big up.

Folks tend to look at
Blackness from a social point of

vulnerable," Clayborne Carson notes
in the Journal of American History
article "Two Cheers fro Brown V.
The Board Of Education." But the
civil rights struggles Brown inspired
sought broader goals than the
decision could deliver,
The Era of "Massive Resistance"
The difficulties began with
Brown II's ambiguous timetable. A
year after the Brown decision, the
Supreme Court directed schools to
desegregate with "all deliberate
speed," under the supervision of local
federal judges. Pursuing a strategy of
"Massive resistance," many Southern
officials openly defied the Brown
decision.

Ifilled Promise

engaging in endless delaying tactics.

For example, though the U'S,
Constitution's Supremacy Clause
requires state laws to yield to
conflicting federal laws,
Segtegationists reacted to Brown
with far-fetched legal theories chat
included "interposition" and
onullification. � According to these
theories, when the _ federal
government's actions intruded .on
"state's rights," state officials were not
obligated to obey federal authorities,
including federal courts.

"The expectation on the part of
a lot of Blacks and Whites chat there
would not be a backlash.. did not
pan out," says Walters, author of the
recently published , White
Nationalism, Black _Interests:
Conservative Public Policy and the
Black Community.

Instead, violent opposition
erupted in cities and towns across the
South. One of the most dramatic
episodes occurred in Little Rock,
Ark.

In September 1957, nine

the Silencing Dissent in the age of the PATRIOT Act forum.

international borders worldwide
and between 18,000 and 20,000
of those victims are trafficked
into the United States. This
estimate includes men, women,
and children who are trafficked
into forced labor and sexual
exploitation as defined in the
Trafficking Victims Protection
Act of 2000. Girls as young as
13 are trafficked as mail order
brides. Children are trafficked
for domestic work. In Lithuania,

children as young as 11 are
known to work as prostitutes,
The Government of Azerbaijan
wants to crack down on child
traffickers who are believed to
take children abroad and sell
their organs for profit.

This is a human tragedy borne
out of worldwide poverty. In
fact, human trafficking isthe
ultimate form of globalization:
people doing anything to
generate commerce. And while

Others exploited the »
vagueness of the Court's timeline by

posed by the USA PATRIOT Act at

view, but if you really want to give
your brain something to chew on,
think about � Blackness from a
political, social and historical point

. Of view.

And if you are really up for
the challenge, throw the
power/pleasure dynamic into the
mix. Maybe I'm just trippin T, but

writer decided to make his only
New York appearance at Hue Man
bookstore in Harlem? From what |
heard he made a typical yet
passionate appeal for Black folks to
forgive him because at the Times
Black men are just so oppressed.
Give me a friggin T break!

4. The depiction of Black women

Jayson Blair »

ie following six things have got
y wheels turning and my spirit
uning. What do you think?
1. Janet debuts at #2 on the
lIboard chart scanning a little
over 381,000 units, yet MTV will
not play her video. But they will
show a bodacious Britney flashing
her pink panties in "Toxic," and of
course R. Kelly will even get some
love, although he is accused of
molesting a number of Black girls.
2. The media's reportage of
high-profile scandal. Is it me or are
Kobe Bryant, Jayson Williams,
Michael Jackson, Diana Ross and
Lil T Kim the only alleged
lawbreakers on the continent?
What about Courtney Love, Kelly
Osborne and Robert Blake? Not to
mention those Tyco and Enron
guys or President Bush, who broke
at least 10 international laws in his
search for weapons of mass
destruction. Hello - overriding the
UN in pursuit of oi is way more
interesting than Diana Ross's
one-night prison stay!
3. Jayson Blair. Anyone notice
how the disgraced NY Times

Black students were slated to enroll
in Little Rock's Central High School.
Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus
sent National Guard troops to
prevent the students from enrolling.
The federal court, however, issued an
injunction requiring the governor to
withdraw the troops.

When the Black students
attempted to enroll again, they were
surrounded by a mob of angry
Whites gathered in front of the
building, screaming threats and
brandishing signs against
integration. Eventually, noting
erupted on the school grounds and
President Dwight " Eisenhower
dispatched the National Guard to

Michael an

on reality television - Omarosa from
"The Apprentice" (who took over
Oprah Winfrey with her n-word
allegations and her "I'm just playing
the Black diva" excuses), Coral from
"The Real World" ("I don't wrestle
women, I beat bitches up"), Camille
from "Top Model," and my favorite,
Babs of "Making of the Band. �
Think about the disservice we do to
ourselves by falling into the easy,
stereotypical role of being the Black
Bitch or the Angry Black Woman.
Dominique Devereaux. is the only
sister | know chat continually, found
success and happiness in being rude,
afrogant and manipulative, and in
the end, even she got the ax.

5. The testimonial procedure of
Condoleezza "Rice.

6. HIV/AIDS

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federal troops to Oxford, where
hundreds of Whites had gathered on
the campus. A riot ensued and two
people were killed. On Oct. 1, 1962,
Meredith was finally able to register
for classes. Federal croops stayed in
Oxford until Meredith graduated in
1963.

And in Alabama, Governor
George Wallace, who had vowed at
his inauguration, "segregation now,
segregation tomorrow and segregation

forever, � orchestrated a
well-publicized standoff in the
doorway of the University of Alabama
to block two Black students " Vivian
Malone and James Hood " from
enrolling. .

THE HOPES AND DREAMS OF EQUAL EDUCATION

Little Rock. After heavily armed
federal troops arrived in tanks and
other military vehicles, the Black
students were finally allowed to
attend classes on Sept. 25. The
National Guardsmen remained on
duty at Central High School
throughout the school year. A similar
confrontation unfolded in Oxford,
Miss., when James Meredith applied
for admission to the University of
Mississippi (Ole Miss) in 1961.
When an appellate court ordered
Meredith's admission, Mississippi
Governor Ross Barnett announced
his intention to deny the federal
court's decision, relying on the
"interposition" doctrine, which
allowed an individual state to Oppose
any federal action that it believed
was unconstitutional.

As a result, when Meredith,
accompanied by federal marshals,
attempted to enter Ole Miss to
register for classes, state officials
blocked his efforts. Eventually,
President John F. Kennedy sent

this Administration speaks about
the scourge of human trafficking,
it has done nothing to end the
lucrative Pentagon contracts that
go to DynCorp, in particular, a
company whose employees are
known to have engaged in sexual
slavery, and ate reported to still
be doing so, even today.
Globalization without a moral
compass is what we're
experiencing today. Here's what
John Kennedy had to say at his

FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILDREN NEVER
MATERIALIZED. WHAT HAPPENED?

Lani Guiaier, a professor of law
at Harvard University, says the
backlash to school desegregation was
due in part to what W.E.B. Du Bois
has described as the "psychological
wages" of Whiteness " where even
the poorest White person was superior
to a Black person.

"The poor and working class
Whites, who were often those caught
in the most vengeful and hostile and
hateful position "_of resisting
desegregation, it was not simple
intolerance driving them," says
Guinier. "Ie was the role of race as an
instrument of social control for
Whites as well as Blacks, Race [was]

compensation for economic
disadvantages."
Too Much Deliberation and Not

Enough Speed
Ten years after the Brown
decision, only 2 percent of Black
students in the South attended schools

Continues on Page 4

inauguration in 1961:

"the world is very different
now. For man holds in his mortal
hands the power to abolish all
forms of human poverty and all
forms of human life... To those
new states whom we welcome to
the ranks of the free, we pledge
yur word that one form of
colonial control shall not have
passed away merely to be replaced
y a far more iron tyranny. We
shall not always expect to find
them supporting our view. But we
shall always hope to find them
strongly supporting their own
freedom - and to remember that,
in the past, those who foolishly
sought power by riding the back
of the tiger ended up inside.

"To those people in the huts and
villages of half the globe struggling
to break the bonds of mass
misery, we pledge our best efforts
to help them he p themselves, for
whatever period is required " not
because the communists may be
doing it, not because we seek their
votes, but because it is right. If a
free society cannot help the many
who are poor, it cannot save the
few who are rich. �

Now, I'll end this as I began it.
One vision of globalization has
put our entire planetary ecosystem
at risk. I do not share that vision,

However, a different leadership ,

can inspire us to have a ve
different vision. I have a global
view and I care about the world
and all its people. John Kennedy
said it right; this Administration
and those who think like it get it
wrong.

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Continines from Page 3 for Comparative Urban and Regional school districts to eliminate all practices limit the housing options of the Civil Rights Movement. "This oThere's: no pr
ee Research at-New York's University vestiges of segregation oroot and available to African Americans and has not happened. I would argue dream or idea chat
with Whites. In Alabama, Mississippi, at Albany found that progress branch. � Under the Court's revised perpetuace segregated that the most serious form of racial 2020 that we. will mo more
South Carolina, Louisiana and Georgia, toward school desegregation peaked approach, school districts were neighborhoods. | inequality in America today is the segregation of schools, T Franklin
there were 0 Black students T in the late 19806 By the carly required to, eliminate lingering According to a report released, schools." _ observes, "Behinid chat, there is no
attending White schools. In Prince 1990s the Supreme " Court's. vestiges of segregation only tw "the in January by the Harvard Gil Indeed, Black _ students more dream, Of equality, of access to
Edward Country, Va., che school board approach to school desegregation extent practicable." . Rights Project, racial: segregation struggle in schools without che latest the facilities and resources that could
Closed all of its schools in 1959 to avoid changed dramatically. And finally in 2001, a persists in oin ner-city schools, and technology. or che most. qualified be available to every child and adult in
desegregation. 7 . In 1990, the Supreme Court court-ordered b using plan used states with small African American teachers. They graduate from high this cs
. But the Supreme Court too set a new standard for desegregating to integrate schools in. Charlo cte, * populations have stopped pursuing _ school and-artend. wer
se pes oouchs "School OOS. It the case, Board of N.C, ended 30 years after the pay ementb/s ote Marrone ably a youth
resistance. In Grifin v. County Education of Oklahoma City v. Supreme Court ordered busing in che 60 percent of the nation's public continue to a yest test i paien

jeont Huge mc tard |Gouney. Dowell, che Supreme Court Seann ease stool population, but doe ouside scores ate disproportionate placed chem. 8
fustice Hygo Black concluded that, redefined the standard for Where Do We Go From Here? the South and Southwest, seldom in special education classes aad have If White: students can do. well
there has ,been entirely too much determining ounitary status," which , . | | " " the highest rate of expulsion and in quality schools that are all-White,
deliberation: and not enough speed in refers co the circumstances in which | SCHOOL SEGREGATION TRENDS IN MAJOR SCHOOL " susperision, oe why assume in. any sore of way T chat
Orch the constitutional rights =n | DISTRICTS Thie index measures the percent of Black students in a | What And will Blacks cannot do well in schools thar
: VAndin 1oc4, Stools are completely. desegregaced district who would have to move to other school in order for the happened ee eee
which we held in Brown:' And in 1964, and court supervision T is no longer | dais hieve integration. A score of 60 ot above indicates a high | Black youth ever have equal piers Black?" Morris
|

the county was ordered to FEOPEN iS required. The Court Tuled chat che | level of segregation. Values of 40 or 50 are considered moderate levels
school .

on Virginia oat@a"1 now was whether che | ofsegregation. And scores under 40 represent fair integration, "In hindsight, the nation . Uleimately, - chough, T Guinier
In another case in Virginia, school board "had complied in good | TOTAL a mw _ 2 | would have been: better served ifthe says, the promise of Brown has gone
Grten v. County Board of New Kent faith with the desegregation decree," Memphis 94.8 ".7 67.1 | Brown decision had evinced a more unfulfilled because the initial strategy
County (1968), che Court held that and whether all vestiges of past | Birmingham 94.1 75.8 6 realistic understanding of the deep and the decision itself may have been
states with segregated schools had an discrimination had been eliminated | Jackson, Mies. 93.8 76.7 G0 | historical roots of America Ts racial flawed.
affirmative duty to eradicate al WesHESS co the oextent practicable." i aicae° 4 te wy "_|_ problems," says Carson. "{It} should "Brown failed because it didn't
of the formerly segregated system "root Two years later, in Freeman v. | Los Angeles 93.0 14.2 72.9 | have launched a two-pronged attack, address the fundamental problem of
and branch. Pitts, which involved a school district | Miami (Dade Cty) 92.4 685 72.2 | fot only against racial segregation, che way race is so deeply rooted in the
The Supreme Court addressed pear Adanta, the Court found T that _ Hares. a S66 jy __ but also against inferior schools, narrative of our society. The decision
other states slow response to when single-race schools continue to, St Louis 99.1 a . SLI | whatever their composition." mes an campy very creative
desegregation as well. In the 1969 ¢xist because of changes in che racial | Baltimore 86.8 71.4 79.9 | _ Secretary of Education Rod lawyering, but [ $0} an example o
Mississippi case, Alexander v. Holmes mposition of neighborhoods or _ Denver 83.8 46.3 63.1 _ Paige, the firse African American co the problem of relying on litigation to
County Board of Education, the Court other oexternal � factors, school | paaiee of Columbia m7 oe ae | hold the position, says the nation address problems relating to sociall and
ruled chat the "continued ion of districts would not be held | ao 8 8. . | must use this commemorative year economic structures, not just the law,
nee responsible. It held chat where | Boston 78 228 Prey | to address che current crisis in says Guinier .
pao) oan speed � for Tesegregation is a product not of | Pittsburgh 74.2 40.5 51.7 | education. . "[The decision} had important
ms : | state action but of private choices, ic | NewYork City 72.2 81.7 81.7 | "We face an emerging de symbolic value. It was a triumph of
desegregation is flo onger does ha itutional | Sa � Francisco 67.4 46.0 58.6 i, id in our schools a the spirit for the Black community,
constitutionally permissible. The 0�,�s not ve consticucion | Seattle + 65.4 34.0 55.8 | apartheid in on hools, spin fo okert ty.
obligation of every school district is to implications. It is beyond the | SOURCE: LEWIS MUMFORD CENTER FOR COMPARATIVE URBAN AND con-tempotaty crisis that Is similar, But you cant cat sym :
terminate dual school systems at once @uthority and beyond the practical | _ REGIONAL RESEARCH, UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY | perhaps identical, to the SICYAHON in " Additional reporting by F rankeke Camber
and operate new and hereafter only ability of the federal courts to try co | "- " " " " " the 1950s South," says Paige. "We Leland War is the Louis L. Redding Chair for the
unitary schools." counteract these kinds of continuous The Supreme Court has _ interact with students of color. must address it with the same VISION, " Study of Liaw and Public Policy at the University of
; White Fight and massive demographic shifts." refused to recognize che critical link "The force of Brown was the commitment and courage found in Delavan.

In the 1940s and '50s, White The Court affirmed this ruling in che between segregated housing patterns idea that by integrating schools, it Brown v. Board of Education. We
families began a rapid migration from 1995 case Missouri v. Jenkins. and school desegregation efforts. In would bring equal opportunity for must use history and learn from it. �
the cities co the surrounding suburbs, These rulings _ effectively many cases, Black families did not students to be educated," explains John Hope _ " " Franklin,
while Black families remained ; :
concentrated in urban centers. By the
late 1960s, residential patterns made
the integration of urban schools
virtually impossible in many
communities. And in the early 1970s,
civil rights advocates recognized that
Segregated neighborhoods inhibited

malaten wrele
Plan now ... th

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school desegregation efforts. - sorties
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to marry him. Instead, she broke
up with hifn and announced she
was having an
abortion---whether or not he
agreed. He. went to court to
block the abortion, arguing that
the father has rights too. The
case raised a difficult question
now surfacing in courts and
legislatures throughout the land:
Should men have a say in the
outcome of a pregnancy they
helped "ctéate? Recently a
Pennsylvania judge ruled that
p| they do not and threw out a
B) temporary injunction that had
" eee delayed the abortion for a week.
7 Pare Jones " One commentator remarked
eproduction: Do fathers that it was the nght decision;
ave rights? Men may help raise children, but

John Doe( an alias name) they do not bear them. Women
says he was excited when his do. That's not a political

Reflections, Expressions

statement; it's a fact of life. Until
men carry babies in their bodies
and endure the hell childbirth
they simply have no say in
whether a pregnancy proceeds.
"What a blatant double
standard!", said one
gender-issuer writer.

For decades, women have
demanded that men share the
burden of parenting. When a
woman wants a child a man does
not , she is free to give
birth---and then insist that the
man provide 18 years of child
support. Women, in other
words, "have nights", and men
merely, have responsibilities,
This thinking reduces men to
the role of "sperm donors" and
"walking cash machines." Men at
least deserve to be notified that
an abortion will take place. �
Sorry guys, but the womb wins."
From the U.S..Supreme Court

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on down, judges will never order
"a woman to bear a child against

her will."

Excluding fathers from the
equation may be unjust, but no
better alternative exists, except
one---it's called marriage.

It's true that a married
woman can also get an abortion
without her husband's
Permission, but most abortions
involve unmarried people. The
Center for Disease Control and
Prevention, in fact, has found
that four out of five women who
have abortions are ° single
mothers. The sorry debate is a
direct result of "what happens
when society abandons its most
important institution �,

Next time John Doe feels
the urge to become a dad, he
should get married and then
Start a pregnancy. In that order.

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| __ The Impossible Made Possible |
Have you ever met a young child and thought he/she had a disability
| (problem) or have seen their parents act unseen or on drugs that you
| knew within vourself their children aren't going to be nothing? I was
| that child in someone eye at that time. At a young age I didn't know
| why I was so strong mind in whatever I did if it was wrong or right. At
a young age I had a speak problem and some teacher and people
thought I was dumb but this special man pray for me when I was 2
peat ts ; years and told my parents that I was
going to speak clear and that Lord is
going to use me. My parents was
going through a lot at that time in
their life but they knew that the man
that pray for me didn't know me. .
They use to tell me stories about how |
things start change in their life and
around them. My father taught me to |
stand for what is right and be a man.
My mother was a person who taught
me what a real bond (relationship) is.
My grandparents weren Tt what people
thought they should be but they were |
there for their grandchildren. They
always supported me along with my |
| parents to do well in school. Tma
Person that sive pre-h to eight grade have a very high expectation on
being a lawyer and I know that it take high grade and being a good
communication person. I thank everyone like my parents,
grandparents, teachers, pastors, neighbor, and frend for all their |
support. My motto is � Practice make perfect or it will sure get you
Close to it. � My grade average so far have been 94 and above for the
Pass years and I give the Lord Jesus all the praise. I Tm the son of
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_ The Little Willie Center

The Little Willie Center The Little Wilhe Center was Organized in 1990. It ts a grass root effort and conceem make choices of leaving their children home alone instead. The founder came up with a way
that addresses the needs ot T Latchkey children, whose Parents work, seck employment, of attefid school, the parents: could give something back tothe community to enhance their parenting skills, as
therefore, as a result must leave their children "Home Alone." The center meets the needs " well as compensate the Center for helping them. That is, every parent must vohinteer. two
of the children by providing after school tutoring and mentonng services, Monday through hours every week in the center, attend Basic Adult Education classes (taught at center by
Friday from 2:30pm - 6:30pm during the school year and a summer camp from 10:00am - instructor from: Pitt Community College) and atténd monthly Parents. Meetings (PIT
00pm with offsite recreatonal activities, Our children range in ages trom 3 to 17 years old. Program). Other services we offer are tutonng/mentoring, transportation, nutnitious meals,
The center has operated tor the past'14 years. It has stood through adversity, difficult times, " survival skill classes, PSR Big Buddy Program (ECU Medical School), Gul Scouts of
and tumes of need and continues to stand in the gap for our children. The center ts located at Amentca, Boy Scouts of Ametica, 4-H Club, LWC Ensemble (Vocal Group), Praise Ministry
807 Martin Luther King Jf. Dove in the heart of West Greenville. Regardless of the [& I] Dancers, and Bible Study. The center has, received several awards such as: Presidential
reputation of West Greenville, the center provides a safe altemative to being "Home Alone." Volunteer Award presented by President Chnton at the White House, Governor's Helping
Knowing this, the parents have a opeace of mind � and the children are loved and Hands Awards (one of the eight exemplary volunteer programs in the State of North
encouraged to work tor excellence in school. Our volunteers are ordinary people with God Carolina) presented by Governor Hunt, Yet atter all of that, the center would not exist
giving gitts, trom college students, reured educators, medical students, soronty and fraternity without the hand of God resting upon it and the unselfish generosity of His people, some
members, ministers, manulactuning workers, administrators, housewives, and community = who remain anonymous to this day. The center salutes Roger Johnson, N5 Step Shoes for
leaders. Our staff has donated their time for the past 13 years and these are protessionals rasing funds for our summer camp 2000, For more information or brochures, please call
who. hold degrees. in T Human Services, Business Administration, Education and Mental (252) 752-9083. Please send all tax deductible donations to: 81/7 MLK Jr. Drive, Greenville,
Health. The center provides services tor tree to children who are enrolled, We realize that NC 27858

some of our parents are low income and cannot atford childcare services. Therefore, they

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The Little Willie Center Is empowerimg our youth and rebuilding our
communities for tomorrow. Our children are our futures. We need to give
our time and monies to Programs like The Little Willie Center in preparing
cur children for the tough challenges for tomorrow.

The goals of Parents are to nurture and Prepare our children tor the aew
technology in our forever changing world.

The Little Willie Center has been in existence for over a decade and
continues to keep olatch-key T � children off the streets. The center is a haven
or some children because one ot both of their parents have te work. While
at the center they receive help with homework. The center embraces strong

work and study ethics. A reading program has been in place since the very

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beginning. Ifa child can not read well, they will fail other subjects in

school. The children are cared tor and learn to treat each other with

respect. ,
We are sure that not only does The Little Willie Center keep children
off the street but it also in the long cun; it may keep them out of jail.
Hopefully with the support of caring parents, relatives and friends the center
will remain in place for many more years to come.
We salute Ms. Arrington and the entire Little Wilhte Center staff, board
members. and volunteers for a job well done. Also a hearttelt Thank You

from the kids!

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Local Student Athlete Competing Internationally this Summer |

CARY, NC - Herman Leon Best,
a Basketball Athlete from

USA athletes co

Kinston will be joining a
Mational team of Sports Tours
Australia during July of 2004.
Leon has been accepted to
represent the United States
during the summer of 2004.

Sports Tours USA is the
Mation's leading provider of
international athletic experiences
to athletes and their parents.
Founded in 1984 by a group of
coaches dedicated to helping our
nation's youth exceed their.
potential in sports and in life.
Sports' Tours USA offers eleven
different sports to ten different
destinations.

Selected athletes must pass
two separate screening criteria
before being considered for the

team roster. Leon will dedicate
the months prior to travel

in conditioning for the competition

and providing services and
volunteering locally in Kinston to
help earn the program cost for

is once in a__ lifetime
experience.Leon ._ will be
competing while learnjng about
the local culture and nesting
individuals from around the
world. Herman. will also visit
historical sights and. local
attractions providing a well
rounded experience in Australia.
The Sports Tours USA mission
has always been to give American
Athletes the Opportunity to
enrich their lives, attain a sense
of global citizenship and enhance
their character development.

Beatrice Maye

Continued from Page 6

speak positively) area joy to
be around. Decide to join. that
group so people won't have to

cross the street when they see
you coming. " "ad
Dr. .. Laura. Schlesringer.
Radio-talk-show .

host/psychotherapist said. in
her
CARE & FEEDING OF
HUSBANDS - "I've got'to tell
you how remarkably trug and
sad it is that so many. women
struggle to hold on to some
jerk, keep piving an abusive or
philandering man _ yet another

oattention, |
affection he needs to be has a wife who supports him
and opraises him for
positive things he does is the
- envy of all the other men who:

book THE PROPER T

chance, have unprotected sex
with some guy while barely
knowing his last name,
agree to shack up and risk
making babies with some
Opportunist or loser, all in a
pathetic version of a pursuit

for love, but. will resent the

h._out of treating a decent,

~ hardworking, cating husband T

with the thoughtfulness,

respect, and
content, It boggles my mind",
oete it Advice " to
Women a 3
"If you can't accentuate the
positive, at least acknowledge.
it. The .world is full. of
messages to-men that there

ate standards we don't meet. '

There is always another man
who is more handsome, more
virole, of more athletic than
we are. None of that matters if
the most important person in
our life looks up to us, accepts
us a8. we are, and loves us even
though we aren't perfect.

_ Maybe there is a part of the

small boy that never leaves the

. gtown: man. I don't know all I

know is that the husband who
the
have to live. with criticism,
Sarcasm, == and constant
reminders of théir failures.

Princeville to hold Third Ann

PRINCEVILLE - Princevile, the
oldest black town * charted by
Blacks in America will be going
for theit 3rd Annual Festiy

which will be held at the Riverside
Heritage Park on July 17,2004,
The park is located at 417 East
Mutual Boulevard. The festivities
will begin at 12:00 noon and last
until 5:00 p.m. The: Board of
Commissioners and citizens T have
committed themselves to ensure a
highly successful Festival. The
Festival to marks the celebration
of their "recovery efforts" since

the flood of Hurricane Floyd of *

1999 and seems to be gtowi

into quite a celebration. It does
mark a time when the citizens
opted to rebuild thei town rather

than, sell out to the goverments. It. constructed a. dike

4-H Acceptin

GREENVILLE - 4-1 Accepting
eno for Summer C.

¢ Pitt County 4-H Office is still
accepting applications for boys
ages 8 through 12 for 4.4
summer camp. These youth will
be camping at the Betsy Jeff Penn
4-H Center near Reidsville, N.C,
June es, 2004. The Penn 4-H

�,�nter allows campers to prow b

challenging themselves and offer
a variety of classes and activities,
These _ include swimming,
canoeing, horsemanship, ropes,
archery, hiking, and crafts. The
camp program is designed to
teach skills and enhance lea
but also develops sportsmanship,
self assurance, and promotes
8toup = cooperation. All 4H
camps in North Carolina are
accredited by the American
Camping Association and staffed
with trained and certified camp
staff and professionals,
The total cost for this week of
residential summer camp is $300.

which includes transportation, |

registration, class instruction,
food while at camp, craft and
other class supplies, cabin
accommodations, camp souvenir,
and insurance. Expenses for a
Pre-camp physical and camp store
expenditures are not included.

The 4-H Biotechnology Camp for
rising seventh through ninth

THE PRESENT
CRISIS

al, the -éntire . family
the ooldest:
settled in 1865 and incorporated

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P iz nd id

spirit The day will be filled with
games, food, vendors, talent
skits, music, and much more for
; - To: give you
some brief history, Princeville is.
Blacks in T America. � It was
on February 20, 1885. Princeville
was originally called Freedom.

*

d the low swampy land

problem of stagnated water: and
swarming mosquitoes. In 1965,
the State of North Carolina and
the Army Corp T of

gtaders at Chowan College.
13-15 also: has vacancies. fd
camp cost $75. for the three day,
two. night progtam. At. this
camp, participants T use: clues and
oOn experiments to solve a
"murder" mystery. Participants

TT}

1H

mf ;

ual Festival of

September 16, 1999,

town. chartered by The

823-1057

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Flood Recovery
constant " - floodi But on
. Princeville
after dedcades of calm was once
again devastated by the heavy
rains caused by Hurricane Floyd.
rivet once again flooded the

town. after the dikes were

breached by a heavy floodi

fiver in which Princeville was

reedom virtually erased from the map.the

fown . as -the was

completely
coveted with water for ten days,
Since then they have restored and
tebuilt much of the town with
much of the ctizenry reterning to
Princeville to. take up residence
Princeville welcomes you to
Participate in our Festival this year
and if you have any questions, you
can call Samuel Kni

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I only wish that these stories
were T completely made up by
ER's writers. Sadly, the stories on
the show are similar to many of
the 44 million uninsured
Americans throughout _the
United States. These are people
we all know. They're teachers,
farmers and small business
owners. Millions of them are
kids.

- Being uninsured means they go
without medical care when it is

| needed. It means minor illnesses

become major ones because care
is delayed. In fact, the Institute of
.Medicine says that close to
18,000 adults in America die each
year because they are uninsured.

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be raised in excess of the annual
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Positioning themselves to take
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That's why I'm proud to be the
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-o-chaired by former Presidents
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che campaign lets Americans
know that they can make a

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health care coverage for all
Americans. Organized by The
Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation, and involving a
diverse group of hundreds of
national and local organizations,
the campaign was created to
focus the nation's attention on

che plight of the nearly 44 million

Americans who do: not have
health care coverage,

In communities in all 50 states
and the District of Columbia,
you can join with people who are |
just like you-doctors, nurses,
business " owners, religious
leaders, educators, union
members, employees and others
who are expressing their concern
about the sharply growing
number of uninsured Americans.
Cover the Uninsured is for
everyone, not just those who
currently have no health care
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Americans at risk of becoming

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uninsured, we all must play our
part and get involved in this
exciting campaign.

Here are a few examples of how
you can join me in this effors by
logging on to www.CoverThe
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find Health Care Coverage in
America: Understanding " the

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May 15 - 31, 2004 The Minority Voice Newspaper Page 11

taking over the presidential rei
Jones, acknowledged that those who
make up the group of older graduates
who kept the ball rolling are now
getting older. Atkinson said it was
time for C.M. graduates T who
graduated in the "sixties" to combine
their resources and carry the torch.
He said that during: his term as
president he would work diligently
with all dupes e help them
reorganize and come full circl He is
also calling for the formation of new
chapters to be formed in other cities.

This years event will be held at the
City Hotel & Bistro on Memorial
Day Reunion Weekend.

g Up

Uninsured

Issues and Proposed Solutions, an
easy-to-use guide that provides
basic information about the issue
of the uninsured and explains
approaches to solving the
problem. The guide provides
sample questions to ask when
weighing the pros and cons of
proposals to solve this problem.
Get Involved-Get connected with
organizations that need your help
to care for the country's
uninsured. Consider volunteering
at a local campaign event, health
clinic, public hospital or advocacy
organization. Or join the national
effort to enroll.eligible, uninsured
children and adults in available
public health programs such as the
State Children's Health Insurance
Program or Medicaid by
contacting Covering Kids and
amilies. T More information: is
available at © www.CoverThe
Uninsured.org/individuals

Speak Up-Get pointers on how to
write an op-ed, how to contact
your elected representatives and
how to hold a health fair on
www.CoverTheUninsured.org.
You can also speak out on the
issue by calling into a local radio
talk show or by writing a letter to
the editor of your local
newspaper.I'll be playing my part
in this effort by speaking at
national and local events, making
public service announcements and
Participating in other campaign
activities. I hope I can count on
you to play your part. When
millions of Americans cannot
afford health coverage, we cannot
afford to remain silent.

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their car and its maintenance a
ptiority and rarely fall short on
the upkeep. Unfortunately, the
same doesn't always apply to
maintaining their health.In fact,
nearly 84 percent of men say
they've had their car serviced in
the past year, but only 66 percent
have had an annual checkup with
a doctor in the same period,
according to a recent survey by
the Men's "__.

Health
Network
(MHN),
Washington,
DC-based
nonprofit
organization,
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and they
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car to a
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Bonhomme. "We recommend
men have their testosterone
levels screened after age 40, as
this hormone tapers with age." It
is estimated low T affects up to
five million American men.
Problems in the testes, the
pituitary gland or in a part of the ©
brain called the hypothalamus
may cause low T. As men get
older, the ability to produce
testosterone gradually declines.
In fact, after age
30, testosterone

levels drop by
about 10
percent "_ every

decade.
Treatment is for
men of any age
with below
normal levels of
testosterone
accompanied by
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but they
don't listen when their body tells
them it may be time to see a
doctor," said Jean Bonhomme,
MD, MPH of Emory University
and a member of the MHN
Board of Directors. "Regular
checkups and age-appropriate
screenings can help improve
men's overall health and
longevity."To jumpstart men's
health maintenance, MHN_ is
launching the first annual
National Testosterone Tune-Up
in thousands of doctors' offices
nationwide. As part of the
Tune-Up, physicians will speak
with men about low sex hive
erectile dysfunction, fatigue,
depression, reduced muscle Tmass
and strength, increased body: fat
and decreased mineral
density-all possible signs of low
testosterone (low T). A T simple
blood test is needed to diagnose
the condition. "Low testosterone
is. an often overlooked. medical
condition with "_ potential
long-term health consequences if

left untreated," said Dr.

under a doctor's

care. There are several
FDA-approved therapies
available, including gels, patches
and injections. "As with all

medications, it's important for
doctors and patients to talk
about the benefits and risks of
treatment prior to _ initiating
therapy," said Dr. Bonhomme.
"Multiple studies have shown
proper treatment can provide
significant health benefits for
men with testosterone
deficiency."The doctor-patient
discussion about low T also may
oint to other illnesses or
festyle issues. Men may even
learn their low testosterone levels
ate telated to other conditions,
such as obesity or diabetes. The
National. Testosterone Tune-Up
kicks off Juné 14 duting National
Men's Health Week and° runs
through the end of July 2004,
Visit www.tuneupyourT.com to
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WASHINGTON - Presumptive
Democratic nominee John Kerry
{related, bio} on Friday collected
the endorsement of the
International Brotherhood of
Police Officers, a police union that
backed President Bush [related,
bio] in the 2000 election. ;

"After three ad a fall

of disappoint rship
ander George Bush, 6 we need to
c course in November and
elect a president with a real record
of supporting police officers and a
lifetime of standing with law
enforcement," IBPO President
David Holway said in a statement

vided by the Kerry campaign.

_ The pares d Bill
Clinton in 1992 and 1996. Kerry
scheduled a round-table discussion
with members of the group on
Friday to talk about = law
enforcement issues.

In a statement provided
by the Bush campaign, a former
New York City police
commissioner said Bush has
provided unprecedented support
for first responders, including $13
billion to state and local
governments to prepare for
terrorism.
. "The president has given
law enforcement the tools to do
their job in the Patriot Act, while
John Kerry attacks the law on the

cam trail, � . former
commissioner Bernard Kerik said.
Earlier Friday, Kerry laid

Black newspaper readership study announced

dramatic profile of a
consumer group that most
marketers have _ traditionally
overlooked or ignored was
released today by Amalgamated
Publishers, Inc. The API Black
Newspaper Readership Study
clearly = and = "_ unequivocally
substantiates that readers of Black
newspapers are prime consumers
who demand the best and spend

freely to get what they want.
Designed and executed by
CNW Marketing Research, Inc.,

this study is the largest and most
comprehensive examination ever
undertaken of readers of Black
newspap

y interviews were
completed with 121,692 randomly
selected, pée-qualified respondents

two'wreaths at the National: Law
Enforcement Officers Memorial,
which honors 16,666 officers
killed in the line of duty. One of
the wreaths was for the national
memonal but the other, in a
Massachusetts section, honored a
Middlesex County officer killed
on this date in 1961. Kerry, a
former Middlesex = County
prosecutor, chatted with officers
and family members during the
15-minute visit.

~ In an unexpected visit
Thursday night to the Capitol,
Kerry viewed "_ photographs
depicting abuse of Iraqi prisoners
in U.S. custody. He made a
last-minute decision to ttavel to
the Senate and then spent 45
minutes viewing the photographs
in a secure location, spokesman
David Wade said.

Lawmakers who saw
the photographs earlier in the day
reacted with revulsion. Wade said
Kerry had no comment.

_ Kerry. said in a
television interview Thursday he
welcomed Defense Secretary
Donald H. Rumsfeld's trip to
Baghdad but had not changed his
view that Rumsfeld should
resi

"I'm glad the secretary
of defense went there. The troop
morale needs, | think, that kind

changes the dynamics of what
America still needs to do to get
to the bottom of this."

The = Massachusetts
senator has T warned that the
reports of abuse in the Iraqi
pnson threaten to undermine the.

effort to combat terrorism in the
Middle East by infuriating Arabs
suspicious about U.S. intentions
in the region.

accused Kerry of politicizing the
war on tetrorism. Viewing the

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across the country. The study
encompassed not only the
collection of the detailed
demographic and psychographic
data but also an __ indepth
examination of the effect that
Black newspapers have on their
readers's product perceptions and
purchase patterns.

A key element of the study
was to chart the Purchase Path of
the Black newspaper reader and
compare it to the Purchase Paths
of Hispanic consumers,
Caucasian consumers and_ total
consumers.

The Purchase Path is an
exclusive, groundbreaking
research technique developed by
CNW Marketing Research, Inc.,
seven yeats ago for Time Wamer,

Inc. This technique tracks the
influence that vanous forms of
media have on a consumer from
the tme a decision to purchase is
made to the time of its actual
purchase..

"The results of this study will
now document beyond question
the value of the Black consumer
and the best vehicle to reach
them that we have been trying to
tell advertisers for so long, � said
Dorothy Leavell, Chair of API.

Readers of Black newspapers
represent 73 percent of the total
$645 billion African American
consumer buying power, yet 87.6
percent of regular Black
newspaper readers do not
regularly read general market daily
newspapers. This means that an

Financing Oppression

(CONTINUES FROM THE
FRONT PAGE)

Black leaders and Black folks in
general should stop financing the
Oppression of their own people.
But since it seems they are not
ready to stop this kind of madness,
I think we should implement the
same tactics against them that
have been brought against the
insurance firms and the banks.
They financed the oppression of
Black people, and now Black
organizations are financing the
oppression of Black people. Why
should we have a double-standard?

Don Tt you think that because
everything is about money,
especially for many of our

so-called Black leaders, we should
seek reparations from our own
organizations as well?
Crazy, you say? I don Tt think so.
How can we ask for recompense
trom White-owned companies and
not seck it from Black
organizations that continue to
finance our "_ oppression by
ig po dollars to cities
where Black people are o sed?
Turnabout is fair play, and in the
case of hundreds of millions of
Black tourism dollars being looked
upon with owild-eyed glee � by
hite-dominated convention
centers that get much of their
funding from Black tax dollars,
Our acquiescence to calls from our
organizations (and local Black
polincians) to go against boycotts
1s unconscionable.
Despite the horrendous treatment
of our people, both economically
and otherwise, all over this
country, we continue to mimic the
overseers and the crumb snatchers
ot the past, selling out for a few
dollars, hotel suites, and banquets.
Yes, we must seek reparations
trom anyone and any company
that benefited from the misery of
Black folks. We must support
Brother Wornill in any way we can,
and we must never give up.
During a retrospective on Harold

Washington's mayoral tenure
earlier this year in Chicago, | heard

Wornll say, oYes, our initial
rien was denied, but that Ts just

He went on to ask, oDo you know
how long it took for Black people
to gain the victories of the past?
Do you know how many lawsuits
had to be filed to other
wrongs against us? This is just the
start and we will continue to fight
no matter how long it takes. �

The same attitude must be applied
tos these sell-out ack

organizations that do nothirig but
help hold us down. Their leaders
are interested in two things:
Money in their pockets and not
oftending those who give it to
them. They will continue to
finance our oppression, just like
the financiers during slavery, if
we don Tt hold them accountable
for the dollars we give them.
Reparations for oppression? Let Ts
also demand that from Black
groups that are obviously guilty
of complicity.

James E. Clingman, an adjunct
professor at the University of
Cincinnan's African American
Studies department, is former

editor of the Cincinnati Herald
Newspaper and founder of the
Greater Cincinnati "_ African
Amencan Chamber of
Commerce. He hosts the radio
program, "Blackonomics," and

has wntten several books,
including: Economic
Empowerment or Economic

Enslavement - We have a Choice;
Blackonomics; and his
soon-to-be-released book,
Black-o-Knowledge, Stuff we
need to know. Contact him at
www.blackonomics.com or
513/489-4132.

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findings," he continued "you see a
market with average income of
$64,615; average net wroth of
$391,290, average age, 42 years
old; 85.2°% home ownership; 83°%
having at least some college; 69%
being a manager, professional or
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ngerous unrealism running tight situation in Iraq, forces linked to massive revulsion to evidence of It was his brand of messianic as a humiliating defeat, and it is at least their sufferings have
through its thinking. For Paul al-Qa'ida have intensified their the systematic abuse of Iraqis - as liberalism that dragged Britain here that the analogy of Vietnam demonstrated the cruel folly of
Wolfowitz, the Deputy Defense attacks on Saudi targets. has been the case in Britain and into the war. For the Prime is inadequate. The Iraq war has waging war in order to fight a
Secretary, _ ad other Economists May say that the other European _ countries, Minister, going to war in Iraq been lost far more quickly than liberal crusade. -
neo-censetvatives, the solution to world need not fear another oil -Rather, Iraq and its people are offered an intoxicating feeling of that in South-east Asia, and the John Gray is Professor of
terrorism was to "modernise" the shock, but they have forgotten now viewed with a mix of, rectitude combined with the impact on the world is potentially European Thought at the LSE.
Middle East. For them, that meant the geo-political realities. Saudi bafflement and hatred, and a reassuring sense of being on the much greater. Whereas Viemam His book Al Qaeda and What it
overthrowing many, if not most, oil is still hugely important, and mood of despair about the war side of the big battalions. But had little economic significance, Means to be Modern' is published
of the area's tegimes and replacing any sign of increased instability in has set in. Most Americans want American invincibility was a Iraq is pivotal in the world in Paperback by Faber & Faber
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NEW YORK - In the second half of
the 20th century, the world became,
i literally, a darker place. Though
Sun remains as bright as ever,
scientists believe less ight is
ching the Earth's surface because
naching
ig expectation and easy
ion, hundreds of instruments
around the world recorded a drop in
sunshine ing the surface of
Earth, as much as 10 per cent from
the late 1950s to the early 1990s, or 2
to 3 per cent per decade.
7 woth atta like Asia, the
United States.and Europe, the drop
was even steeper. Hong Kong, for
instance, saw a 37 per cent decrease
in its sunlight. :

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"Recording ~~ to. " "smedical |
researcher Michael A. Schmidt,
research of how essential fatty |
acids (EFAs or omega oils) |
profoundly affect brain function |
Opens up many new T and exciting |
horizons Yor the prevention and |
treatment of some of our most |
perplexing conditions. The |

05 Atect Brain Function

No one is predi that it
may soon be night all day, and some
scientists believe the skies have
brightened in the past decade as the
suspected cause of global dimming -
air pollution - clears up in many
parts of the world.
noticed by a handful of scientists
two decades ago, but dismissed at
the time as unbelievable - is now
attracting wide attention. Research
on dimming and its
implications for weather, water
supplies and agriculture, will be
presented in Montreal next week at
a joint meeting of the American and
Canadian ical societies

Dr James Hansen, director of

The M-Voice Newspaper May 15- 31, 2004

The world has become a darker

Nasa's Goddard Institute for

It's occurred over a time
period, so it's not something T that
pethaps jumps out at you as a
person in the street, T he said. But it's
a large effect.

Satellite readings show that
the Sun remains as bright as ever,
but less and less sunlight has been
making it through the atmosphere
to the ground.

Pollution dims sunlight in two
ways, scientists believe. Some of the

light bounces off soot particles in on, T said T Dr Shabtai Cohen, a
the air and T back into outer space. scientist in Israel's agriculture _
Pollution. also causes more water ministry who has studied global
droplets to condense out of air, dimming for a decade, and we don't
leading to thicker, darker clouds that have the whole story T.
also block more light. The instrument to measure
For that reason, the dimming sunshine, called a radiometer, is
effect appears to be more simple in design: a black plate under
pronounced on cloudy days than a glass dome. Like asphalt in
sunny ones. In-some more pristine summer, the black plate tums hot as
regions, there has been little or no it absorbs the Sun's energy; its
imming. temperature tells the amount of

would be expected to have clean air, from

has also dimmed. - dutifully recording sunshine levels.
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balance between Omega-6 and; _

Omega-3 Fatty acids and
avoiding Trans fatty acids are
critical for maintaining proper

brain function. EFAs affect three |

main areas of brain function:
mood and behavior; learning
memory, | movement _ and
sensation. They ate involved with
producing energy in our bodies
from food oni i and
moving that energy throughout
our body. They alse help transfer
oxygen and, hemoglobin
products, and help control the
flow of nutrients. through cell
membranes.

Even though we know that |
Omega 3s are found in fish oils |
and reportedly lower fats in the |
blood, thus reducing the risk of |
coronary heart disease, most of |
us still fall short of getting these |
vital nutrients into our diets. |

"When it comes to EFA,
the American Diet of fast foods |
and processed ingredients can |
easily fall short of what the body |
need s in terms of essential |
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Also, all the radiometers have been
on land, leaving the effect over water,
which occupies three-quarters of the
Earth's surface, to supposition.

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