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By Edith M Lederer

UNITED NATIONS - Earlier this
month, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi
Annan faced criticism from some U.S. law-
makers because of alleged corruption in
the oil-for-food program for Iraq.

Although the church o

The United States expressed con-
fidence in Secretary-General Kofi
Annan on Thursday and said he
should remain at the helm of the
United Nations, an abrupt turn-
around from its refusal to back him

Waging his own per

perates for additional businesses, Prigen (on the left)
says, othat the Subway shop is not about making money. It Ts about mis-
sions, ? Mast of the people employed by the subway franchise are not mem-
bers of True Bethel Baptist Church and added that
employ people right from the community it serves.

the church seeks to

day, they have

BUFFALO, N.Y. - If you've driven down
the east side of the city of Buffalo recently,
you've probably noticed the new Sub-
way Sandwich shop that stands at 701 E,
Ferry Street. The store, which opened in
September, is a tribute to a community
striving for spiritual, economical and
physical transformation.
At True Bethel Baptist Church, the
Rev. Darius Pridgen is happy to serve the
Word. He's also pretty quick to serve a
SUBWAY sub.
On any given day, the franchise serves
people ranging from workers dropping
Y for a quick lunch or elderly people
wanting a clean, safe place to eat and con-
verse or yourtg people needing somewhere
to get a quick bite and hang out with
friends or do homework. But the unique-
ness of this store goes way beyond sou p
and sandwiches. The shop is owned and
operated by True Bethel Baptist Church.
In fact, the entrance for the Church's gen-
eral offices is located inside the sandwich

shop.

GREENVILLE, N.C, - During
Thanksgiving week, the Eastern NC
Episcopal District of The AME Afri-
can Methodist Episcopal Zion
Church held it Ts 141st Annual Con-
ference at St. Augustine's AME Zion
Church located in Kinston where Rev,
Julian Pridgen is the pastor.

As the new AME Zion presiding
Prelate, Bishop Richard K, Thompson
replaced Bishop George E. Battle, Jr.

The theme was oBecoming A
Healthy Church ? and. their motto
was oBuild a Bridge - Get Over It.

Mixing ministry and business, al-
though nota new idea, is a growing phe-
nomenon. Rey. Darius G. Pridgen, who
has pastored True Bethel Baptist church
for the past ten years, says the sandwich
shop is really just an extension of the
church and provides opportunities for
omarketing ? the gospel of Jesus Christ.

oEach church has a specific calling
and purpose. Churches must examine
what they are doing to get new members
(people who are not a part of another con-
gregation). | use my business sense that
says | need to market and I need to use
what I learned as an entrepreneur ?. ex-
plains Pridgen. oThe entrepreneurial
model provides us with the opportunity
to become more self-sufficient and also to
be able to employ our own people. ?

Pridgen believes that the gospel must
be packaged T in a way that makes it at-
tractive to people. He says, oYou have to,
first of all, offer a product, that is not nec-
essarily what people want because the
gospel message isn't about what people

J

During the conference, Bishop
Thompson convened over the 3rd
Episcopal District that makes up
the NC Conference of the AME:
Zion Church. This area includes the
eastern counties of Pitt, Beaufort,
Craven, Onslow, Lenoir and
Edgecomb Counties. This Thanks-
giving Week Conference lasting Six
days, has been a long standing tra-
dition among African Americans in
the Eastern North Carolina area and
concluded with new appointments
with the Bishop appointing Pastors

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last week after a U.S. senator called for
hisresignation. °

The unequivocal support from
U.S. Ambassador John Danforth, who
said he was speaking on behalf of the
Bush administration, aligned the United
States with the 190 other members of
the United Nations who rallied to sup-
port the beleaguered Annan.

oWe are not suggesting or pushing
for the resignation of the secretary-gen-
eral, ? Danforth said. oWe have worked
well with him in the past and look for-
ward to working with him for some time
in the future. ? |

Sen. Norm Coleman's call last week
for Annan T resignation amid allegations
of corruption in the U.N. oil-for-food
Program in Iraq made headlines and led
to an outpouring of support from na-
tions around the world.

The leaders of U.S. ally Britain, as
well as France, Russia, Germany and
other countries phoned the secretary-
general to back him, and Annan gota
rare standing ovation Wednesday from
the U.N. General Assembly which in-
cludes all 191 U.N. member states.

President Bush twice refused to

want but about what they need, But you
have to package it ina way so that they
will come and getit. I Tve listened to pas-
tors complain bout attendance but never
examine what they were offering. Jesus
never forced anything down anybody's
throat; he offered it T.

When Pridgen first accepted the
Position as pastor of the church they had
gone through several church splits and
were averaging about twenty-five people
in attendance on any given Sunday. To-
; ave more thor
people in combined attendance of their
three Sunday morning services, making
them one of the fastest growing churches
in the Buffalo area. Pridgen says that his
success has been partly because he is ofool-
ish ?. oI don't care how many books you
read or how many church models you
study; no model is right for every church

Pridgen says he has learned to do
whatever the Lord tells him to do, with-
out fear or hesitation. oI begin every day
by lying on my face before God. I read a
text from the Scriptures, I write in my
journal and then I Tm flat on my face be-
fore the Lord saying God whatever you
want to do today, I'm ready for a miracle,
You show me and I'll go T. Then I get up
and I go to work. ?

The church started a work-skills pro-
gram for young people two years ago but
it fizzled without jobs for its araduates
That's when the church, which is housed
inside a former supermarket and attracts
about 2,000 people each week, opened
its own businesses: a small bookstore,
silkscreen company and cleaning company
that contracts with an adjacent charter
school.

For Subway officials, the church lo-
cation " its first " posed no problems.

oIf there's room and it fits within the
zoning board requirements, we're happy, ?
said Les Winogard, a spokesman for the
Milford, Conn.-based chain. Of Subway Ts
22,000 locations, 3,500 shops are in
onontraditional ? places, like convenience
stores, schools, sports arenas, hospitals and
military bases.

The city provided about $10,000

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to one years terms.

Among those pastors of the NC
Conference were a few notable
transfers and appointments. Rey,
Ronald P. McDougal from the Trin-
ity AME Zion Church in New Bern
was transferred to the New Jersey
Conference and Rey. Charles
Dillahart received a new assignment
to St.Paul AME Zion Church in
Pollacksville, N.C.

Spiritedly, the conference was
well received by long term delegates
and conference attendees who ex!

tharr three thousand.

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support the secretary-general last
week, stressing that he wanted a ofull
and fair and open accounting of the
oil-for-food program ? so U.S. taxpay-
ers ofeel comfortable about suppott-
ing the United Nations. ?

Some U.N. officials and diplo-
mats saw this as a veiled threat that the
United States might again stop paying
its U.N. dues.

oWe have worked well with him
in the past and look forward to workin
with him for some time in the future. ?

-U.S. Ambassador John Danforth
Danforth also called for a thorough inves-
tigation. But he said Tuesday he had ogreat
confidence ? in the secretary-general.

On Wednesday, U.S. deputy am-
bassador Patrick Kennedy joined in the
ovation at the end of Annan's presenta-
tion to the General Assembly of a report
that called for the most sweeping reforms
of the United Nations since its found-
ing in 1945,

Annan said Tuesday he would stay
on as U.N. chief and focus on reform
during his final two years.

Danforth said U.S. support for a

thorough oil-for-food investigation

in small business grants, Common Coun-
cil member Antoine Thompson said.

ile the church itself is tax-exempt, the
portion dedicated to the restaurant is not,
though it qualifies for exemptions under
the state Ts Empire Zone economic devel-
opment program, he said.

Since opening in September, the
franchise has placed consistently among
the top performers of Subway Ts 80 stores
in the region, at one point sending an
embarrassed Pridgen beggit g, at other
Subways for brea aie le
rush.

"It's turned into a bigger operation
than we ever imagined," he said,

Darius Pridgen describes himself as
a husband, a dad, a pastor, and an entre-
preneur. But he says being a pastor was
something he never wanted to do, but
does out of obedience to the calling of
God on his life. He further notes that he
much prefers to be an assistant.

Janice Goodell, the church adminis-
trator, has known Pridgen since they were
children. She says he is the type of leader
that genuinely cares about people.

Loving people is what Darius
Pridgen and True Bethel Church is all

about. In fact, they continue to seek new

and innovative ways to introduce people _

to the gospel of Jesus Christ. Pridgen notes
how at one point he noticed that some of
the young men did not want to come
and sit in church for two hours so he em-
ployed methods like making them secu-
rity guards or having them run the video
cameras. oI found that this gave them buy-
in and makes them a part of something, ?
he explained. Pridgen says he tries to cre-
ate opportunities that involve young
people and by them being involved they
receive the mentoring that is so lacking in
the community.

Pridgen says he refuses to have staff
members who do not love people. oWhen
I find I have that (someone who doesn't
love people), I make changes quickly and
honestly without lying to people or talk-
ing down to them ?. He explains that if
people can't find love in the church then
they will go into the streets and find it

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had been misinterpreted as a lack of
confidence in Annan and a desire for
his resignation. He said he was asked
to clarify that the United States sup-
ported the secretary-general and did
not want him to step down. .

In his news conference Thursday,
which was delayed for five hours,
.Danforth said the oil-for-food probe
was essentially oa criminal investiga-
tion ? and that the investigators must
determine whether anyone is guilty of
bribery, payoffs and corruption.

oWe are expressing confidence in
the secretary-general and in his con-
tinuing in office. We are also saying
that the investigation is critically im-
portant, that there is a cloud over the
United Nations, ? Danforth said.

oThe only way to dispel the cloud
is let the sunlight in. And that means
a thorough investigation, an objective
investigation, ? he said.

Danforth was asked about recent
revelations about Annan Ts son, Kojo,
who worked in Africa for a Swiss-based
company that had an oil-for-food con-
tract. He said Kojo Annan was an
adult and implied he has to answer
for himself. .

oThere is no question as to the per-
sonal integrity of the secretary-general, ?
Danforth said.

___ Annan appointed former U.S. Fed-
eral Reserve chairman Paul Volcker to lead
an independent inquiry of the oil-for-feod
program and turned over all U.N. docu-
ments. Coleman, who is leading one.of
five U.S. congressional investi tions, has
accused Annan of not helping his inquiry.

The secretary-general said it Ts up to
Volcker, who controls the U.N. material,
and Volcker said he will only release docu-
ments with his reports. The first is due in
January and « final report is expected in
mid-2005. .

Danforth said the worst thing the
United Nations could now do is not co-
operate with the probe.

In his remarks last week, Coleman, a
Minnesota Republican, said Annan pte-
sided over the ogreatest fraud and theft ?
in the history of the United Nations. Two
weeks ago, the Senate Permanent Subcom-
mittee on Investigations which he chairs
said it had uncovered evidence that
Saddam Hussein's government raised more
than $21.3 billion in illegal revenue by
subverting U.N. sanctions and the oil-for-
food program.

sonal war on poverty with Subway Franchaise and much more

¥ phenomena to

there.

Church members say Pridgen is a
transparent leader who is not afraid to
admit his mistakes or tell you that he
doesn't have the answer. It is these and
other qualities that make them feel com-
fortable with him. He has a way of mak-
ing them feel like they can talk to him
about anything.

For Darius Pridgen and True Bethel
Baptist Church, the obusiness of minis-

uy.. is something that will continue well
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four businesses: the Subway franchise, a

bookstore, a T-shirt company and a clean-
ing company. They plan to launch a fifth
(an engravin company) soon.

The Subway franchise idea was in-
troduced to Pridgen by a local entrepre-
neur, Joe Parker. Parker, who at one time
owned his own franchise in Tonawanda,
mentioned the idea a few years back and
asked Pridgen to come on board, The
church set aside money for franchise de-
velopment and when the time was right

community self sufficiency

they proceeded. .

oThat Subway shop is not about
making money. Ir Ts about missions, ? says
Pridgen. He emphasizes that every bill at
True Bethel is paid off and that the church
is funded through the tithes and offering
of its members. He further explains that

the mission of the frarichise ig to train

young people in customer service ahd
work ethics, he ae
Most of the people employed by
a 2 Tan ae ey pies o aaah ty e o8
to employ people right ftom the cotritnu-
nity it sertes And he some of the em-
ployees and patrons alike, it is the closest
they have come to attending a church
service in years,

It is not unusual on any given after-
noon to find Pastor Pridgen joking around
with people in the store or pitching in to
make sandwiches for patrons. He tries to
never give the impression that he is too
obig ? to do the little thirigs. And that Ts
what people love about him. .

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and Les Cox. In the back row are Willi
Reginald Barrett, 2nd Vice President.

NEWLY ELECTED OFFICERS FO R THE LOCAL NAACP: Pictured from
left to right is Evelyn Littles, Executive Committee-At-Large, Calvin Henderson,
President Pitt County NAACP Judge Wanda Bryant, NC Court of A peals,
Howard Conner, Treasurer, Bernard Haselig, Asst. Treasurers, Howard é

am H. Worthington, Ist Vice President,

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pressed satisfaction with the devel-
opments achieved during this an-
nual coming-together. Adjectives
such as ofair T and oreasonable ? were
among those used in recalling the
sessions that were officiated over by
Bishop Thompson.

Other notables who attended
the conference were Mrs. Georgia
M. Thompson, Missionary Super-
visor, Presiding Elders Jeremiah
Asbury, Clyde L. Murphy and Wil-
liam L, Wainwright. Other local
pastors in attendance included Rey,

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David Moore, Rev, Willie Johnson,
Rey. Margaret Blackmon and Rev.
Acolia Simon-Thomas.

D.D. Garrett, Sr. of Greenville
served as conference trustee and del
egate. Garrett has also served on na.
tional AME Zion boards and com
mittees,

Other events and coriferencs
that are currently schedule for the
upcoming year are the South Africa
Annual Conference which will take
place December 9 through 12.
2004 at the Spottswood A.M.E. .

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Zion Church. The Christian Edu-
cation Summit wil take place on
January 26 and 27. 2005 followed
by the Eastern North Carolina
Convocation & Ordination on
January 27 and 29, 2005 at the
Hilton Riverside in Wilmington,
NC, and the Virgin Island Annual
Conference will Be held on March
16-20. 2005 at the Medford
A.M.E. Zion Church, Se, Croix,
US Virgin Islands.

The Host Pastor will be the
Rev. Charles Bertram,

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A big hoax is about to be pulled on
the American people in the name of So-
cial Security reform if President Bush
and the Republican Congress get their
way and send Social Security money to
Wall Street. If this happens all Ameri-
cans will lose big but African Americans
val likely receive the shortest end of the

Rationale for Social Security
ivatization is Pulp Fiction
Social Security oreform, ? codeword
for privatization, seeks to divert all or a
portion of the funds currently support-
ing the Social Security program into
401K-type accounts that individuals
can invest in the stock market. While
is j may seem innocuous on its face,
the reality is that privatization is a du.
plicitous attempt to renege on our
country Ts promise to provide reliable

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the system. In reality, ity's
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to pay 80 cents on every $1 in benefits
promi t privatizers don Tt want
Americans to know is that this 20 cent

gap per dollar of promised benefits is

eable and can be closed without
radically altering the system. In fact,
the tax cuts President Bush gave away
to the wealthiest one percent of Ameri-
cans could have covered the amount of

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Not promote privatization because their
plans are affordable, effective, or effi-
cient. Indeed, privatization plans like
those put forth by President Bush Ts So-
cial Security commission, are pro-
hibitively expensive. Not only do they
blow a big hole in the Social Security
Trust Fund (thereby cutting benefits)
by removing trillions of dollars in dedi-
cated revenue, they also require massive
transfers of money from the general

the long-term Social Security shortfall budget in order to sustain the transition
and there would have still been Money and administrative costs of individual
left over for other accounts over the
important priori- short, medium,
ties. and long term.
So, if Social rsd Fe rate fe ram #4 Since Presi
Security T fiscal im- more then dent Bush has al-
balance is -]| -- from more than 24% to ready ruled out the
able why is it that 65%--- if there was no social possibility of rais-
Supporters of securuty ing taxes in order
privatization are so to finance these
intent on changj enormous costs, it
the system? Coul it be that they seek is guaranteed that they will have to be

cover in their attempts to justify the mas-
sive transfer of taxpayer dollars to the
mo rson Wall Street amore
that will further benefit the rich at the
expense of working and middle class
families? Could it Be that they seek to
dismantle an efficient federal entitlement
program that they have historically re-
sented because all - including the
wealthy - must contribute? Could it be,
that, (like corporations who move from
defined benefit pension plans to defined
contribution plans), they seek to make
individuals more responsible for shoul-

suppo ing retirees, di k- dering the financial burden of their own
ers, nd . doped wor retirement? Or, could it be all of the
Supporters of individual account above?
Proposals seek to perpetuate the fiction _-Plans to Privatize Blow a Hole in
i facing afiscal crisis Social Security and the Federal Budget

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Susie Clemons
GREENVILLE - With warm thoughts

of Thanksgiving past still lingering,

romises of a memorable Christmas all
bu erased the remaining calendar days
of November 2004. Then came
ber 1, the evening noted author
JL King rode into town on his sleigh,
bearing his shocking message about
Black men who live a life of lies and
deception on the oDown Low ?.
reid Hendrix Theatre center
left he stood- easy on the eyes, well
dressed and sted, his approach.
For those of us in the audience having
already read his book, oBlack Men on
the Down Low ?, or viewed Mr. King on
Oprah a few months back, our insiders
on this phenomenon of men who
lead bi-sexual li who endanger the
lives of women wi sexually transmitted
diseases especially the virus that causes
Aids- HIV, was already much talked
about. That Mr. JL King landed in
Greenville to tell us about it in person-
well, what a treat from Santa.
Imagine our shock when Mr. King
with us that on his ride into town
he was well versed in what he could or
could not present to our quaint but less
than idyllic bedroom community about
the subject matter of black men loving
other men. .

lack men under

Herb Boyd

" Whar to Tyrone Willingham,
Tavis Smiley, Kofi Annan, Charles
Ogletree and Kweisi Mfume have in
common? Other than being promi-
nent Black men in leadership capaci-
ties, they are cither looking for or may
soon be looking for new assignments.
Willingham, after three years
struggling to build a dilapidated foot-
ball program at Notre Dame, and with
a winning record this season, was re-
cently fired by the school Ts athletic
director. Smiley, atone exaspera-
tion at the National Public Radio T fail-
ure to reach out more aggressively to
African-American listeners, has told
the network that he will not be re-

newing his contract with them.
Annan, the UN's secretary gen-
eral, is under fire to step down from
this prestigious position. His detrac-
tors cite that his son, Kojo, accepted
reimbursements for health sosuranice
coverage from a Swiss company that
is under investigation for alleged fraud
and abuses of the oil-for-food program,
it served as a monitor of im-
ports to Iraq. Mfume, the president

Santa bo

DUH?
I ask who would be threatened by
this message intended to save and not
destroy lives?

Better yet who in our communi
feared that dosed eyes would be opened?

No doubt our southern ptimness was

further: diminished when Mer: King

that several aréa houses
refused to allow PiCASO, Pitt County
Aids Service Organization, the
Opportunity to speak to con tions
onthisd matter of infectious disease
control- given that 72% of all new HIV
cases national have occurred in Black
women and 72 % to Black teenage girls.
Moreover, what we have missed
in our judgmental states of bliss is that
seniors- persons over 50- are happily
engaging in their pursuits. And as result,
a good many have fallen victim to the
accursed HIV/AIDS. Talk about a
SHOCK! No doubt theirs is a comfort
zone that has inevitably lead to death
and will surely lead to more less folks
change their way of thinking.
Henceforth, I urge the utmost
caution when talks of Noah and the
Flood are in the air " remember he had
to save himself and his family when
others said that he was lying. No time
for fatalistic talks of opic in the sky ? there's
a war waging in our community of
?,?normous proportions with the intent
to wipe us out. Those of us who are not
dead or dying from this disease: He that
hath ears let em hear!

My sources share that area or local
centers of worship with younger
congregants are more receptive to this
message of TRUTH intended to save
lives- not cast anyone into the furnace of
fire and brimstone. HELLO"! Aids, the
virus that causes HIV, is neither dressed
in a mini-skirt nor wearing red lipstick,
or a pair of denims worn too low beneath
the belt line, but rests in olyester lined
caskets made by the company
Opportunity and Ignorance.

That anyone would want a
community to remain in ignorance about
such things as preposterous as it is
downright evil!

and CEO of the NAACP. the nation Ts
oldest and largest civil rights organiza-
tion, said he will be resigning from his
post on Jan. 1, 2005.

e's resignation comes in the
wake of an investigation by the IRS of
the NAACP Ts tax-exempt status. Ata
press conference, Mfume said that his
departure was not related to the IRS
investigation. Julian Bond, the
organization's chairman, believes the
investigation was prompted by re:
marks he made that were critical of the
Bush administration, after the presi-
dent refused to address the group's
annual convention last summer.

Then there are two cases from out
of the South where two less promi-
nent Black men are entangled in cir-
cumstances that are reminiscent of the
struggles of the civil rights era. In Bir-
min »Ala., Roderick Jackson, the
coach of a girls high-school basketball
team, claims he lost his coaching job
and his termination was in violation
of Title IX. Jackson had complained
that the school gave preferential treat-
ment to the boys team. He charges that
his firing was the Birmingham School

of worship

Paid for by further shrinking Social Se-
curity benefits and/or by piling more
debt on top of our already steep federal
budget debits - Creating a hole so deep
it will take our economy almost 60
to recover according to the 2004 Eco-
nomic Report of the President.
ican Americans are Harmed by
Privatization Plans

Privatization Ts likely impact on Af-
rican American families provides a prime
example of why these plans also fail the
effectiveness test. Because of historical
patterns of discrimination in the U.S.
education system and labor market, Af.
rican Americans are more likely to earn a
modest living during the course of their
working lives, more likely to have expe-
rienced spells of unemployment or un-

That some chose to languish in
baseless notions about how things ought
to be done or said is beyond me,
especially when it comes to saving the
lives of the fellow man for whom th
claim undying love before GOD.

La ble at best when collective
made quite obvious by merely viewing
the,status of some of our communities,
and by the duplicitous heart had by
some in professing the need to flee from
the wrath of sin on the one hand while
allowing our future to be put asunder
on the other.

Clearly I amr as hood winked by
such actions, as I am the state of quieted
fear imposed upon Americans by the
current Bush-Chaney leadershi posse-
descendants of Ma Barker and the train
robbers Jesse James and Frank.

Lest my memory fails me, did not
Our ancestors wage a tremendous war

Has Culture Supplanted Race in

Over the years, much has been writ-
ten about the American racial question
and its impact on life in the United
States. Conspicuously absent from the
debate has been a recognition of how
racism may now be but a convenient

roxy for cultural marginalization.
en racial minorities experience dis-
crimination today, the cause is most likely
rooted in differences of culture rather
than differences in inherited physical
char-acteristics. Perhaps the time has fi-
nally come to attribute American inter-
tensions to oculturism T as o
roracism. The difference is far mor than
semantic and it could suggest that
America has unknowingly turned the
comer in regard to relations between ra-
cial groups.

It is well settled that race has his-
torically been the predominant factor
negatively impacting the lives of racial
minorities. However, upon close exami-
nation of the current condition of let's
say, blacks, it becomes increasingly clear
that we are most likely to be discrimi-
nated against if and when we function

Board Ts retaliation for his complaint.

Jackson brought a lawsuit against
the board, and now the case is before
the Supreme Court.

Attorney Chokwe Lumumba is
also fighting for his life and license in
a Supreme Court, this one in the state
of Mississippi. The militant lawyer,
long affiliated with the Republic of
New Afrika, has a date in court on
Dec. 7 to determine a case in which
he is charged with contempt. oWhen
Chokwe observed a white judge in
Mississippi railroading his client, as
typically ha pens in the criminal jus-
tice system, he lodged a vigorous legal
objection. He could have turned his
head. Most lawyers would have heard
nothing, seen nothing and said noth-
ing, ? attorney Alton Maddox wrote
in a weekly column.

Lumumba Ts resistance and adher-
ence to the Code of Professional Re-
sponsibility, rather than to white su-
premacy, ticked off the judge, accord-
ing to Maddox.

._ "Chokwe was summarily hauled
off to the penitentiary. He was also
fined. The trial judge had already de-

" tirement income for 40

ught to

deremployment, and more likely to re-
tire with less income from private pen-
sions, assets or personal savings. To add
insult to injury, African Americans T dis-
proportionate lack of access to quality,
affordable healthcare - also rooted in
education, employment and income in-

uities - contributes to our higher rates
of disability and early death.

A comprehensive community in-
surance plan, Social Security provides an
equalizing effect in this perfect storm
through the provision of a steady
Bere check for retirees, for those who
become disabled, and for the dependent
children and spouse of a worker who
has died iri the prime of his or her life.

On the whole, Social Security Ad-
ministration statistics show that African
Americans benefit significantly from
these benefits. The only source of re-
rcent of Afri-
can American seniors, SSA estimates the

for freedom? To think that we've had
nearly forty years of freedom firmly in
our hands- who's to blame for steering
the ship into the waters of bondage now?
Clearly slavery for us was as cruel a
punishment as it gets.

Yet moving forward means not

ing but using the same energy it~

took to bring our aricestors out of the **

valley to bring about a new day for
ourselves, our children and their
en.

Is the same energy and spirit had
during the presidential election past, is the
same energy needed now to overcome this
veil of ignorance and death that seeks to
kill off as many black women as is possible,
leaving behind untold numbers of our

tldren without mothers,

Tis T the season to be jolly and |
should be out caroling, baking a
pumpkin streusel pie, shopping or
something. But December 2004 has

outside of what is considered the cul-
tural mainstream. If this is indeed true,
the implications would be profoundly
positive. Race is an immutable charac-
teristic that one cannot change; culture,
however, is very changeable through fa-
miliarity and conditioning.
When whites discriminate against
blacks today, it is likely that they do so
use of negative perceptions of dif-
fering attitudes, behaviors and commu-
nication styles, whether real or imagined.
It is rare today for whites to discriminate
against blacks due solely to the hysical
traits associated with being black
For example, there exists a sizable
and growing class of affluent and suc-
cesstul blacks who have sufficiently
adopted the practices and mores of main-
stream society. Their adoptions of cor-
porate language, etiquette, and values
ave equipped them to persevere in
ericas competitive environment de-
spite their racial differences. In contrast,
the most underachieving strata of blacks
tend to function farthest from the cul-
tural mainstream core. Does it follow that

fire, fired, or fired up

cided that the punishment fit the
crime, As O.]. Simpson discovered, the
claim of double jeopardy does not ap-
ply to a descendant of enslaved Afri-
cans.
has taken the unprecedented step of
seeking to suspend him from the prac-
tice of law for at least two years even
though a judicial panel recommended
only a reprimand. This recommenda-
tion has been appealed to the Missis-
sippi Supreme Court, ?

oWhat's happening to these Black
men should not come as a surprise,
since in practically all the cases you
are talking about power, authority and
economics, ? said Kermit Eady, who
said he speaks with personal experi-
ence on this issue. oOnce a Black man
is in a position of power with a sizable
budget at his command, you can bet
your bottom dollar that he will be in
the crosshairs of destruction, What's
happening to them is the same thing
that happened to me. ?

Eady, the founder and former ex-
ecutive director/CEO of the Black
United Fund of New York was tar-
geted by the state's attorney general,

The Mississippi Bar Association.

poverty rate for elderly blacks would
more double - from 24 percent to

65 percent - without Soci Security.

vor benefits.

Given the various ways in which
Social Security benefits black families,

Benefits for black seniors are boosted howwould privatization proposals stack
further by. " up? The
annual cost [/ " ; short an-
of living ad- African Americans, however, should be swer: they
justments |! highly alarmed about privatization Ts don't. By
and a Pro- implications for the economic stability || diverting
Biessive ben- of their families and community. trillions of
efit structure dollars in
that replaces - _ fevenue
a larger percentage of pre-retirement earn- away from Social Security, privatization

ings for lower-income earners. In addi-
tion, Social Security's disability and sur-
vivor benefits are also extremely impor-
tant for black families, Although onl

12 percent of the U.S. population, AL
rican Americans are almost 18 percent
of those receiving disability benefits. In
addition, black children represent 23
percent of all children receiving survi-

lans require drastic up-front cuts to
Social Security thereby reducing the
guaranteed amount received by African
American seniors on modest, fixed-in-
comes. Since they are all factored into
the same OASDI (Old Age, Survivor and
Disability Insurance) formula, the diver.
sion will also reduce and destabilize the

Continues on | Page 7

been a month of heart wrenching and
?,?ye opening events for us all. Begi ing
with Mt ings visit to ECU, to the 17
year old capital area teen Dwight
McClean who was recently sentenced
to life for the crime of murder, whose
story inspired WRAL 5 to dub his
generation of Black youth as the oLost
Generation ? December 15, to the Daily

rs spin on poverty and young
: mothers ~ Decem

of the mother land, where top USS. officials
are now accused of knowing that the drug
Neviraprine could cause death, not the
prevention of HIV transmission from the
mother to the fetus to more than 27
million, not Italians, or Greeks, or Japanese,
or Europeans, but to M

As we prepare for yet another
Christmas and promises of brand new
year. Let each and every one of us think
first about how to make the world a
better place for his fellow man and for
the generations to follow. Let us toss
aside foolish notions that keep our
collective thoughts and actions in

the Am

a possible solution to the discrimination
that blacks and others experience is main-
stream acculturization?

Sadly, vehement and defiant resis-
tance to mainstream acculturization
remain the rule in many black commu-
nities. Years of continual exclusion from
Amer-ican mainstream life has given rise
to a vibrant black sub-culture that,
among other things, prides itself in re-
jecting vestiges of the cultural main-
stream. That this rejection stifles upward
mobility is seldom considered in some
black communities. Therein dwells the
new American dilemma. To expect these
blacks to abandon their familiar culture
in favor of a historically hostile main-
stream would be truly ambitious. This
difficulty nglyackrowiete this should

ber 5, to

increasingly acknowledged as a criti-
cal cultural goal to be pursued.

Some critics might consider this main-
stream acculturization to be a form of de-
nial of ethnic heritage. This need not be
the case. Obtaining the ability to func-
tin inadifferent cultural milicadoes ns
necessarily displace one Ts original cultural

erican Social

he has always charged, and subse-
quently removed from his Osition,
oNobody's is perfect, but Black men
ought to know that they cannot do
what white men do. A minor infrac-,
tion by us is seen as a major violation
by the powers that be, ? continued
Eady, currently in the process of de-
veloping his Empowerment Institute.
And finally, there is the academic
problem of Professor Charles O etree
of Harvard University. The acclaimed
teacher and attorney, charged with
Plagiarism, recently adenitved that sev-
cra! paragraphs in his memoir oAll De-
liberate Speed ? had been taken ver-
batim from another book. He said the
error occurred during a rush to meet a
deadline, owhen a pair of research as-
sistants inserted the material into a
raft of his manuscript and acciden-
tally dropped the quotation marks and
attribution, ? reported a New York
Times article.
While a date has been set for the
departures of Mfume, Smiley and
illingham, we will have to wait to
see what happens to Annan, Jackson,

Lumumba and Ogletree.
Herb Boyd wirtes for the
Amsterdam News - New York City

bondage. Let us really practice the
message of hope inspired by the Nativity.

Let us unite and forge networks of
business and charity that begets each
family the opportunity to come out of
the chasm of chaos. Let us continue to
unite as we did the week Mrs. Minnie
went on air to ask the community to
come forth for a family in need on one
of the coldest days this season.

ay us reid ne fiat but let
Us not wait for the coldest, hungriest or
needient a bho to shake our love
and appreciation for one another. Let
not those of us who have use and thereby
exploit the poor as a vessel for our greedy
Bains and sinful activities. Fa, la, la, la,
a,lalalala..

Merry Christmas and a Happy
New Year! I remain
Yours in the struggle,

Susie Clemons,
opinionsandtalk@yahoo, com
Is. Clemons, A elance writer who
writes for the M- oice Newspaper has a
BS Degree from East Caolina Universi
and works asa Job Developer for NCOA
Landscape?
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disposition. For example, when foreign
theywakk aren the United States,
?,?y quickly realize that they must'adopt
American modes o me
behavior if they expect to make Positive
impress-ions in the business world. Are
these foreign businessmen thereby reject-
ing the heritage from which they came?
Surely, they are not. .
urther, notable figures like Denzel
Washington, Colin Powell and Michael
Jordan are respected and admired by
Americans across the demographic spec-
trum. Are they any less blac by heri-
tage and culture as a result? Again, this
is not the case.

It would be disingenuous to t
that racism no longer exists in Ametean
life. In some environments, it continues
to be an everyday phenomenon. More
often than not however, American racism
now consists of slights and indignities
rather than tet measures used ma
Jugate people as in years past. This fact
alone demonstrates ust how far American
society has come in lessening the relevance
of race, per se, as a barrier,

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hate crime targets

By Makebra M. Anderson African-Americans, 830 against Whites, were prosecuted in civil rights cases; only bombing and slavery rings.
CHAPTER 7 OR B BANKRUPTCY WASHINGTON (NNPA) - African- 231 against Asians and Pacific Islanders 62 were prosecuted the following year. oThe number of hate crimes has
ete hie : Americans were more than twice as likely and 76 percent against Native Ameri- The Department of Justice did not not decreased, ? says Shelton. oThere re-

ally is no excuse. They've [FBI] chosen

returned repeated phone calls from the
mey last year than all other racial groups com- FBI data shows that hate crime re- National Newspaper Publishers Asso- not to be vigilant in protecting human
bined, the FBI reports. ports havi& increased. In 1991 there ciation News Service seeking comment. rights, ?
Attorney And Counselor at Law According to the FBI, racial preju- were 4,558 hate crimes reported. It rose oWe're extremely concerned about Of more than 7,000 hate crimes,
) dice accounted for more than half of for two consecutive years, oe to we aro in wit ee racial bias represented 51.2 i of
196 Dito te, a cn the 7,489 .hate crimes reported in 7,587 in 1993. The number fell to eve had a number o: and meet- incidents. Bias against religions
12s. Pitt Street Greenville NC27835 2003, up slightly from 7,462 reported 5,932 in 1994, but just one year later ings with Congress and we're pushing represented 17.9 percent; sexual orien-
fic: Hy] ly : wy 2h) in 2002. Of the 3.844 incidents tar- the number rose again and has contin- _ them to do a better {ob of enforci tation bias represented 16.5 percent.
(} . ax (132) geting race, 2,548 were directed against ued to rise. civil rights laws, ? said Hilary Shelton, Ethnicity bias 13.7 percent and
; . Although the number of hate crimes "_ director of the National Association for disability bias only represented 4 per-
a against Blacks showed a slight increase, the Advancement of Colored People cent of reported fro teces Religious
q the prosecution of civil rights violations (NAACP) Washington Bureau. intolerance was the motivation behind
has declined. In the last three years, the Aipough the enforcement of civil 1,343 incidents, The majority of those
number of FBI referrals for prosecution rights laws has dropped, the number " were against Jews, 927, approximately
in civil rights cases dropped | by 514.In of civil rights complaints remains ?,? same as the year before. Reported
2001, the FBI referred 2,060 cases and _ steady at approximat y 12,000 annu- attacks against Muslims fell from 155
analysis of Justice Department data by Crime Statist, Report. the FBEThe number of attacks based

on sexual Orientation was 1,239 in
2003, slightly less than the 1,244 re-
ported in 2002.

® ee eC, 0 28 *
Ons for Afticans Americans " ~s!onmninnayiciente weld ger i
. a tween a patient and doctor of the same would impact sah oa of
LOS ANGELES - A new UC ences are not because of patient's income tion over three months sooner than every 461 days) than they did when their pro- face, and as a result the patient is more or example, prior studies
shows that African American HIV+ = levels, years of education, en 0 up. viders were also African American (342 likely to Participation inde- have shown that most doctors delay treat-
treated by white doctors receive Siar erage. On the doctor's part, the know/- The researchers found that African __ avs). Thev also received medications later csion-making, longer visits and ulti- ment for patients they think are not likely
ing HTV medication less than those who edge, specialty, of training and years © American patients received their HIV compared with white patients who had mately be more likely to trust the pro- "tostick to their drug regimen " with sev-
an African American doctor. of experience did not affect the results. medications a median 439 days versus _ white physicians (353 days). "_ Vider and accep the life-saving HIV medi- eral of those studies indicating that Afri-
oDoes Racial Concordance The fact remained that African American 277 for whites. They also found that Af- There may be a number of explana- . cation. African Ameri patients in fa- can cans are among the patients of-
HIV-Positive Patients and Their Physicians __ patients seen by African American doc- _ rican Americans received Protease inhibi- tions for the great differences, the research- cial-discordant patient/ provi telation- _ ten placed into that category by their doc-
eae the Time to Receipt of Protease In- tors, received better care than African torslater from white physicians (amedian ets write. Fee cxample, verbal and non- ships may experience direct or indirect tors. tae .
ibitors? ? is pub-lished in the November American patients seeing white doctors. N C R | ll f 4 ° E T ll
issue of the Journal of o ings are signi 2 [ tt t
oNerina S=natemem= NI Congressman Rangel calls for action in Emmett Till inquit
clinical implications of the find- _ ing associate Physician in the department NYG,NY- Co Charles Rangel sissippito promptly begin anewinvesti- last May. ol heal
ings are that delay in effective treatment of infectious disease, UCLA Center for this week joined a bipartisan group of " gation into the een murder of oWith its decision to reopen the in-
~ could result in more deaths for African Clinical AIDS Research and Education members of Congress in calling on the Emmett Till. The Department an- vestigation into the murder of Emmett
erican patients. The researchers con- (CAKE), and the study's lead investiga- "_ Justice Department and the state of Mis- nounced its intention to reopen the case Til], the Justice Department eased the pain
_ clude that policy changes boosting the tor. oOne, our study advances prior ree of the Till family with the assurance that
number of African American physicians _ search in this field by demonstrating that their son's killers would finally be brought
are oimperative. ? patient-provider racial concordance can « to justice, ? Rangel said. oThey had waited
oThis is an important study because impact access to medical treatment, We 40 years. Every day of delay in following .
so many African American people have _ are the first study to demonstrate this ef- through on that commitment makes it
HIV infection and African Americans die fect. Two, our study on Patient-provider look more like an empty promise. The
more frequently from the disease than any racial concordance Provides an explana- search for justice and Awe must begin
other group, ? said Dr. William tion as to why African Americans are the now. ? , Alexander Acosta. a
Cunni » professor of medicine and __ least likely to receive annretrovirals com- Ts statement was released at a. The Justice Department's decision
Public health and a study co-author. oWe pared to other racial and ethnic groups. Pfess conference at the U.S. Capitol an- _ followed revelations by New York docu-
need to improve the relationship between hece, our udp peo dete rtance nouncing the introduction of a resolu- mentary film-maker Keith of
ican Americans with HIV and their of incorporating patient-provider racial tion in the House and Senate urging the the existence of new evidence in the case
(mostly white) doctors. We need to teach concordance in analyses of patient-pro- Justice Department and the state of Mis- and the discovery of several survivi
doctors to communicate effectively with vider relationships, par-ticularly sissippi to move expeditiously in reopen- _ individuals who may have been involv
patients ofall races, parti with Afri- involving racial disparities ? ing the case. The resolutions were intro- in the mur- der.
can Americans who may fee they have The patients and doctors icipat- duced in the House by Democratic Con- Emmett Till was a 14-year old Black ;
feasons to mistrust doctors (most of whom ing in mis study were part of the only, men Bobby Rush of Illinois and youth from Chicago who was abducted,
are white). Better training would helpdoc- nationwide HIV study of its kind in the Rangel of New Yer and in the Senate by beaten and murdered in Mississippi in
tors to follow published treatment guide- United States from 1996 to 1999. Par. Senators Charles Schumer, a Democrat 1955 after he supposedly ompc ata
lines for all patients. And ultimatel ,we ticipants were adults who made r from New York, and Jim Talent, aMis- white female store clerk. Two white men
need to increase the number of African visits to their HIV doctors. The research- souri Republican. were tried for the crime and found inno-
erican physicians who can treat Afri- ers studied a group of patients of which ' The resolution reflects concerns in cent by an all-white jury. The brutality of
can American patients with HIV ? 61 percent were white with white doc- ul i Congress, the civil rights community and the murder of an innocent vic-tim, which
In this study, the researchers found " tors, 32 percent were African American ee other interested parties over the apparent was widely publicized by the Black press,
t African American patients treated by with white doctors, 6percent were Afri- [Above is 14 year old Emmett Till with his mother shortly before his brutal slaying. In lack of movement in the investigation and ified the entice nation and helped to
white doctors receive their HIV medica- can American with African American doc- _| late May, the Justice D ent re-opened an investigation into the 1955 murder of the Justice Department's refusal to re- inspire the Civil Rights Movement.
tions nearly four months later than Afri- tors, and less than 1 per-cent were white | Till whose vicious murder laid bare the violent underpinnings of Southern segregation! " spond to Congressional inquiries. The Editor's Note: Charles Rangel has served
can American patients being treated by with African American doctors: Although | and helped launch the civil righte movement. His death and susegent news coverage ents decision toreopen thecase _in the U.S. Co for over three de-
Aftican American doctors. Furthermore, _ the last group was very small, the patients _| preceded Rosa Park's dramatic stand ona sinningham bus by two months and is cited was announced last May by Assistant At- _cacles. He succeeded C Adam
. the study confirms these startling differ- of this group received the HTV medica- as one of the incidents that dramtically ignited the Civil Rights Movement. torney General for Civil Rights R. Clayton Powell, Jrin 1972.

In addition to the decrease in the
number of referrals, the number of ac-
tual prosecutions from the referrals has
also decreased. In 2001. 128 people

worker exploitation, law enforcement
misconduct, religious interference or
property » health care access in-
terterence, such as phone threats or

The report shows that the states
with the highest number of reported
hate crimes were California with 1,472

(19.7 percent of crimes), followed by

New York with.602 incidents (8 per-
cent of crimes), New Jersey close with

594 (7.6) percent of crimes), Michi-
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gan ports (5.7 pe
BANKER () crimes) and Massachusetts reporting,

403 incidents (5.4 percent of crimes).
Combined, these states account for
46.7 percent of all reported hate crimes
in the United states. |

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Ties that bin

Diane Weathers

By
I'm shaking thi

up this month
to rally your support for a cause we at

the magazine fervently believe in. It is
the fiche against HIV, the virus that
causes AIDS. Back in the days when

Predatory Black

A lot of focus is directed toward
lack women who bring children into
the world without the father being
present in the household. Further, fin-
gets are pointed at these women who in
some instances aren't even sure just
whom the father might be.

Tobe sure, the problems associated
with children growing up without the
influence of both male and female par-
ents are numerous, not to mention the
economic hardships the family is likely
ap only one parent in the house-

But there Ts an equally important
factor in the sie as that
is too often oe That factor exists in
the phenomena of the stoma male
who employs irresponsible sex with vul-
nerable women (young and poor as of
ten as not) as a means of satisfying a
variety of their personal peat ie
though this is not a characteristic that is
peculiar to Black males, it is the Black
socio-economic environment that can

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(NAPSA)-According to a recent survey
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Across the Atlantic, it is widely held
that America focuses too much on Iraq
and hot enough on the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict, whereon some America Ts
un-wavering support for Israel. Blair's dis-

AIDS was seen mostly as a gay men's i-
demic and the life-prolongi os
we have today werent araibsble, I lost
three wonderful men in my life to the
the spread of the virus us all, but
it is affecting African-American women
at disproportionate rates. Black women
account for a shocking 72 percent of all
new HIV/AIDS cases among women in
the United States, and Black girls repre-
sent 76 percent of all new cases among
ing numbers have been reported in news-
Papers and in this magazine, so I was
stunned to hear Vice-President Dick

Cheney, during his campaign debate

with vice-presidential nominee John
Edwards, express surprise at this grow-
ing threat to African-American women.
Questioned by moderator Gwen Ifill, he
seemed to be hearing of the crisis for the

When Phill Wilson, pictured with
me here, approached us about working

least afford this infraction.
_ Many single Black women who are

young and poor and who themselves of -
on giew in single parent households,
are parti vulnerable to me advances

of men who prey upon their need for
attention, affection, inclusion or, as often
as not, financial assistance.

Many can recall living near public
housing projects where the overwhelm-
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light and mind evening hours Few auto-
mobiles could be observed along the
streets and drives that wound through

me As the evening pro-

moved toward the wee morn- vm

ing hours, however, virtual traffic jams
were not uncommon. If you carried a

Paper route in the morning hours,
it was not at all unusual for you to see the
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home before they wives and families
awakened. Married men with good jobs

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31, 2004 |

d America and

cussion with Bush was based

amplifying American action on behalf of
Palestinians. T hough slight, even this hint
of criticism marks a change in tone to-
ward America.

The leaders did agree on a few un-

trip, but President Buch sil ret

sol ner concerning his support for
Ik : :

's withdrawal from certain Palestin-

Palestinian President Yassar Arafat's
death has renewed hopes among some
that the US will renew the vigor dis-
played in the Clinton administration in
approaching the conflict. President Bush
was resolutely loath to deal with Arafat,
whom he consi a terrorist.

oWhat Today reflects is a commit-

together to raise awareness of the spread
of HIV among Black women, we didn Tt
need convincing. As the director of The
Black AIDS Institute (BAI) in ns Ange
les, Wilson is widely respected as a gl
warrior in the fight against the disease.
Two years ago, his organization enlisted
this ine, along with huridreds of
other Black media outlets, in the Drum-
beat Project, in an effort to bring our
audiences simultaneous coverage of the
crisis. Earlier this year BAI partnered with
the Ladies First concert tour featurin
Alicia Keys, Beyoncé and Missy Elliott.
Wilsons group held Town Hall meetings
on HIV in 12 cities along the concert
route, convincing 2,000 people to be
tested for the virus.

Now Wilson wants to focus on the
spread of the disease among African-
American women. This is where you and
I come in. We've devised a way to help
him fight the good fight "and make
your Christmas shopping more mean-
ingful. From now until the end of De-

could be often heard bragging abéut
how they had to oleave a couple of bucks

on the dresser for milk and cereaPor for

the children Ts lunch money. ? -
Then there Ts the male predator who
use his ability to provide transportation
as a unstated tool of bribery Pe sexual
favors from vulnerable woman. The
young women has various need for trans-
portation. If she already has children,
there are periodoc visits to the
pediatrician Ts office that must be made.
When food stamp or welfare check day
arrives there are necessities of getting to
the grocery or supermarket or the furni-
t-a-center to be made:
¢ male who gets to osleep ? with
this usually young woman at his conve-
nience is usually more than happy to ful-
fill her transportation needs. Another
area of vulnerability is the ocute young
thing ? who might be employed as a cleri.
in a downtown government office
and has decided to move from her par-
ents home before she has attained the

Britain May

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ment. Now everyone will watch to see
how you act on that commitment, ? ore
Dennis Ross, former special to
Middle East, about Bush Ts commas.

Much of the call for exer-
tion of influence on America derives from
perceptions that the alliance has not
yielded much for Britain.

This was furthered when the na-
tion sought to share secret American mili-
tary technology but was-rejected. Sym-
bolicall, Britain joined
Unions Galileo Project plan, an answer
to Americas Global Positioning Satellite:
system (GPS) used worldwide. Britain,
like other nations, currently uses GPS for,
devices like cell phones, but it is now more
importantsince America has incor-porated
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cember, we will pass on to BAI the net
proceeds from every new Essence sub-
scription ordered through essence.com/
blackaids or (800) 52 525, includ-
ing every new gift subscription you buy
for that special woman or man on your
gift list. Spreading the word is the first
step in raising consciousness and encour-
aging safe-sex practices, so a portion of
your contributions will help fund a na-
tional summit next year.

Our favorite funny girl, actress and
comedian Mo TNique, has agreed to be
our spokesperson for this fund-raising
campaign. The sorors of Delta Sigma
Theta have also agreed to partner with
us in this special subscription drive. Our
goal of $250,000 is a relatively modest
one, given the need. And we're confi-
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atime. I'll be sure to let you know how
we're doing. Meanwhile, I wish good
health, happiness and love to you all.

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2004 issue of Essence Magazine

necessary financial stability. In many in-
stances the bulk of her income goes to
pay her apartment rent, car note, cloth-
ing bill (she has to be sharp at work ev-
ery day) and upkeep of her Pair and nails.
Put simply, she needs financial help par-
ticularly if she is a single parent! On Fri-

day evenings she heads to happy hour |

in hopes of ocatching ? " enters the mate
predicator. His osmooth game ? and de-
meanor overwhelms the young woman's
judgement and her ail for oHelp ? of-
ten allows him to have his with her ? be-
fore me night is gone. The fact that this
guy might be married often of little con-
sequence. T After all; the celephone T and
fais; bills are past due!

Ow, any young wornan who be-
lieves these guys don't broadcast their vul-
nerability to their buddies is being very
naive. What happens then is that the
young woman unknowingly finds herself
on the guys ? trick list. ? Once on that list,
the intentions of almost every guy who
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young women who essentially trade sexual
favors for either emotional or financial sup-
port or both. The bottom line, though, is
that such could not be acomplished with-
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Fredericksburg Area Museum.

i offers two self-guided

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block. George Washington's Mount
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Kenmore, offer looks at slave and free Af.
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Mount Vernon, West Ford, started a com-
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in 2004 with a degreé in liberal studies
with a concentration in business econom-
icsadministration. He played quarterback
at Greenville Rose High School before
coming to N.C. A&T. Onceat N.C. A&T,
ten coach Bill Hayes decided to move
Moye to safety. He played there a season
before playing a season as linebacker. He
also chipped in as a special teams layer.
His ambition when he signed with N.C.
A&T was not to play defense. Moye
wanted to call cue goal behind center.
When George Small T staff took over, they
allowed Moye to do just that. oQuarter:

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back is all I had ever played before I came
oTt was tough play-

rapa wees tir :
ing another position, but I was to
play they put me, Phnevif
just stayed with it I could get back to
playitig qneneback: A i

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was No. 4 on the de

ractice, Rankin Ts absence left the quarter-
Back battle down to Marshall Glenn and
Rico Watkins. Glenn won the job, but
was supposed to platoon with Watkins.
Over tee ine i

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But in the second quarter of a game at
Alcorn State on Sept. 11, Watkins broke
his foot, and Glenn twisted an ankle. Moye
stepped in for a brief mioment in the sec-
ond quarter. Those few brief lays were
foreshadowing. The next week at Wake
Forest, Glenn separated his shoulder in
the second quarter and did not return.
Moye finished the game 9-for-18 for 79

s. Glenn Ts injured shoulder forced him "

to miss the next game against Elon. It was
truly official; Moye actually was the start-
ing quarterback for the N.C. A&T Aggies,
Instead of being a linebacker, Moye was
Now trying to avoid them. oI made it, ?
Moye said, oI felt like I finally made it. It
wasa n ON Not giving up. ? Moye
won his first start as an Aggie as he threw
for 168 yards and a touchdown.

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is exactly what Glenn and Watkins did. -

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M stands in the pocket looking for an o reciever
olk State, Moye feested cones an

season and wen 1-1,

work during his N.C. A&cT career put
him in a deserving position to start. The
change up and the well-deserved start al-
most resulted in an upset of S.C. State.
But S.C. State running backs Coty Mar-
tin and DeShawn Baker saw to it that the
Bulldogs keep their layoff hopes alive
with a 34-28 win at Memorial Stadium
in Charlotte. Martin finished the night
with 160 yards and a touchdown on 16
carries, while Baker added 121 yards and
two touchdowns on 27 carries, The Aggies
werent without their outstanding num-

bers Moye, who was making his third start

J of the season, finished with 340

Passing, two touchdowns and one inter-

ception on | cpl passing as he came
35 yards short of surpassing Alan Hooker's
single-game mark. Doug Brown did erase
a team record. His 202 yards receiving
(seven catches) broke Steve Shipp Ts 2000
record of 183 yards as Brown became the
first Aggie receiver in history to exceed 200
yards receiving in a game. oThey played

like they wanted it, ? Baker said. oWe knew
itwasnt going to come easy but we wanted
this one. oEvery time I stepped on the
. field all I could think about is getting a
share of that conference championship. ?
The Bulldogs finished the season 9-2 over-
all and 6-1 in the MEAC, but lost to
Hampton who also finished 6-1 in the

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ing preventive care or disease prevention.

Thete are several Passages inthe tobe nomore than opportun ists running with chronic illnesses, Until on the moon has become passe and great Medicare has now realized that seniors can

Bible ing much is expected from _ confidence garne. Regardless of how the alent of Medicare, many families technological advances in pharmaceuti-_be kent healthier " and taxpayers can save

those so whom much is pace . arrived, they now have an obligation of were financially by the bills thar cals have cut many hospi stays in half, money " if Medicare reflects the realities
Keeping that in mind, there is no ? chin, ied long hospitalizations and Diabetes and h nsion, which once _ of 21st century health care.

shortage of people claitning to hold lead- Medicare was designed as a health surgical procedures . devastated the black community, are now However, few know about these

ership positions in community, care safety net for America Ts seniors. Like the space pr back then, fought with medications never imagined monumental changes. Why are black

Some Eee reasonable argu- Launched in the mid 1960s, around the | Medicarestill offer It mil- just 20 years ago. leaders ? not telli everyoneabout the

ments.as to how they earned this moni Same time as America Ts space rogram, it lions from financial ) Until now. Medicare strictly adhered $600 that Medicare] made available to

but others seem self ordained. Some ex- filleda void in our society, Througheut Almost 40 years later the world has to is original 1965 model " not offering Seniors se for their Ste drugs?

| it sincere motives, while others appear most of human history, old age often was Our obsession of putting a man Prescription drug coverage or emphasiz- Why do few know of the aut orized pre-

conference. The Aggies close out their sea-
son ot 1-6 in the So oe
ought and fought and fought this sea-
son, ? Brown nt oOur ie been
fighting despite all that Ts happened to this
team. The way we played tonight shows
we still have a lot of heart and pride in
what we do. ? The Aggies trailed 34-21
with five minutes remaining in the game.
But on a 2nd-and-10 from the Aggies 37,
Perry ona post pat-
tern for a 63-yard touchdown. The Aggies
would force the Bulldogs into a three-and-
out setting up a final drive to win the

On 4th-and-16 from the Bulldogs 45,
Moye connected with Brown for a 23-
yard reception to the 22, The Aggies ad-

vanced as far as the Bulldogs 16, but a

delay of game penalty on 3rd-and-4, an
ihecmpletiae 3rd-and-9 and a Pierre
Johnson's sack of Moye on fourth down
gave the Bulldogs the win. oI likeall the
MVP stuff and all the yards, but as se-
nior I would traded it all end fora win, ?

said Moye, who was named the Aggies

MVP for the Rivalry Classic. oThere
were some mental mistakes made that
cost us in the end. It Ts a tough way to go
out. ? Baker was named SC eee
oWe executed tonight on offense, ? Baker
said. oOnce we got into a rhythm it was
hard for them to slow us down. ? The
Bulldogs jumped out to a 27-7 lead
thanks to a couple of touchdown passes
by Brett Young, who finished the game
with 264 yards passing (18-for-32). The
Aggies would end the half on a positive
as a 36-yard reception by Brown set up
Oritz Green for a two yard touchdown
with 11 seconds retaining in the half.
The Aggies continued their momentum
in the second half with a l-yard run
from Moye. But Baker would score the
game-clincher early in the fourth quarter.
Heappeated stopped on second-and-goal
from the 3, but he bounced off several
N.C. A&T tacklers and bounced his run
to the outside and leaped into the end
zone to avoid more Aggies tacklers, oAll I
could think about is being co-champions, ?
Baker said. South Carolina State vs North
Carolina A&T on Nov 20th.

is where the flu virus

stretch out theu hands to shake another's.
As one leaves church, they are instruct ed
to take each others T handsas they sing and
are dismissed. I. would that shak-

ai) dng and holding of hands should belim:
ited during the flu season since'the flu
wifus can be easily spread. Hands are very

accessible to the flu virus on door knobs,

poles and subway grips handrails, escala-

tor rails, steering wheels, and even on play-

ing cards. Any contaminated hand is ca-
able of transferring the virus to another
and,

The other day, while walking down
the hall where I would observed, in the
distance, a person blowing his nose with a
tissue coming to greet me with out
stretched hands. Now, I didn't want to be
impolite, but rather than grabbing his
hand, I embraced his shoulder, thus avoid-
ing that virus from finding a home on my
hand.

How does the flu virus get into your
body? It is usually transferred by a con-
taminated hand to the lower eyelid or the
nhose.opening. When the virus finds its
resting place, it multiplies by the millions
and enters the blood stream to infect ev-
ety part of the body. This the reason why

memory of
there was so

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all
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scription drug cards that provide addi-

tional

Often, diabetes and hyper-tension go
hand-in-hand in the black community.
There or many in a Pisa across this
country who are forced, leomey netary rea-
sons, to make the unimaginable choi

between food or medicine or one medi--
cine over another. There is something sin-

ister when the so-called black leadership

.Seems to be withholding useful informa-

tion because knowledge of the source may
benefit the wrong politicians,
inning in 2005, Medicare will
offer early detection ings for cardio-
also offer beneficiaries a wellness exam. This
dan addition ea additional prescrip
ug cove: t begins on January 1,
2006. These things will, lly, lead
to black Americans not only livi 7
but having healthier lives "ang closing

the current 12-year life incy gap
between black males and whinefeae
in effect since June. Studies have shown
Medicare be ra
20 perrent on their prescription drug costs
with the discount cds tow incene se-
niors save even more thanks to the $600
annual credit Congress included in the
Medicare law. Those monitoring the pro-
gram say prices have not increased as crit-
ics predicted. Rather, they have remained
level, if not gone down. ~

_ Critics must realize that progress is as T
inevitable as it is necessary. Modern medi-
cal technology is keeping people healthier
longer and saving taxpayers moniey by
covering the pharmaceuticals and preven-
tive care that can ree the need for emer-

room tripsand icalizat

TAS for then pan assertions of the

toll-free number. pe nee are Ty not
enough signing up for this program. News
of acai drug benefit must be
ivered to more minority seniors. So-
called leaders should assist in this effort.
The new Medicare bill is not the
panacea that will cure all the ills of the
American health care system, but " like

man landing on the moon " it is one

ogiant leap in the right direction,

_ Council Nedd II isa member of the
black leadership network Project 21 and
the executive director of the Alliance for
Health Education and Development. Dr.
Lesie 0. Anderson is director of commu-
nity, health and inner city ministries emeri-_
tus for the Northern California Confer-
ence ofSeventh-Day-Adventists. Com-
ments may be sent to Project! 1
@nationalcenter. org. .

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you have muscle pai grov nau-
sea and a wasted fecing, The only de-
fense you have against the virus isahealthy
immune system. This system produces
killer cells tordestroy the virus, ifsit is
healthy. Iris therefore important to eat an
ample amount of fruits and vegetables

ich contain vitamin C, beta carotene,
vitamin E, selenium and a host of other
nutritional factors.

During a flu season it is therefore
important to avoid the contaminated
hands of others and to keep your hands
from your eyes and nose. It is also impor-
tant to wash h hands frequently when at
work, traveling or at home. Ifa person is
infected in your home, be sure that you
do not handle their tissues; instead, give
them a bag to dispose of them. Do not
kiss the runny noses of children, If you
choose to hold hands in church or else-
where, be sure to wash them as soon as
possible. And finally, keep your hands
away from your eyes and nose because
that is where the virus grows.

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poetry to another level. That's why she Ts

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. a : av" anes _ tune that almost destroyed his career, oT eekaea drew away from him have succeeded in state that prohibited marfiage across the
?"? tte ae __|n televised confirmation hearings he carob lily orted his making his very name asynonynn fos op race line until the Suprenie Court barred
! yy oO Ces was charged with incompetence, indif- confirmation have now. renounced. portunism; for many blacks, to pull a _ it from doing so in the most titled case
iat T are CTR Feat ference to the plight of racial minorities Among professional blacks, especially law- Clarence Thomas means to sell out. Soe Vicie lega hsnoey "{Lov-
. . nan and other vulnerable groups, he is widely ostracized and routinely Note: Justice Thomas is married toa ing. Virginia). Thomas's wife is also a
Reviews rnophilia and sexual harassment. A Labeled as an oUncle Tom ?. Those who white woman (Barbara Bush's niece) ina lawyer. .
. i: ormer aide, Anita Hill, alleged that he nae na es, . ot, a Sone .
Justice Under Bush II? ? Ken Foskett Ts had im upon her with lewd talk and % En me mm aE,
book Judging Thomas, explores the that he threatened to ruin her profes- | . on i | : | :
i times of nce Thomas, the sionally if she ever revealed his miscon- rom ?,? 4 ce ; § S ;
nation T 106th Supreme Court Justice. duct. Thomas peel but ~ wesw eS ee ~ " a s -
Randall Kennedy has reviewed this only after a bru e in the Senate / ; . . vie ag
which he called a fascinating subjers fo rite which he obtained the required | A monthly column by East Carolina University Chancellor Dr. Steve Ballard }
a biography. number of votes by the slimmest margin " : . ; EEE Leeann
"Born in 1948 intoabroken home (52 to 48) of any Supreme Court nomi- With the ringing of holiday bells international film festival, a
in Pin Point (outside Savannah), Geor- nee in American history, and the end of 2004 almost here, this 4 internati ding
gia, Thomas suffered from racial slights In the decade that he has served as isa good time to take breath and con- day, student discussions about differ-
and isolation in the early phases of de- a justice, Thomas has voted to reverse siderwhat we've omiplished this year ent perspectives on ways to bridge the
segregation, obtained a law degree Roe v. Wade, to uphold the constitu- hereatECU. _ ea inter-racial gap on campus, and.acom-
from Yale (one year behind Bill and tionality of a law thatcriminalizedcon- _ Onapersonal note, this year was munity festival for of all ages.
Hillary Clinton) and worked for a few sensual sex between adult homosexuals, oneofdh and upheaval, as : Undetstandi other cultures isa...
ears as an obscure lawyer-bureaucrat and to invalidate racial affirmative ac-_ ilyand Ileftour home in Kansas City growing concern for all of us in this
fore shrewdly hitching himself to tion at the workplace, in schoolsandin to join you here in Greenville. It has community. In fact, we currently have
the Reagan Revolution. President electoral politics. He has not only ex- been a time of leaning and atime of 201 students at ECU from countries
Reagan appointed him to lead the pressed conservative beliefs in judicial growing, AsI spendtimewithourfac- other than the U.S., and we are fortu-
Office of Civil Rights in the Depart- opinions; he has also done so in ulty, students, stafFand communi nate they have chosen our school. Hav-
ment of Education and then chose him _ speeches, in the selection of his law clerks members, I find an exciting and diverse _ ing ats from other countries en-
to head the Equal Employment Op- and in social affiliations that have led to penn that comprises the ECU ces the overall experience for every-
- a ortunity Commission. In 1990, the such gestures as officiating at Rush . one involved.
o7 ef! : d Rest President Bush nominated him Limbaugh's wedding. Armed with life Hereat ECU, y isanim- Asglobal commerce continues to
%) aby! to a judgeship in the U.S. Court of enh ee as the rer tishes . poowe when upon break down the barriers sramongcaun-
(Mn Appeals and a year later nominated rooted African American in the hi lest. US, thoughts of family are esp tries, it is imperative that we
The Saga of Clarence Thomas him to fill the seat on the Supreme circles of government. He obtained his popularnow. So itis with of our ing of the cultures and
by Sete Jones : Court vacated by the legendary position in no small measure because of fami in mind that] would like to out- Customs of other people so we can live
Minority Voice Newspaper Th Marshall. the racial allegiance of blacks who ? line just a few of the nts peacefully and p: ively,
(Oct 16-21) carried an article,"Could t precisely that point, however, yearned to see the elevation of oone of ourECU ofamily ? has been working Another exciting development in-
Clarence Thomas Be the Next Chief Thomas encountered a reversal of for- their own ? even if they disagreed with oninthelastfewmonths. volvesan element of timely significan st _ " " " "
" : " Despite the tough economictimes Christmas trees. Dr Ronald 2 thestate. Butit should be just another
. that have p over the past oe Plant physiologist and chair of ECU T S choice for consumers when it comes
. , eral years, our employees found the oe ge Partment hopes provide time to visit the local Christmas tree
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a ore anastounding $220,000 for the witha tree that will withstand And that meanssomegpodnews -
sion of sin, a religion without blood WITH FAITH MAY 2004 State Employee Combined Cam- disease and drought. for ECU and those communities sun
atonement, a religion without the new | Bee Sonate to last years totals of Forseveral years, Dr. Newton has rounding us.
birth. So Spiritalism is a teligion~a false forgiven, But I tell you now earnestly $193,400, years total contribu- been engineering thegenesofcertain trees In dosing, on behalf of my fam-
religion, putting people at the mercy, an prayerfully that you need more than Hons surpassed them b $29,000. tomakethem moresutable tothedimate ily, the faculty, students and staffof
often, of evil spirits. _ the word of any man for this. You need _ The Division of Health Sciences in this part of the state. His vision of this ECU, we would like to extend our '
Clearly, one can be very religious, the absolute certainty of God Ts own taised nearly $109,000, up from process involves recreating the attributes ishes to everyone in eastern
but be utterly lost. THose who Say, Word and the Sweet assurance of the $101,000 in 2003, for an increase of ofahealthy treeand ing certain char- North Carolina fora safe and health-
"Lord, Lord, open unto us," will be very Holy Spirit within.. 7 percent. In otherdivisions, the cam- acteristics that will make treea good ful holiday season, and avery prosper-
religious, but religion does not keep = o "What must Ido to be saved?" you paign raised moze than T $113,000 in seller in this part of the state. oray ae
people out of Hell. ask. Here is God Ts answer given in Acts contributions, up from $93,300 last As Dr n said, he doesnit ex- We look forward to sharing a
__ Saying Prayers, going to church, 16:31: "Believe on the Lord Jesus Yeats oran increase of 21 percent. pect this tree to compete with those tra- bright new beginning in January
giving money, being baptized, observ- Christ, and thou shalt be saved." Many Tall, Our campus participation ditionally grown in the western part of 2005.
ing the Lords suPperthese are pe gious are deceived, yet they should not be. It fon aso increased = Percent, up ~ . .
exercises Dut they do not save the soul. "_is not hard to be saved i one sincerel m last years rate of 30 percent. .
You say, "But I was baptized." And wishes to come God's way. To do the ___Thiseffort reflects the kind of car- WOW I TRE NEW LOCATION
what if you were? If you depended upon will of the Father means sim ly to trust ing, family attitude Td like to instill as

It is a sad and shocking ing fact that 4 Gry sinner, and came up a wet sinner. you. He paid for all your sins. God is Notonlyv ? 4q
many cs people are in Hell. Re- The water does not change the heart. satisfied with the price Jesus paid, and the university in its efforts to serve oth- |
member that there are many religious Water will not save--it takes blood! Per- offers free pardon to all who depend _¢t, butitalso will help the coommuni-
besides the true religion of Jesus Christ. ? you were sprinkled asa baby, and upon the Lord Jesus Christ for mercy. Wes weserve through outreach efforts,

Religion is no guarantee of salvation. someone else took your vows for you. All thro the Bible that blessed truth |Community endeavors and service
The Bi isees were religious but they Do you believe that could change the js given. Read and claim theses blessed Projects. ;
crucified Christ. They were wicked in nature of your heart with al it Ts inherent promises for yourself today and on into ; Another key component in our
their hearts tho outwardly they ap- taint of sin? As a baby you were kept the new year. (John 3:16, John 3:18, family ishealthy respect for and oel-
to men tobe righteous. Remem- safe by God's mercy, but when yoube- and John 5:24). ebration of diversity and multi-
came an accountable sinner, you were N

that Cain was religious. He offered

sacrifices, but God was not pleased with _ lost, and nothing but the blood of Christ day! as Diversity Week and International

them. He » but Goddid nothear aN save you. It may be that you were Education Week. This year Ts theme, | : "_

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from our treasury for good schools, safe tion? Orlef Generation! Confronting the
A Columnist streets, and better hospitals in Iraq rather Youth Crisis in Black America, says Blact
Before Rev. Jesse Jackson preached ata than at home. And when Bush finishes ministers must take the lead on moral is.
certain African-American church, the pas- packing the Supreme Court and federal sues. In the past Whites followed radica
tor made a disclaimer, separating himself Judgeshtps with right-wingers, Blacksand Black spiritual leaderships because Black:
from the views of this Democratic cheer- women could be hindered for generations. _ were on the cutting edge of major socia
leader. oThe pastor was shaking like a leaf ? With so much at stake, we need pro- issues, formrom slavery, segregation to anti
Jackson said at the Howard University " phetic voices like Esther and Amos, the war movements. ?
School of Divinity shortly after President risk makers and me in-your-face trouble- If democracy is to flourish in America
Bush's re-election. makers. What we have are too many are "_ Black Christians can't allow the spiritua
His pathetic image presents a too many disciples like those who sleptas mantle to be hogged by the wacky Rev
convient metaphor of what is happening Christ agonized in the Garden of _ Falwells of the world who are promotin,
in Black ee Is the threat of From both side oft heya a White-led evangelical estate
ing government or political capi- From both side of the of the political Increasing numbers of Black Chris
ae might include Oe to the spectrum there is an abscence of challenge, "_tians voted Republican fearing mora
White House, turning the tradition of critique and criticism from so-called Black " meltdown from gay marriages which af
prophetic, cuig a ck church lead- spiritual leaders oToo many preachers are fects less than 1 edits popula:
ers into irrelevant little wimps? beholden to Republicans and Democrats tion? I can't argue with their faith wall
Why are most of our fancy mega- and can't take independent moral posi- but I canask: Isn't the abominable killing
mouthed churches with magnificentedi- tions, ? says Rev. Clarence James, aformer of innocents in Iraq a moral issue? The
fices, huge congregations and ento dean at the Morehouse School 01 Religion same Bible that says adultery and homo.
offering fle leadership during one of oHistorically the black church placed mo- sexuality are sins says ? Thou Shalt No
most crucial political of thiscen- _rality above leglaity and tighteouness above _ Kill. ?
? politics, but today we have flocks of Black Conversely, progressively Blac
Thousands of our young men and spiritual leaders helping Black Americago church leaders cannot ignore the senti
women could die in oil wars in foreign nowhere. ?
lands. Billions of dollars are being drained Rev. James, author of lost Genera- Continues on Page 9

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'* Learn how to keep a healthy and * Think about things that are pure banner for my Lord. _ " "
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* Drink lots of water. ings in others. Workin T on the building,
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® Keep your surroundings (like your for and be glad about (Philippians ; réewa. ;
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The two most important words. * Learn how to properly care for and _ a8 well as the people who bringsuch Guide for Black Teen Gi by Billie
nh you" | oWw pamper your skin, hair, and nails. pollution into your personal space. Montgomery Cook
The most important word. * Be mindful of what you putin * Goto the library and begin to read Acknowledgement
ee | your body that harms it physically = prod books on African American er a
5. Traits of an ideal teacher: Tact, (including cigarettes, aleohol, drugs, ory and literature. O°
earnestness, -adaptability, humility, and junk food). | ~_ * Listen to alll kinds of music.
idurance, and reliability ° Rise eatly (yes, early) and appreciate © * When given the opportunity go to
6. Cocuidee the words of Paul. ? As the the dawn seca jand every de, i recitals, Say the ballet, the opera,
lin rei _ by chankine God; | art galleries, and museums. :
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7. Beo le who have friendships live " * Praise God for thinking enough of _t0 recognize good things (as well as Barnes, Jr., the son of Greenville na-
) longer, Copies healthier lives. This is one - you to choose (yes, choose) you to see garbage!) when you sé and hear them. tive, Ray Barnes, Sr. Recently Barnes,
of the reasons women outlives men; another day, another week, another * Pay attention to how broad and - 121, who has been a member of the
women have people to talk with who year. 7 sweeping God's creativity is in _| armed services for just under 4 years
pee " "Really listen to each other. _* Breathe long and deeply the air humans... how God Ts gifts and talents | was recently promoted to'the rank of
= oe 8. Can't is a first cousin to failure. that God has provided. : . in us are not narrow and one- Sargent. TA jet engine mechanic, Rayis
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT |} _ 9. Readings to the mind like exercise is * Be quiet, attentive, and awakein dimensional. - - _ " the father of two girls. He and his wife
. to the body, your classes at school. ° Ask God to show you ene own ~~ | Delanna are stationed in Abilene, Tx.
As the Year 2004 draws to the\|_ 10. You listen to lean and learn to listen. * Be respectful of authority, of your Creative talents, whether those ~ Ension M let
end, I want to thank you, the||_ 11. Agood laugh issunshine inahome. parents and your elders, and of your Music, drawing, sewing, cooking (learn one Indoce, Comp Co
aders, who continue to si 12. A Prayer: oLord, we all have our peers, for they have much to teach how to do that!), knitting, gardening, _ Miliicer oncoctrnation Course
my articles, give word: 0 differences, but let us be tespectful'of " you. ; - writing, acting - Whatever! God has: NORFOLK - Navy Ensign Tawanda M.
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encouragement, and let me know|| one another, allowing us to love in peace "* Practice self-respect and self. ? given you those thir - The Spirit .. Moore, daughter of Deloris A. and
what you liked. You are the reason|{_ and harmony. Amen - control. . reveal them to you you ask. Charles Moore of Farmville, N.C., re-
1 do what I do. « 13. A good woman inspires aman " * Take time for yourself to thinkand ° Value your talents and use them in cently completed the Officer Indoctri-
|. _ hope you enjoy them as much A brilliant woman interests him reflect about yourself, your world, and _setvice to others. a Oe M= nation Course.
as I enjoy writing them. Be blessed!!! A beautiful woman fascinates him your place within it. * Develop pride and respect for your Congradulations to Mother Ida Pearl During the course at Officer Indoctri-
Beatrice Maye . A sympathetic woman gets him e Walk in the sun, run through the family. Thank God for them. Willams br beins elected the Mother of _ nation School, Naval Education and
(Helen Rowland) ~ rain, and play in the snow. * Talk to members of your extended the Year during The Old Original Free Training Center, Newport, R. I, students
14. Acultured person has refined taste * Rejoiceand be thankful forGod Ts | ° family and try to trackdown your yr Baptist Conference. Mother Williams are prepared for duty in the
Worth R, beri and behavio expressions, ?,?ss, grace, and mercy to you as physical features through your family was presented the award for outstanding naval staff field corresponding to their
Sinpradtiandden: § To: Black Girlsin Particular = you pull yourself up to the table that _ " tree. ; | leadership and volunteer, work in the civilian profession.
1. Two good tips: Always say less than, God has given you only one temple; the tord has provided . * Choose to believe that God loves church and in the community, Mother: The first five weeks of studies include
~~ ee how you otherefore, you are required to take care of *Thank God for the movement of 1 youand wants only the best for you. Williams is the wife of Herbert Williams. naval history and traditions, 7
2-Domortan il sysomething, {hitter (out hear and pi a Legian ees what does his pandmotherety Mea nana he enn! administration, military lw
p ° ; je ; . i other of /. Mot isa m T
ri reople view tall much say nothing. * So, learn to do just that: To love, . how care and concern for the Passage teach you about youth? About oemby of Selvia Chapel Free Will Bap- general military subjects i
;, Mportant Words respect, honor, and take pride in your " thin you put in your emotional, " wisdom ut repentance? About tist Church located at 400 Watagau Ave, During the final week, studies con-
"7 odbnit lane important words... temple. . ological, and spiritual templeby. God's grace? . Greenville, NC. Her pastoris BishopA.H. _centrate on the application of
ve I made a mistake = Farn that stuff from the media off Monitoring what you read, listen to, n old Negro spiritual says, Hartsfield. May G continue togiveher civilian professions within the Navy.
most important words... (especially that raunchy musiconTV and absorb, Tim workin T on a building, a sweet, caring spirit. Moore joined the Navy in May 1994.
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disability and survivor aspects of Social

Security that are vital to African Ameri-
can families. Private accounts also elimi-
nate the progressive aspects of the cur-
rent system that provide more help for

African American seniors (those
Privatizers who say they maintain
Progressivity by allowing low-income
earners to contribute more to their in-
dividual accounts are only guarantee-
ing them more exposure to the risks of
the stock market),

And will-African Americans be
able to make up for these T reductions
through earnings from their individual
accounts as privatizers claim? The an-
swer ranges fom maybe to no. First, is
the obvious that the stock market Ts no-
torious fluctuations cannot guarantee
the long-term growth of amounts con-

to individual accounts. But
income inequalities would still be exac-
erbated for African American families
under healthy stock market assump-
tions. This is true because, in the ab
sence of a real progressive benefit struc-
ture, black families would only accrue

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tributions. And, because of higher un-
employment rates, African Americans
would be doubly vulnerable to having
periods of zero earnings where no con-
tributions at all are made to individual
accounts. Unlike Social Security, indi-
vidual accounts would not offset this
labor market disadvantage. Finally, the
higher adinintectatinelice associated
with these accounts are likely to wipe
out a significant portion of any accu-
mulated earni

Thus, the unsteadiness of the mar-
ket, smaller wage-based contributions,
reater periods of unemployment, and
Bigh administrative fees make all Afri-

can Americans, but seneriall low-in-
come earners, vulnerable to the tisk of
having an inadequate level of retirement
benefits under private individual 4c-
counts.

The problems are even greater for
disability and survivor benefits. While
the President's Commission did not ad-
dress what would happen to these ben-
efits, it is widely understood that indi-
vidual accounts cannot make up for their
value because these benefits are often
needed in the prime of a worker's life -
long before accounts have had time to
accumulate significant earned interest.

Poor Pregnancy Outcome Linked with

By Charnicia E. Huggins, Reuters T
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Afri-

can American women who report expe- .

riences of discrimination based on their
race or skin color appear to have an in-

creased risk of poor outcomes,
according to the ndings of two new
studies.

In one study of black and white
women, researchers found that a history
of perceived racial discrimination was
assdciated with premature delivery and
low-birthweight babies among blacks.
In the other study, investigators found
that black women who reported experi-
encing racial discrimination were more
likely to give birth prematurely than

lack women who did not report racial
tion.

Previously published reports indi-
cate that black women are more likely
than white women to experience pre-
mature delivery and to have low-
birthweight babies, but the reason for
the discrepancy is not fully explained

ts such as prenatal care, genetics
and socioeconomic factors. Increasing

Privatizers consistently argue that
African Americans will experience a
greater rate of return under a system of
individual accounts. Their assertion,
however, misses the point: it is mislead-
ing to measure Social Security benefits
by rates of return. Unlike the private
securities market, Social Security is an
insurance system that re-distributes eco-
nomic assistance to contributors and
their families on an as needed basis at
various points during their lives. The
value of this assistance for working and
middle class African Americans families,
particularly in the event of unexpected
occurrences like disability or death, is
Pgjelese when considering how expen-
sive jt would be if offered by the privaté
idiSutrance market.

Overall, African Americans are likely
to experience a negative rate of return.
This ts true particularly for younger gen-
erations who would have the triple Bur.
den of paying for current retirees, pay-
ing for their own individual accounts,
and figuring out how to meet living
costs in the face of diminished disabili
and survivor benefits. This state of nf
fairs would be complicated by the fact
that heavy borrowing will lead to the
reduction or elimination of other social

evidence suggests that chronic stress from
racial discrimination may play a role.

To examine this hypothesis, Dr. Sa-
rah Mustillo, of Duke University School
of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina,
and her team examined information on
352 births that occurred between 1992
and 1995 among black and white
women involved in a long-term study
on heart disease. Their findings are pub-
lished in this month's issue of the Ameti-
can Journal of Public Health,

Fifty percent of the black women
and 5 percent of the white women who
delivered their babies prematurely said
they had, at some point in their lives,
experienced discrimination in at least

ree situations, such as at school, on
the street or while getting medical care,
Mustillo and her team report. The same
was true of 61 percent of blacks and 0
percent of whites with low-birthweight
infants.

Overall, black women were about
2.5 times more likely than white women
to experience premature delivery, When
the black women's experiences of racial

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There are 101 very good reasons
why Americans of all backgrounds
should rise up to defeat attempts to priva-
tize the Social Security system. African
Americans, however, should be hi ly
alarmed about privatization Ts implica-
tions for the economic stability of their
families and community, For it is a guar-
anteed formula for disaster when senior
citizens, disabled workers, and children
whose caregivers are deceased no longer
have the ability to put food on their table
or a roof over their heads.
Dr. Maya Rockeyméore is currently Vice
President of Research and Programs at the
Congressional BlaskGaucus Prendaion
Pretiously serdinotethe Social Security
Subcommittee of the U.S. House o Repre-
sentatives Committee on Ways and Means,
she is the co-editor of Strengthening Com-
munities: Social Insurance in a Diverse
America and author of The Political Ac-
tion Handbook: A How To Guide for the
Hip Hop Generation. Dr. Rockeymoore
completed her Ph.D. in Political Science
and Public Policy at Purdue University in
2000 after earning her M.A. in Political
Science from Purdue in 1996 and a B.A.
in Political Science from Prairie View
AGM University in'1993. .

Reports of Racism

discrimination, were taken into consid-
eration, however, this value decreased to
1.88 and to 1,11 after factoring in to-
bacco and alcohol use, education, in-
come and depression.
o . . . . . °
Experiences of racial discrimina-

tion were associated with preterm deliv-

ery and low birthweight, and such ex-
periences appear to contribute to black-
white differences in these outcomes, ?
Mustillo told Reuters Health.

She added that oracial discrimina-
tion ¢nay underlie racial/ethnic dispari-
ties in health rather than any biological
notion of race. ?

Dr. James W. Collins Jr., of North-
western University, Chicago, and his
team also looked at the role of racial dis-
crimination in pregnancy outcomes in
312 African American women. These
women delivered either very low
birthweight infants " less than 1,500
grams (3.3 pounds) or infants weighing
more than 2,500 grams.

Study participants were asked if
they ever experienced racism while at
work or school, or while getting medical
care, getting a job, or getting served at a
restaurant or store.

Those who said they had been dis-
criminated against on the basis of their
race in at least one of those areas were
almost twice as likely as their peers to
have a very low birthweight infant,
Collins and his team report. Women who
said they had been discriminated against
in three or more areas were 2.6 times
more likely to have a very low
birthweight infant,

?,? association between very low
birthweight infants and racial discrimi-
nation was particularly strong among
women who said they had been dis.
criminated against at work or while find-
ing a job, study findings indicate.

Our study suggests that a mecha-
nism by which institutional racism af.
fects fernale reproductive health is likely
to be found in the reported incidents of
racial discrimination in the workplace, ?
the researchers write.

oIn conclusion, ? they add, othe re-
ported lifelong accumulated experiences
of interpersonal racial discrimination by
African American women constitute an
independent risk factor for infant very
low birthweight. ?

_ SOURCE: American Journal of Pub-
lic Health, December 2004,

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percieved cultural rot surrounding ho-

mosexuality, Pornography and lewdness

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that the Democrats seem to embrace. Stud-
ies found that blacks are more hard-line
on Gay Right issues than Whites, oForty-
six percent of Africam Americans op

any legal recognition of homosexual rela-
tionships compared to 37 percent of

. tion to Bush. I have

whites. ?
I was born in Columbus, Ohio, the
state that probably gave the recent elec-
Frends who were life-
long Democrats until recently. For ex-
ample, Ella Coleman, publisher of Pur-

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pose Magazine, is a smart, progressive
woman, but her understanding of moral-
ity and conscience is ing her politics.

Homosexuality and same-sex mar-
rages are abominations. You can't straddle

the fence on that. That's the kind of thing

- that the Bible. Thats the kind of thing

that will bring down the wrath of God on
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unemploymernt , not wars because there
have always been wars. I am not a right
winger. If Kerry would have addresed

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morality, I would have voted forhim. ;

Battle is working on a plan to help.
the Black church redeem it Ts position in
the of social and political change
through building a public policy and
media infrastructure ich i

needed. Polls found that-71 percent of

voters had heard from the religious right

while only 38 percent heard from the re-

With preachers within SCLC are
more involed in fighting each other than
the system and some conseivative preach-
ers just happy to bein the Big Ouse,
the black church must regain it Ts voice,
even it if may seem only for a season to .
only be crying out in a political wilder-
ness. ,

The Rev. Barbara Reynolds, the re-
ligious columnist the the NNPA, is an

author of four books, including oOut of

Te ving Wel Healiongfrom the
Inside Out. ? She is a graduate of the
Howard School of Divinity and the

Legal Aid of NC
initiates Access to
Justice campaign
to help the poor

- RALEIGH - Legal Aid offices across

North Carolina are reaching out to their
communities for support during the an-
nual oAccess to Justice o campaign this -
winter. oThe funds raised by our Access
to Justice campaign enhance our capac-
ee representation in civil
matters to low-income families, ? said
George Hausen, Legal Aid of NC's ex-
ecutive director. oThe Access to Justice
donations and pledges help us fill the
gaps in our struggle for equal justice and
demonstrate the strong support of our
legal aid proejcts. ? Legal Aid of NC
) is a statewide, nonprofit law
that provides free legal services in
civil matters (non-criminal) to low-in-
come people in order to ensure e juaj,
access to justice and to remove | Thar.
riers to economic o portunity. Operat-
ing 24 geographically located offices and
five statewide projects, LANC provides
legal services to eligible clients in all 100
counties of North Carolina. Hausen
noted that for the poor and disadvan-
taged, access to the legal system can of-
ten be the single most important factor
irt determining the course of their lives,
LANC helps children, families, individu-
als and migrant workers solve problems
that affect their basic needs, such as
health care benefits (Medicare or Med-
icaid), subsistence income (SSI or SSDI),
consumer loan problems, environmen-
tal safety, protection from ic vi

and legal help also complement the ef-

forts of local family shelters, children Ts
organizations, community development
groups and other nonprofits in North

To be eligible for LANC Ts free legal
services, clients must have incomes of
125% or less of the federally established
poverty guidelines. For example, a fam-
ily of four could have an annual gross
income of no more than $23,563. The
annual oAccess to Justice ? campaigns
have raised more than $2 million state-
wide over the past 12 years to help pro-
vide free legal services for low-income
people in North Carolina. Although
contributions are requested throughout
the communities of North Carolina, the
Access to Justice campaign has primarily
targeted attorneys and private law firms,
both for financial donations and com-
mitments for pro bono work. Expecta-
tions are high for support from the legal
community. oMany law firms here in
North Carolina respond well, ? said
Hausen, oSome firms ask their attorneys

"to donate the equivalent of one billable

hour per month to help our programs
fill the gap for equal justice in our com-
munities. Some firms are also willing to
provide financial as well as pro bono
support. ? During the campaign, local
LANC advisory board members staff and
approach law firms, businesses and in-
dividuals for support. The requests are
made through mailings, telephone calls
and presentations. oAll donations made
during the annual campaign can be des-
ignated, ? added Hausen. oThis means
t local donations and pledges can go
toward support of legal aid within the
local community, to one of our state-
wide projects or to the general fund of
LANC. ? oThe success of our Access to
Justice campaign will be critical to our.
capacity to provide legal services this
year, ? says Chris Marks, Legal Aid of NC Ts
assistant director of finance & adminis-
tration. oInflationary costs continue to
impact us, even at a time when we are
making technological advances to in-
Crease our capacity, artd foundations
Woe to have less dollars to give due to
¢ downturn in the economy. ? In ef-
forts to encourage donations in the ru-
ral, less populated areas of North Caro-
lina, the NC State Bar's IOLTA (Interest
on Lawyers T Trust Accounts) fund has
ma provided oRural Incentive
Grants. ? These matching grants have
provided additional incentives to those
offices to achieve specified fundraising
goals during the oAccess to Justice o cam-
paigns. The seven LANC offices that
ve been eligible for the IOLTA Rural
Incentive Grants included: Ahoskie,
Boone, New Betn/ Greenville,
Morganton, Pembroke, Sylva and Wil.
son. oIOLTA Ts support for these cam-
been greatly appreciated, ?
is another ex-
ample of how strongly the legal com-
munity in North Caroli supports our
work for equal justice. ?

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