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by Eric Ture Muhammand Askia MuhammadLTE, WASHINGTON "As plan-ning for the Oct. 16 Million Fam-ily March enters the home stretch,200 national march organizers metwith the Honorable Minister LouisFartakhan, convenor of the march,anda Congressional Black Caucusmarch task force kicked into highgear.The representatives of Local andState Organizing Committees metwith Min. Farrakhan at the MarriottWardman Park Hotel to give marchprogress reports and hear from theleader of the Nation of Islam. oItis a great honor for me to be- able to look into your faces and seethe commitment that I see, to makethis event not only significant in ourfamily life. but significant in the lifeof this nation with a great potentialsignificance throughout the globe, ?said Min. Farrakhan, who gave aninspiring vision for the march.Prefacing his remarks withscripture, Min. Farrakhan saidAmerica Ts present leadership lacksthe vision to stop the country Tsmoral and spiritual ruin. They havealso failed to realize the importanceof family and its value to society,he added.Min. Farrakhan is convening thegathering on the fifth anniversary, Of the. Million: Man-March.to callfamilies back to God, highlight theneed for strong families, and launcha movement that will have socialand political consequences "espe-cially as year 2000 presidentialelections loom.Working on march planning arelocal activists, religious leaders,professionals, politicians, mediaand entertainment giants.Since its first meeting in August,the National Organizing Commit--tee has more than doubled in sizeand enthusiasm. oThese meetings are like ahomecoming week for me, ? com-mented Atlanta local organizingcommittee co-chair LeonardKalonji Tete. oIt is also very inspi-rational and competitive, becauseafter hearing the progress aroundthe nation, it makes us want to ac-complish so much more, ? he said.Aside from chartering buses,Mr. Tate.said the Atlanta LOC hasintensified its work around votereducation, registration and getting® Serving Eastern North Carolina Since 198)Wy ukWhat You See Is What You Get What You Read Is What You KnowCountdown tothe word out for the march.The-Million Family March, Inc.,has produced a public policyagenda, which offers solutions topressing issues, ranging from theneed for greater moral and spiritualdevelopment, to economic strate-gies to resurrect urban areas. TheNational Agenda covers sevenbroad public policy categories.Committee members came fromacross the country, from as far westas Colorado, as far south as Mississippi and all along the east coast.Plotting travel plans and busroutes. getting endorsements fromcity and state governments, rally-ing civic organizations and laborgroups. sponsoring voter registra-tion drives, promoting march para-phernalia and distributing the Na-tiopal Agenda has kept organizersbusy.The national committee. whichis predominantly Black, includesNative American, Asian and whiteparticipants, as part of Min.Farrakhan T s call for all families tojoin the march effort. He has notedthat though Black, Latinos andNative Americans share a greatamount of suffering, the family cri-sis cuts across racial and class lines.God allowed Blacks to undergo-normous suffering as part of a spe-cial process. Min. Farrakhan said. Y60 have undergone what nomember of the human family hasever undergone, but not without apurpose. It was the purpose of God_ that.you be purified, cleansed andfit into the corner of that which iscalled the kingdom of God, ? hesaid. oWhat | want on that Mall onthat day is to give the world a pic-ture of what the Kingdom of Godlooks like when people of all races,hues and colors under a universalgovernment of peace can relate toeach other as God intends. ? oThis was an extremely positivemeeting and we are even more en-ergized from hearing the reports ofwhat others are doing around thecountry. ? said Faye Williams, co-chair of the Local Organizing Com-mittee in Washington and presidentof Natural Health Options. Accord-ing to preliminary transportationreports. an estimated 10.000 busesure expected to arrive between Oct.14 and early morning Oct. 16. o| think that the greater inspira-tion now is instead of involving justthe men as in 1995, we are involv-ing the entire human family. Min.Farrakhan Ts explanation, as to whywe are doing that. is just wonder-ful and very motivating to me. Toitcssienn, «acticinsionary Batist derpass theoy Church celebrated by honoringn abs Baaine wih Roneeurdtion.....Lastme members"Bro. Jones,Bro, Joe High andsee the Minister now calling for thisall around the world to involve ev-eryone. I think will get a great, posi-tive response, ? she predicted.With diversity across racial,class. theological and ideologicallines. the march organizing com-, mittee has the potential oto trans-form the political system-by prac-ticing the principle of coalitionbuilding and by affirming a God-centered. spirit-filled. mass move-ment for social transformation andempowerment. ? added Min. Ben-jamin F. Muhammad. MFM na-tional director. .dif we can convert the MillionFamily March into, potentially, amillion-plus registered voters, notonly the husband and wife in-volved, but (children) over 18 thatparticipate. get them registered andget them.to vote, it will be the cre-ation of a strong, very strong, po-litical participation-type force. ?said Rep. Earl Hilliard (D-Ala.),who chairs the CongressionalBlack Caucus Million Family TaskForce. One congressional stafferhas been participating in planningmeeting sessions since last Octo-ber, and individual members areworking directly with local orga-nizers in their home districts.Two days before the meetingwith national organizers, Min.Farrakhan appeared at a privateCBC gathering at the invitation ofCBC Chair Rep. James E. Clyburn(D-S.C.) and Rep. Hilliard. TheMinister, accompanied by his wifeMother Khadijah, Supreme Cap-taint Mu oaniction of Islam Chief of ProtocolClaudette Marie Muhammad, alsomet privately with Rep. Hilliard.The lawmakers will play a sig-nificant coordinating role, espe-cially on the West Steps of the U.S.Capitol, where the Million ManMarch took place, Oct. 16, 1995.The CBC is helping with the plan-ning and coordination of the Mil-lion Family March, with membersscheduled to speak, and expertshelping with planning, logistics andtechnical needs. In addition to theCapitol steps, this year Ts march willfeature two additional stages whereprograms will originate: at the Lin-coln Memorial, and on the Ellipse,behind the White House.The CBC is also involved in try-ing to get financial resources andsponsors for the various events thatare associated with the march, ac-cording to Rep. Hilliard, who seesthe gathering as oextremely impor-tant ? to the year 2000 political strat-asfHurricanePhoto by Jim RouseYashington DMarch.....Shown above is the Brother's of the Final Call Ministry as they prepare for the upcoming march on Washington D.C. scheduled for October 16.2000. The Honorable Minister:Louis Farakhan has managed to moblize brothers and sisters across the country to bring familes to- -gether. For more information on the Million Family March contact your local Mosque. In Greenville :contact Mosque #25 located on Martin Luther King Drive.Million FamilyFe ah,| Staff photo by Jim Rouse1 eparations SCam "L ee. " @ 4- | hits Blac|Oo by Saeed Shabazz African American stan es. but this isa cruelN Statt Writer deception against senior citizens who don"tdeserve this kind of trick to be:played on. ~. od nee igen itnascnncen nt Pe, Rn, . thems.)she said: a Ai pas coniveatraeied a ,Approximately three weeks ago. on a Alderman Tillman received overwhelm-F Sunday morning. hundreds of Black seniors ing support earlier this year from membersA attending church in Little Rock. Ark.. found of the Chicago City Council for her resolu-a flyer on their car windshield. According _ tion in support of reparations. nyM to Michael Teague. spokesman for the Ar- Ms. Tillman Ts spokesperson. Robin . o*kansas state attorney general's office. the = Brown. told The Final Cail that the ?flyers exclaimed that oslave reparation ? " Alderman Ts office has been inundated withL money was available. but personal intorma- calls inquiring about the flver which claims.tion. like a social security number. had to that Blacks born before 1928 are due $5,000. sY be provided. from a settlement of the slave reparations " o-Mr. Teague called the scam a ocruel act. 5hoax. ? but noted that the office of Attorney Alderman Tillman has sentletters foranM General Mark Pryer is not surprised that T "_ urgent meeting with Illinois Attorney Gen- .!A someone is using reparations to lure senior "_eral Jim Ryan and Cook County States At-citizens. oIt is widely known that repara- "_ torney Richard Devine to see what can be |Fe tions is a hot item with African Americans. "_ done to stop those responsible. Ms. BrownSO it is ripe for a scam. ? he said. said.Cc Also calling the reparations scam a cruel oOur first reaction was to issue a warn-~ hoax is Chicago Alderman Dorothy __ ing. ? said Mr. Teague. adding that the Ar- -Tillman. oPeople know we're working hardto get reparations for the descendants ofelkansas attorney general has been in touchContinued on page 944 ¢ 2t+ ) 2 &||4|oTime to get out the vote..... Congresswoman Eva Clayton, who is running for re-election, iswith gg seh at a local restaurant. Congresswoman Clayton encourages eve7,2000, ThAddie Everett, Shaw cabin (3 :Greenville, Dr. Gray, Pastor of Triumph Ma nr, Fe Eva Glayton,ECU Medical Schools, Dr.Meggett and in the background is Construction Gi ?,?ee Seis year is very important for black folks to vote in strong numbers, Pictured left to right isgraduate, City Council, Mayor Pro:tem, Mildred Council ofiant,Bro. Lanier,Senator Frank Balance and others,- cia

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(NNPA) "John Boyd, a 34-year:old Virginia Democrat recruited torun against. veteran Rep. VirgilGoode, is by most accounts an at-tractive candidate for public office.:He Ts young, ambitious, and na-tionally known as the head of atrade group that stood up to govern-ment discrimination against blackfarmers. He Ts running in a Demo-cratic stronghold, against an oppo-nent who took office as a Demo-crat, then abandoned the party tobecome an Independent. Boyd wonheady praise from Democratic lead-er§ who realize that a victory wouldbdJster party efforts to regain con-trol of the House of Representa-tives in November.--At least, that is how it, wouldseem now, on the heels of the Demo-cratic Party Convention in Los An-geles. In reality, Boyd cannot makea viable bid in Virginia's 5th Con-gressional District race. He has only$5,000 on hand "and none of it hascome from the Democratic Party.His anemic campaign account is apaltry 2 percent of the $250,000that Goode has amassed so far.: oTruth is, without some seriouscampaign finance reforms, a no-hody* has a snowball Ts chance ... ofbeating an opponent that is well-financed, ? said Boyd, president ofthe National Black Farmers Asso-ciation. ? As much as any political cam-paign this year, Boyd Ts cash-strapped run symbolizes the impor-tance that campaign finance reformholds for minority candidates andvoters. Unable to raise the thou-sands of dollars needed even themost qualified black candidates findthemselves unable to mount a cred-ible campaign.Simply put, in politics it ismoney, not skill or qualificationsthat counts. oIt is no longer ademocracy, butaplutocracy, ? said Sheila Krumholzof the Center for Responsive Poli-tics, a campaign finance watchdoggroup in Washington, D.C.The oplutocracy ? has left many3 black candidates like Boyd, and* consequently many black voters,: out of the loop of political power.3éa a -?aiiéCash StrappedFinancially speaking, most mi-on grassroots efforts "door- -to-door ocampaigning and passing thehatin §churches, _ oTheir campaigns are aograssroots as it gets, ? said HillaryShelton, the NAACP Ts Washington "lobbyist. oThese are the kinds of "campaigns where people atthe gro- |cery store or their friends in the ©congregations in. the: church arewriting them a check, asmall check:This is the campaigning that really &does personify what we think isbest about grassroots-driven candi-, is largely because they have to rely gredates. ? Shelton may be right. But it aadoes not often add up to victory,particularly when: the black |grassroots candidate finds himselfor herself running against a well-financed white opponent.Left for DeadBoyd has learned that the hardway.on a positive note. In January, Vir-ginia Sth Congressional DistrictRepresentative Virgil Goode an-nounced that he was abandoningthe Democratic Party because ofideological differences. Goode hadoften voted with Republicans andwas one of the few Democrats whocalled for the impeachment of Presi-dent Bill Clinton over the MonicaLewinsky scandal. Democrats im-mediately promised to make Goodepay.Enter John Boyd.Boyd seemed an ideal challengerfor Goode, fresh off a successfulcampaign that made the U.S. De-partment of Agriculture acknowl-edge that it had discriminatedagainst black farmers and agree topay a multi-million dollar settle-ment. In May, Boyd won the partynomination infront of 210 Sth Dis- ~~trict Democrats under a gleamingbanner that said oBoyd for Con-gress 2000. ? Boyd gave a rousingacceptance speech that seemed tobring tears to the eyes of many del-egates. He called for an inclusiveDemocratic Party. He pledged hissupport for gun safety and tobaccofarmers while strengthening ruralAmerica and bringing new jobs tothe district, in addition to protect-ing the environment and Social Se-curity. Even Jim Seaver, Goode Tsformer chief of staff, who resignedBoyd's run for Congress began :SHORTCHANGED? "John Boyd, a 5 Sh-yeus-tid Virginia Democrat re-cruited to run against veteran Rep. Virgil Goode, cannot make a viable bidin Virginia's 5th Congressional District race. He has only $5,000 on hand ",and none of it has come from the Democratic Party.for the needs of the people, ? 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Boyd said to deafeningapplause.growing. ?Where Ts the Party?Just three. months later, Boyd's oTomorrow that seed iss even after: his defection from theparty. When party officials met re- "| cently at a picnic to rally support| for the party Ts statewide and U.S.Senate races, Boyd wasn Tt men-"tioned: One official said the failure._ tomention Boyd Tscampaign against_ Goode was an oversight. The state -Democratic Party says it Ts solidlybehind Boyd's campaign. Itdoesn Ttshow. aoe_ - Federal Election Commission.data analyzed by the NNPA showsthat Boyd has raised just $4,3000* for his campaign: Political expertssay it takes at least $600,000 to~ even be competitive. Goode, on theother hand, despite his defection,continues to raise money.In fact, Goode has raised morein the 2000 election than he did inhis run for office in 1998. He haseven picked up financial supportfrom conservative groups normallyaffiliated with the Republican Party.Itis unclear whether Boyd can counton the deep pockets of special inter-ests groups that normally give toDemocratic candidates, like laborunions. Boyd has received just onePAC contribution, a $2,500 dona-tion contribution from the UnitedFood and Commercial WorkersUnion. The national Democraticcial support. That Bihave the pany T 's finansurpriseshim. = uGiven that party officials in Vie- {8ginia vow to pay back Rep.Goodefor abandoning the Democrats, oI.expected some. support early on, ? aaBoyd said. :Despite the lack of support, .though, Bdyd said he is committedto winning the race against Goode.He said that going into the finalmonths of the campaign; heexpects "tireless door-to-door campaigningwill begin to produce financial re- -Fe ae SARIS i! aesults for his campaign. oIn-the end,I will win this race with the aid ofmy constituents and not the Demo-"cratic Party, ? he said.(Shortchanged was producedby |the NNPA Foundation Ts NorthStarInvestigative Reporting Program: .with funding from the J. Roderick "MacArthur Foundation.) oNot without Scars: The Inspiring LifeJourney of Mark C. Olds" tells an 7intense and miraculous story in a way. that makes it impossible for the reader to aput it down... Mark Olds opens his life to 7us and lets us see him in all of his ,rebellion... 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- TITHES, OFFERINGSAND COLLECTIONS | oPeople who all their lives have. been dunned for money are rapidly= coming to believe that a great deal+ of the preaching and teaching and~ ministering is done for reveune--if - not for revenue only or chiefly, at~. Jeast for revenue in a considerablemeasure.. Not only do the scriptures imply» that the majority of the Lord Ts- faithful will be of the poor of this~ world, but our observation and ex- : perience show us the same--thatthere are not many rich, not many_ great, not many noble, but ochiefly'. faith.the poor of this world, rich in ? Some of Lord Ts faithfulare attending meetings where Truth: is advocated and they feel a sense~ of refief in the absense of the wordly, money-grabbing spirit, and~ that they are_ more thoroughly convinced that it~ has been Love, for the Lord and . for his Truth and his flock, that has T inspired the efforts made to bringee edapw & 5{Se toe eTageeeehe oeyeemoeSAPB ake REOthe Truth within their reach.Reparations Cont. from front pagewith authorities in North Caro-lina and other states. but would notcomment on what other states areinvolved. oWe have been aware of the let-ter, which was circulated about amonth ago in the Jackson, Missis-SIppi area, ? said activist HannibalAfrik, national co-chairman ofN°COBRA, a national reparationsactivist group.Speaking by phone from hisPort Gibson, Miss., home, Mr.Afrik said the scam owill help toaccelerate ? the reparations move-ment. oI think this is just the be-ginning of the get rich schemes,which will surround reparations aswe move down the road. ? he said. oThis also means that reparationsis something real in people Ts minds.There is a groundswell of discus-sion now, specially with groups thatdid not support reparations earlier. oWe also need to realize that thisscam could possibly involve peoplewho want to disrupt our unity, ? heoffered.Agreeing with Mr. Afrik is Dr.Imari Obadele. Ph.D., a member ofthe Republic of New Africa andboard member emeritus ofN TCOBRA. oIf you understand the historyof Black movements in this coun-aS@Assertiveness@Personal Health@Nutrition@Money Management@Child Managementopen to those who have conse-crated their all to Him which ismeas ir conduct, theirsacrifices, and their self-denials,One might ask: oTo what extentshould I give of my time, my influ-ence, and my money to the Lord? ?The answer is, ifyou have made a full consecrationof yourself and have become aNew Creature in Christ,you hawe nothing to give. Youave already given all that youhave back to fhe Lanything back, then you did not.make a full consecration and havenot fully accepted of the Lord.If you are in doubt about the useof your talents (time, influence,money, etc.,) to the best of yourability, ask of God who giveth Hiswisdom freely to him that asketh.Guided by this wisdom fromabove, in proportion as your lovefor the Lord grows day by day,you.try, then it is not far fetched to con-template the possibility that thereis a move afoot to give some Blackpeople the idea that slave repara-tions is a scam, ? said Dr. Obadele,a political science professor at Prai-rie View A&M college in Texas. oLet us not forget the history ofthe government andCOINTELPRO. If we are foolishenough as a people to believe thatthe government will sit idly by andlet us receive any reparations forslavery, and not try to disrupt the.movement then we aredoomed, ? he said.No matter who is asked to com-ment on the recent scam, the op-erative response is othe Black com-munity must be vigilant. ? oBeware of those who claimthey are able to obtain money forreparations compensation, ? reads apress release from the office ofMichigan Congressman JohnConyers, Jr. (D).Rep. Conyers is the sponsor ofH. R. 40, The Reparations StudyBill, which has been before the leg-islative body for several decades. oIT want to issue a warning to allwho may have been contacted byindividuals or agencies who makeclaims about reparations. The Fed-eral Government has no process inplace at this time to process repa-rations claims for African descen-dants, notwithstanding the legiti-macy of said claims, ? the Tcongress-man said. " .Famaty VioLence PROGRAM I INC.BUILDING LIVESBREAKING CYCLES bdP.O. Bez Fema © Greenville, NC 27835- 6429Get The Skills To Pay The Bills 'The Family Violence Program Inc. of Pitt County would like tointroduce The Displaced Homemaker Program / Survival Skills forWomen Workshop. Survival Skills For Women! The 10 free series ofworkshops are available to the women of Pitt County.Next Series Of Workshopsott ee CenterTime: 10:00 am - 1:00 pmDates: October : 10, 12, 17, 19, 24, 26,November : 2, 9, 14, 16,Program Graduation : TBA ,For Additional Information or Questionscontact Tanya Tucker-Dawson, Facilitator |2 752-1092 « or (252) 758-4400 |ord. If you keptexpenses, but anxious to do whathe can in to extending ofthe light which is blessing his own "soul, and to others who yet sit in -darkness.THE COLOR OF WATER(A Black Man Ts Tribute toHis White Mother). byJames Mc BrideIn a compelling tribute to hiswhite mother, JamesMcBride looks into the faceof RuthieMcBride Jordan to uncoverhis own identity--and findsthat he is a much the grand-child of an itinerant Jewishrabbi as the child of the all-black Red Hook Projects andthat his.mother had shared this truthwith him decades earlierwhen she explained thatGod Ts spirit is the ocolor ofWOOWCont. from front pageegy of CBC members. A success-ful march owould help us energizethe voters in (our) districts. Butmore important than that, it willhelp us arouse an awareness of reg-istering to vote, ? he explained."The march takes place just threeweeks before the general electionin this country, and organizers willhave deputy registrars throughoutthe crowd, so that those who are notregistered to vote can get regis-tered, if not in time for this elec-tion, for future elections, Mr.Hilliard said.Min. Farrakhan has emphasizedhis goal goes beyond the short+termpolitical issues involved in the up-coming election, and toward creat-ing a powerful political oforce. ? oWe must produce a popularforce that is spiritual, that is moral,that is politically mature, and eco- nomically mature, so that it can be-come a tangible factor of power thatcan no longer be denied by those ©who manipulate power, ? the Mus-lim leader told national organizers. oBecause the real power is notwith people we vote in. The real _power is those that manipulate thewater ?..... As an. adult,-MeBride finally persuadedhis mother to tell her story---the story of a rabbi Ts daugh-in the South, who fled to .Harlem, married a blackman, founded a Baptistchurch and put twelve chil-dren through college. The_Color of Water is James "McBride Ts tribute to his re-markable, eccentric, deter-mined mother--- and aneloquent exploration of what_ family really means.Note: This novel wasfirst published in 1996 andhas been a national bestseller.and a choiceof the Book-of-the-MonthClub. Dr. Dennis McBride,whois cure.rently State Health Director ©for North Carolina, is JamesMcBride Ts brother.people that we vote in. Unless wecan deal with the manipulators inthis country. we can forget aboutjustice rolling down like a mightystream and all that kind of talk.That will always be talk, ? he said. oWe can proclaim liberty. butit has to come from a force com-ing up from the people who arewise, who are mobilized. who areorganized, who are politicized, ?Min. Farrakhan said.Min. Farrakhan also held aworking session with the MFMprogram committee, includingNational Council of NegroWomen Chairman Emeritus Dor-othy I. Height. Mrs. Cora MastersBarry and Rev. Barbara Skinner.That same day Min. Farrakhanand Min. Benjamin convened anadditional working session withthe technical and legal teams, be-fore rushing to the airport totravel across country to join en-tertainers promoting the march in.Los Angeles.she said | oGod i is the color ofter, born in Poland and raisedcians. And recently a group ofBlack leaders in New York have blamed rap music for the Central ©Park sexual assaults at the PuertoRican Day parade._ But now someone out of theIvory Tower at Harvard Univer-sity is blaming rap music for the| drop in test- scores among Blackstudents. According to a recentstory in the Boston Herald, Dr.Ronald Ferguson, a professor atHarvard Ts John F. KennedySchool of Government, believesthere is a possible connection be-tween the rise in hip hop (rap)music, and the dropping of read-ing and math test scores amongBlack youth. He said that justwhen Black students began todraw near the same performancelevel of white students on nationaltests, their scores begin to drop. oThere was tremendousprogress in the 1980s in readingand math scores for Blackyouth, ? said Professor Ferguson. oSometime between 1988 and1990 the progress stops. ?While various factors played arole in the drop in test scores,Ferguson was struck by the coin-cidénce with the rise of hip-hopmusic Ts popularity. He said theteens might have started spendingmore time listening to rap musicor watching it performed on tele-vision and less time reading. oI see a shift in time-use pat-terns among Black youth to thisnew music produced by hip-hopculture. ?Professor Ferguson points to asurvey in 1988, 40 percent of Blackstudents questioned said they regu-larly read for pleasure. Thatdropped to just 14 percent by 1992.While it would be easy to point torap music as the number one prob-lem in the decline of test scores, asFerguson does, this self-servinganalysis is deeply flawed.I bought my first rap record in1980, when I was nine-years-oldand by the early to mid- 1980s rapmusic was fully embraced by theyouth within the Black commu-nity in America. In the yearsFerguson uses to make his claimthat test scores dropped, he isright to note that rap music was| making an upsurge, but it wasn Ttdoing this with Black audiences.ee oBvery | time someone wantsPapen bg sh noo gre a© start blaming rap, ? said Davey D, [ ¢ aa hip-hop intellectual, and thes; |founder of daveyd. com, a hip- ae= hop. news-site. aDavey D T notes that. the =timeline i in which: Ferguson uses }- 7;- ganhipsbierte years, rap *| music has been blamed for: just.about everything. .| Politicians have Mamed rap= music. for violence and police| shootings. Musicians have ~- . | blamed the genre for diluting the~ [talent of up and coming musi- "to talk about rap music and thedecline in Black test scores, the:music was going through its posi-~~ tive Afrocentric phase. During,this time period, rap groups likePublic Enemy, Eric B & Rakim,Poor Righteous Teachers, andBoogie Down Productions, were }-rapping about getting an educa- }.tion, and having oknowledge of}:self T and knowing who you are.Based on this, one could makethe argument that the Black testscores should have been higher.The decline in Black test scores,points to something else otherthan rap music, but intellectuals.in today Ts time tend to look. at itas an easy scapegoat, instead oflooking underneath to get at theproblem. oI understand how someonecan see this, ? said Erica Arnold,a writer for the Source magazine,the magazine of hip-hop and itsculture. oBut you have to look atthe larger picture of what is hap-pening to young people in the lastfew years. ?Arnold is right. You have to lookat areas such as the rise in latch keykids, who have to raise themselves, Tas parents are at work. To the rise indrugs, especially the crack cocaine |.revolution, which destroyed the at- |mosphere in many urban commu- |~nities. To teachers with low expec-tations in deteriorating publicschools, who don Tt push students to | -achieve, to the breakdown within the |-Black community, and family struc-ture in this community, which mayhave the most consequence on testscores.Music does influence people,and there are some fools that do$2 Foe a betes oi oe +g32 ?,?Pe eres eee ee Peton i a Ow te Dh be Sete rete Ga OE eB be Peden oe! od of ?,?egea6sMe Re te,& te 6foolish things and blame it on] -music. But just as there are nega-tives, there are some positives.Hip hop culture and rap is beingused by some educators to bringback students in the classroomwho haven't been motivated tolearn, and to bridge the educa-tional divide.Ferguson hits on the right tune,when he says that more leisurereading needs to be encouraged tobring up reading and Englishscores. But pinning bad test scoreson rap doesn't make sense. In fact,it gives rap a rap it doesn Tt deserve.(Lee Hubbard can be reached bye-mail at superle@ hotmail.com.He writes on urban and nationalissues for several publications.)rf you plan ondigging, °- excavating, demolishing or moving the earthfhe N.C. Oné-Call Center.will contact participatingmembers in your area andSse oe Ssewm wee we ee a ofines, take 3: few mintites to.Hi call 1-800-632-4949 at least.| 48 hours before work begins.This call could save you fromdisrupted service, expensiverepairs and personal injury. A~ phone, call to 1-800-632-4949will put you in touch with the. 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Reports directly to the Public Works Director and oversees the operationof three divisions of the PublicWorks Department consisting of approximately 100employees. .Graduation from a recognized college or university with a degree in environmentalengineering or public administration and at least five years experience of increasingresponsibility with a municipal public works operation. Experience in the areas ofpersonnel management, budget administration, and equipment purchase/managementis critical. Valid drivers license required. .Salary range: $66,180.80 - 69,804.80 - $88,408.00 depending upon qualificationsand experience. Competitive benefits package provided.Apply by 5:00 p.m., Friday, October 27, 2000, to the City of Greenville, HumanResources Department, 20] Martin Luther Kng, Jr. Drive, P.O. Box 7207,Greenville, N.C. 27835-7207.Resume T will NOT be accepted in lieu of city application. 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en SES MEE oof Christians responded? They- Satan has been very successful in_ diverting us from the path that God °1 has laid out before us. God Ts peo-Dr. George HawkinsGreetings in the name ofJesus Christ:It is apparent to those of us whodo battle against the kingdom ofdarkness on a regular basis thatthere are a lot of strongholds thatneed to be pulled down. Ideally,this should be a combined effort ofthe body of Christ. Unfortunately,a large portion of God Ts people are "not ready to join such an efforteven if they wanted to. Their ownspiritual lives would hinder them indoing so. A campaign to bringdown demonic strongholds will notbe accomplished with slogans,clever programs, or even spiritualtechniques.Time and time again Christianshave had good intentions, yet theyhave made little impact on our so-ciety to change it. In fact, this na-tion is becoming more and moreungodly. When it comes to themajor issues of the day, theChristian voice is being ignoredand even ridiculed. Christians arey 4have gone about business as aple have become self-centered and+ self-indulgent in their lifestyles.| Christ has called us to take up ourcross daily, but his voice has beendrowned out by the multitude ofenticements that surround us.Many are satisfied to carry thename of Christ and live like therest of the world. They are con-tent with the world as it is and for ~others the task of changing theworld is overwhelming. I Tm gladthe disciples did not think like that.RepentanceFrankly, we will not make an im-pact for Christ in this world unlesswe change! This is foundational.God Ts people need to take an ob-jective inventory of their lives andstart repenting. Yes, we repentedwhen we gave our hearts to God.But that was only the beginning ofwhat should have become a lifelived in an attitude of repentance.All of us need to open our eyesand recognize what we have be-come. We need to see how wehave been grieving the Holy Spiritby the way we are living. We can-not think about change in our livesand hope our good intentions willbe acceptable. There must be achange that is radical if we are tobe in God Ts will.The Holy Spirit desires to work ingive e their sin and heal a- -2 Chronicles 7:14,ify we want to see God m move in ourlives and in the lives of others,there must be repentance that startswith us. God Ts words to Israelthrough Ezekiel could just as wellbe addressed to the church today. oTherefore I will judge you. O-house of Israel, every one accord-ing to his ways, saith the LordGOD. Repent, and turn yourselvesfrom all your transgressions; $ $o in-iquity shall not be your ruin. ?Ezekiel 18:30.Jesus T revelation to John includessome very sobering words to God Tspeople. As he addressed thechurch in Ephesus and acknowl-edged some fruit to be good, aword of rebuke was also given ac-_ companied by a warning. oBut |have this against you, that youhave abandoned the love you hadat first. Remember then from whatyou have fallen; REPENT, and dothe works you did at first. If not, |will come to you and remove yourlampstand from its place, unlessyou repent. ? Revelation 2:4-5.God is already beginning to shakeand sift and even bring temporaljudgment upon the body of Christ(Peter 4:17). He will fulfill Hiseternal plan no matter what ittakes. He will prepare a people tobe the bride of Christ.What is true repentance? It is be-ing sorry for grieving God by theway you live. It is a desire to turn oThelin fauniversities.and economic future.Right now, North Carolina businessesare booming and the state's economy isexcellent. Much of our overall success is due tothe excellent education and training provided bythe state's 59 community colleges and 16 publicBy the end of this decade, NorthCoates s college enrollment is expected toto accommodate them.The Community College and UniversityBonds will provide much-needed resources toupgrade all campuses. Get the facts about howyou can help secure North Carolina's educationalBS oe egbetter. ? No, we must be praying, oLord, start with me and changeme. ?Change will rarely take place un:less. we are willing for it to beginwith ourselves,Satan will always sesh to. convinceus that everything is fine in ourlives. There is no need to beoverly concerned about our condi-tion because there are a lot of peo-ple who are in much worsespiritual shape than ourselves.This is how many rationalize awaythe need for repentance in theirown lives. They permit pride andself-righteousness to take root.Lack of repentance has been themajor reason why so manyChristians have gone into bondagein one form or the other. To becontinued...Qcae7s-10, We cannot bea ose Sal il pes Sod pgs Plas, ne endite t required. 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dren oand tha her children were alleged close friends.: just too dark.This all took place. on one of - teue nonsensical daytime talkshows that seem to cater to un-"learned, unschooled, and otherwisepnprepared black females. Fromtime to time, there are non-blackson the show, but the most explosivethat. ?My late pa highly respectedfried, A.S. Doc. Young used to say; Ges walt-soucsted black lemale black doc shook her head and then com- dcmented, oI'm glad I have enough- white blood in my veins so. I don Tthave to worry about anything likesurgeon, The only suable who it the bill asa crotchety 4old man in retirement.Once he saw the white doctor, This was st physicallyhe was happy. The problem wasthe "old man botched the job Talmostare the young black women. " we are convinced the white man's immediately and the black surgeon wore a Phi Beta Kappa key and "e te"For some strange reason, when _ ice is colder. Which is to say that if had to clean up the mess and save been accepted at several graduate moataneadealt vert :all of this was going on, I remem- _ it is white, it is good, if it is black, the man Ts life. . schools. She was unquestionably and it will not simply be- bybered the original movie, oImita- then it is no good. We need to stop this madness attractive in every way. The prob- cause we wish it so. One of the harsh e chi_ tion of Life, ? when Louise Beavers, In another time, kids use to say about being concerned with the lem was that she was. exseampely realities of life is that if there is a than hip-h the mother, was questioned about oIf you're white, you're right. If color of the skin. It means abso- dark, |. series of racial incidents, itreally won't palothe father of her apparently half- you're yellow, you're mellow. If lutely nothing. In the old days, light- After the son took his gitlfriend ~ matter if you are yellow, brown or. T h ye pwhite daughter. Her reply was, oHe _ you're brown, stick around. But if skinned blacks were usually the home, he hurried back to his house _ black. By and large, we are all oily es, ? owas a light complected colored oman. ?you're black, git back "way back.weeWenally. it was not just the kidsooHUTCHIN SON: Continued From A-6offspring of othe mass ? and out ofsome perverse sense of caring ortacit acknowledgment, they becamethe house slaves. .where his mother awaited. Seekinghis mother's. approval, he asked, oWell, how did you like her? ?His mother smiled and said, oShe |identifiable,If we look ot the scale, we will tionsee that some of the accomplished strAfrican Americans did not and do.The fact that they were lighter in aseems like a very nice girl, but she not have light skin. Firebrand Con- \ildren. Proposition 38 is a half-baked, ill conceived measure wildly out of step-with even the standard voucher plans floated by conservative Republi-cans. These plans apply oa) a students, mostly the poor, blacks andit atenan je Ensliann aublin nabanin Renwanjtina Latinos, in failing public,schools. Proposition| everyone, including Bill Gates children.48 gives money to any andStill, the big question is how to better improve the failing L.A. public ah coschools that trap and anger so many black and Latino parents and provide o a 7 . 0 EM BESS' fertile ground for the black Proposition 38 backers. There are five things ee pg The Schiff- Cardenas minority youth, by not funding or under-funding -sive. e. Experts ¢ estimate on dirCrime Prevention Act of2000 (AB2885) passed thetis * - State Assembly by a voteof 75 to 0 and the State Senate by 36 to 0. Still,programs that have demonstrated their successwith juveniles. It will also have a negative im-pact on youth within the probation system in Losrisk youth froma life of crime cansave the government from $1 millionmillion over the life of the minor. that must be done. The first is to publicly acknowledge that the mostsegregated schools in L.A. County are the L.A. city schools. The L.A. Unified School District should initiate an emergency crash program to: upgrade the texts and facilities, purchase more computers, and to place the Angeles County and other counties because of substantial research showing that highest caliber teachers, counselors, and administrators possible at these oliberal, ? centrist Gov. Gray Davis deleted all of insufficient funding of programs needed to di- risk minors are provided intervention pre-schools. This also means that the United Teachers of Los Angeles must the $121.3 million for juvenile justice preven- vert these minors from committing new crimes. _ vention services, the. greater the_actively work to enforce strict professional standards that hold teachers at tion and intervention programs designed to re- Los Angeles County could have received verting them from becoming chronic off these schools accountable for the performance of their students. duce the recidivism rate for juveniles currently approximately $34 million for juvenile programs More importantly, these programs haveThe second is to bury the myth that students in public schools can Tt or under the jurisdiction of county probation de- provided for in AB2885. Davis claimed that he onstrated a reduction in crime. The $121.Jion contained in AB2885-would havefor the hiring of more law é cers =and probation personnel and also prov nec-essary funding to permit community-based or- t :ganizations to hire more staff so thatlaw enforcement and probation eparcould implement more oarty invention, feevism-reduction programs. a aeClearly, the result would have been lesscrime, 7fewer victims and more minors becoming pro-ductive members of their communities.partments. Since youth crime, as well as thecriminalization of youth, are of increasing inter-est, especially in the African American andLatino communities, the governor's action is allthe more reprehensible.The Chicano Employees Association was amajor supporter of the Schiff-Cardenas CrimePrevention Act. The Association's response toDavis T deleting the program funds contains con-ceptual and practical rationale for strong juve-nile crime prevention and intervention stategies.wanted proven programs in order to release $71million for juvenile programs. However, he is ©also insisting as a price for the $71 million thatthe legislature allocate millions of dollars forboot camps run by the National Guard. Staffingboot camps with minimally trained or untrainednon-law enforcement staff to guard minors (whoare overwhelmingly minority) is not sound pub-lic policy.Because research has not demonstrated thatjuvenile boot camps run by the National Guardwon't learn. Generations of black and Latino students attended mostly* segregated schools in South Central Los Angeles. Yet many managed to ograduate, go on to college, and become successful in business and theprofessions. They were taught by teachers who were dedicated anddetermined that they achieve in their studies. These teachers expected and demanded that their students perform up to the same level as white students. They challenged the students to learn, set specific goals, de- manded their full participation in classroom work, and gave them positive and continual direction and reinforcement. Many teachers and administra-tors at these schools also devised innovative learning methods that raised reading, math test scores, and achievement levels.The third is for black and Latino educators, businesspersons and The ChicanoEmployees Association' Tsresponse are effective in reducing juvenile crime or in ously, funding these programs wouldprofessionals to sponsor conferences in which they provide parents with is instructive, it illuminates important underly- sehabilitating the juveniles under their jurisdic- __ fesulted in substantial savings in taxpayers dol-dearning tips and materials to help them improve the study habits of their _ing issues. Excerpts from. the association Ts're- Aion, the legislature rejected Davis T proposal. Tar. a «j children. They can also expand the economic and professional opportu- osponse are presented herein: Also, it is important to note that Davis T claim of With a hhuge mega-biDavis essentially told the African AmerLatino communities that the future ofrisk minor, as well as the fate of their youth now -in the Juvenile justice system, is not a priofor him. In Los Angeles County, youth underjurisdiction of the Los Angeles County Pretion Department are over 80 percent AfricanAmerican and Latino. Davis T lack of support for .*programs for at-risk minors and minors alreawithin the criminal justice system appears tobsubstantially the same as of his presGov. Pete Wilson. aIt is especially tragic that the strong oakbi-partisanship that was developing over ¥to fund effective programs for at-risk youth ;those already within the criminal justice systemwas rebuffed by our governor. The Chicano-sEmployees T Association's response to Davis T (=action ends with the following aon, from_syndicated columnist: oHis critics can do whatever. they can do, but aethey'll never persuade Davis to accept some- ifthing that he believes poses any political risk, oncrime, no matter how scant it am be. That's be .way he is. ? eeGov. Davis T deletion or program funds in theSchiff-Cardenas betrays the trust of the Latinoand African American communities. These pro-grains were designed to effectively work withat-risk minors at an early age to discourage themfrom joining gangs, encourage them to stay inschool and to provide them with educational andrecreational programs to help motivate them notto commit additional crimes. A major goal of thetime-tested programs is to help juveniles stayaway from gangs and criminal activities whentheir incarceration is completed and they returnto their communities.Davis deleted the $121.3 million for juvenileprograms despite overwhelming bipartisan sup-port in the State Legislature for the bill. The billalso has strong support from African Americanand Latino organizations, law enforcement offi-cials and unions representing rank and file po-lice, sheriffs, probation department employeesand municipal employce associations HAT 0out the state.The governor T s deletion of funds for juvenilecrime prevention programs will have a signifi-cant negative impact on at-risk, predominantlyBETWEEN THE Lineswanting to fund juvenile programs witha provensuccess rate is not persuasive because in MayDavis rejected requests from Assemblyman TonyCardenas that would have added $475 million tothe state budget to fund well-established, provenjuvenile crime diversion and gang preventionprograms administered by law enforcement agen-cies, probation departments and community-based organizations.The governor's action hurts proven, success-ful programs that would have helped to substan-tially reduce the number of nfinors entering orreturning to the juvenile justice system. Theprograms range from approximately $1,000 per .juvenile for at risk minors to $20,000 per juve-nile for the intensive Repeat Offender Preven-tion Project. This program, according to a 12-month evaluation found the participants im-proved their grades, reduced drug use and exhib-ited a 33 percent decrease in law violationscompared to minors receiving traditional proba-tion supervision. .Since it currently costs about $40,000 annu-ally to house a minor in an institution, thesetypes of programs are substantially less expen- nities for poor students by creating and endowing programs that provideeducational scholarships, career counseling, job and training skills pro-grams, and computer training.The fourth is to eliminate the obscene disparities in public funding. Current state funding formulas guarantee that well-to-do, mostly white suburban school districts get a bigger share of state education funds thanpoor, inner city schools. This funding gap guarantees a two-tiered publiceducation system in which poor schools do not receive adequate funds topay for up-to-date texts, computer equipment, the physical maintenance of the facilities, and higher teacher salaries.The last is to understand that educational excellence can Tt be attained in segregated schools, or private schools too despite what the black"ministers who back Proposition 38 claim, unless parents do their part. This means they must attend parent-teacher conferences, monitor their children Tsclassroom and homework assignments, join and get actively involved with the PTA Ts and parent-advisory councils at their local schools.Restoring excellence at grossly underperforming schools in black andLatino areas is a goal that everyone wants to achieve. It will take hard work, renewed dedication, and total commitment to equal funding for inner city public schools. It will not take a fraudulent and destructive ovoucher initiative such as Proposition 38.| _ (Earl Ofari Hutchinson is the author of The Disappearance of BlackLeadership. He can be heard on KPFK Radio, 90.7 FM, Tuesdays, 7-8p.m.)By A. ASADULLAH SAMADGenerally,summer is theslowest timeof the year forsports lovers.Particularly, oTV ? sports lovers,; who loathe watching that melodra-: matic mix of baseball, golf and ten-nis on Saturday and Sunday after- noons "which can be as exciting as, watching grass grow, or estimating- the net time your dog will move: from that one spot he Ts been laying- in all day. Hell, on any onormal ?* summer sports weekend "given the- choice of watching tennis or golf,; » or going shopping with the wife and kids, it's oHoney, load up car. ?Not this summer.» An interesting phenomena took' oplace in the midst of a sports period: uisually reserved for owhites only. ?: Black athletes, in their sparsely fewnumbers, dominated othe summersports ? like no time in recent his-tory. Unprecedented winningstreaks by Tiger Woods, as well as; Venus and Serena Williams createdaa oMichael Jordan-like ? interest in tennis and golf, Not only becausety browee ee ee2s Seesoe mespective games,\inerica watched.i ae ag} attention of black " dey or Sunday, they quadruple.~ some Sundays, Tiger outdrew thethat really was a flipside to the suc-cess of these young talents.People watched, not necessarilyto see them win (African Ameri-cans did, of course), but to see themlose. And when they didn Tt, they.got otalked about, ? until the fol-lowing week when there was an-other opportunity to vindicate othewhiteness ? of these sports. Andwhen they couldn Tt, it was almostridiculous how some of the com-mentators oplaya-hated ? thoseyoung people. They Td congratulateon one hand, then playa-hate on thenext.It was a long, hot summer.Watching Tiger win the BritishOpen, then the PGA Championship,then NEC Championship was likewatching cliff hanging episodes of-agood owhodunit. ? You never knewwho was going to be the next vic-tim, but you knew somehow, Tigerwas going to be in the mix. And youknew that the public was going totune in, and tune in they did. Everytime Tiger Woods plays in a tourna-ment, television ratingsdouble. Andevery time he's leading on Satur-You know you have somethinghot when you can get black people .to stay in the house on Sunday af-ternoons in the summertime, Ona éNBA playoffs. Tiger won so muchand won so easily, it created a oTi-ger backlash. ? They essentially gotsick of him winning.Other players and TV commen-tators started talking about the Ti-ger was winning otoo much. ? Thatcourses needed to be oTiger-proofed ? to give the rest of the fieldachance. In what sport can you wintoo much? Jack Nicklaus was thelong hitter and most dominatingplayer in golf for 25 years, but theynever talked about changing thesport or the courses for him. ButTiger wins more majors than Jack:and Arnold Palmer, together, wonin their first 100 tournaments, and the integrity of the game must beprotected,Is there a socio-political aspectto that rationalization? I would sayso. Tiger's won more money in hisvfour years on the tour than all of theprofessional players, past andpresent, except Davis Love III, havewon in their careers. Winning thePGA and NEC back- to-back nettedhim almost $2 million (actually $1.9mil) in two weeks, One of the thoseweeks, the media started playing upthe possibly of a oletdown. ? Tigerwon at Firestone, one of the hardestcourses in the nation, by playing 21.over par. Played the last three holes in the dark, and birdied the 18thhole. Then he played the last twodays with the flu, gave a clinic foryouth the next morning, then flewto Palm Desert and played a omadefor TV ? match play exhibition for amillion dollars. Playing while sick,he still lead most of the match andlost by one stroke. You'd thoughtthey'd just beat him in the SuperBowl or something. After the sum-mer Tiger had, they'd take oa win ?any way they could get it. Even if itdidn Tt count for anything.Watching the socio-political as-pects of the Williams sisters T suc-cess was just as intriguing.Watching the sisters playingeach other in the Wimbledon semi-finals had a cruel aspect to it, butthat Ts the nature of competition "somebody has to lose, But watch-.ing Venus win it all, then watchingthe sisters win the Doubles Cham-pionship, leave Wimbledon andeach go on separate streaks of theirowh, was a pure treat. In fact, as adoubles team, they haven't lost inany tournaments they T ve played in,which caused a controversy when.Olympic tennis coach, Billie Jean: King, selected them to play together "vin Sydney. Why? King passed over the No.1doubles player in the world, but shewas only number one because the "_ se ay " tourna-both peaking at the right time, John bi oCrazy-A**" T McEnroe wants to prTiger and the Williams Sisters: Flipside of a Long, Hot Summer |ments as a pair to be ranked. Thedoubles player challenged the deci-sion, went to arbitration and lost.Imagine if one of us had challengedacoach Ts decision. We'd be oblack-balled ? from the sport. Just one ofthose things where some people feelthey're oentitled ? to go, in spite ofthe choices made. Certainly asocio-political aspect of tennis politicswe rarely see.Both sisters had been sufferingfrom injuries, and both weren't ex-pected to do well in the majors. Butnow that they Tré winning, nobodycan stop talking about them, "gqodor bad. No matter how either ofthem play, commentators constantlyfind fault with their games. Andthey somehow seem to get penal-ized because there's two of them,- Their opponents have to play one,then play the other. And when.enoughtosay,Serena was confident oBeating one of us is hard enough,but beating both of us is near im-possible, ? people thought tennisprotocol was somehow broken. Now_ my view of the Williams sihe hasn Tt talked about playingLindsey Davenport, all six feetof her, is No. 2 in the world (wit100 mph serve also), and he hasn't.talked about playing her. But hethis burning desire to prove thWilliams sisters are not as goeveryone are making them |be. Think there greg, aslitical aspect to typeraed rationalization? I thinkThe Williams sisters areand the last time an oover the hill ?male talked about whippin T up on awomen tennis player, he got his olda** kicked. Mind you, McEnroe istalking opay per view ? for. thechance to take this whippin T. And » "I'd pay for it. It wouldn't change § :bit. And as for Tiger and his |Cablinasian self, believe me whensay the only part they see is the obl ?part. Still we celebrate hisnance as if it was our ownwith 100 mile an hour serves and liplay one or both of the Williamssisters to prove that oa good |college player or a ranked seniorplayer ? pons beat themsername ea the

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