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BY: LARRY REEVESIs it really true that Jesse Jacksonand Al Sharpton,. two of thenation Ts most powerful civil rightsleaders, are at war over thedirection of a potential nationwideboycott of Burger King , andpossibly the leadership of theprotest movement.According to a story that wasrecently published in the VillageVoice, a leading alternative news-paper based in New York, andsubstantiated by some Sharptonaides, a firestorm erupted whenJackson allegedly tried to under-mine the Harlem-based activist Tsrole in a franchise dispute.According to the aides, the inci-dent may have severly damagedtheir once formidable alliance.Late Monday, the Voicereported, Sharpton dropped abomb that may further shatterrelations with the top BlackDemocratic vote pusher: GreenParty presidential candidate RaplhNadar did speak at Sharpton TsHouse of Justice in Harlem, justone day before the presidentialelections. Democrats like Jacksonfeared that Nadar, given thechance to appeal directly toAfrican Americans, could havesiphoned votes from Al Gore,thus tilting victory to George W.Bush. Of course that didn Tthappen.....through ., . speculatorsviewed it as an affront to Jackson.Contacted in Chicago, an aidesaid Jackson was traveling and o+ T could not be reached for com--ment. There is a perceptionamong some activists in NewYork, Chicago, and elsewhere that Jackson Ts influence on the civil- rights movement is wanning, al-- though aides close to Jacksonshrug-off the notion.A fretful letter from BurgerKing CEO Colin A Storm onCloses-. By Robert FarrellWilliam Daley, the chair-man of the Al Gore campaign saidearly Wednesday the electionwould not be conceded toRepublican George W. Bush be-. cause the election was osimply too close to call. �Daley told a huge cheer-ing crowd in Nashville, Tenn.,that the earlier TV networks Tprojections that Bush has won the25 electorial votes of Florida--giving him enough to clinch thepresidency--were opremature. �George W. Bush hadprojected as the winner ofTuesday Ts presidential election,and Al Gore called Bush tocongratulate him. However, whenthe Democrats. learned that theresult of the pivotal state ofFlorida had narrowed to a fewhundred votes, Gore made anothercall to Bush to say he was not yetready to concede, |With 99.9 percent of thevotes counted, ush had 2,898,508 in Florida and Gore had2,897,939--a margin of 569 votesand that margin nay~ Jesse Jackson And Al Sharpton Feud |Over Direction Of Nationwide Boycott Of Burger Kingi)Oct.05 infuriated Sharpton, exac-erbating simmering tensions be-tween Jackson and Sharpton. Itwas not Storm Ts declaration thathe was oextremely surprised anddisappointed � by Sharpton Ts deci-sion to call for boycott of thefast-food giant that kicked off theactivist, but reference to a secretmeeting between the executiveand Sharpton mentor Jackson,which Sharpton publicly has ar-gued ocan only be interpreted as an attempt to divide the Blackcommunity. �What Storm and most observersdon Tt know is that for serveralmonths Jackson and Sharpton hasbeen making on the national sceneto burnish his burgeoning politicalprofile. Tempers flared afterJackson Ts sudden intervention inthe Burger King fiasco. oIt is interesting that thechairman of the board wouldwrite me a letter telling me of ameeting with Jackson that no onehad told me about, � Sharpton toldthe Tri-State Defender. oWhy would Jackson havesuch a meeting and not call me? �Sharpton would neither confirmnor deny that he has expressed hissentiments about tensions withJackson to aides say Sharpton feltthat Jackson odeliberatelyavoided � associating himself with.the Aug. 26 o Redeem the Dream �_fally in, Washington, DC,,-which: Of theSharpton T and memberfamily of Dr. Martin Luther King,Jr. had organized to protest racialprofiling. .The night before the rally ,Jackson and President Clinton leftfor a scheduled trip to Africa. oHe did not even send a represen-tative, � says one side. oEveryone,from Khallid Muhammad Ts NewBlack Panther Party to LouisFarrakhan Ts Nations of Islam, hada stand-in. ot Race In 40 YearsResult Still Uncertaincommunities and the interests thatcontribute to their growth anddevelopment.We can expect the gen-eral framework of Clinton-Goreadminstration policies and pro-grams, based on knowledge andexperience of us, to change._ There were changes incampaign style and technologiesnoted on South Los Angelesduring this campaign: neither theRepublican not the DemocraticParties made a significant invest-ment in high profile street levelvoter education and get-out-the-vote activities in our communities.The usual visual signs,bumper stickers, local headquar-ters oand street level activity werenot really there. More was donethrough direct mail to high pro-pensity voters, and phone banksthat directed their calls to similarvotes.On the Democrat side,Rep. Maxine Waters devoted herconsiderable energies, resourcesand talents to generate the lateestablishment of a combinedGore-Lieberman and CaliforniaDemocratic Party campaign com-mittee presence here,She and her colleagues. inthe Congress, the Legislature, anlocal officials supported interde-nominational clergy "_ mobiliza-tions, voter registration andeducation outreach with. the col-- laboration of community perform-ing artists, They did motorcadesand facilitated get-out-the-vote ef-forts. .| Unions affiliated with the Brooksi County Federation of Labor, pri-Dur marily the Service Employeesv~ has nothing to lose. owho won 1,173. restaurantson election day.first | had departed this life were commemorated in a quiet and solemn Oohorado Ts Lt Gov. Joe. manner that restored the memory of the traditional qualities and valuesRogers campaigned in the come: | | that have been such an integral part of historical African ~ American |ons et mo sg . ~The culminatio n of the event and it's significance was rizeJim Brulte, Secretary of | care Nghe dren to- Jones and party chair T ee CeeThe aide speculates that ~Jackson resents the sudden shiftby ocorporate types � to Sharpton, .who executives now turn to for.help to settle minority boycotts .ainst " their | companies,Sharpton, the aide adds, - hasshown these corporates moguls he. |In the |aftermath of the Redeem the: |Dream rally, which kept Sharpton |in the national spotlight, Jackson, another Sharpton ally points out, .cannot afford to allow the activist ©to meddle in big boycotts like toone shaping up against Burger |King. ee o He can Tt allow the CEQs of |White corporations to run around |saying that Al Sharpton is the guy "to go to in order to get Black |businessmen off your backs, � theaide says. Sharpton said helaunced the boycott to protestBurger King Ts dispute withDetroit franchise owner La-VanHawkins and the Miami-basedcompany Ts treatment of Blacks.He initially threatened a nation-wide boycott, but. later relented ..,and said it would begin on a Tcity-by-city basis. an aSharpton said he chose New ~York City as a starting point ©because, although it has a large TBlack population, there is onlyone Black franchise owner in thecity. Nationwide, Burger Kingemploy over 58,000 people. Thechain has about 11,150 restau-rants, and employs some 300,000workers. Sharpton met withStorm in September to complainabout the lack of an AfricanAmerican role in advertising con-tracts and investment banking forburger King Ts planned initial pub-lic offering.above are members of the Democratic Party while at 2 Democratic Ra eoil. Congratulations to all the Democrats who retain their 9, Sm Rally a Pe High SSjand wish you all much success ! . ices mae oe meter? ig ihatha acsomrernsennannnnsensetntnnstsinse tannin nat ent2 iDr. Sonja HaywoodThe Agape Community HealthCenter is pleased to announce itsassociation with Sonja Haywood,MD who has joined the commu-nity based primary care practice asthe Medical Director.Dr. Haywood, a native of EastOrange, New Jersey, earned herundergraduate degree from SetonHall University, a Master Artsdegree in Science Education fromNew York University and hermedical degree from New JerseyMedical School. She completedresidency training in family medi-cine from Mountainside FamilyPractice Residency Program. Dr.Reflections Of Moments To RememberInternational Union and American For the very astute and articulate former English, Drama, LinguisticsHaywood will be directing the teacher of fifteen years ( from 1944-1959), and principal for the decadeseein or State, County and activities of the medical staff at the 1959- 1968/69 or the H.B. Sugg bi hot ae oecree Sere out their Agape Community Health Center. graduation of some one thousand students. from high school,member based organizations to "° Will expand the clinical serv- Mr. Francis Howard Mebane, Il, Saturday, November 11, 2000 was aices of the health center to includewomen Ts health issues, sexuallytransmitted diseases, family plan-ning, obstetrics and health care forthe whole family.most joyful day as he reflected on some precious and memorable xperiences that catapulted him to heights that most educators neveryet to enjoy. .Mr. Mebane was honored by many persons whom he had taught andvho had worked under his supervision. Educators came from near andar and included those who testified of how their lives and careers hadyeen impacted by Professor Mebane's tutelage.The luncheon was held at The Bachelor's Benedict Club in Greenville,North Carolina, and had all the ambiance of a rendezvous withsuccess. It was clearly a time of rejoicing as several of the guestsboasted of how Mr. Mebane's unselfish and generous gifts of sharinghad made their tenure at the workplace and their own exploits withyouth so. much the better.Among the ones to gather and to spend a brief harmonious nostalgicmoment to drink in the essence of beauty and bonding were: Mr.Mebane's wife of more than fifty years, Mrs.Beulah Louise Whitfield Mebane; his daughter, Mrs. Gracie MebaneVines, her husband Thomas, and their son, Justin. Former students ofMr. Mebane who attended were: Charles Maye of Burlington, NorthCarolina, Edith Gay Barnes, Barbara Gay Campbell, ia BarnesDancy, Alonza Willoughby, Jr., and Laura Hi Wil " of_ Farmville, North Carolina. Former faculty members, membersand friends who shared in this occasion were: Mrs. Pauline Anderson,Mrs. Delores Brown, Ms. Myriam Carraway, Mr, Ed Carter, Mrs. Noramj Cobb, Mrs, Bettie V. Dickens, Mrs. Doris Dixon, Ms. Janet Evans, Ms,i =©Tierney Evans, Mrs. Charlotte H. Maye, Mr. and Mrs, Marcus Johnsoni) = (Marjorie Scott), Ms. Catherine Moss, Mrs. Mary Horne Parker, andMr. WC, Vick.A candlelight memorial was facilitated by Mr. W.C. Vick and Mrs.1 Laura Willoughby. The names and services. of those individuals whohelp with voters in general.Among such coalitionswere African American 2000 andthe L.A. Metropolian Alliance,with their " labor-communitychurch coalition work in severalsections of the county, includingSouth Los Angeles.President Bill Clintonmade historic visits to the commu-nity, at the rally at Baldwin HillsPlaza and in the chicken-to-goorder he placed at Frank Ts PlaceRestaurant during a fund-raisingforay in the city.Media buys in black me-dia were made by the nationalparties, the NAACP and others toaddress the importance of votingDr. Haywood will provide primarymedical care in the various aspectsof family medicine a the 118Martin Luther King Blvd., loca-tion. Dr. Haywood is nowaccepting appointments and canbe reached at 940-0602.Agape Community Health Center118 Martin Luther King Blvd..Washington, NCGov. Bush toured an areaelementary school. during ateacher training session, and hiswife, Laura, visited the privateMarcus Garvey Schools,The Bush conventiontheme of inclusion was followedat our community level by visitsfrom other Republican "dignitaries--a campaign season "ooeat

" "a " "s " eeFee pwadpereed working people of all oveial- ethnicities need a progressive alternative to the agendzas Pegi ae Yement to the ea of banning racialrofiling. Among andorsof corporate mis-| conduct. and the domination and suffoca-tion of the American political process byprivate money "good themes that. are im-_ portant to black people but do not directlyspeak explicitly to the issue of racism andal- the increasingly centrist, look alike estab-ped lishment pertios,. the. Democrats and the: Republicans. :The National Rainbow Coalition, under the leadership of the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson,of certainly had the potential for being amulti-le racial, progressive third force or new politi-- cal party of the oppressed in American poli- tics. In one of the great failures of black political leadership in the 20th Century,~~ however, the Rev. Jackson refused to orga-nize NRC as a third force outside the Demo-_ cratic Party and thereby squandered an op-portunity to build on the incredible momen-tum generated by his electrifying campaignsin 1984 and 1988.In the wake of the demise of NRC, avibrant third party movement has emergedaround the country, mostly spearheaded bywhite progressives eager to shatter the holdof the establishment parties over politicallife in the United States. In recent years,rank and file union members and some la-bor leaders have created a Labor Party basedon the assumption that a progressive thirdparty must be rooted in and represent theinterests of working people. The New Party,Slave Labor Built OurNational MonumentsBy AKILAH MONIFAWe built this country.That Ts a common refrain you hear fromAfrican Americans. In a general knowingway, African Americans are saying withthat phrase that slave labor and underpaidblack workers made this country possible.They not only picked the cotton, but alsolaid the railroads, worked in the factoriesand erected the buildings..Recently discovered public records con-firm the use of African American slavelabor in the construction of the two: most.important structures in the country "theU.S. Capitol and the White House. Slavelabor was also used in the making of twosignificant statues in Washington, D.C., oneof which, the Statue of Freedom, was hoistedatop the dome of the Capitol in 1863.Ed Hotaling, a Washington-based tele-vision producer, is the one who, made thediscovery. While he was doing research fora program on the buildings, Hotaling un-earthed U.S. Treasury promissory notes toslave owners. These documents confirmedthat slaves were used in the construction ofthe Capitol and the White House. The slaveowners were promised $5 a month for eachof their slaves used in the construction.In fact, Treasury Department pay slipsshow that more than two-thirds of the labor-ers who worked on.the buildings (450 out of650) were of African descent "400 slavesd 50 free men. Twelve slaves were usedto Cast the Statue of Freedom.The revelations are not surprising tomany African Americans and shouldn't be to people with a knowledge of history. Con-struction on these structures began in 1792,and slavery wasn Tt banned by law until1865. In a strange political coupling, con-servative legislator and ex-football star. Rep.J.C. Watts, R-Okla., and former civil-rightsseta fe. John Lewis D- Ga., have jointlysubmitted a resolution to the House of Rep-resentatives to establish oa special task forceto recommend an appropriate recognitionfor the slave laborers who worked on theconstruction. �Watts says he hopes the bill will result ina monument on the Capitol grounds honor-ing the slave labor used. oWe have hun-dreds of thousands of Americans coming tothe Capitol every year, � Watts said. oI thinkit Ts good for the American people to seesomething that denotes the contribution thatslaves made to this building. � oI think this is a very important revela-tion to know that African American slavesdid help build the greatest and most visiblesymbol of our democracy: the Capitol, �Lewis adds. oIt Ts important for not just thisgeneration, but for future generations toknow that these men had a role in buildingthe Capitol and the White House.We have to find a way to recognize theircontribution and find some fitting way topay tribute to them. � A similar resolution isbeing introduced in the Senate by Sens.Spencer Abraham, R-Mich., and BlancheLincoln, D-Ark. The obvious irony here isthat the Capitol and the White House, whichstand for liberty, were mainly built by peoplewho were excluded from such liberty.Watts does not rule out reparations forthe descendants of the slaves who workedon these specific projects. Any descendantswould be difficult to trace, however, sincethe promissory notes list only the first nameof the slave preceded by the word Negro,although the full names of the slave ownersis given.Many folks have a hard time with thenotion of reparations for slavery. But what'sthere to argue with?priority for any of the predominantly whiteNew York Chapter of CNT joined with aNader campaign, the st ggle against raceism and white supremacy is notaconsistent _third party formations. The CampaignforaNew Tomorrow, ablackandpeopleofcolorled multi-racial independent political orga-nization which grew out of my presidentialcampaign in 1992, was the only national =third party initiative which focused on the =centrality of the agendas and leadership of |black people and people of color. Unfortu-. "nately, my all-absorbing work as executivedirector of the Center for ConstitutionalRights made it impossible for me to devote.the time required to make CNT the formi-dable force it was intended to be.The failure of CNT to materialize into afull-blown black-led third party does notdiminish the need for or feasibility of build-ing such an endeavor. With this in mind, thenumber of progressive leaders and con-Stituencies in this city to form the UnityParty "a black-led political party. Nothingmore than the current presidential electionseason and the dearth of discussion aboutthe color line in American society and theworld persuades me of the urgent need forthe Unity Party to succeed as a model whichcan be emulated by black people all acrossthe country.Accordingly, building a black-led partyin the United States will be a major item onthe agenda at the forthcoming State of theBlack Work Conference in Atlanta in Octo-ber of 2001. It Ts time!oe a black miale. oes aeA black on killing an: unarmed black de highly eieniensite a4 circumstances is no longer an oddity. In the past two years black copshave ogunned down unarmed blacks in Chicago, Cincinnati, Atlanta, Baltimore,- Washington, D.C., and Los. Angeles. The irony is that black leaders have~. Jong clammored. for more black cops. They say that they would be lesslikely to brutalize other blacks than racist white cops. This is pure fiction. Arecent report by the Justice Department found that a majority ofwhite_cops did not think that police were more prone to treat blacks more harshlythan whites. A sizeable number of black cops agreed. Despite massivepublic attention and outrage over the blue code of silence, the JusticeDepartment survey found that 80 percent of police officers either believedthe code of silence was necessary to do good police work or fearedretaliation from other officers or even the brass if they squealed on badcops. Black cops were no more anxious to come forth to report misconductby other officers than white cops out of fear of not being seen as a teamplayer or that protesting abuse will damage their career. Worse, manyblack cops are also infected with the oUs versus Them � police siege_ mentality and will commit and then attempt to cover-up their misconductor brutal acts.The problem of blacks using deadly force against other blacks willprobably get worse. Since the 1970s the number of black officers hassoared. There are now more blacks on big city police forces than everbefore. Many of them are young, inexperienced, recent recruits. Hopperhad only been on the LAPD three years. Many of them are often assignedto work in low income, black neighborhoods. Since it Ts a sad, but undeni-able fact that black and Latino males commit more major and violentcrimes than whites, many police are convinced that black communities area dangerous and risky place where violent thugs abound and every encoun-ter is potentially life threatening.Criminal justice experts agree that no matter how much training offic-ers get, how they react in a situation on the streets depends on their ownapprehensions and prejudices and that police work tends to aggravatewhatever prejudices they have. Many black officers have those sameprejudices as whites. They do not live in or grew up in impoversished blackneighborhoods and see them.as hostile and alien places. Many of them arejust as jittery as white cops at the prospects of an armed encounter withThe Minority Voice]Newspaper, Inc405 fvass StreetP.O. Box 8361Greenville, NC 27834Phone:(252) 757-0365 ©Fax: (252) 757-1793Joy 1340AMWOOW Radio StationGreenville, NC 27834Joy 1320 AMWTOW Radio StationWashington, NC 27889The Minority Voice Newspaperassumes no responsibility for thereturn of unsolicited manuscripts orphotographs. Photographs and manu-scripts become the pre per of TheP 'M' VoiceAdcress your complaints | to:Mr. Jim Rouse,Publisher405 Evans StreetGreenville, NC 27834www.natalliance.org.)other blacks.But it Ts not just black cops that kill other blacks that Ts a growingproblem; it Ts also the blindspot many black police officials have toward theshooting of unarmed blacks. This was glaringly evident in the killing of_ Margaret Laverne Mitchell, a black,middle-aged, emotionally disturbed,homeless woman who was slain in an altercation over a shopping cart in~ May 1999 by an LAPD officer. After demonstrations, marches and angryprotests, LAPD Ts black chief, Bernard Parks, ruled that the officer used obad tactics. � The L.A. Police Commission defied him and ruled the~~ shooting oout of policy. � Yet more than a year later there is still no-- o" jndication that Parks has done anything to punish the officer who shot» Mitchell.__ There Ts no reason to expect much will be different with Lee. Parkswould instantly discount Lee Ts horror that he was racially profiled by thepolice. While other big city police departments in California and through-out the nation have agreed to keep racial stats on stops, Parks resists. Helobbied hard in 1999 to get California Gov. Gray Davis to veto a bill that» would mandate that law enforcement agencies collect racial data to_ determine if police do profile blacks and Latinos. The Los Angeles City_ Council fed-up with Parks T obstructionism on the issue of racial profiling,finally ordered him to come up with a plan to compile racial stats. oNone of this is any consolation to Lee. He believed that he would be~~ killed because he was black. He did not not know that he would be killed~ byablack officer. But he was and that Ts a warning to blacks that black copsare no answer to the corrosive problem of police violence.(Earl Ofari Hutchinson is president of the National Alliance for Posi-tive Action. E-mail: ehutchinson@natalliance.org «web site:4we ee eadoe we eeeOU rebe eM Voce |_ ARDS BeNow that the2000 Elec-tion has se-lected thefirst presi-piso of os next (true) millennium,and the black community's role inthat, be it celebrated ormarginalized, is up for critical re-view, is it time to also review howwe, as a community, will play inthe larger policy arena and ascer-tain our truest interests. Do we re-elected. We hold our collectivebreath every four years becauseour interests very much depend onwho gets elected: It Ts a lesson we(the black community) fail to learnelection after election. Now thequestion is, what did we learn fromthis election, and where do we g0from here? It's a question we'vebeen struggling with for 33 yearssince Martin Luther King Jr. firstposed the question in his last book,Where Do We Go From Here:- Chaos orCommunity?Written before his death in 1967the last time true public policy ac-tually evolved from criticisms ofthe social politic. Social activism,it was called a combination of thetraditional civil rights (non-vio-lence) movement, the black power(youth) movement and the overallsociety's passive resistance to theelimination of overt racism.As progressive as the next twogenerations of social change activ-ists think they are, both have failedimmigrants and affirrhave been successful, if not in roll-ing back the policy agenda "cer-tainly shifting the social attitudesto the right. Blacks, on the otherhand, have offered (and continueto offer) a passive resistance tocovert racism.The result has been the rein-cess or the other Ts defeat. In manycases, Our communities werecourted last or not at all. Like wait-ing for a date that is always late,the black community can alwaysbe counted on to be at home wait-ing, and we'll always take ,ever is left. If that is a signthings to come, we're certainlyheaded in a state of chaos in ourcommunity. Partially caused bythose of us who don't take kindlyto being the odate of last resort, �and still be expected to o ogive itup �in the end.There is an numberincreasing :in the black community that, atleast, want to make the Democrats owork for it, � versusenon ty al nd. Same concerns, rehere do we go From Here?wait until next year. But maybe, !we learned a-lesson.Many of us now know that re- |gardless of what happened in last |week's election, as we witnessed |with the governor's election in :California, ourcommunal interestsaren't secure with either party.Cer- |tainly, individual benefit will begreater with one party versus theother, but blacks in every majorcity in America will still have theess of whois in office: failing education withno reform timetable, low-wage (orno wage) jobs in inner cities, con-stant health care crises and littleAlp sa ig enas i nme) |s2eeceac+a} 4eee *

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pee. "The AASK study foundy antihypertensive drugs know» the ACE inhibitor namipril (knowitnificantly reduced the risks of kid-i ney failure when compared to theé*calcium channel sso cinevi ad MARILYN vd. KONDWANIi Wire Services "s . STONE oMOUNTAIN, Ga.«(NNPA) "Type t (juvenile) diabe-' tes affects nearly onechild in every-'600. A recent study suggests, eat- ling more meat and dairy products-*have been linked to a higher rate of type 1 diabetes, also known as juve-nile diabetes. Eating a diet where plant products "especially grains ""were the main foods consumed re-| osulted in less type 1 diabetes._ "- The study, which was reported~ in the June issue of The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, indi-, cated that food energy derived from meat and dairy products is associ-ated with higher risk of type 1 dia-:.betes. Conversely, food energy from vegetable sources, especially cere-vals, is associated with a lower risk.© Total calorie intake did not predictdiabetes risk. So, does this meanthat serving oatmeal instead of cheeseburgers will prevent your child from getting diabetes?i No, it Ts not that simple, experts. " say. Type | diabetes begins in child-«hood and requires insulin for treat- oment. This type of diabetes prob- oably arises from the complex inter- oaction of environmental influences o4nd heredity. The important role ofi dietary habits begins in:infancy and even during preg-_ Nancy. oIt is very encouraging that there is a relationship between diet and: diabetes, because these may be« modifiable risk factors, � says Rob-ert P. Trevino. In his research as. Mirector of the Social and Health' Research Center in San Antonio,, Texas, he has found that nutrition and exercise may also play some role in development of type 2 dia-betes. Type 2 diabetes is different: from type | and may not require: insulin treatment.as Altacce), and the beta blockers:meoprolol, (known as Toprol), sig- |in Afri-igment of the » : oWhile thesenew. findings indi-cate that high blood pressure amonga small percentage of the hyperten-sive African American populationmight be better managed with otherblood pressure medications, ISHIB" urges all patients not to stop theirAccording to the Juvenile Dia-betes Foundation, diabetes preven-tion is extremely important becauseevery day, 35 more American chil-dren are found to have type | diabe-tes. Some of the symptoms of dia-betes are: excessive thirst, constanthunger, frequent urination, suddenweight loss, sudden vision changes,rapid breathing, drowsiness or ex-haustion and fruity odor on thebreath.Insulin i injections must be givento these children several times eachday to lower high blood sugar. Thisimproves but does not cure the dis-ease and doesn Tt entirely preventserious complications such as blind-ness, heart attack, kidney failure,stroke, nerve damage, and amputa-tions.Type | diabetics must check theirblood sugar several times daily bypricking their finger for a bloodsample, to avoid excessively highor low blood sugar, both of whichare life threatening. They must alsopay close attention to healthy dietand exercise.Instead of individual data, anItalian Diabetes study analyzedWorld Health Organization data toHe date Thisholiday deasonWOOWWTOW3 women sueOprah Winfrey =WORCESTER, Mass. " Three women have sued OprahWinfrey, alleging she Tinea tae them as victimestic violence. Tracy Hoaglunid, M: ria Toney are seeking more than $75, :A spokeswoman for Winfrey and her T production company,Harpo Entertainment Group, said Witiftey wasn Tt aware of thecclawsuit and declined to comment.$plaint said.The women agreed to appear in a taped segment to discussa computer training workshop operated by a woman who alsoworks with victims of abuse, the: lawsuit said. For the inter-view, they were taken to-a nearby shelter for battered women.None of the three women has ever been a victim of domes-tic violence, and they did not discuss the subject in their inter-views, the lawsuit said. But when the show was aired i in April,the women were presented as. obattered women. � .Since the show, they ohave-been approached by friends,co-workers, and even complete strangers wishing to discusstheir alleged abusive pasts or demonstrating scorn, contemptor ridicule of their appearance on the program, � the com-of do-atet Mitchelland Glo-in damages.cured last year.vag 1999,LLL LLL EAE I Nl: i i Na A il I i i li, Ai: ly A a aN ER A A hl lt A RR iBank is suing rapper Master PNEW ORLEANS " A Louisiana bank is suing Master P,claiming the rap artist owes $739, oop on a line of credit se-The lawsuit, filed late last ssceth in East Baton RougeParish, claims Master P, whose real name is Percy Miller, hasfallen behind repaying a promissory note made by the bank in first evi? WVictors two questions: 1)& bd kidneys.and increasedprotein in the urine? 2) Would myblood. pressure bg better managedusing an ACE-inhibitor or betablockerto prevent a further decreasein kidney function?On the other hand, thy. AASK:study found that the use of a cal-cium channel blocker, also knownas a calcium antagonist or by the More Fruits, Vegetables Can Help Diabetescompare findings from 40 coun-tries. Although interpreting this typeof data can be difficult, the resultsare consistent with earlier studiesshowing increased type | diabetesrisk with increased intake of cow Tsmilk and meat protein, as well aswith food additives and nitrates indrinking water.Earlier findings also suggest thatvegetarian diets may protect againstthis and other chronic diseases. TheItalian researchers recommend fur-ther study of diet during pregnancyand early infancy to help determinehow diet may interact with inher-ited tendencies as described in type1 diabetes. They also emphasizedthe importance of preventionthrough diet.Researchers also found that resi-dents of wealthier, better educatedand colder countries less dependenton farming were at greater risk oftype 1 diabetes "where they maytend to eat more meat and dairyproducts and less vegetables andgrains.(Send questions comments toP.O. Box 1261, Stone Mountain,Ga. 30088 Or email to:thesweetsmellofsuccess @ hotmail.com.)=| ian, � said"s past vice-_professor emeritus.iversity School of © vain Kidney sease sto the high-risk groupBy ARICA ae ae ,We built this country. .That Ts a common refrain you hear fromAfrican Americans. In a general knowingway, African Americans are saying withthat phrase that slave labor and underpaidblack workers made this country possible.They not only picked the cotton, but also.laid the railroads, worked in the factoriesand erected the buildings.Recently discovered public records con-firm the use of African American slavelabor in the construction of. the two most .important structures in the country "theU.S. Capitol and the White House. Slavelabor was also used in the making of twosignificant statues in Washington, D.C., oneof which, the Statue of Freedom, was hoistedatop the dome of the Capitol in 1863.Ed Hotaling, a Washington-based tele-vision producer, is the one who made thediscovery. Whiie he was doing research fora program on the buildings, Hotaling un-earthed U.S. Treasury promissory notes toslave owners. These documents confirmedthat slaves were used in the construction ofthe Capitol and the White House. The slaveowners were promised $5 a month for eachof their slaves used in the construction.In fact, Treasury Department pay slipsshow that more than two-thirds of the labor-ers who worked on the buildings (450 out of650) were of African descent "400 slavesand 50 free men. Twelve slaves were usedto cast the Statue of Freedom.The revelations are not surprising tomany African Americans and shouldn Tt beto people with aknowledge of history. Con-struction on these structures began in 1792,and slavery wasn Tt banned by law until1865. In a strange political coupling, con-servative legislator and ex-football star, Rep.J.C. Watts, R-Okla., and former civil-rightsactivist Rep. John Lewis D-Ga., have jointly iia cetacean hresentatives to establish ofor the slave laborers who worked on theconstruction. �Watts says he hopes the bill will result in- amonument on the Capitol grounds honor-ing the slave labor used. oWe have hun-dreds of thousands of Americans coming tothe Capitol every year, � Watts said. oI thinkit Ts good for the American people to seesomething that denotes the contribution thatslaves made to this building. � oI think this is a very important revela-tion to know that African American slavesdid help build the greatest and most visiblesymbol of our democracy: the Capitol, �Lewis adds. oIt Ts important for not just thisgeneration, but for future generations toknow that these men had a role in buildingthe Capitol and the White House.We have to find a way to recognize theircontribution and find some fitting way topay tribute to them. � A similar resolution isbeing introduced in the Senate by Sens.Spencer Abraham, R-Mich., and BlancheLincoln, D-Ark. The obvious irony here isthat the Capitol and the White House, whichstand for liberty, were mainly built by peoplewho were excluded from such liberty.Watts does not rule out reparations forthe descendants of the slaves who workedon these specific projects. Any descendantswould be difficult to trace, however, sincethe promissory notes list only the first nameof the slave preceded by the word Negro,although the full names of the slave ownersis given.Many folks have a hard time with thenotion of reparations for slavery. 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After we begin toexperience the Consequences ofour fleshly decisions, our enemycomes along and Suggests to ourthoughts that it is God's fault forletting it happen, that it is some-one else's fault or we are losersand misfits that don't deserve tohave any victories in life. Theenemy will urge us to moveswiftly to fix the situation beforethings get worse arid before weknow it, we end up diggingourselves into a deeper hole thanwe were in before. The enemymay even show himself to someduring this time in order toparalyze them with fear becausehe is involved and trying towe have to stop everything, step.back to get a more objective viewof what's going on and then begin |to follow the principles that T Gohas given us in His word. 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THE EDITOR:Youth violence - why shouldyoung people resort to violenceto resolve their problems, whileothers face life's trials peacea-bly?Look at some of the societalproblems in our communities,yes; in Greenville/Pitt. County:deteriorating social and eco-nomic conditions, families_ stressed to the breakirig point;easy access to guns, drugs, andalcohol; and continued exposure_ to television, video games, andmusic that seem obsessed withviolent images. But a Key causereaches deeper and involveswhat children begin learningearly in life.4 Children learn first from- parents and caretakers and thelessons they provide have tre-mendous impact. By not moni-toring children's behavior, by notshowing children how to replaceBlack Cowboysj tkely to pick up that behavior.their- New Beaufort County Commissioner ! !shown above. is Deputy Jerry LangleyChildren "copy what they seeSyracuse University.-A large portion of young chil- |dren are not learning skills tosolve problems in appropriateways. Efforts must be made toeradicate poverty, to alleviatefamily stress, to improve the joboutlook for young people, tocurb violence in the entertain-ment media and to control accessto drugs and guns.Janet Reno,. Attorney Generalsaid, crime and violence arestill one of the great challenges.that we face." (News andObserver, Friday, October 27,2000)It takes courage, endurance andknowledge to reach out to kids.Beatrice Maye11/1/00HOW TO TALKTO YOUR MAN MAKE HIM FEEL LIKEA STRONGER, MOREWORTH WHILE PERSON BYNew County Commissionerparents do", says ArnoldGoldstein, director of the Centerfor Research and wageanes atYOU"1 TRULY BELIEVE YOU aeMY " ~ ABOVE| YOUR OWN." :YOU MAKE ME FEEL MOREOF A WOMANYOU HAVE A WONDERFULWAY OF MAKING MELAUGH."YOU KEEP ME _ FROMMAKING FOOLISHMISTAKESIM SO GLAD YOU'REBACK."I LOVE IT WHEN YOUTOUCH ME.."THANK YOU FOR BEINGYOUIN EVERY ONE OF THESEPHRASES, YOU SAY," I LOVEYOU.YOU MAKE ME_ FEELHAPPY, WARM, SECURE,WANTED, COMPLETE,FULFILLED, CONFIDENT,IMPORTANTTHINK OF YOUR MATELOVE |YOURS. - oHIM oAND HE"LLYOUCOMPLETELY "You SHOULD NEVERASK ADVICE FROM;1-People who don't really knowyou SRGRE et2-People who know you butaren't truly supportive.3-Colleagues at work even if yousense your restlessness is notspecifically about you.4-Relatives who have a precon-ceived notion of who you are andwhat you need.5-Friends who have a stake inkeeping you right where you are.6-Anyone with an a T to grind.7-Anyone who will condoneyour attempt to Stall, postpone,not try.BEREAVEMENTReverent sympathy to the fol-lowing families:Myrtle Fleming, Rufus Spain,Eugene Faison, Jean ElaineMills, Purvis Cohen, JamesEbron, Jr., Emma Whitehurst'sbrother and to others whoseBACK| iCulture"Bessie Simpson,"SPEEDY RECOVERYTo: Frank Norris, Jr, LeslieSpaulding, Queenie Smith andLizzie Henderson and PearlGardner of Winterville, HattieThompson, Simpson, DanielBullock, Sr., George Davies,Carter aswell as unknown othersRecognitionh .Ms. Annette Goldring, VicePresident, Greenville AlumnaeChapter, Delta Sigma ThetaSorority, was Mistress ofCeremonies along with BernardBush at the Hazel B. 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44Rebillions of dollars in court is pre-paring alawsuit seeking reparations"- for American blacks descendedfrom slaves. ~The project, called the Repara-firmed by Harvard law professor.Charles J, Ogletree and appears tobe the most serious effort yet to getAmerican blacks compensated for.244 years of legalized slavery. Law-suits and legislation dating back tothe mid-1800s have gone nowhere. oWe will be seeking more than -just monetary compensation, � - |Ogletree said. oWe want a changein America. We want full recogni- "tion and a Tremedy of how slavery | estigmatized, raped, murdered and ~ }exploited millions of Africans _through no fault of their own. �Ogletree said the group, whichincludes famed attorney JohnnieCochran, first met in July and will.hold its fourth meeting in Washing- iiton D.C: later this month. oThis country has never dealtwith slavery. It is America Ts night-maré. A political solution would bethe thost sensible but I don Tt have alot of faith that Ts going to happen._ So we need to look aggressively atthe legal alternative, � Ogletree said.For now, there are more ques-tions. than answers in the plannedlitigation. Left to be determined arewhen the suit will be filed, exactlywho. will be named as defendantsand what damages will be sought.Qgletree declined to discuss spe-cifigs but said the federal govern-memf, state governments and pri-vate entities such as corporationsand institutions that benefited fromslave labor could be targets of thelegal action. oBoth public and private partieswill be the subject of our efforts, �he said.Ogletree said the ReparationAssessment Group includes attor-neys Cochran and Alexander J. PiresJr., who won a $1 billion settlementfor black farmers who claimed dis-crimination by the U.S. Departmentof Agriculture; Richard Scruggs,who won the $368.5 billion settle-ment for states against tobacco com-panies; Dennis C. Sweet III, whowon a $400 million settlement inthe ophen-fen � diet drug case; andWillie E. Gary, who won a $500million judgment against theA Robinson,and African-American issues.Robinson recently wrote the book. oThe Debt: What America Owes to.Blacks, � which argues for repara-on tions.tions Assessment Group, was con-"- oThis.will be the most importantCase in the history of our country, �Pires said Friday. oWe all agree thesuit has to tell the story of whatslavery has done to blacks inJOHNNIE L. COCHRAN Jr.... to join in reparations suitAmerica ... oWe are still suffering fromSlavery Ts impacts today, � Pires said.Ogletree said the assessmentgroup will call on experts in educa-tion, politics, family development,health and economics to help tracehow slavery's outgrowths such assegregated schooling and neighbor-hoods have affected society today.Enslavement of Africans inAmerica began inthe 1600s. A slavesale was recorded in 1619 inJamestown, Va. The opeculiar in-stitution � helped to fuel the pros-perity of the young nation, whilealso dividing it. Slavery was notofficially abolished until1863, dur-ing the Civil War.Reparation supporters point torecent cases where groups have beencompensated in cash for historicindignities and harm.A letter of formal apology and$20,000 were given by the U.S.government to each Japanese-American held in internment campsduring World War II.Austria last week established apresident of theid TransAfrica Forum, a think tank "specializing in African, Caribbean_victims in the Nazi and Japanese-American cases were directly _harmed while many generationsseparate enslaved blacks and their |"modern-day descendants.In addition, those opposed to " ||teparations say it isn Tt fair fortax- |_payers and corporations who neverowned slaves to be burdened withpossible multibillion dollar settle-ments... PusNeither Ogletree nor Pires men-§} tioned any industry or company that_ could'be a target of the suit.But Pires said there were over-laps between the slavery of past_ centuries and today Ts corporations.He noted that. Aetna Inc., thenation's largest health insurer,~ apologized earlier this year for sell-~. ing policies in the 1850s that reim--» bursed slave owners for financial_ losses when their slaves died.__InJuly, Connecticut's HartfordCourant newspaper published afront-page apology for running ads_ for slave sales and the recapture ofrunaways in the 1700s and 1800s.Such advertisements were common-place in many newspapers until theCivil War. ,Pires was one of the lawyers inthe assessment group who discussedreparations in the November issueof Harper Ts magazine.Pires said he believes that anymonetary settlement or damage fig-ure should be among the last itemsdiscussed as the suit takes shape. Hesaid it is more important to tell thestory toall Americans of what slaverydid to the country oand let peopledecide what should be done torepay. � oMost people, � he said, odon Ttlike having dirt on their hands. �Joy |Joy |0 ~|tH oie_ Disney Exec Apologizes to Jesse_ Jackson for Black Hoes T Promo}|By SAMUEL WILLIAMS JR.Sentinel Staff WriterJesse Jackson has holstered hislegal pistols aimed at the WaltDisney Co., at least for now.Disney agreed to pay $1.5 mil-lion to settle two racial discrimina-tion suits filed two years ago for apromotion aired on KLOS-FM Ts oMark & Brian � Show.During that promotion, called oBlack Hoes, � black plastic gar-dening tools were given away asgag prizes to listeners and advertis-ers by the Disney owned station.The discrimination suit wasbased on allegations Disney allowedthe disc jockeys to use a double-entendre involving a slang pronun-ciation of the word owhore. �Disney called the allegations omeritless � and said they wouldfight the lawsuits.Jackson threatened to file acom-plaint with the Federal Communi-cations Commission about the pro-motion. Jackson voiced concernsabout newspaper articles statingDisney had paid out $2 million tosettle a similar lawsuit.Early this week, Disney Presi-dent Robert Iger called a meeting atthe, corporation Ts Burbank head-quarters with two Rainbow/PushCoalition officials and apologized,Iger promised to monitor pro-grams for racially insensitive pro-gramming in the future as well asimplement diversity training and .sensitivity programs for employeesand executives,Jackson had called for the firingof the employees and producers whocreated the promotion, but that will4rumble.not happen. In fact, the two morn-ing show talk hosts have receivedpromotions because their show pro-duced million of dollars in adver-tiser revenue for Disney.Officials from Rainbow/PUSHCoalition said the organization wasconvinced that after meeting withIger, any further action would behalted ofor the time being. �Microsoft Hit With Raceand Gender Bias LawsuitMicrosoft Corp. is being suedfor allegedly using a subjective jobevaluation process that discrimi-nates against black and female em-ployees, the Bloomberg News re-ported this week.Microsoft, the world Ts No. |software maker, opermits manag-ers who are predominately whitemales, to rate employees based upontheir own biases rather than basedupon merit, � Monique Donaldson,a former program manager atMicrosoft, claims.Well, it Ts me again! Back at oneof my eating establishments. Youknow the funny thing about ratingrestaurants and not Seine knownis that you can rate the service,food and atmosphere and no oneknows who you are. My friends,I remain your invisible rater, So,remember if your service is good,bad, or excellent, | may be the one_ telling everyone about it! Without_ furthe:r ado, let's get ready. topeeInland Restaurant)The twice-yearly evaluations areused to determine salaries, cashbonuses, stock option awards andpromotions, according to the suit,which seeks class action !stus.Microsoft spokes wan MarkMurray declined comment on thesuit Ts specifics, saying the com-pany has not seen it.Donaldson's suit, filed in a fed-eral court in Washington state, asksfor unspecified damagesand acourt Carruth Ts celebrity and a series oforder prohibiting the allegedlywrongful practices.NARY CUISINE__ Reparation opponents argue that _This writer feels that the food isgood, however, a little too expen-Sive for the budget.orders are in little containers thatare too costly.breakfast buffet was started, |ventured in on a Saturday morn-ing, and yes, readers, | must admitthe buffet did serve tantalizinitems such as sausage patties, linSausage, oatmeal, eggs, grits and_ Waffles. But the price! It almostshocked me into the year 2010, 1only want to say, that with Burger.King, Peaden Ts and yes my favor-ite B & E so close by, you ownersat Inland should rethink yourprices for the budget-wise con-The. sideRecently asumers, Don't get me wrong, |like the food, but after talking toco-workers, friends and family, »rethink the cost please?Overall, | rate this a 3 spoons,See Ya Next Week,The Invisible Food Editor!The Family That PraysTogether Stays Together...family members, were on hand for the 7th Annual Minority Business Expo.Rev Tyrone Turnage, pictured aJury selection began Monday inCharlotte, N.C., for the trial ofRae Carruth, former CarolinaPanthers wide receiver, who isaccused of contracting the murderof his baby son Ts mother, 24-year-old Cherica Adams, ~ lastNovember.Adams was shot fourtimes as she drove in a residentialneighborhood in Charlotte, beconfessed triggerman Van BrettWatkins, 40.Watkins pleaded guilty tosecond-degree murder and hasagreed to testify that Carruth paidhim $5,000 to kill Adams.Carruth has mainstainedhis innocence, claiming he wasmiles away from the shooting andhad nothing to do with itsplanning. 7However, a tape of the911 call that Adams made fromher car immediately after beingshot, along with statements shemade in the hours that followed,implicated Carruth. - oSomebody pulled up be-side me and did this, � she told the911 operator, gasping in pain, oIthink he did it, | don Tt know whatto think. �In three pages of notesthat she scribbled after comingout of surgery, Adams stated, oHe(Carruth) was driving in front ofme stopped in the road...Heblocked the front. �Adams was sevenmonths pregnant at the time andgave birth by emergencyCaesarean section gthatg samenight to. Chancellor Lee Adams.She died from her injuries amonth later, on Dec. 14.Carruth is charged withmasterminding the plot to killAdams because he didn Tt want topay support for the baby she wascarrying. Facing a variety ofcharges, including first-degreemurder, he is subject to the deathpenaltyif convicted.The case has attractednational attention because ofbizarre twists and turns. fAccording to a report inthe Charlotte Observer, Carruthhad paid Watkins $2,000 to beatAdams and cause a miscarriage inthe weeks before her fatal shoot-ing. The newspaper said Watkinswas hired Carruth to break intoAdams T home and beat her.Watkins said he didn Tt takeCarruth seriously but later fearedCarruth might target him,. too,because he had taken $2,000 anddone nothing.( at ll h (r0¢ lo Tra]Watkkins reportedly de-scribed how Carruth plotted theattack on Adams and gave 25-year-old = Michael EugeneKennedy $100 to buy a gun andammunition hours before Adamswas shot. After buying the gun,Kennedy, Stanley Drew oBoss �Abraham, 19, and Watkins andCarruth, and Adams left thetheater. Kennedy, Watkins andCarruth drove a Ford Expeditionin front of Adams, the Observersaid, the back Seat, the co-defendants told police. WhenCarruth stopped the Expedition,Adams was forced to stop too,and the men pulled alongside theBMW, stopped and opended fire,the newspaper reported.----After being released on $3million bond , Carruth was �,�Xx-pected to turn himself in to policeif Adams died. But when she diddie December, 14th Carruth fledto Tennessee with his friend,Wendy Cole. FBI agents foundhim the next day hiding in thetruck of Cole Ts Toyato Camryoutside a motel. According toprosecutors, Carruth had $3,900in cash in the truck, as well ascandy bars, a wireless phone andbottles to hold his urine, whichthey say, shows he was runningfrom authorities. He was takeninto custody and had been heldwithout bond.The latest twist came justdays before jury selection beganin the Mecklenburg CountyCourthouse, where SuperiorCourt Judge Lamm will allowcourt TV the trial. Last week,Carruth attorneys filed a motionwhich they claim will exoneratetheir clien. The motion claimsWatkins, expected to be theprosecution Ts key witness, told a �jail guard he shot Adams when:she made an obscene gesture athim, not because Carruth paid tohave her killed. oShe looked overat the car and seen us, she flippedme off... I lost it, I just startedshooting, �. Watkins is quoted assaying in handwritten notes froma sheriff's deputy included in thefiling.The defense claimsAdams. was shot just hours afterCarruth refused to finance a drugdeal involving Watkins, Kennedyand Abraham. oIt was Rae Ts fault, � thedeputy recalled Watkins saying. olf he had just given us themoney none of this would havehappened. �ReparBill SignecGov. Gray Davis has signed intolaw two bills introduced by Sen. Tom. *Hayden that begin the ihquiry into: ireparations for slavery and relatedtopics.By ROBERT FARRELLStaff photo jim Rouse | Ttions =The bills received major support. :from statewide African American "organizations, community activists,and academics in the University ofCalifornia and California State Uni-.versity systems.They and other actions will bediscussed at the First InternationalConference on Reparations for Afri-can Americans, Africans and Indig-enous People on Saturday, noon to 5p.m. inthe student lounge at Compton _Community College.For information, phone NeelamSharma at (323) 290-6146.The bills augment the thrust of =. |current national reparations activi-ties seeking to uncover and evaluatethe economic profits from slavery,amassed by slave owners -and theirbusinesses as well as corporations,utilities and insurance companies and "their predecessors.SB 2199, the Slaveholder Insur-ance Policies Bill, asks the state in-surance commissioner to seek archi-val records of insurance policies onslaves during the American slaveryperiod from insurance companies |doing business in California.At least five insurance companies, _ .including Aetna, are known to haveissued policies insuring slave ownersagainst the illness ordeath of their slaves.SB 1737, the UC Slavery Collo-quium Bill, asks that a research con-ference be held to explore and iden-tify the economic legacy of slavery inAmerica. The university would be.aided by the California State Library,which would use its resources to re-search slavery, chattel slavery andindentured servitude in California. oThese bills begin research in along-neglected field of study, � saidSen. Hayden. oI'm hopeful that they will but-tress existing efforts to analyze andassess the economic value of slavesin building this country. Uncoveringthis information is uncoveringeveryone's history. � he said.Connie Brown. one of three co-chairsof the Reparations Platform Committeethat mounted an informational demon-stration and rally during the Demo-cratic National Convention on the is-sues of reparations, said the legislationwas oextremely significant. It lays thegroundwork for future activity, bothelegislative and grass-roots, �Brown noted that the rally in Ex-position Park contributed to a changein the platform of the DemocraticParty. Under the oBuilding OneAmerica � entry, the following lan-guage was added to reflect the con-cerns of the Congressional BlackCaucus and national community con-cerns like those of the committee. oTo that end, Democrats supportthe creation of a commission of dis-tinguished scholars and civic leaders| to examine the history of slavery,_ discrimination and exclusion sufferedby all minorities; to report on thecontinuing effects of those tragicchapters in our history; and to makeappropriate recommendations on be- "half of the American people. �Brown said the coalition |lobby and keep its momentum goingthrough activities in the Los Angelesarea in coming months. oReparations is an issue that needsto be pursued, � she said. zh\

NAACPis happy the issue came Jasper, Texas, by three whitewp because it presents an oppor- supremacists in 1998. The billtunity for the public to examine died in the state Senate.Texas T current law andstudythe oThe predatory nature of~ need for change. Byrd Ts murder is a starkThe NAACP has supported reminder that hate is still assional efforts to pass destructive force in America, �strong federal hate crimes legis- said Mfume. oIt is reminiscentlation, although Congress _ of the lynchings that regularly recently abandoned one such took place in this country whenbill =~ the NAACP was established, �The proposed bill sought to said Mfume, adding, oSuchgive federal prosecutors new crimes require the most strin-authority to prosecute hate gent sanctions and toughestcrimes against women, the dis- punishments that the law canabled and gay and lesbian provide. �_ NORTH CAROLINA JUDICIAL BRANCH OFGOVERNMENTDISTRICT COURT TRIAL COURT COORDINATORThe Chief District Court Judge in Pi. County is seeking an individual toperform a variety of administrative and case management fimctions. The| Individual may manage the office in the absence of the Judge,The position requires the completion of « certified paralegal program oran associate degree program in legal secretarial science or businessadministration and four years of progressive experience in a law officeOr Court system, OF & college degree in court administration, criminaljustice, public administration, business administration, or related fieldand two years of progressive experience in a law affice or court system;or an equivalent combination of education and experience.State Government benefits with competitive salary.Interested applicants may submit a Judicial Branch Application(WWW.20¢. State. nc.us) and/or Resume to:Hon, David A. LeechChief District Court JudgePost Office Box 8147Greenville, NC 27835EOEGREENVILLEFI on" h " Tel (252) 439-5421on John T Harper Vox (252) 527-2521Floor Manager Fax (252) 439-5422home (252) 527-1633A Word of ShanksThank you for your vote of confidence on November7th. I am grateful for the support you have given methroughout my last two years of service as your NCHouse District 9 representative. Your support is vitalas we continue the progress we are making in Pitt andGreene counties, and I will work to maintain yourconfidence in the next term as your representative,Again, thank you for allowing me to be your voice inRaleigh.Sincerely,Rep. Marian McLawhornMarianaid for by the Committee to Re-elect Marian McLawhornsd at rn hestudied eight of| 3 Suejette JonesEXPERT ON RELIGIONAT ECU |One could not help having beenspellbound by the lecture onWorld Religions by HustonSmith, who is 81, delivered hismessage on Monday night,October 30 at the MedenhallCenter, East Carolina University.His gentle, quivering voice andsparkling: eyes reflected humil-ity, humor and wit as he exhib-ited his knowledge of Easternand Western religious cultures.Smith grew up in China, the sonof Methodist missionaries and atan early age became acquaintedwith the Eastern religions. Hewas exposed to Hinduism,Buddism, Taoism, Islam andChristianity. At age 17, he cameto the United States where hepursued and received a doctoratein the philosophy of religionfrom the University of Chicago.Afterward he taught in St. Louisat Washington University andretired from the University ofCalifornia at Berkeley. Hethe world Tsreligions, he places Christianityhelm as his oforemost � FROM THE MESSANGERpatho day nla ean org al MAGAZINEeven though religions vary inmany respects, that most of the Edited by Sondra KathrynWorld Ts faiths have the same Wilson } common denominators----that ofcondemning killing, stealing, ly- The Messanger was. the. third.ing and a strong intent for most popular magazine of thehumility, charity, and truthful- Harlem Renaissance, after the:ness, His own daily spiritual Crisis, and Opportunity. Unlike - |. practices include yoga stretches, the other two, though, TheScripture study, meditation and Messenger was not tied to a civilprayer. . _ rights organization. Labor activ-ist A. Philip Randolph andHe has atithored many books on economist. Chandler: Owenreligion but perhaps his best- started the magazine in 1917. toknown is oThe World Ts advance to the black masses theReligions � which has sold over cause of socialism. They be-two million copies and is used as lieved that a socialist societya primary textbook in. many was the only one that would becolleges and as a reference at free from racism and othe cheap,Pitt Community College and peanut politics of the old reac-East Carolina University. tionary Negro Leaders. �Smith went on to say that the The socialist ideology of Thepurposes of studying world re- Messenger, othe only magazineligions is to help one appreciate of scientific ideology of The ~one Ts own faith, rather than to Messenger, othe only magazineconvert. Some spiritual prac-. of scientific radicalism in thetices of other religions and world published by Negroes, �non-Christians actually comple- was reflected in the works pub-ment Christianity rather than lished in its pages. Thecontradict the teachings. They Messenger Reader containscan offer much that Chrisitans works by, among others, Paulcan appreciate. It is all depend- Robeson, Zora Neals Hurston,ent upon one Ts own scope of J.A. Rogers, Eric Walrond, andthinking and tolerance for the Dorothy West. Most of thisviews and beliefs that are not material has never been pub-your own. lished outside, of the magazine.He concluded his presentationswith a tape recorded chant by a Note: Sondra Kathryn Wilson isTibetan monk, having spent a an associate and senior researchsabbatical in Tibet where he at Harvards W.E.B. DuBoisdiscovered that Tibetan monks Jnstitute and the executor ofsing in chords using a single James Weldon Johnson § literaryvoice. The lecture was well properties.attended by people of all faiths.i cteeeeieeieeen be ee ee!oeist A,Wiggins, Hankerson, Milton T |.eg Ellot. Jones, Marvin Staton (62); 2d = i aMckoy, Charles Wiggins, Daniel Dawson,Charles Vincent (64); 3rd ~~ Bill Pearsall, Jerome...Howard Gaither, Tito Barrett (64).EASTERN JR, ee1st " Mark seen ition 147; tnd. 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Se ne4221# weet Baho ae ee eee aPh ~ inne ees camelianee ee Vernice WatsonDate: December 2nd, 2000Time: 10:00 - 12:00 & 1:00 - 3:00Place: Ramada Plaza Hotel203 W. Greenville Blvd. (Hwy 264 ALT) oy .For Additional Information252 - 215 - 9039 or 252 - 258 - 2392This Workshop is For SeriousGospel Music Industry Lover'sGospel Music Industry Workshop & Demo Clinic"Season's Greetings �hom The statt Of The "M Voice N£2 EREDaezur=4- Ballot 2000.......pictured above is Lt. Gov. Elect, Bev Perdue,News Anchour Lynette Taylor and Judgedames Wynn. Middle picture,Gov.elect Mike Easley and Gov Jim Hunt Bottom picture, former ChiefJustice Henry Fyre, attending rally at Rose High Schoolphoto Steve JohnsonWDE Traa % "_ TO THE EDITOR A white male officer took and nothing happened to him.as) a black inmate to our lockdown A white male sergeant waste;PLEASE HELP! pod, the inmate was scratched on brought up on charges ofste both sides by this white officer, sexual harassment, the femaleDear Sir: again was told not to go into that was moved to another shifta pool while the inmate was there. and nothing happen to thepag My name is Terrence A white seargean sergeant. A white sergeantRoberson and I feel that I have told another that he was not called an ex-officer aheen discriminated against here in Dare County where I live. |Bi! worked at the Dare County5 Petention Center for 11 years. |te was the only black sergeant at the"= detention center. | was threatenedwe by a white inmate, after | tried topet the inmate to repeat his threattein front of another officer so thatSE Zould have had him charged withcommunicating a threat. When7 the inmate would not repeat thee}Statement I then told him IF hefs icame after me, I was going to hurttihim bad. | was called into the*' Sheriff's office and told I had af hoice to resign or to be fired.3 This i is where the discrimination comes in,Bs A white male employee os oDf the detention center threatened36 walk into a pod, shoot a kill ack inmate, This employee wasId not to go into that pod whileat inmate was there, nothing= | �alae ee24 799 "geer:eu«aa"a.2 ee ee+es)SPett ts ter*etee« A former mineshink Bay High |* teacher who pleaded guilty tosex with a 16-year-old student. oa enteeed to serve 89 months ingoing to give any of THEMtheir birthdat off because theralready have that NIGGER TSday off(in reference to MartinLuther King Jr.Birthday). Awhite Cpl. and two whiteofficers pepper sprayed anddrug a black handicappedinmate down a flight of stairs,and nothing happpened to theofficers. A white sergeantwas brought up on assaultcharges twice (pending DA),and nothing happened to him.This same sergeant slammed -a inmates head into a counterfor asking, � can someone elsecount my money? �, againnothing happened to him. Awhite sergeant tried to date awhite female officer on hisshift and nothing happenedhim. A white male sergeantwas brought up on charges ofsexual harassment, the femalewas moved to another shiftntence TeacherFor Student Sex1 had a relation-the fall of 1998mj ended in the winter of 1999, saidKerner and theship that startedprogecutors.Kerner was arrested several monthsago after a probe by Edward Stancik,the special schools investigator.NIGGERLOVER in front ofa black female officer. Whenshe complained about it noth-ing happened to this officer.Two sergeants (white) wascharged with misdemeanorsand was not fired or anything.In this county there are 5police dept.and only | blackofficer. In the sheriff's Officeblacks. So as you camse¢feel I have been discrimnatesand have no where to turn. \fyou will PLEASE HELP.am married with 3 kids andthere is no way my careershould be over like this.Eleven years with no writeups or disciplinary action. Dothis like fair to you? Thanksfor your time.THANK-YOUWILDER'S AUTO SALES OF GREENVILLE, WOULD LIKE TO SAY. oTHANK-YOU"F URE, FOR ALL YOUR PATIENCE AS WILDER'S AUTO SALES MOVED TO IT TS NEW LOCATIONYES, WE HAVE MOVEDA LITTLE BIGGER, AND MUCH BETTERSO WE CAN BETTER SERVE YOUWE NOT ONLY SELL USED VEHICLES, BUT WE ALSO SELL NEWVEHICLES, FROM CARS TO TRUCKS TO UTILITY VEHICLES,WHATEVER YOUR HEART DESIRES,IF YOU DON TT SEE IT, DON TT WORRY, WE CAN GET IT, BECAUSEWE WANT YOU TO BE HAPPYCUSTOMER SATISFACTION GUARANTEEDSO COME BY AND SEE US TODAY, AND GET A GREAT VEHICLEAT A GREAT AND AFFORDABLE PRICEWE TRE ANXIOUS TO GET YOU RIDING, RIGHT AWAY,BECAUSE HERE v aa AUTO SALESWILDER TS AUTO SALES3810 S. CHARLES BLVD.TO YQU, ALL OF OUR IMPORTANT CUSTOMERS, PAST, PRESENT, ANDKERNER COULD HAVE beensentenced to serve 41 months in, ca cooper nde Federal tors stated after-ihe 16-year-old girl to Atlantic City for weed Sint were satisfied with the16 purpose of having sex with her.GREENVILLE, NC 27858"(252)355-3401CLEE WILDER (OWNER)