me : y ayFebruary 1-15, 2010 ; | ' ae Peay ; page2 question in the 2020 Census. dissuade Watts-Brighthaypt from fully al with her Vansboro|Couple continuedCivil rights i: -__ There are reasons other than Subpoena. Barry s colleagues stopped sh g for ttSe Coe ye a : generational gaps that some his resignation Tuesday, but several indicated that they any medical injuries resulting fromd 1] Ae ae ~ |. "~prefer Negro or Black. oFor % Reanett's serommpppndation to submit the matter to ain cident and that incident woulde eg 5 ion wants instance, we have people of the U.S. attorney's office for investigation. Benjamin tbe taken care of.Picasa ie African deenthat have come Fesdnan, spokesman forthe US tmey decid toay 8) ant into the country thik : citiz en 5 comment. However, two law enforcement sources familiar ding to sources of The Minor-: .) aUONS for Hai 5 and wilt coma ich but, With the matter said FBI agents and prosecutors have been ay vicetewalaliladebaatiesy eg ges don Tt like the term African. Xamining the allegations since they became public in July. 5 does not follow any typicalAmerican T because othey Bary might have violated the law, they said, but prosecutors procedures when trying to secure a.F veren Tt born f ere, ? Shelton are not sure they could have proved the allegations in court gun ina person residence. In addi-explained. oThey prefer theterm Black T. But in thisparticular category; we justneed to make sure that wecapture all of those groups. So_.. to help prevent the confusion;_. we've added all three terms. So,we think that it Ts a good idea. ?the goal of the census is toAn aerial view of Port-in-Prince ?s downtown area demonstrates comprehensive and asthe extent of damage inflicted by the powerful earthquake that accurately as possible. ? There_ hit the Haitian capital. Massive rebuilding efforts will be needed | is power in numbers, and the "and the World Bank is already preparing for that phase of the outcome of 2010 Census dataHaiti relief. (UN Photo/Logan Abassi) ae will determine how more thanree re ee $3 trillion in federal funding willbe allocated over the nextdecade as well as howGEORGIA, United States, February 12, 2010 " A Us ecade as well as hodelegation to Haiti led by civil rights veteran Joe Beasley is Will be represented in ©calling for a US$30 billion restitution payment by France to And so, the flow of federal.help Haiti rebuild after the devastating January 12th e .. funds into Blick communitiesand the end of what Beasley refers to as an unofficial blockade and_ than anything I Tve ever seen before or been able to imagine in how ever they selt- ide - ty. Themy mind, ? Beasley told IPS. oOne third of Port-au-Prince was | inclusion of Negro T ona U.S.destroyed, ? added delegation member Bruce McMiljillian.billion could really put Haiti on path to being a prosperous, oAmerica.fund the government has established to receive foreign aid with headcounts, according tothe promise of complete transparency. oWe believe the NGOs Chived versions of the 1990_ in Haiti are just as much of the problem as they are the solution, ? 204 2000 forms on the Bureau'she said. oAccording to certain officials in Haiti, only 20percent Website. So will Negro T everof the aid sent to Haiti works its way down so it Ts actually be phased out? oThe Census isreaching the people. ? oIt Ts our belief the Haitian people should 0t created to help transformcontrol their own fate and destiny, ? he added. Beasley and others the thoughts of theseSay they are working teducate the US public aboutthe situation Communities but to, make sure.in Haiti, particularly the political context that led to Haiti Ts it ¢oflects T that information, extreme poverty. oI think there are so many preconceived notions Shelton said. oAnd so, theabout Haiti that are negative and that need to be clarified, ? he Census will stop using it if thenoted. oI think this earthquake has provided us an apportunity American people decide thatto not only talk about the disaster, but to tell the truth about it Ts not helpful and that no oneHaiti, the historical reality around Haiti and why if happenedto Telates.toit any: more. As longbe the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. ? (Adapted 8 people relate to it and, again,from IPS) * : me to T capture that data asee : : 8 \ accurately and asU.S, Census Bureau Says Many Blacks a ws. Hossibe,° ° en it should be used. ?Still Identify Themselves as Negro T ee: mo a Teyby Pharoh MartinAdds Shelton, oWe shouldn Tt be.alarmed ... Keep in mind that »collect the information as "ane_ congressionalof Haiti. Beasley, 73, was part of a six-person delegation that Presentation | willl hantravelled to Haiti just over a week after the 7.0-magnitude quake . determined by how accurate thedevastated the capital, Port-au-Prince. oIt Ts absolutely worse © Black popnlanion 6 eounted, : oThere Ts homelessness and hunger everywhere. The US$30 ¢Ve2 in _post-segregationssne g Ty hte The word was listedmodern nation. ? McMiillian says the money should go toa special in at least the previous two45 milley get to question 9, about a person Tsthe designationents who self-Black president. oBeing a24-ar-old Black man I think ites me back to a place thata_ Austin Weatherington,in a news release that thes bee included on Censusmmunity, especially today | o'*with the country being led by, otleieante» tod\q divide but there are a lot of used now, ? saidi AgeFos pedaySayHB the word Negidue to a change in question~ wording. Secondly, the Census oBureau is following T theguidance of the U.S, Office of oManagement and Budget Ts1997 revised standards for theclassification of race andethnicity for federal data after aseries of tests were conducted~ in 1996. To that end, The OMB.ice - definedthe oBlack or African_ American T racial category as oaperson having origins in any ofthe black racial groups ofAfrica, ? and stipulated that oterms such as: Haitian T or Negro T can be used in additionto Black or African~ American T. ? The NAACPis notlarmed as Weatherington,the African-Americanmunity, there is a tendencybe more of a generationala ii iainolder African-Americans thattill utilize that term and prefermt ? said Hilary Shelton,NAACP Ts vice president for oadvocacy and director of itsWashington Bureau. TheCensus Bureair will again bee Negro ? from the racemadquestionnaire is because testing CONtINUEM.....Rober S.NNPA _ National prior to Census 2000 indicated Bennett. To get some of hisCocesindeei that a large onumbet Of money back, Barry at onerespondents self-identified with _ point delivered a city check toWASHINGTON (NNPA)- In _ the term. They decided against " Watts-Brighthaupt, drove herMarch, many of the estimated mitting the term in order to to.a bank and waited in the carPonte avoid an unintendedundercount ~ yntil she came back with thecash. Barry, 73, denied theallegations leveled againsthim. oT have been in office 55years, and even my publicenemies, my political enemies,my other enemies have neverimplied that I ever took apenny that wasn Tt owed tome, ? Barry said from thecouncil dais in reaction toBennett's report. The reportalso says Barry oprovidedsubstantial financial benefits tosome of his close friends andsupporters ? and called for thecase to be referred to federalprosecutors. oWe concludeMr, Barry breached thehighest ethical standardsexpected of him, ? Bennetttold the council during thepublic hearing, oWe find hisconduct not only appeared tobe improper, but wasimproper. We find Mr, Barrybreached the public trust andviolated the conflict-of-interest laws of the District ofColumbia. ? The report also_ found that Barry (D-Ward 8) omounted a concerted effort ?to interfere with © theti F4ih. eefinvestigation by attempting toand will pull information from the report, according to the_ Sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity because theyare not permitted to discuss such matters in public.The Black Caucus is aFund-Raising PowerhouseBy ERIC LIPTON and ERIC ACH ooSoon enough, in 2008, a jazz band was playing at whatamounted to a mortgage-burning party for the $4 milliontown house..Most political groups:in Washington wouldhave been barred by law from accepting that kind of directaid from corporations. But by taking advantage of politicalfinance laws, the caucus has built a fund-raising juggernaut- unlike anything else in-town. It has a traditional politicalfund-raising arm, subject to federal rules. But it also has anetwork of nonprofit groups and charities that allow it tocollect unlimited amounts of money from corporations andlabor unions. From 2004 to 2008, the Congressional BlackCaucus Ts political and charitable wings took in at least $55million in corporate and union contributions, according toan analysis by The New York Times, an impressive amounteven by the standards of a Washington awash in cash. Only$1 million of that: went to the caucus Ts political actioncommittee; the. rest poured into the largely unregulatednonprofit network. (Data for 2009 is not available.) The" disadvantaged African-American by providing scholarshipsand internships to students, researching policy and holding_ Seminars on topics like healthy living. But the bulk of themoney has been spent on elaborate conventions that havebecome a high point of the Washington social season, aswell as the headquarters building, golf outings by membersof Congress and an annual visit to a Mississippi casino resort.In 2008, the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation spentmore on the caterer for its signature legislative dinner andconference " nearly $700,000 for an event one organizercalled oHollywood on the Potomac ? " than it gave out inscholarships, federal tax records show. At the galas, lobbyistsand executives who give to caucus charities get to minglewith lawmakers. They also gef seats on committees thecaucus has set up to help members of Congress decide whatpositions to take on the issues of the day. Indeed, thenonprofit groups and the political wing are so deeplyconnected it is sometimes hard to tell where one ends andthe other begins.Even as it has used its status asa civilrights Organization tobecome a fund-raising power in Washington, the caucushas had to fend off criticism of ties to companies whosebusiness is seen by some ds, detrimental to its blackconstituents. These include cigarette companies, Internetpoker operators, beer brewers and the rent-to-own industry,which has become a particular focus of consumer advocatesfor its practice of charging high monthly fees for appliances,televisions and computers. Caucus leaders said the givinghad not influenced them. oWe're unbossed and unbought, ?said Representative Barbara Lee, Democrat of Californiaand chairwoman of the caucus, oHistorically, we T ve beenknown as the conscience of the Congress, and we're theones bringing up issues that often go unnoticed or just aren Tton the table. ? But many campaign finance experts questionthe unusual structure. oThe claim that this is a trulyphilanthropic motive is bogus " it Ts beyond credulity, ? saidMeredith McGehee, policy director at the Campaign LegalCenter in Washington, a nonpartisan group that monitorscampaign finance and ethics issues, oMembers of Congressshould not be allowed to have these links, They#| cept many thi_ from many others, At one time thecaucus says its nonprofit groups are intended to help.tion, we were informed that any of-ficer must be invited into a homewithout a prior warrant being issued.The Jenkins are still very frightenedand concerned for their safety. Theyare even hesitant to call the SheriffDept. in case of future break-ins.Unfortunately, the Jenkins family isno stranger to trouble i. Living in_ Vansboro for over 79 years, a townwith a long history of racial tensionMr. Jerikins has seen his fair share ofa racist behavior by local lawenforce-~ ment . He recalls Like many African-m= Americans growing up in the segre-_ gated South, he has learned to ac-things and walk awayJenkins Family lived on one of the| largest farms in Vansboro, a place- where he still resides. At one point oafter being told by-someone wishing to buy his property he was asked "_ have youever seen a Black man with_ this much property. Shortly after re-~~ fusing to sell the original family home- had been destroyed a fire set by sus-~ pected Klu Klux Klan members.Years after rebuilding crops were set:ablaze shortly after harvest. He hasawoken to the sight of several burn-ing crosses in his front yard even asrecent as1982. His home has beenshot upon countless times while ra-cial slurs rang out from the car. Un-believably, in all these cases: nocharges were ever filed. The Jenkinsremained silent they are a living ex-ample of Black History a tmuepic-ture of what perseverance and hard-work can accomplish, It is Mr.Jenkins belief that all these attacksthat he and his family have enduredover the years stems from-one thing» to get him to sell his property, along time request from other local* farmers. Mr. Jenkins and his wifehowever are resilient pedple andhave no intension on selling. It istheir wish for their grandchildren toone day inherit the land and they willNot be scared off. After a prelimi-ary inyestigation by local NAACP\ leaders the State NAACP has filedan official report and a complete in-vestigation of the violation of the_ Jenkins Civil Rights by local law en-forcement is underway, The Minor-ity Voice newspaper offers our com-__ plete support to the Jenkins familyand hopes others will offer their gup-port as well |Blacks Suffer MoreFrom LactoseIntolerariceLoma LowAmong those over the age of five,approximately 90-95 percent ofblack individuals throughout theworld will have partial or completelactose intolerance. Milk intoleranceoccurs when lactase, the enzymerequired to metabolize the milk sugarlactose, decreases or becomes absentinthe strointestinal tract, Childrenare born with*the correctlyanother pocket, and a very deep pocket, for special-interest functioning enzyme. However, when:money that is intended to benefit and influence * tld teaches around the age of fiveofficeholders. ?Not alll caucus memberssupport the donors T goals, and someyears old, for reasons unknown,black children partially or completelylose the lactase enzyme, Childrenissues, like a debate last year over whether to ban menthol below the age of five, who havecigarettes, have produced divisions. But caucushave attracted increasing scrutiny from ethics iAll eight open House investigations involve caucusmembers severe bouts of diarrhea or another_ severe illness, may also developtemporary or permanent lactosemembers, and most center on accusations of improper ties: intolerance, Because thé level ofto private businesses, And an examitlation by The Times. lactase deficiency varies betweenshows what can happen when companies offer financial support to caucus members, |individuals, some will be able todrink more milk before symptomsoccur than others,