Se ke ee ae ee en eee eee a ee eg es x : ce ee ae : Beaufort/Washington What You See Is What You Get, What You Read Is What You Know & Save EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA’S MINORITY VOICE — SINCE 1987 aa dite ort OICE THURSDAY, JULY 13-WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1989 THE BEST IS LEAVING THE SYSTEM... Our children will miss one of Pitt County’s best educators. Ms. Cookie Williams has retired from the school system after years of teaching and counseling. Shown above is a dedicated and serving sister of education. Shown with Mr. and Mrs. Williams is their lovely daughter. (Voice photo by Jim Rouse) WE’VE COME A LONG WAY BY: DEACON JAMES VINES As I came closer to the street where all the comotion was, I could see a large crowd of people gathered in the street. I met an old lady coming from the crowd and she was hysterical wringing her hands and trying to talk. I just couldn’t understand what she was saying, but I did figure out that she was trying to tell me how horrible the situation was. I took her by the arm and led her to the front porch of a house not far from where the incident had hap- pened. After she had gotten herself together she finally began to talk so that I could understand her. So I left her and went up to the crowd and as I pushed my way through the crowd to get a better look, I could see smoke coming from the windows and doors of the house. I came close to a cousin of mine who was there and ask her what had happened, and she told me that they were shooting tear gas in the lady’s house trying to make her come out, but she still insisted that she . had done no wrong and was not coming out. I later found out that someone had called the police and told them that she had a gun ni cmsumanens and was shooting at every one that past the street, and when the police arrived they never stopped to investigate to see if she really did have a gun. After she wouldn’t come out the police con- tinued to shoot tear gas through the windows. After about five minutes they began to shoot in the window and doors until she decided to come out. As she open- ed the door she had something in her hand that one of the officers said was a gun, which turned out to be a large silver spoon. I push- ed my way through the crowd un- til I was just about to the front of the house where I could see everything that was going on, but what I saw I wished I had gone another way. It was a pitiful sight to see the way the officers were dragging her out of the house and across the yard where they let her lay there dying and in very much pain. I watched as long as I could and then I turned and ran back home to tell my mother but she had heard what was going on and was on her way down there to see for herself. I kept going and was so sick in my stomach after seeing a seventy year old women laying out there and nobody could do anything about it. We didn’t have any kind of organizations to help us, so whatever happened to colored folk then was just done and kept down to keep it here and keep it quite. If you happen to speak out about how we were treated it would be hard to get a job or anything to keep your family going. After all of this and other acts of violence were made against us we decided to do the only thing that was left for us to do and that was to unite in prayer. For the next five or six weeks things were very sad for all of us who were there to witness sucha terrible sight, and every one of us was afraid to be seen on the street after dark, because of the curfew that the Chief of Police had issued. This is our final chapter of ‘‘We’ve Come a Long Way,” until after the book by the same name has been published. I would like to thank all of you who have read the tru and real life story and we do hope that you will be sure to buy the book. It’s time for Black Americans to act! City razes safety hazards In the heady days of the ’60s and ’70s there weren’t enough black conservatives to get a game of pinochle going. Black conservatives are still nothing to write home about, but their num- bers are on the upswing. Conser- vatism may not be the ultimate philosophical home for blacks, but it’s a fairly safe bet it won’t be liberalism. Liberalism has done more harm to blacks that one- time Georgia Gov. Lester ‘ Maddox, Mississippi's Theodore Bilbo, who wanted to deport all black Americans, and all the Klansmen could have ever done. Let’s look at it. The liberal philosophy that criticized chaste sex mores had its most devastat- ing impact on blacks, having given up traditional values, where black teen illegitimacy was once lower than whites (1918), and total black illegitimacy was 13 percent (1939), today’s black illegitimacy is 55 percent. Kids living in two- parent families are down to less than 50 percent whereit once stood at 85 percent. Criminal coddling is another component of liberal philoso- phy; ithas made life a nightmare for many blacks, Murder is the chief cause of death for young black males. In some black neigh- borhoods, people don’t dare go near their windows, or they sleep on the floor for fearof being hit by stray bullets. In some neighbor- hoods, delivery menandtelephone repairmen refuse to service Cus- tomers or demandescortsfor fear of robbery and assault. There’s the mass destruction of public telephones, parks, swimming pools, and other amenities im- portant to poor people who may not be able to afford private phones, or visit national parks, or swim at country clubs. The same liberals blessed the nation with widespread drug us- age. Those who argued against LSD, marijuana, and cocaine were portrayed as cranks and pariahs interfering with good clean fun. Laughter and ridicule greeted the person who suggested these drugs might lead to addic- tion. Now drugs are in, They;ve had their worst effect on blacks, turning youths into rap-talking zombies and pushers, and black neigh yds into Beiruts. Liberals virtually destroyed any chances for black academic. excellence, Their early battle was against standard that is, “courses ir elevar tesla dards which they portrayed as irrelevant BY: WALTER E. WILLIAMS teachers and fellow students, and have a contentless curriculum. Today, large numbers of black students cannot begin to meet academic qualifications for ad- mittance to colleges. But not to worry, liberals attacked college tests and academic standards as racist. It’s high time that blacks real- ize that many politicians, judges, police, and school authorities hold contempt for their right to live normal, peaceful, productive lives. Black politicians, ‘‘leaders,”’ and civilrights organizations have sold us a bill of goods rotten goods, double-talk, and unconscionable deceit. For example, they fight tooth and nail against proposals for tuition tax credits or school vouchers to give parents an edu-** cational choice for their children. They say, let’s save public schools and not give up hope. Yet the good Rev. Jesse Jackson, Del. Walter Fauntroy (D-D.C.), and D.C. Mayor Marion Barry, and others, send their children to private Blacks cannot depend on poli- ticians. They must protect their own neighborhoods, even if that means using violence to clean up drug corners and crackhouses. They must show up on school premises to mete out instant jus- tice to miscreants. ‘‘Williams,”’ yousay, ‘‘that sounds like vigilan- tism.”’ Well, Isay: What doyoudo when established legal authori- ties refuse to do their job just sit and take it? And for how long? City. crews today demolished a five-room wooden house on Flem- ing Street under a City Council” ordeg, which found the structure i. efrous afid prejudicial to the public health and public safety’. The demolotion was the second following a May 11 decision by the Council to remove dilapidated structures no longer fit for habitation. The owners, the John Langley heirs, had been ordered to repair or raze the building at 1002 Fleming Street. When Ithe owners failed to act, the city manager ordered Greenville’s Public Works Department to bulldoze the house. The heirs will be billed for demolition and, fail- ing to pay, will have a lien plac- ed against the property so City taxpayers are repaid. Making Your Dream A Reality Black Americans have long been short on patience. This is particularly true when it comes to owning a business. Corporate mergers, stock market fraud, the instability of the Savings and Loans Industry have brought this nation to the brink of financial bankruptcy. It is small wonder that the vast majority feel that a weekly or monthly paycheck is far more appealing than the un- certainty of self-employment. The Small Business Administra- tion estimates that eighty percent BY ARCHIE A. HARDING of all beginning businesses fail. A high percentage of these failures, they conclude, is due to under- capitalization - that is, insufficient funds to conduct business effec- tively, This, I agree may well be true on the national level, but the death of most Black- Owned busi- nesses can be attributed to the absence of enthusiasm and per- sistence. I have had the opportunity to study the deeds of men both great and small. I have discovered that the main ingredient that separates greatness from mediocrity is en- thusiasm and persistence. Cur- rently, there are more than one hundred Black-owned businesses in Beaufort County. Some are less than one year old; (The Christian Gift Shop on Main Street), others have existed for more than a half a century; (Randolph Funeral Home). Enthusiasm and persis- tence has Played or will play a key role in their success or failure rate. (Continued on page 4) Garrett named divisional nurse of the year Georgia Garrett, a registered nurse at Pitt County Memorial Hospital, was recently named Surgery Division Nurse of the Year. Garrett received an engraved plaque, long-stem rose and a $100 voucher for professional use. She According to an April 21 report by Chief Building Inspector Jim an, the house posed:a safe- ty hazard be turally unsétnd. Kaufman reported siding from the house was missing, that it’s roof was in weak condition, almost all of its windows were broken or missing and that is front porch has rotten out. Kaufman also found that the house had been burned and sus- tained severe damage. A chimney had been supported by a section of the building which had burned, creating the possibility that the chimney could collapse. Beer cans and wine bot- tles inside the shell of the house also showed that people were gathering inside the abandoned building, which has remained va- cant for the past eight years. “Several fires have occurred (in the house) in the past several years originated by vagrants tak- e it was struc- ing refuge in the house during winter. months,’’ Kaufman reported. “Vagrants and other persons have been utilizing this structure for a gathering place for several years now, exposing themselves and adjacent neighbors to serious injury due to structural collapse or fire.”’ LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Dear Editor, A major problem confronting every American is what to do with our garbage. In Pitt Co./Greenville, we have a suc- cessful effort underway to preserve our landfill for as long as possible. However, every citizen, young and old, must join in the daily efforts to recycle and, to avoid buying products and (Continued on page 9) i <_?. = =. z = 2 Ss oe # ve ree ee r ; ie ee ee we ee ze “4 OP Mg ee A ee ee ees E = i a alls inte ee = ¢ Pea ae a + le een A eR er ae cee ne ais s 1. Communication. A healthy family is a communicative fam- :. ily. It talks, it listens, it under- 2. Conviction. It has a clear-cut set of values that it transmits to the next generation. 3. Affirmation. It provides a lot of personal support. It’s expres- sive. It conveys its love and confi- dence and hope. 4. Trust. Parents not only feed responsibility to children, but they also prove themselves trustwor- thy to their children. 5. Respect. Family members have respect for themselves and for each other. Not just parents to children, but children to parents, and children to children. 6. Care. Family members know how to play: they have a sense of humor. They use their leisure: ‘ time to build relationships. They SDAY, JULY 19, 1989-THE ‘M’ VOICE ~ share what they have with others _ in their community, in their church, and in their world. 7. Responsibility. A healthy family assumes responsibility not only for its own existence but also for other people. — 8. Initiative: A healthy family is not turned in on itself. It seeks to minister outside of itself and to become involved with society. A CHECKLIST FOR THE JOB INTERVIEW 1. Do your homework. Research the company. 2. Dress as if it were the first day on the job. 3. Be on time and allow extra time even if it means waiting outside. 4. Go by yourself. 5. Nervous? Visit the company in advance. This gives you confi- dence. 6. When you walk in always introduce yourself with a pleas- CAREER OPPORTUNITIES CLERK TYPIST II 7. Be a... top your res- ume orally. Are your remarks. . direct and : clear? 8. How is your grammar and enunciation? : 9. As you sit down; think about your posture and hand move- ments. Avoid distracting move- ments. 10. Beware - negative remarks or criticisms of a former employer is almost sure to knock you out of the running. 11. Avoid too much makeup, perfume or cologne, 12. LOOK the interviewer in the eye, not out the window or aroun the room. a BILL OF RIGHTS FOR PARENTS 1. We have the right to make rules. 2. Wehave the right to be differ- ent from other parents. 3. | Wehave the right to dis- agree with our children. 4. Wehave the right toshow our feelings. 5. We have the right to make parental mistakes. 6. We have the right to privacy. 7. We have the right to have friends. 8. We have the right to seek help. 9. We have the right to lead our trom: Christian Home Magazine) — 1. Count to 10 - or 100 if neces- sary. 2. Calm your infuriating thoughts by distracting yourself for a moment. 3. Leave the room for a while. 4. Work off some immediate tensions by takingabrisk walkor — engaging ina vigorous activity or talking to a friend. | 5. When it comes time to ad- dress the cause of your anger, _ don’t underestimate the value of — courtesy. 6. Wise observers of the human condition once advised that when you’re feeling a strong and sud- den anger: Describe what you feel. Describe what needs to be done. Do not attack the person. 7, Expressing anger can serve a purpose - but it ought to be help- ful, not hurtful. 8. If we know that our immedi- ate impulse is to hurt the other person, it would be better to ven- tilate these ‘hot’ feelings with a trusted third party as a way of taking some of the destructive edge off. 9. A special caution for parents _ with young children: besure when © Administrative Division of the Public Works Department. Performs general clerical duties including typing, recordkeeping, filing, billing, report preparation, answering telephone and related duties. 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MAYE IS THE PROUD GRANDMOTHER. you tell them you’re angry that you make it clear that it’s the child’s behavior - not the child - that you dislike. A child may misunderstand parental anger and take it to mean he or she is a bad person. 10. Is ‘getting it off my chest” a good idea? Not always. Ventilat- ing anger is like ventilating a fire. The environment will only become more heated and smoky. 11. ‘A person of quick temper acts foolishly, but a person of discretionis patent. (Prov. 14:7). 12. When You’re Provoked.. . Be courteous, put your angethe world, be understanding, don’t let pride get in the way, look behind the anger, listen to the complaint, don t take it personally, and look for help. 13. Angeris a complex emotion. We get angry at ourselves for the things we do - or fail to do. We get angry at others for perceived slights, whether they’re real or even intended. We get angry at misfortunes or rail at God like Job did. 14. Anger is as a part of our lives. 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In the heat of anger, aggressive children cannot think of any other way torespond than with hostility and fighting. It rarely helps to simply tell an angry child just to stop...it’s far more helpful to of- fer analternative. Inother words, we can be taught to control our response to anger. Acceptable responses are learned within the family and in social situations. in their book, ‘“‘Bringing Up a Moral Child’. Michael Schulman and Eva Mekler advise “‘teaching your child certain realities of every- day life’’. Those realities include the following: 1, Other people don’t exist just to satisfy your every whim. 2. If someone harms you it’s important to know whether it was done intentionally or not. 3. There will be times when we cannot have what we want be- cause someone else has equal claim to it, or because it will in- fringe on the rights or well-being of others. . 4, While it is natural to get annoyed, try toput yourself inthe other person’s place. It’s noteasy but it might help. 5. Humor Helps. ‘‘Once as a child, when I was enjoying a sul- len and irritable mood, my father insisted I accompany him to an afternoon of Charlie Chaplin movies. There I learned that you cannot maintain a sullen mood when you are laughing out loud’”’, writes Carol Tavris. 6. Anger is often a bitter, divi- sive, difficult emotion for all con- * cerned. Humor isn’t always ap- propriate, but sometimes it can help ease tensions, The “M”’ Voice JIM ROUSE Publisher Georgia Rouse Business Manager ABDUL JAMES ROUSE III Co-Publisher ‘ 5 : : 4 mm fa ae on | # Pe ei ie i y 4 a ‘ DP cb © = —— Yo = & > = ot fal aan ha cp- af BLACKSTONE REALTY, INC. 106 West 15th Street — Phone: 946-9 ee : : . Washington, North ote 9 vat The Seventh Annual Family Reunion of the Laughinghouse - Sneed Familiies “We Can Do Better Together” African Americans. 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Across From Heilig Meyers Greenville, N.C. 27858 4 ey hae PUN RAE MR AG ee GE TRAD o.@.@ Bus. 946-0086 Night 946-2343 ee i ee ae ee oe eee EEF EF Cae, & ' ' “4 a @NATION ALLY SYNDICATED COLUMNe Blacks can help Dinkins by being cool Although Iam not a Democrat, I have a great interest in the Democratic race for mayor of New York because of its impact on Blacks nationwide. One in 10 Blacks (3.2 million) in America live in the New York metropolitan area, the Census Bureauannouncedrecently. That fact alone makes David Dinkins’ run for mayor of particular sig- nificance. As a Black man, Dinkins’ strategists have had to be ever mindful of race and racism ina city that has become in recent years more notorious than Ala- bama and Mississippi for racially driven incidents. Dictators are not welcome here!! Sese Seko Mobutu, the self- appointed president-for-life of Zaire (formerly known as the Congo), arrived in New York City last week en route to Washington, DC where he was scheduled to meet with President George Bush. Dozens of protesters were wait- ing at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel where Mobutu was staying inNew York to let this vicious dictator and abuser of human rights know that he was not welcome here! The protest was supported by a broad range of student organiza- tions, long-time anti-Mobutu and anti apartheid activist groups, grassroots citizens’ lobbies, com- munity organizations and others concerned with the struggle for democracy here, and around the world; they included the US-Congo Friendship Committee, the All- African Peoples Revolutionary Party, the New Alliance Party, the Rainbow Lobby the Patrice Lumumba Coalition and the American Arab Relations Com- mittee, which are leading the grassroots moyement that is coming to oppose this greedy ty- rant whocame to power a quarter of a century her after collaborat- ing with the CIA to assassinate Patrice Lumumba, the father of Congolese independence. The hero’s welcome given to Mobutu by the President of the United States was a profound in- sult to the Black people of this country and to our African sisters and brothers. We should not be surprised by it; insults to the African American community come natural to the white su- premacist leaders of both the major parties. But the complicity of some among our official Black leadership in the scheme to make an international peacemaker out of a murderous thug such as Sese Seko Mobutuis nothing less thana betrayal of Black people every- where. Last fall this ally of apartheid hosted an official visit to Zaire from P.W. Botha, the prime min- ister of South Africa; when Zairian students took to the streets of . Kinshasa, the capital, to protest this despicable act, they are shot down in cold blood by Mobuto’s soldiers. This gunrunner has allowed Zaire to be used as a conduit for the arms that the United States supplies to the contras of Angola, Jonas Savimbi’s South African/ US-subsidized UNITA mercenar- ies, in their 14 year effort to bring down the popular MPLA govern- ment of Jose Eduardo dos Santos. Now Mobutuis being promoted by the White House as the elder statesmen of Africa, a peace-lov- ing friend of democracy who is ly bringing the 14 year old Angolan “civil war’ toan end. Nothing couldbe further from the truth. The myth which the corporate- owned media are helping to pro- moteis partof anelaborate public relations now underway to clean up to’s image so can go on serving as the t man for US policy in south- & RUE AD this dictator into a t. And no movement of wrpet can cover up the trail and Kinshasa to One news report says that the Dinkins strategy is cautious and conservative: solidify his base among Blacks, union members, White liberals and Hispanics who voted for Jesse Jackson in 1988. Then he must go after enough moderate Jewish voters and White Catholics “to win 40 percent of the primary vote needed to avoid a run off... Dinkins would win easily if he received 75 percent of the Black vote, 50 percent of the Hispanic vote and 25 percent of the White vote,” speculated The New York Times. Race and racism are given in today’s New York. Even the numbers tell the story. A poll showed that 37 percent of regis- tered Democrats will vote for Dinkins and 24 percent for Mayor Edward Koch. But ina one-on-one with Mayor Edward Koch, Dink- ins gets 32 percent of the White vote while Koch carries 46 per- cent (only 14 percent of Blacks are for Koch). But Black and White New Yorkers do agree on one thing; they see drugs and crime as the number one and two problems respectively. Dinkins should see this finding as the possible solu- tion to the race problem that is almost inevitable. ‘As racial tension builds, both Blacks and Whitesare more likely to vote for people of their own »* eommented a White politi- tant. That means that the first full-blown controversy over Black anti-Semitism or a violent incidentof a Black against a White during the hot, summer months could devastate Dinkins’ chances. Dinkins can’t control that fac- tor because some fool somewhere is going to do something foolish. Therefore, to move the focus away from race (and racism), Dinkins should concentrate on drugs a legitimate concern and equally devastating to all racial and so- cio-economic groups. The magnitude of the problem is staggering and obvious to ev- eryone, it seems, but the politi- cians. In 1985, only four percent of New Yorkers said that drugs shouldbe the number one concern for the mayor, This year, 37 per- cent feel that way. Crime is a distant second at about 25 per- cent. Dinkins could penetrate this fertile market by explaining that while Whites generally regard drugs as a Black problem, drug usage is more prevalent among This Way For Black Empowerment man Ron Dellums has introduced H.R. 1899, which would cut off US aid to the Mobutu regime until there is some improvement in Zaire’s abysmal human rights situation. Iam glad to say thata majority of Mr. Dellums’ colleagues in the Congressional Black Caucus sup- port this very crucial legislation. I am ashamed and angry to say that notall of them do. Some of our establishment Black leadership are lending their names and influ- ence to perpetrate the myth that this traitor is an African hero. Congressman Mervyn Dymally of California, Mobuto’s best friend on Capitol Hill, is a case in point. He continues to lead the opposi- tion to H.R. 1899. But the groundswell of grass- roots opposition to Mobutu is beginning to have an effect. So far, despite the efforts of his apolo- gists, he has been successfully kept out of the African American community. A scheduled visit to Los Angeles in March — stage managed by Mr. Dymally and a circle of African American busi- nesspeople, with Mayor Tom Bradley poised to serve as Mobuto’s official host — was abruptly calledoff. More recently James Usry, the mayor of Atlan- tic City, New Jersey and the presi- dent of the National Conference of Black Mayors, backed out of a long-planned, all-expense-paid trio to Zaire with the excuse that he had a prior commitment to judge the Miss Tennessee beauty pageant! And Mayor Marion Barry of Washington also bowed to pressure from the growing anti- Mobutu movement — without acknowledging it—and explained that the reception he had been planning to give for Mobutu last Sunday was being canceled be- cause the Zairian dictator was needed in Africa to continue his peacemaking efforts. The walls of Jericho are begin- ning to crumble; they have not fallen yet. We have achieved a clear victory in making Mobutu persons non grata in the Black community. But when he returned to Kinshasa he did not leave empty-handed. No doubt he and Whites. And Blacks could be | appealed to on the basis that they are more frequently the victims of crime which is drug related. These twoissues, properly articu- lated, will appeal to 62 percent of the voters and avoid the entrap- ment of racism. by nai slp Dinkins most ybeingcool, = = = ONY BROWN’S JOURNAL TV series can be seen on television Sunday on Channel 25 at 1:30 p.m. Please consult listings. The Real Congressional | Corruption By: Walter E. Williams I really get tired of all the na- tional focus on the cloud of sleaze and corruption surrounding for- mer House Speaker Jim Wright. It’s like fiddling while Rome burns. The harm that members of Congress do to the nation, operat- ing inthe shadows, is no match for what they do to us in the full light of day. The Dallas-based National Center for Policy Analysis re- cently issued a report titled ‘‘The Elderly—People the Supply-Side Revolution Forgot.” While our nation has a shortage of percent of all women 65 and over are completely retired. If just one- r ~ DR. LENORA FULANI Mr. Bush renewed the contract that makes Sese Seko Mobutu among the highest paid agents on the payroll of U.S. imperialism. We need to keep the pressure up. I am calling on all of the Black leaders to let this dictator know that he is not welcome here. The African American community is insulted by his pressure, and we are outraged that anyone claim- ing to represent Black people would dare to honor him. Dr. Lenora Fulani is the national chairperson of the New Alliance Party and a practicing Social Therapist in Harlem. She can be contacted at the New Alliance Party, 2032 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10027 and at (212) 996- 4700. Without Advertising A Terrible Thing Happens... NOTHING third of the male retirees reen- tered the labor force and earned as little as $5 per hour, the gross national product (GNP) wouldrise by $55 billion; and if just one-third of the women retirees accompa- nied them, the GNP would in- crease by $132 billion. Social security and our taxstruc- ture go a long way toward ex- plaining this disgraceful waste of valuable human resources. When Congress created social security in 1935, only one-third of those over 60 were retired. Beginning in 1956, people were allowed to opt for early retirement. By 1961, only 16 percent of all social security re- cipients were early retirees com- pared to 66 percent in 1985. Congress has given the elderly a tax incentive to leave the workforce as well. As of 1988, social security recipients between the ages of 62 and 64 are counted as retired if they earn $6,480 or less; if they are 65 to 70, that number rises to $8,800. If recipi- ents earn more, they lose $1 in social security benefits for each $2 earned—a 50% marginal tax rate. As if that’s not bad enough, last year Congress expanded Medi- care to include catastrophic bene- fits. Under this new law, all in- come tax payers 65 and over will havetopaya 15 percent surcharge to Medicare next April. Congress is being nice this year. The sur- charge limit is $800 per retiree, or $2,100 per couple. That’s on top of the ;$383 retirees now pay in Medicare premiums, whichis also destined to increase in the future. Don’t you want to regurgitate when congressmen preach about making American more competi- tive? What Congress is doing to the elderly and our country is a dis- grace, but we asked for it. French philosopher Frederic Bastiat reminds us that, ‘Government is the great fiction through which everybody endeavors to live at (Continued on page 9 L.A’s Black Poor Demand Law and Order blood and tears that leads trom — sda, the capitalof Angola, and By Mark R. THOMPSON LOS ANGELES-—The “‘wilding’’ attack on a jogger in New York's Central Park has prompted much bemoaning of the ioral indecency in American inner cities. George Will, for one, grimly prognosti- cated the fate of ‘‘a society that flinches from the fact of evil,"’ while the Los Ange- les Times's syndicated columnist William Pfaff wrote despairingly of the ‘moral void ... where too many people in the United States today exist." These commen- tators apparently haven't heard the des- perate cry for law and order from the un- derclass of Los Angeles. Compton, Watts, and other communities in the vast sweep of South Central Los An- yeles have been torn apart by gang war- fare. Fatalities are accumulating at the rate of six or eight a week. The death toll sets new records each year. Most of the péople living in the crime-ridden neighbor- hoods haven't flinched for a minute from the fact that what is going on around them is evil. Judging from their letters to the ed- itor of the Los Angeles newspapers, the slogans they chant at rallies, and their rou- tinely overwhelming “‘yes’’ votes on police taxes and anti-crime measures, the people caught in the gangs’ crossfire want more cops on the streets and want to give crimi- nals a much harder time. Diverging Reactions To be sure, the black leadership in Los: Angeles doesn't always reflect the black community's attitude toward crime. Take Don Jackson, a L.A. area police officer on permanent disability leave because of the stress he says was caused by racism in his department. He has attempted to prove his allegations of routine racist brutality in the police force by provoking confronta- si i 4 i: reviews. “ I bandwagon to accuse white police tality when a black man stepped on and call conferences and cils together if a cop fails to read black man his rights,"" wrote R. Masada, chair- = Tre a black women's civic association, in a let- ter to the Los Angeles Herald Examiner in March. ‘These same black leaders have yet to call a town meeting on the number of black females who are raped, robbed, beaten and murdered . . . by violent black predators in a continuous and ongoing ho- locaust that no one [has] dared [to] speak out against.” Maybe the black leadership hasn't dared to speak out. But ordinary black people have spoken loudly and repeatedly in favor of tougher action against crime. hoods covered by those sweeps seem to be the biggest—and most stubborn—fans of the mass police sweeps launched with much fanfare a year ago. The police at- tempt to arrest suspected gang members of any possible offense, from drug or weapon possession to jaywalking. Because the jails and the court system can’t handle the huge haul of petty offenders dragged in by the sweeps, the police are now rely- ing more on surgical strikes against gang leaders, preferably in conjunction with fed- eral agents so that the cases can be filed in “I don’t care tf I see a soldier on every corner as long as my child will be able to get to school safely,” said one mother, after a two-year-old was gunned down. “I don’t care if I see a soldier on every corner as long as I know my child will be able to get to school and back home safely,” said Pat Moore, who organized an impromptu March of 100 people in Febru- ary through the streets of Compton a few days after a two-year-old boy was gunned down nearby. Another mother in South Central Los Angeles last year, in response to an opin- ion piece in the Herald Examiner, bitterly rebuked those who complain that anti-gang tactics are infringing cherished rights. The op-ed piece, called “Gangbusting at the ex- pense of the Constitution,” was written by a suburban father who was upset that his son couldn't wear an earring to school. with other gang-associated garb. That sub- urban father, Cassandra Clark replied, “should allow his son to come to dinner at my house one evening. Let him take the é 3 : : : : = sé the relatively efficient federal courts. The people of South Central Los Ange- les, however, want more sweeps and have mounted sporadic petition drives to call in the National Guard. Black voters in South Central Los Angeles have demon- strated repeatedly that they are the most pro-police constituency in the city. Twice in the past eight years, South Central voters have approved police taxes by ma- jorities topping 70%. But these revenue- raising measures have been shot down by voters in conservative white districts. It even looked for a while in 1987 as though programs, a move that is expected to put several thousand young offenders back out on the streets. As a practical matter, that means the myriad minor crimes that are most common and that do most to spread a sense of lawlessness through a commu: nity—vandalism, petty theft, juvenile drug and weapon possession—are simply unpun- ishable. Far too often, the people of South Cen- tral Los Angeles have been thanked for their pro-police convictions by police insen- sitivity and sometimes outright brutality. Among the recent cases of police miscon- duct, the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department has confirmed that deputies have burned crosses in the jail wings housing black gang members—surely not the sort of tough tactic many blacks in Los Angeles have been seeking. And the Long Beach police chief, after a ‘‘sting’’ of his own, re- cently confirmed what blacks in his city have long complained about: some officers do not file, as they are obliged to, com- plaints of police misconduct phoned in by citizens, The NAACP Comes Around And finally, the people in South Central Los Angeles have too often been betrayed by their own leaders. The Los Angeles chapter of the NAACP, for example, clung for years to the view that crime was caused primarily by racial discrimination, and was therefore not worth much of the group's attention. Until recently, NAACP officials would respond “no comment’’ to questions from reporters about the gang violence that was taking hundreds of black lives. In the face of the increasing vio- lence—and ever louder and more desper- ate calls for protection from it — the NAACP has finally come around, In announcing the association's new line Fulani expressed outrage that Hakeem’s obviously desperate need to be hospitalized. Mr. Cribb’s other guest was Ruby Ryles, the Department of Correc- tion spokewoman, — who acknowledged that she supported Mr. Abdul-Hakeem’s right to medical care. But Ms. Frazier noted that the official position of the Depart- ment of Correction and of the Health and Hospitals Corporation is that “‘nothing is wrong’’ with Mr. Abdul-Hakeem. ‘‘Any doctor who takes that position,’ she charged, is guilty of malpractice, and of open complicity with the Correction authorities in denying Adam his constitutional rights." Added con-counsel Michael Warren, “‘I think the outcome of today’s proceeding is a signifi- cant victory even though we were only able to get him into the hs. CIA DONATES FUNDS above is Mayor Edward computers. WGCI-AM about the case. Dr. from the Community Improvement Ass chell of the Improved Benevolent Protec the World. The CIA decided to use the money to send local children to ‘a weekend‘ camp at the Elk Nationa Winston-Salem, which offers classes in arts, crafts and “— was publicy reprimand- ed’ by Justice Lowe and by presiding Adminstrative LAw Judge Peter J. McQuillan for his . “ynethical” behavior in conduc- ting an all-night search for a State Supreme Court Judge who would agree to sign an order to locate Mr. Abdul-Hakeem and have him produced in court. It was the third such search con- ducted by Mr. Kresky and Ms. Frazier in teh last two weeks. “It’s a disgrace that attorneys who stayed up all night saving the life of this young man would be called on the carpet in public by two judges of this court,’’ com- mented Mr. Kresky. ‘‘It’s an at- tack on Mr. Hakeem’s constitu- tional rights, on our right to pro- vide adequate representation and on the rights of all people in this city and this country to receive fair shake and justice.” TO SEND KIDS TO CAMP . . 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Led by the American Association of Re- tired Persons (AARP), who got them into this mess in the elderly will demand all the benefits in- volved in Social Security while attempting toforce somebody else to foot the bill, l The elderly fail to realize that their grandchildren, the very grandchildren they smother with love and generosity, will be the ultimate victims of the Social Security grab bag. That grand- child being bounced on grandpa’s knee will spend a large portion of his working life paying social security taxes that may well ex- ceed $10,000 a year in today’s dol- lars. When these children eventu- ally retire, social security bene- fits will either be nonexistent or taxed at confiscatory rates. The only long-term solution to the social security mess is to pri- vatize retirement so we will not renege on the government prom- ise given to today’s retirees. But in my estimation, that requires the kind of political courage, hon- esty, and wisdom that is in short supply today. We’d rather focus our energies on the petty comings and goings of scoundrels like Jim Wright while they, with complic- ity, weaken and possibly destroy our nation. I’m beginning to think we may deserve what we’re get- ting—but doour children and their children? Mother Of The Year (Continued from page 5) dren. Be consistent and steadfast in your discipline. Make sure your kids have a good strong relation- ship with God. Ultimately, they will be a separate individual from you. At that point you will know if you've raised a good child.” Dove-Stevens graduated as sa- lutatorian from Adkin High School in Kinston in 1968 and earned a bachelor of arts degree in psy- chology from Bennett College in Greensboro in 1972. She earned a master of science degree in reha- bilitation counseling and voca- tional evaluation from East Caro- lina University in 1982. In 1984, she joined Pitt County Memoria! Hospital’s management training program and then became reha- bilitation projects director in 1985. 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We have only to look at little children to see be- ings with the greatest of faith. As we grow older we often bury that faith under our fears. Rather than living by our faith, we live by our doubts and as a result, our (Continued on page 10) SENMITHM \ Pay 2o1g> 38 4 a AUIS ron cyr (eh KIDS! of PUD D5eW $379.95 16 cu. ft. $449.95 19 cu. ft. $479.95 21 cu. ft. $259.00 5.3 cu. ft. $279.95 8.3 cu. ft. $359.95 16 cu. ft. $399.00 20 cu. ft. 4 OPUdIIUIN ) 8.5 9.0 8.5 Model VS414 Model CVJ310 XOAVNDYW FO tie aint et apt ot the le ce aaarthictclinagtlitts tot 10-THURSDAY, JULY 13-WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1989-THE ‘M’ VOICE Insurance CEO says Industry changin 5 wALs Mutual’s established territory. " | : In 1974, The New York Times | featured Kennedy and N.C. Mutual 4 as a of a business section cover — Taking out a yellowing of the m his briefcase, Kennedy spoke of N.C. Mutual's growth. an 1974, the company had $1.7 billion worth of insurance in force,” he said. “We now have $9 billion. We had assets of $136 million in 1974 compared with assets now of $220 million. We had a premium volume of about $33 million which is now at $80 million. “We have continued to grow and develop as a life insruance com- pany. I think it has been a fantastic growth period,” he said of the past 15 years. Also during the past 15 years, Kennedy has been listed as one of Ebony magazine’s 100 most influen- tial blacks in the United States. He holds a master’s degree from the Wharton School of Business and a master’s degree from New York University and attended Stanford University’s executive program. ieee He also serves as a board member LOOKING GOOD ... Downtown Washington is really looking of 24 different companies, including good. Why don’t you come by and see me sometime, at Iris For Less in the River Town Mall in Washington. Faith & Works (Continued from page 9) doubts rather than our faith grows stronger. The distinction = Sod a seems to bother most people is that while we all live by faith, - using automatically a thousand times a day, when it comes to us- ing faith consciously we shrink back. This happens because we do not really believe that this is God’s world. When Jesus said, “Except your faith be that as of a little child,’’ he was calling our attention to the fact that while adults argue about God, THE CHILD ENJOYS GOD. Without Advertising A Terrible Thing Happens... NOTHING THE PRESIDENT COMES TO TOWN .. North Carolina Mutual Insurance president and chief executive officer was in town honoring some of its top agents. Shown above is Mr. Kennedy, Greenville’s Mayor Ed Carter, and District Man- ager, Willie Hampton. Below is award winning agents. William J. Kennedy III, president and chief executive officer of North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Co., yisited the firm’s district office, 1209 W. 14th St., as part of a 12-month tour of the company’s 28 district of- fices. - “It’s been a while since I’ve been to Greenville,” said the 66-year-old Durham native. ‘‘I feel that the peo- ple who work for a company need to see its chief executive occasionally and ask me any questions they might have on the operation of the pompany.” Kennedy, who has been involved with N.C. Mutual for 39 years, said the competition for the life in- surance dollar has increased dramatically in the past several years. - “Life insurance is now being sold on a mass marketing basis which was unheard of 20 years ago,” Ken- nedy said. ‘‘There are newspaper in- serts to contact companies directly and television programs which are encouraging people to buy life in- surance directly from the company without going through an agent. . “The agents are facing these new problems of competition as well as competition from the agents of other companies,” he said. In order to combat the toughening market conditions, Kennedy said he advises agents to remeber that ser- vice is the key. “We have to maintain a high level of service if we are going to compete in this present environment,” he said. ‘We are telling the agents that our products are being upgraded constantly and that we are com- petitive with other companies . in terms of price.’ “Life insurance is never bought — it is sold,” Kennedy explained. “You can advertise as much as you want but there has to be somebody there to show the policy holder the need that they have. And when the need is established, to offer the customer | the products to fulfill those needs.” N.C. Mutual Life Insurance Com- pany, based in Durham, has been fulfilling people’s life insurance needs since its founding in 1898. Kennedy said that since its incep- tion, the company has been unique in that it has operated with primari- ly Afro-American personnel. 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