‘Waterside FWB Soci e Celebrates History M gs Misid=emnas WoOOW 1340 AM Greenville WTOW1320 AM A’ Ast} ebbelendaye! Friendship is like earthenware, once broken it can be mended; love is like a mirror, once broken that ends it. —Josh Billings EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA’S MINORITY VOICE-SINCE 1981 In the Spirit of Jedus Cl IN J3TMIIANS3Sao Swaldolaad AAVaRIT ASNAOC ISSUE WEEK OF FEB. 24 - MAR. 2, 1998 Local NAACP Meets On Wintergreen School Incident Members of the executive board of Pitt County’s NAACP held a press conference last Friday con- cerning the Wintergreen School in- cident. NAACP President NAACP members present for the press conference included the president, Gaston Monk; Rev. Ms. Weathington Celebrates 38 Years In Cosmetology Congratulations on a 38-year ca- reer in cosmetology. Ms. Brenda Weathington gradu- ated from the C.M. Eppes High School in 1958 and later graduated from DeShazon’s Beauty School in 1960. Ms. Weathington started her ca- reer working for the late Ether Grady at Grady’s Beauty School and the late Lillie Shiver of Shiver’s Beauty Shop. In 1971, Brenda established her own business. Brenda attributes (See 38 YEARS, P. 2) Sylvester Hughey, Dr. Elmer Jack- son, Jr., Charles Dickens, Calvin Henderson, William Worthington, and a few others. The local media were there for the conference. The Wintergreen incident con- cerns Sandy Patchkosky, a white teacher, who allegedly made a ra- cial slur about Black History Month. When asked by a coworker why so many black parents were present on a particular day, Patchkosky was overheard saying that the parents were there be- cause of “National Niggers Month.” When confronted with this by the school’s principal, Patchkosky didn’t deny that she made the re- mark. The NAACP is gravely con- cerned, not only because the teacher made the remarks, but also because she received only three days’ suspension. The NAACP ye es . a LAND LOSS SUMMIT AT THE BRICK—Enfield, N.C.—Executive Director Gary Grant of N.C. Black Farmers shown with organizers at the Franklin Center on Hwy. 301 for the and the Tillery Concemed Citizens is discuss Second National Black Land Loss Summit. National and local Brothers and Sisters came together to land and Inheritance, land and tax, and the federal government lawsuit. (Jim Rouse Photo) strongly feels that a stiffer penalty would be more appropriate for this offense. The NAACP met with Pitt County Superintendent Dr. Howard Sosney to discuss their feelings about the incident. NAACP President Monk felt that the superintendent came across very arrogantly when the members tried to talk with them. “He started talking about how it was better if a certain member of t he NAACP didn’t come and that he wouldn’t talk if that member came again,” said Monk. “The super- intendent’s concern did not seem to be deep and caring enough.” Bennie Roundtree, state director of the Southern Christian Leader- ship Conference (SCLC), was also present for the press conference. He said that he intends to support the NAACP in helping to resolve this incident. . Roundtree. Second Land Held In State “It is a shame that a teacher, who is supposed to help in teaching Black History Month, trashed the one month out of the year dedi- cated to black achievement,” said Also present at the conference was parent Helen Bell, along with her three-year-old grandson Darius. Bell said that the incident really disturbed her and that the teacher must not have been think- ing. Because of this incident, Bell felt uneasy about her seven-year-old grandson Brandon attending Win- tergreen. “I feel that he may face racial discrimination at this school,” said Bell. Rev. Dr. Elmer Jackson, Jr., chairman of the Pitt County Black Ministerial Alliance, said that he was concerned about people in gen- eral coming together and learning (See NAACP, P. 2) Loss Summit TILLERY—The National Land Loss Fund, based in Tillery, hosted the second National Black Land Loss Summit in Tillery and at Franklinton Center at Bricks in Enfield this past weekend. The summit included discussions on the causes of black land loss, the Black Farmers’ Class Action Lawsuit and USDA’s Administra- tive Hearing Process, but it also looked beyond racism and the USDA toward the future of the black farmer. Black farmers filed thousands of discrimination complaints against the USDA but charge that they were largely ignored. They filed a class action lawsuit against Secre- tary Glickman and the USDA, but say that the Agriculture and Jus- tice Departments “play games” with them and refuse to mediate in good faith. Black farmers requested to meet with President Clinton; he met with “Small and Minority Farm- ers.” These responses are unaccept- able, say the farmers. “Only last week,” said Gary R. Grant, director of the Land Loss Fund, “farmers from Alabama, Mississippi and North Carolina, in- cluding my father and brother, Matthew and Richard Grant, were once again in Washington mediat- ing and negotiating with the USDA. And once again the system failed. They failed black farmers with one more in a series of hard slaps in the face. “We are coming together to look at what it will take to stabilize and then secure future growth in the number of African American farm- ers,” said Grant, who is also presi- dent of the national Black Farmers and Agriculturalists Association ‘(BFAA). “We will be looking within and we will be looking without, particularly at how black farmers fit into the agriculture industry from both the local and global per- spectives.” The summit will include an Aca- demic Papers Presentation and four Plenary Sessions, each exam- ining topics such as alternative ag- riculture, economic empowerment/ development, international trade, environmental injustice, and USDA reforms. The Summit also featured a vari- ety of workshops and keynote ad- dresses by: Pearlie Reed, assistant secretary of Agriculture for Civil Rights; U.S. Rep. Eva Clayton (D- N.C.); Dr. Marcus Tillery, associate professor at North Carolina A&T State University; and Dr. Audreye Johnson from the Tate, Turner, (See SUMMIT, P. 2) MS. CAROLYN W. BURNEY Pitt County Teacher Of The Year Carolyn Burney Named Teacher Of The Year Belvoir Elementary School’s Carolyn W. Burney has been named Pitt County’s 1998-99 Teacher of the year. The 38-year-old Ms. Burney said of the honor, “The children need us. They need some to care and someone to be a role model. Congratulatory hugs, signs, bal- loons and gifts for the third-grade teacher were everywhere recently in Belvoir’s halls and classrooms. Ms. Burney said, “I’m still numb. I haven’t come down yet. The en- tire school has just really, really been there for me and encourage me all the way.” A walk down the hall brought hugs from colleagues, but it’s the excitement and pride from here 24 third-grade students, who called her the best teacher even before she received the award, and that means the most to Ms. Burney. “They've said that several times. That means more to me than the honor itself. My whole objective is to reach them and touch theire lives,” she said. (See TOP TEACHER, P. 2) o£, -pNational News: o! Wire 0 O! '0 O, Re) EVERS-WILLIAMS WILL NOT SEEK REELECTION AS CHAIR OF NAACP BOARD OF DIRECTORS On Feb. 10, Myrlie Evers-Williams announced that she will not be a candidate for reelection as chairman of the Board of Directors of the NAACP, and will instead seek to establish an institute nameli for her late husband, civil rights martyr Medgar Evers. Evers-Williams has served as NAACP board chair since 1995 when she won election by a single vote. “When first elected chairman, I promised to work with the board and our members to restore credibility, financial integrity and focus to the NAACP,” said Evers-Williams. “Together we have accom- plished that mission.” During the first year of her chairmanship the NAACP reported cash balances increased $1.32 million, expenses were reduced by $6.7 million (36 percent decrease) and for the first time in more than five years, the contributions, revenue and support exceeded operating expenses. Evers-Williams will remain a member of the NAACP Board of Directors through February 1999. “As a member of the NAACP Board, I will continue to have input into the direction of this great orga- nization. Today, I am confident that the NAACP has the stability and the support needed to meet the challenges facing our people,” saic Evers- Williams. She is currently consulting with social justice, civil rights, business and political leaders to refine the concept of the Medgar Evers Institute. COALITION CALLS FOR NATIONAL WEEK OF INVESTMENT The Coalition of Black Investors (COBI), has called for a National Week of Investment, April 20-24 . The observance aims to heighten African-American consumers’ awareness of the need to save and invest more aggressively. “The unequal distribution of wealth, power and re- sources has stagnated growth in black communities,” said COBI presi- dent Carol Davis. “To build wealth, African Americans must get into the habit of saving and investing, and do so at a higher rate.” COBI asks that on Friday, April 24, designated as Pay Day, African Americans must commit at least $25 or more to deposit in a bank or invest in stocks, bonds or mutual funds. “If we participate as we did in the Million Man , (See NATIONAL NEWS, P. 2) ich ended ean 3 cating Black financial i website at WWW.COBINVEST.COM. For more information on the Na- tional Week of Investment call (910) 945-8977. MATTHEW HENSON STORY COMES TO TNT On April 6, 1909 one of modern history’s most remarkable events took place—two men conquered the North Pole for the first time. One came home to a hero’s welcome; the other slipped into anonymity, all but forgotten by history. Turner Network Television presents the film biogra- phy of Matthew Henson, the unsung hero of Commander Robert E. Peary’s famed North Pole expedition, in Glory and Honor, a TNT Origi- nal adventure-drama. Delroy Lindo (Malcolm X, Clockers) plays the role of Henson, the first black man to conquer the Arctic, with Henry Czerny (Clear and Present Danger, Mission Impossible) as Robert E. Peary. Peary, a civil engineer, was consumed with reaching the North Pole. He hired Henson to be his personal valet in the early 1890s and during the 18 years of association and nine attempts to the North Pole, Henson—by virtue of the fact that he learned to communicate with the Inuit people, served as Peary’s translator and drove the dog sleds—became indispens- able to expedition. Henson lived his life after conquering the North Pole quietly and with honor. The glory came 79 years later, when, on April 6, 1988, his body was moved from a cemetery in New York and reinterred with full honors in Arlington National Cemetery—next to Peary. On the 1988 tombstone, Henson is at last credited with being “co-discoverer of the North Pole.” Glory and Honor premieres on Sunday, March 1 at 8 p.m. with encore presentations scheduled throughout the month; check Te! your local listings. NAACP Continued from page 1 to work together. “Diversity training and cultural sensitivity workshops should be more readily available to educa- tors, and in addition to a stiffer penalty for this teacher, counseling should also be an ultimatum,” said Jackson. Monk went on to say that teach- ers with this mindset have nega- tive effects in the school system be- cause children respond according to expectations. “Let the record show that racism and bigotry will not be tolerated in Pitt County,” said Monk. “We in- tend to exhaust the proper steps until this matter is resolved.” The NAACP plans to appeal the decision to the county and state boards. making women look their best with a simple beauty and a stylish hairdo. When she started her business she was the eighth beauty shop in Greenville. Presently there are 40 black beauty shops in Greenville. Brenda is the mother of two daughters—Pamla Smith and Pa- tricia Jordan. Ms. Brenda Weathington gives all the praise and honor to the Lord Jesus Christ for her success. Brenda’s Beauty Shop is located on 1307 S. Greene Street, here in Greenville, or give her a call at (919) 752-1358. TOP TEACHER Continued from page 1 She tries to do that by motivat- ing the students, giving positive feedback and encouraging them to do better. “She challenges us a lot. If we get something wrong, whe will stay on us until we get it right,” said one Burney student. It comes down to making the children feel special. When they have the _ self-confidence, cchievement will follow, Mrs. Burney said. Part of a teacher’s job is to set high standards, she said, but don’t interpret her caring na- ture as a sign of pushover. Ms. Burney keeps the children under control with strict policies. She won’t hestitate to take away a recess or invoke a silent lunch if a student is caught chewing gum. The strong discipline commands respect from her students. At the same tie, they know they can talk to her about their problems or ask her for help. “She loves us, and we love her,” one students said. : School Principal Barbara Wing said of Ms. Burney, “She has a very caring nature “We're elated over this honor. Ms. Burney is a superb teacher and an outstanding individual. I am fortuante to have her on my staff,” Ms. Wing continued. “She’s so de- serving. I'm just as happy as he is.” Carolyn Burney and her hus- band, Edwin, have two children, Javan 9, and Demont, 19. 38 YEARS Continued from page 1 her success to having a genuine look for hair and loving people and making women look their best with a simple beauty and a stylish hairdo. When she started her business she was the eighth beauty shop in Greenville. Presently there are 40 black beauty shops in Greenville. Brenda is the mother of two daughters—Pamla Smith and Pa- tricia Jordan. Ms. Brenda Weathington gives all the praise and honor to the Lord Jesus Christ for her success. Brenda’s Beauty Shop is located on 1307 S. Greene Street, here in Greenville, or give her a call at (919) 752-1358. Mac Manning Announces For Pitt Cty. Sheriff Mac Manning issued the fpllow- ing Statement recently announcing his candidacy for Pitt County Sher- iff: MARC MANNING I am very excited to announce my candidacy for the office of Sher- iff of Pitt County. In the fall of 1981 i completed my college degree work at East Carolina University with a field in- ternship at the Pitt County Sheriffs Department. I continued working at the Sheriffs Depart- ment as a part time employee until becoming full time on Feb. 1, 1982. I served the citizens of Pitt County for sixteen years in the Sheriff's Department as a file clerk, communications officer, uni- formed deputy, night shift investi- gator, child abuse and sexual as- sault investigator, criminal detec- tive, detective sergeant in the nar- cotics unit, lieutenant of the Crimi- nal Investigation Unit, and lieuten- _ ant in the Support Services Divi- sion. I resigned my position as of De- cember 23, 1997, in order to seek election to the office of sheriff. I am an advocate for community oriented law enforcement. I firmly believe that the citizens of Pitt County will benefit from the appli- cation of that principle on a county wide basis. I look forward to being elected as your sheriff and continuing my ser- vice to Pitt County. 353-6367 VX LOTS AVAILABLE with the pur- chase of a new singlewide or double wide. Leader Homes. Focus | RALEIGH—Local, state and na- to address the problem of hunger * in North Carolina, and discuss cre- ative solutions to end the problem at an upcoming workshop on March 13, at the McKimmon Cen- ter in Raleigh. This Food Recovery Summit is modeled after the national summit held in 1997, and is organized by the Food Distribution Division of the N.C. Department of Agricul- ture and Consumer Services with sponsorship from Miller Brewing Company. Additional sponsors are the In- ter-Faith Food Shuttle, N.C. Coop- erative Extension Service, Second Harvest Food Banks of N.C. and the Society of St. Andrew. “Come to the Table: Sharing North Carolina’s Harvest” is the theme of the workshop, which is open to all interested parties. Reg- istration is only $15, and visitors will have the chance to explore top- ics like tax and liability issues; field gleaning; safe food handling; getting started in food recovery; and marketing. New and innova- tive ways to combat hunger will also be presented at the day-long seminar. “You don’t need a refrigerated warehouse and trucks to get a local program started,” says Jill Bullard, founder of the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle in Raleigh. “Our group started with coolers in the back of a family station wagon, and grew from there.” Bullard and a group of volunteers now pick up leftover foods from area grocery stores, res- taurants and get fresh produce from vendors at the State Farmers Market to deliver to area shelters and soup kitchens among others. Rep. Eva Clayton will join Gov. James B. Hunt, Jr. and N.C. Ag Commissioner Jim Graham in wel- coming Under Secretary Shirley Watkins of the U.S. Department of Agriculture for comments. Rep. Clayton will be the featured speaker at the luncheon. The semi- nar begins at 9 a.m. and will con- clude around 3:30 p.m. Two rounds of concurrent ses- sions will allow for maximum expo- sure to new ideas to fight hunger. 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By: Kwake Person-Lynn, Ph.D. American African Inventions 28 SECRETS TO HAPPINESS eLive beneath your means and within your seams. ¢Return everything you borrow. *Donate blood. ¢Stop blaming other people. eAdmit it when you make a mis- take. *Give all the clothes you haven't worn in the last three years to charity. eEvery day do something nice and try not to get caught. eListen more; talk less. eEvery day take a 30-minute walk in your neighborhood. ¢Skip two meals a week and give the money to the homeless. Strive for excellence, not perfec- tion. *Be on time. *Don’t make excuses. *Don’t argue. *Get organized. *Be kind to kind people. eBe even kinder to unkind ° people. ¢Let someone cut ahead of you.in line. *Take time to be alone. ¢Reread a favorite book. *Cultivate good manners. ¢Be humble. *Understand and accept that life isn’t always fair. ¢Know when to say something. ¢Know when to keep your mouth shut. Don’t criticize anyone for 24 hours. eLearn from the past, plan for the future, and live in the present. ¢Don’t sweat the small stuff. ARE YOU PRACTICING GOOD CHARACTER? Then you should: Be a good friend. Desire to do the right thing and do it. Every deed should be a good deed. Be responsible, kind, fair, pa- tient, honest, control self, love, care and share. Work hard toward your goal. Show school spirit. Smile. Don’t talk about school, your 10. Inoj “Love You Down” (So So teachers, your classmates. Def/Columbia) New Entry Spend time with an older person. To get your "M" Voice by mail write to: . The "M" Voice Newspaper PO Box 8361 Greenville, NC 27834 SUBSCRIPTION PAYMENT MUST BE INCLUDED WITH ORDER C) Yes, I'd like a 6 months subscription by mail $15 'Q Yes, I'd like ja 12 months subscription by mail $30 Ge State Zip dey: or 7 ; The ‘mw’ Voice Beatrice C. Maye Finish your homework and do your best. Cheer up a sick friend. Compliment your teachers, par- ents, and classmates. BLESSED IS THE MAN Blessed is the man who can criti- cize himself before criticizing oth- ers. Blessed is the man who is as pleasant at home as he is when the world is watching. Blessed is the man who realizes that God meant him to live eter- nally and act accordingly. Blessed is the man who is quick to apologize for wrongdoing. Blessed is the man who knows right from wrong and indomitably sticks to right. Blessed is the man who is easy to live with. Blessed is the man who says “no” to temptation and sticks with it. Blessed is the man who loves 3 for he need fear nothing else. Blessed is the man who ears God Selected __ ARE YOU A WINNER? The winner is always part of the answer; The Southeast Raleigh is always part of the problem. — The winner has always a pro- gram, - The loser has always an excuse. The winner says, “Let me do it for you;” The loser says, “That’s not my job.” The winner sees an answer in ev- ery problem; The loser sees a problem in every answer. 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GREENVILLE, NC rvy fete Met * oo et eos, We, a TOTEUS Credo of the Black Press The Black Press believes that America can best lead the world away from racial and natural antagonisms when it accords to every person, regardless of race, color or creed, full human rights. Hating no person, fearing no person in the firm belief that all are hurt as long as anyone is held back. Foiled Again Bill Clinton must be beside him- self. As The Carolinian went to press, it looked as if United Nations Secre- tary General Kofi Annan was on the verge of working out a peaceful solu- tion to the Iraq crisis. We had mobilized men and mate- riel, battle groups had steamed into the Persian Gulf, goodbyes had been said, and the troops were stoked. As one captain candidly admitted when interviewed, “There will be a sense of letdown” if a peaceful solu- tion were to be found. Surely no one would be more let down than Bill Clinton. If peace talks do prove fruitful, this would mark the second time in his presidency that last-second diplo- macy has prevented him from exer- cising decisive military action. The first time was shortly into his first term, when he was all set to in- vade Haiti if the military rulers who had ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide didn’t give up and leave. Not that he or the United Stats liked Aristide, of course. But thee were thousands of Haitian refugees showing up on our shores. The ELS. government was having to explain why they were being held in virtual concentration camps as “economic” refugees while Cubans who admitted they just wanted a better life in America were auto- matically given full political asylum, especially with the press full of re- ports of massacres and detentions. So Clinton took the bull by the horns and decided this was the time to look presidential. He announced that we would be coming if they didn’t relinquish power right away. Of course, they didn’t, and he would have had his required quick and decisive military campaign if it hadn’t been for the efforts of former President Jimmy Carter, who talked the three military strongmen into exercising the better part of valor, literally at the 11th hour. Now, a chance to show the Ameri- can people and the world who’s boss seems to be in jeopardy by the ef- forts of the UN secretary general. There have been some halfhearted rumblings that the U.S. wouldn’t ac- cept a “phony deal.” But how exactly we would justify that is unclear, given that the entire reason we were going to clobber Iraq was to enforce UN sanctions. Poor Bill. Sometimes you ISL can’t start a war. Just Pardon Them You're the president of the United States. A former member of your in- ner circle and several good friends are charged with lying to a special prosecutor, and possibly, with ob- structing justice. What do you do? What can you do? Well, if you are to follow recent presidential protocol, there is only one course of action to take. You pardon them. That's right. Pardon them and anybody connected witch the affair for anv and all crimes that may have been committed in connection with it. Pardon them, declare the matter closed “for the healing of the coun- try” and move on. We can hear our conservative friends already. “That’s absolutely outrageous! Clinton will never be able to justify pardoning Monica Lewinsky and Vernon Jordan if they are charged. It totally subverts jus- tice!” Calm down. First of all, who said we were talking about Bill Clinton? And who said the above scenario was from the immediate future? Who, for that matter, said it was hypothetical? Actually, the scene we were talk- ing about has already transpired, in 1992. The White House employee we’re talking about is former De- fense Secretary Caspar Weinberger. The president was Ronald Reagan and the scandal was the Iran/Contra affair. We have compared the almost to- tally fruitless Whitewater special prosecutor's investigation to that of Iran/Contra, saying that the Iran/ Contra prosecutor wasted a similar amount of time and money with no results. Actually, as we pointed out iy our opening vignette, that isn’t eritirely accurate. The Iran/Contra prosecutor stopped short of charging either Ronald Reagan or George Bush with any crimes, though many who were privy to the evidence said there was enough to charge them both. Nevertheless, he did bring charges against several members of Reagan’s inner circle, including Lt. Col. Oliver North, Weinberger and’ others, for lying to Congress and to his investi- gators under oath. North was actually convicted, though his conviction was over- turned on appeal. But as the case against Wein- berger was set to go to trial, Reagan announced a full presidential pardon for him and the others. Ah, you say, this case was differ- ent. We agree. This case involved di- verting arms to a hostile nation, and bankrolling an armed insurrection against a democratically elected gov- ernment that we didn’t like—all in specific violation of U.S. law. Another difference is that we heard nobody talking about impeach- ment, even though it was obvious that Reagan knew what was going on, even if he didn’t directly plan it. Even if every allegation brought up by the special prosecutor in the “Zippergate” scandal is true, all that happened is that Clinton had sex with a consenting 21-year-old The only thing that anybody can be charged with is lying to the spe- cial prosecutor’s grand jury about whether that happened. While technically a violation of law, it isn’t one that appears to bother anybody—except the media and the Republicans (and not all of them, if polls can be trusted). And the media are rapidly losing interest. So, yes. Bill should go ahead and pardon everybody involved. Declare the matter settled and move on. He has the power of the presi- dency and precedent on his side, And nobody will care. Well, almost nobody. Support The Black Press! CER 2) Se le Oe ee BL ee eee ids: ds ihe VOICES ON THE PAST, THE PRESENT AND THE FUTURE OF BLACK MEDIA Part Three: My Suggestion Box for The Future By Tod Burroughs Special To The NNPA Notice how often black people talk about how once we learn how to play the game, the rules change? It’s a truism, whether we're talking about corporate America or the presidential cabinet. The rules of the mass media are currently changing. First, there may no longer be a “mass media.” Cable, VCRs and the World Wide Web have changed mass commu- nication forever. They are not only here to stay, but growing in power. - Second, print media are either slowly dying or transform- ing into something else. Something almost three-dimen- sional and accessible by millions worldwide on the Informa- tion Superhighway. Something combining text with moving pictures, graphics and sound. Third (and this is most important): No one is safe. That includes the black media. What will happen to black-owned media when Microsoft powerhouse Bill Gates decides he wants to set up 200 black websites to do the job of both black newspapers and black news-talk radio? What if he gets the traditional major black media advertisers? If Whites can start Vibe and Source magazines, national agenda-setting publications on black youth culture, why not other media, particularly in a post-print media environ- ment? Change is painful, but necessary. Why? Because future news consumers are different. Please Note: According to the Freedom Forum, a media studies group, a third of all Americans under 30 listed the late-night talk show monologue as their favorite news source in a survey conducted within the past five years. And note again: Newsweek reported last year that half of America’s 34 million blacks are now under 30. The black media are great at organizing “Million” march- es, reporting on local church and NAACP news, fighting for the right of Mumia Abu-Jamal to speak freely and printing a never-ending amount of “What Black People Need To Do” Op-Ed manifestos. What they need to do now is simple: 1) Local black newspapers need to combine editorial and advertising forces. We need the power (and protection) of the black newspaper chains of old. Merge, merge, merge! 2) Seek the Web. Print and broadcast from there. 3) Report information that folks find vital to their present and future, and hire reporters who can provide this informa- tion. Ebony writes endlessly about celebrities when we need it to write seriously about how welfare reform is wounding our poor. Emerge has not in its nearly 10-year history had a full-time feature reporting staff covering Congress and the White House (even though the publication has been head- quartered in D.C. for most of this decade!), so for the most part we get newspaper-style features (mostly from people who work full-time somewhere else) as cover stories instead of hard-hitting investigative magazine journalism. Why do we have to read Time, Newsweek, white-owned hip-hop magazines or Henry Louis Gates’ articles in The New Yorker for detailed, critical magazine articles on black leaders and movements? Too little of such writing is in either publica- tion. Local and national black talk radio does a great job— when its producers care enough to schedule guests and ad- equately prepare its hosts for interviews. But to be honest, it’s often long on caller rhetoric and short on informed dia- logue. We need national documentaries and analytical news reports, not just interviews. The future was yesterday. If enough black media merge, creating black-owned, multimedia print-broadcast-Web con- glomerates, the above suggestions can be implemented. We can either prepare now, or eventually get swept away by new tides. There may always be a need for the black press, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it'll be black-owned. For the public of tomorrow will judge its media by the use- fulness of its content, not the racial purity of its ownership. Todd Burroughs is a journalism doctoral student at the University of Maryland at College Park. He can be E-Mailed at tburroughs@jmail.umd.edu., DO YOU “WALK THE WALK” OR JUST “TALK THE TALK?” Michael A. Grant, J.D. Special To The NNPA “It’s time for a check-up from the neck up.”—Zig Ziglar From time to time, I have to check myself out to see if I am doing what it takes to accomplish my goals. It is easy to tell ourselves what we intend to do. And many people take great pride in trying to impress others with the magnitude of their plans. Some will talk endlessly about what they are going to do, where they are going to be, and what they are going to have. We all know individuals like this. Whenever we encoun- ter them, they are getting ready to do something spectacular or, at least, better than the average. After a while, being around them becomes intolerably boring. After we've listened over and over again, we grow weary with undertakings that never get done. The truth about their real intentions eventually turns on a light of awareness inside of us and we then resolve that, enough is enough. Observing the fake, the false, and the fantasy in others is done with relative ease. We wait for action to follow words, but it never does. A pattern is established. We judge the person making the false promises to himself/herself to be insincere. Then we move on. Seeing the faker in others is easy. But what about seeing the pretender in ourselves? What about our own hollow at- tempts to impress others with what we plan to do? How many times have we told ourselves that we are going to accomplish this task or that, knowing full well that the nec- essary effort would not be forthcoming? ee So, other than the vain attempt to impress others with what we are capable of achieving, why do we talk endlessly about what we are going to do? I believe the answer is low self-esteem. We are trying to help ourselves feel good about who we are and what we are made of. The irony of “talking the talk” but not “walking the walk” is this: Not following through with plans that we have announced to others (or to ourselves) does not raise our es- teem, it lowers it. We also respect ourselves less. You see, high self-esteem is more than just temporarily feeling good about ourselves. And the good feelings that our talk generates are ephemeral or short-lived. Like the effect of a drug wearing off, our moods plummet to lower and lower levels each time we attempt to do with words what only disciplined action can accomplish. Sustained high self-esteem has as one of its most essen- tial components integrity. Integrity means wholeness or completeness. When our words and deeds are so integrated with purposeful action that we only say what we truly in- tend to do, we have integrity. And our integrity helps us to really feel good about who we are. My grandmother used to recite the poem: “Cheating the man in the glass.” I don’t recall all the lyrics, but I distinctly remember the poem’s potent closing stanza: “You may fool the whole world down the highway of life and get pats on the back as you pass. But your final reward will be heartaches and tears if you’ve cheated the man in the glass.” The one person that we can never really fool—not even those most gifted at denial—is our self. Success in any venture—large or small—demands its payment in advance. There are no easy routes to take. We retain a degree of self-respect when we choose to seal our lips until we’re ready to put forth the necessary energy to transform our talk into action. But when we do muster the resolve to get busy—busy “walking the walk” and not just “talking the talk”—we boost our chances of succeeding and lift our self-esteem in the process. God bless! Dr. Grant, author of Beyond Blame, is a motivational/ inspirational speaker. His company, G&C Motivational Con- sultants, also conducts seminars, leadership workshops, and team-building meetings. For more information, please con- tact Victor Cook at (615) 726-1934 or via e-mail at GandC Cons@AOLcom. 08 Hy NE OR: fg ‘Education woes Pdr niger nies ; MARRIED ON VALENTINE’S DAY—Congratulations to 1340’s own Master DJ William ‘Plays that Music’ Cherry. Pictured with his wife whom he married on Valentine’s Day. Isaiah Tidwell Honorary Chair Of 12th National Black Family Summit ‘Isaiah Tidwell, executive vice formation or to register, call ffresident of Wachovia Bank, N.A., Events Unlimited at (803) 771- Key serve as honorary chairman of 6784. e 12th annual National Black gaggia Hamily Summit to be held March 46 at the Embassy Suites Resort qt Kingston Plantation in Myrtle Beach. » Wachovia is a sponsor of the 1998 summit, which is organized Hy the University of South Caro- dot College of Social Work and the olumbia (S.C.) 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