Don't Forget To Vote Tuesday, May 2nd! Retailers denying checks and cab drivers refusing rides in minority areas epito- aeer A rise of ‘retail racism’ n US. By Brad Knickerbocker They may not evoke he feelings of "Let my people go” or "We shall overcorre.” But —_ for Americans subjected to the em- barrassment and fear of even relatively minor episodes of dis- crimination based on race - "driv- ing while black" or "dining while black." to use the bitter slang for such events - the hurt is very real nevertheless. Around the country, several high- profile instances of what's being called retail racism have arisen in recent months. The use of racial profiling in stopping suspected criminals on highways has be- come a federal civil rights issue. And evidence that zero tolerance for disruptive behavior in schools may be discriminatory against black students is mounting as well. While civil rights advocates laud the recent exposure of discrimina- tio ard point to evidence that attitudes between races have im- proved. they say that for many nonwhite Americans such of- fenses are routine - even though it's been more than 35 years since passage of the federal Civil Rights Act. "Most Americans think that the most blatant forms of discrimina- tion and segregation have ended. that we're dealing now with a much more-complex, often nore- subtle form of discrimination." id ie April 27 - May 4, 2000 What You See Is What You Get, What You Read Is What Know And Save. Rai says Wade Henderson, executive director of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights. "Yet incidents’ like the ones we're discussing now seem to belie that point. They seem to suggest that even the more-blatant forms of discrimination. though not as in- stitutionalized as they once were ... are still occurring, and I think stand in mockery of the percep- tion that America has become a colorblind sation..." Some recent examples: e In the Washington area. KayBee Toys has been charged in a federal civil rights suit with refusing to accept personal checks at stores in predominantly black neighboraoods. The Equal Rights Center, a civil rights organization in Washington that filed the suit, cal'ed this "an overt example of consumer racism.” ° The US Justice Department secently charged the Adam's Mark Hotel chain with a pattern of discrimination, includ- ing overcharging black guests for inferior rooms while subjecting them to stricter security require- ments. e Florida officials charged a Miami restaurant cwner with autématically adding a service charge to bills of black. custome but not to those of white patrons. e In Boston, city councilor Gareth Saunders has filed a complaint against a taxi service for refusing to pick him up at his home in a predominantly black neighbor 100d. Black actor Danny Glover recently was refused taxi service in New York. Progress in race relations ) 93 percent of whites surveyed in 1997 said they would vote for a qualified black presidential candi- date, compared with 35 percent in 1958. The number of whites who sayathey would move if large numbers of blacks moved to their neighborhood dropped from 80 percent to 18 percent over the same period. And yet it is clear that large numbers of blacks continue to experience discrimination. Within the past 30 days, half of blacks surveyed by Gallup said they had been treated unfairly because of race. in situations such as shop- ping, dining out. work, using public transportation, or with po- lice. While many school districts have been cracking down on violence in the wake of recent school shootings, critics say policies of "Zero tolerance" (usually’ enacted and enforced by mostly white school boards) have resulted in discriminatory judgments. Last month, the Applied Research Center in Oakland, Calif., re- ported that the rate of school suspensions is far higher for black students than for whites nation- wide. In Austin, Denver, Los Angeles. and. San..Erancisco. is at least twice their percentage of the student population. In Decatur, Ill., this week, a federal judge upheld the school board's expulsion of six black scudents for fighting at a football game. Civil rights leader Jesse 20th-Century Social Club Host Annual Celebratic eae Jackson charged that racism was |. involved. and he plans to appeal the decison. ee eens anes eee net eect el RE EE LL LL — ns ne neem: sonnet tee salamat eh cn mer ani ee ene ee —- 20 th Century Social Club host their Annual Celebration Pictured is one of Eastern North Carolina's oldest Black Social Clubs, shown above are two of the original merr bers Filmore Bell and Willie Moore. Shown below are other members of the club James Carr...President. Henry Hansley....Vice President, Willie..... Treasurer, Jimmye Jones.......Rec Secre Ernis Lee. ..Fin Secre. Charles Prayer......Bus. Mgr., Don Phillips.....Parliment Wayne Mitchell Sot at Arms Filmore Bell......Historian, Julius Joyner, Thomas Jones, James Parker Jr, James Barnhill. This year’s event was held at the Hilton Hotel where they honored brotier Jim Rouse who is running for the NC House of Representatives. brother Rouse was also the guest speaker. : _ Photo by Jim Rouse Anointed One! Founder's Day Bangoat peony Princeville on the Ris, i . ay ¢ town of Princeville once devastated by Hurricane Floyd came together for an Easter Egg Hunt for children of Princeville. Shown above is Princeville's police Chief Cogdell and some of his officers, Shown below are some children who won bicycles compliments of way Back! Look for pictorial salute on page 9. Anointed One's Host Founder's Day Banquet, Awn 13 past ef COsp: iliams y Ane i At inde i a ae Yous of Princeville. reader Malla ake Shown is pastor Ruth Peterson CO-pastor Helen Williams along with dedicated friends and pastor Barbara’ ME Delano. Be sure to check out page.7 for pictorial salute to Anointed One's Founder's Day Banquet. Photo by Jim Rouse . 7 % ‘ ee we ea € se é tPSSTIRE REEL ESTE LETTER TERRY eae eta soen soreness onane PeYeviry ua a +: at, Mich. Little Kayla Rolland by a first grade said, “I don't like you,” “standing: in line. Mothers all over America shuddered, 4) wondering about their own children’s safety. _. In the weeks since her death, the story of the ey who shot ° dite Kayla has emerged. A little boy whose family has failed him. Alittle boy whose school has failed him. A little boy whose police - department has failed him. A little boy whose nation has failed him, We all failed both that little boy and little Kayla because, in “our haste to end old welfare dependencies, we allowed the safety _ net for the poorest of the poor to be shreded and destroyed. A little boy who lived ina dysfunctional family, in the worst | sense of the phrase—a father already in prison. A mother whom “some say used drugs herself; but even if she did not, who left her _ children in a home where drugs and guns were obviously present, “even to neighbors who had, on several occasions, reported it to the - police. A family recently evicted from its home. Two children “sleeping on a sofa in the living room where drug deals apparently were occurring. A little boy filled with anger at the life he had been ~ given—so angry, that he had already stabbed another child with a "pencil and had already been suspended three times for fighting. - When his incarcerated father heard about the shooting, he knew it ~ was his child who was the shooter because he had asked his son _ why he fought the other children and the reply was, “because I hate _ them.” Yet, as far as we know, the only help for this family in 1 deep . trouble was the anger management class for which the little boy _ was scheduled, but never got to attend. No social worker tracked children who¢were in essence homeless. No school counselor did indepth referrals for a family in dire need and for achild obviously - deeply troubled. No police officers tried to close down this garbage strewn, run-down house which the whole neighborhood knew was a crack house. Thank you, President Clinton for calling on Congress to pass strict gun control laws. We do need “smart guns,” we do need trigger locks, we do need even tighter restrictions on gun pur- chases and registration. If they save’even one child’s life in this nation where 12 children die every day by gunfire, then the laws will be a success. But better gun controls would not be the only solution needed for this little boy, Mr. President. We need social services which work for families in trouble. We need better alarms systems for dysfunctional families and for children who have been aban- - doned by their families and by their communities. We need school councelors in every school in this nation. We need funds for cities to use to close down crack houses and to fix them up and give them to homeless families. Gov. Engler, your plan to get families off of welfare worked. But in the process of making families independent, you took away the safety net which might have caught this little boy and saved this little girl. Just as the state failed these families, so, too, did it fail.the little 11-year-old Michigan boy convicted of _ Murder, after a long history of violence. There are many Michigan _ families, and families across this nation, who desperately need help. If the states don’t help them, who will? If the states don’t help the schools to cope with these families, who will? Heston, you are the president of the National Rifle Associa- tion, the nation’s most powerful gun lobby. In the name of the children, call off your lobbyists, who are trying to demonize President Clinton and anyone else who says enough is enough— 12 children a day, 84 children a week, 372 children a month, 4,380 children killed a year by gunfire is enough. To say that the president of the United States needs violence is over the top and demeans you and your organization. To pretend that the ready availability of guns in this nation has nothing to do with these killings, is an insult to every Ameri- can. ; Members of Congress, you, too, have some blame to shoul- der. For you passed the legislation which destroyed the safety net for this naiton’s children. So now we have a 6-year-old murderer whom no one was trying to help. So now we even have wealthy parents of a disabled child abandoning him because they just could not handle his care without a safety net which would have given them respite and counseling and help. So now we have thousands of families walking the tightropes of life without a net to catch them. All during the most prosperous time in our nation’s history. We must all shoulder some of the responsibility for little Kayla’s death. The real tragedy would be if life goes on and nothing changes—until the next incredible death of an American child. BETWEEN THE LINES Hollywood Politics and Oscar Protests; How Denzel Got Robbed . By now, who won ; the Oscar for jest Male Actor” is yesterday’s “news. Everybody now knows Kevin r Spacey benefited from a number of «factors aside from his performance ‘in “American Beauty;” most nota- ‘bly a $700,000 post nomination -*campaign by the producing studio, ;Dreamworks, an anti-Hurricane ; campaign mounted by opponents of the movie’s accuracy, but di- rected at the movie's only Oscar nominee, a controversial re-vote when 4,000 ballots were conve- ee ane ee + See March 28 edition, D1), this is not your “normal” loss, whereby all things being equal-—the votes just didn’t pan out. Denzel Washington got royally screwed by a collaborative process of well-timed, “coincidental,” iso- lated incidences that took him from being the overwhelming, odds-on favorite after the Golden Globes to not being anybody's choice (excépt the Wall Street Journal's) the day before Oscar night. It was almost as ifeverybody knew-—even Denzel— 5 : critics might not see it as | There, Gui boweiie sonethils : nd another time and place. To many of us who grew up with a Southern lifestyle as a backdrop, it was like revisiting the past. There were good moments and bad mo- ments. They were our moments nonetheless. Last year, there was another movie. It was called “Down in the Delta.” Directed by Maya Angelou, it proved to be the final showcase for the enormous talents of the late Esther Rolle. -This was the story of a female Chicagoan who had been involved with drugs and who knows what else. She came to the Mississippi Delta to get her life in order on the old family home place. She did not want to be there and fought every attempt to make her feel at hdine and welcome. Her Missis- sippi family was not poor. They were hard-working people who had man- ‘aged to get more than just aday-to-day subsistence. They owned a small busi- ness and they encouraged “Miss-fast- life-in-Chicago” to become areal part Pant 1 Dr. Stanley Fish, = Dean of the Col- lege of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Chicago, offers provocative commentary on so- called reverse discrimination. His article in the January/February 2000 Crisis magazine contains this semi- nal quote: “In America, whites once set themselves apart from blacks and claimed privileges for them- selves while denying them to oth- ers. Now, on the basis of race, blacks are claiming special status andjre- — serving for themselves privileges ° ' they deny to others. Isn't one as bad as the other? The answer is no.” Fish takes his text from Presi- dent George Bush in an address to the United Nations in 1991. Bush said this of the U.N. resolution equating Zionism with racism: “Zi- onism ... is the idea that led to the creation of a home for the Jewish people ... and to equate Zionism with the intolerable sin of racism 1s. to twist history and to forget the terrible plight of the Jews in World War II and, indeed, throughout his- tory.” What happened in the Second World War was that 6 million Jews were exterminated by people who regarded them as racial'y inferior and a danger to Aryan purity. What happened after the Second World War is that the survivors of that Holocaust established a Jewish state that is a state centered on Jewish history, Jewish values and Jewish traditions. What Bush objected to was the logical sleight of hand by which these two actions were de- clared equivalent because they were Beauty” nominees in all the trades, entertainment talkies and even Spacey was on 60 Minutes (a news magazine). Nobody really has a problem with that, Oscar marketing is part of the Hollywood politic. What's not part of the Hollywood politic was Denzel’s vocal criticism of the roles he receives when que- ried about the controversial roles he plays. While Denzel told the truth about receiving choice roles, his candor probably wasn’t well received because race, like in any society, is Si, " unsettling about it. Ithad anemo- candelabr tional effect that defied description. . heirloom. The: Tt-was kind of like reaching in to = tru your back pocket and bringing out al _ fully-formed pieces of black life i in love, a willingness to forgive as well as the strength and “em of the family unit. — Now we go past the surfce and into the bowels of the structure. Ican remember as a boy, staying with my grandmother in Elizabethtown, Ky., a nearby fam-. ily. They had a daughter who had grown too big for the small town. She moved away to Chicago or some other major city, much to the dis- may of her family. Every few years, she would come. back to “E-Town” to visit and when her mother found out she was‘com- ing, it was a major production. Chickens were killed and maybe a goat. The cooking went on in that house for days before she arrived. I could look out in their back yard and see rugs hanging on the clothesline, being beaten to get the dirt and dust out. The mother and ° her widowed sister would wash win-. dows, scrub the wooden porch and, if there was time, get one of the neighbors to paint the floor of the porch. It was indeed a ae both expressions of raeial exclu- siveness. Ignored was the historical difference. between them—the dif- ference between a program of geno- cide and the determination of those who escaped it to establish a com- munity in which they would be the makers, not the victims, of the laws. Bush was saying to the United Nations, “Look, the Nazis’ convic- tion of racial superiority generated a policy of systematic genocide; the Jews’ experience of centuries of persecution in almost every coun- dane ei enerated.adesire for a of their own. If you man* tee ee to convince yourself that these are the same, it is you, not the Zionists, who are morally con- fused and the reason you are mor- ally confused is that you have for- gotten history.” What Fish says is that a similar forgetting of history has, in recent years, allowed some people to ar- gue, and argue persuasively, that affirmative action is reverse rac- ism. He maintains that the very phrase, “reverse racism,” contains the argument in exactly the form to which Bush objected: In this coun- try, whites once set themselves apart from blacks and claimed privileges for themselves while denying them to others. Now, on the basis of race, blacks. are claiming special status and reserving for themselves privi- leges they deny to others. Isn't one ‘as bad as the other? The “answer is Ud no. One can see why the answer is no by imagining that it is 1955 and that we are in a town in the South with two more or less distinctive: communities, one white and one cism was a selfish one, Denzel’s was a’ selfless one; Washington spoke of an industry wide problem, which being at the top of his game, he could've remained quiet, like everybody else. But he didn't, and he couldn’t have anticipated what came next. Hard for any of us to believe it. Most thought Denzel’s candor was cool hr er we already voted prior to Awards, Then 4,000 of the voted. Serre ‘then said, “Honey, this is family.” 1° still did not understand, although i it. did start me to thinking. I looked abiding around the town and I realized this was not an isolated case. It was something that happened in our - community as a matter of course. People left and came back and the entire family rallied to the cause. Irecalled my own cousin, who had | left his hometown of Horse Cave, Ky., in the late 1930s. He was not seen again until the middle of WWII, when he appeared in the uniform of the Royal Canadian Air Corps. Relatives came from every- where. My uncle, a prosperous farmer, went to his smoke house ‘and bréught out country ham. He killed a young pig and chickens and the women cooked for days. George was coming home and this was a family affair. Somewhere along the way, | began to understand that the sup- port of the family is the single earthly thing we can count on, no matter how the world treats us or how we treat ourselves. ~ The family, as a unit, exudes love and compassion. It is the fam- ily that offers strength and under- Standing that cannot be found at URBAN PERSPECTIVE Mi. The Seductiveness of Reverse Discrimination black. No doubt, each community would have a ready store of dis- missive epithets, ridiculing stories, Self-serving folk myths, and expres- sions of plain hatred, all directed at the other community and all based in racial hostility. Yet, to regard their respective racisms—if that is the word—as equivalent would be bizarre, for the hostility of one group stems not from any wrong done to it, but from its wish to protect its ability to de- prive citizens of their voting rights, ‘ to limit-access to educational insti- tutions, to prevent: entry into the economy except at the lowest and meanest levels and to force mem- bers of the stigmatized group to ride in the back of the bus. The hostility of the other group is the result of these actions, and whereas hostility and racial anger are un- happy faces wherever they are found, a distinction must surely be made between the ideological hos- tility of the oppressors and the ex- perience-based hostility of those who have been oppressed. Not to make that distinction is to twist history and forget the terrible plight of African Americans. in the more than 200 years of this country’s existence. Moreover, to equate the efforts to remedy that plight with the actions that pro- duced it is to distort history further. Those efforts designed to redress the imbalances caused by long- standing discrimination are called affirmative action. To argue that affirmative action, which gives pref- erential treatment to disadvantaged Minorities as part of a plan to achieve social equality is no differ- ever, nominated actress Hilary Swank (who Won) was targeted for protest. Denzel was the actor, not the writer. True or not, it made his performance no less compelling. This is Hollywood, where every- thing is “make believe,” so what's the deal? The deal is a protest group. sought out and successfully lob- bied academy voters, and appar- ently, some voters weren't that in- - accessible... The protest to Hurricane’ $ inac- curacy was directed at Denzel Washington. In fact, the protest group lobbied Academy. voters (in their re-vote) not to vote for Wash- ington, and some think the protest, n- combined with targeted marketing to academy members, did change some votes. Different estimates fig- we anywhere from 25 50, whic a 100 vote swing (from Denzel to Speers 44 ih row Poder so that it threw . “Wtlerenms: ty and lar ~ family is the foun : would be impossible to count the “papa because we were on the lam ’ can be one of most frustrating things -hormal functioning: Strong illness, equal parties, one of whom has been ‘discrimination has produced. When countless ways, it is small consola- ‘ ‘chances. you knew something not quite right ‘was going to play out, From the seating of Spacey front and center. haviors of the course. itdid, just as most predicted has ‘been: key 10 our pais It - times we have bad to call mama or and there was no other way out. } A few days ago, my son told of the pride he felt when he saw his - daughter named to the honor roll at her high school. It was an emotion he could not describe. But the bot- tom line was and is simple. ‘This was his child. This was his family or at least a portion of it. Family love transcends all transgressions. In some cases, we. stand in dan- ger of losing that precious commod-. ity. Life is faster and some of us may have lost touch with that love and emotional attachment. We need to look closely at all of the circum- stances and remember that nothing can take the place of family. Many of us would not enjoy whatever success we have achieved, had it not been for the strength of the family behind us, in front of us and beside us. It is one of the great- est things in life and, sometimes, it we will encounter in our lives. : But beneath it all, there mustbe ° ’ the knowledge that nothing can take the place of family. ent from the policies that created — the disadvantages in the first place, is a travesty of reasoning. Reverse racism is a cogent description of affirmative action only if one con- 4 siders the cancer of racism to be 3 morally and medically indistin- guishable from the therapy we ap- ply to it. A Cancer is an invasion of the body’s equilibrium, and _so is che- motherapy, but we do not decline to fight the disease because the medi- cine we employ is also disruptive to strong remedy: The formula is as appropriate to the health of the body politic as it is to that of the physical body. The objection to blacks now claiming privileges previously ac- corded to whites only is just an- other version of the forgetting and rewriting of history. The work is done by the adverb “unfairly,” which suggests two more or less unjustly penalized by an incompe-_ tent umpire. But blacks have not ’ simply been treated unfairly; they have been subjected first to decades of slavery, and then to second-class citizenship, widespread legal de- scription of their experience, and the belated gift of “fairness” in the form of a resolution no longer to discriminate against them legally is hardly an adequate remedy for the deep disadvantages that the prior the deck is stacked against you in tion to hear that you are now free to enter the game and take your the only major publication to pick Washington to win. Most of the industry trades (ET, TV Guide Times Calendar, Roger Ebert) ignored the Journal and went with some saw as “the inside tip.” And the inside tip _ won, Nobody has yet to explain when Denzel went from the inside pick to the outside chance, as BET commentator Tavis Smiley noted, At what point does the industry trade horses? Only the insiders know for sure. But come Oscar night, there _ was this strange hum in the air like (youcouldn’t even see Denzel from the stage on television), to the be- presenters, you knew the shaft was I comin aa of {sic}. : ont thing we now for sure. 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Paid for by the committee to elect Tony Moore. ~ Alumnae. ing this program/pageant a success. Chapter president, Cynthia Doctor Pageant Coordinator ard Vice President, Annette Goldring BLACK MAN Black Man, Black Man, "What is the matter with you?" Why do you do the things that you do? You fight your father, you kill your brother. You sell your sister and steal from your mothe. Black Man, Black Man, ° What's the matter with you? ' Why do vou do things you do? Why do vou think making babies make yot a man? When you wont even take care of the child, | don't understand. Being a man doesn't start between your legs. Being a man starts in your heed. Black Man, Black Man, "What's wrong, with you?” Why do you do the things \ou do? You blame the white man when you don't succeed. Don't you know,God has all you need? The white man didr’'t make you rape, kill, or steal. You did that out of your own free will. Black Man, Black Man, "What's wrong with you? Why do you do the things you do? 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Mrs. Eugene Faison Note: Additionally, young _ fellows, wearing the black head pieces, look at the fellows who wear such as opposed to the fellows who don't. fellows who are going places, who are focused, don't follow every fad and fashion. The A and B students, whose parents are good role models, wouldn't - dare walk around like that. stay in school, get a job. and go to work, be the fellow who gets good jcbs, who go to Sunday school and church regularly, join the Boys and Girls Club, go to the library and read. Be somebody. Psalms37: 27 $0 if you want an ee and lives. ways live ities especially in my own home, _ where I long to, act. as should. Psalms. 37:27 © 3.The purpose of. tithing is to teach you always to put God first in your lives. Deuteronomy 14:23 4.Unless the Lord builds a house, the builders work is useless. Ps. 127:1 5. Children are a gift from God; they ere his reward. Psalms |27:3 6. Woe to you who get up eagly in the morning to go on long drinking beuts that last till late at night - woe to you drunken tums. Isaiah 5:11 7. Seek first the kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Matthew 6:33 8. And let us not get tired of doing what is rigat, for after a while we will reap a harvest of blessing if ‘we don t get discouraged cu give up. Galatians 6:9 9. Don't point your finger at someone else, and try to pass the blame to him. Hosea +:4 10. A home filled with strife and division destroys itself. © Mark 3:25 oink dod oe Mark 7:15.16” Nae leave your evil, phoney 12. Good salt is worthless if it 6 loses its saltiness. Mark 3; 10” 13. Never criticize: or conderin. oO or it will come back on you. Luke 6:3? 14. | am the Bread of Lite. No one coming to me will ever be hungry again. John 6:35 15. Give me an understanding mind so that | can govern your people well and know the differ- ence between what is right and what is wrong. | Kings 3:9 Additional Truths... 1. Who gets to the summit and who doesn't Is a question of whose mind-set is ready for it. 2. Tenacity (persistence) is the most important skill. 3. In 1994, 24% of American children lived in mother-only families. 4. Fatherlessness is the most harmful demographic trend of ouir generation. 5. For the most part, we don't want to be told of our shortcom- ings. 6. Character is what you are in the dark. Dwight L. Moody May 2nd Elect Jim Rouse to the NC House of Representatives ' & Local Coupons &Freé classifieds *Currént Local Events * Weekly Yard Sale posting ® Let us link you up *® Local City & government Information a . *Complete Searchable Business Directory * Did you know your business is here Have you seen the Site everyone 1s talking about ? www. greenville. net NETH W. COOPER PITT COUNTY REGISTER OF DEEDS MAY 2, 2000 ¢ EDUCATOR AND RADIO PERSONALITY ¢ CHAMPION OF SENIOR CITIZENS’ ISSUES (VOLUNTEER FOR ELDERLY PROGRAM AT SYCAMORE HILL BAPTIST CHURCH) * WALK FOR THE HUNGRY ORGANIZER ¢ PITT COUNTY HUMAN RELATIONS COUNCIL * ORGANIZED FLOOD VICTIMS’ ADVOCACY COUNCIL TO FIGHT FOR FLOOD VICTIMS (ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY) > TO MAKE SERVICES MORE ACCESSIBLE TO THE DISABLED >» TO UPGRADE THE COMPUTER SYSTEM > TO COMPUTERIZE MORE INFORMATION FOR RESEARCHERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC >: TO FACILITATE GENEALOGICAL SEARCHES > TO ENCOURAGE A PROFESSIONAL DEMEANOR FROM STAFF PROMOTING EFFICIENT, ACCESSIBLE SERVICES IN A CUSTOMER-FRIENDLY, SERVICE-ORIENTED SETTING (Paid'for by the Committee to me Keith W. Cooper) HEGT (DEMOCRAT) OBJECTIVES “ae DANGEROUS RELIGIOUS GROUPS In 1978, the nation was reeling in the discovery of 900 suicide victims of the People’s Temple cult in > Jenestown, Guyan:. of which Jim Jones was the leader. Some years later, the Branch Davidian episode in .Waco. Tx., claimed 100 lives; then the Heaven's Gate mass suicide of 39 persons in 1997; and nost recently in Uganda, seme 9)0 murderess that were un- earthed as a result of a disap- pointed prediction of the end of the world. These dangérous religiots groups are commonly called cults, which I wrote about i: My previous articles referenced by numerous expert sources on cults. and the occult. In -his writing we need to look at how to wentifs dangerous religious g oups (DRGs) to which innocent pzople can sometimes be lured into. without their becoming aware of it. We will first look at the leaders ofa DRG. “ime will usually show the fruit of a leader's life. Che opposite of the “fruit of the spirit’ which the Apostle Paul speaks about is seen in those who are more concerned about them- selves than others. Such persons use’ people rather than love them. Their relationships are marked by a critical attitude, conflict, impa- tiznce, insensitivity, rudeness, selfishress. failure to keep prom- ises, ard failure te control their nouths, their anver, and their sexual desires. Such ev dence of someore’s spirit needs to be carefully listened to, regardless of his eloquence or ability to quote Scriptu-es. There are some basic questions we need to ask «ur- selves about those we are relying 01 for eadership: 108). y, or 3. Do they. themse!ves ‘show respect for authorities including parents, friends, and the govern- ment ? (HH Peter 2:10-12) ( Jude 8-10). 4. Do they show respect and love for other religious leaders ? (I Corinthians 3: 1-9). 5. (Do thay lead by “throwing their weight around “ or by information, encouragement. and example ? (I Peter 5:1-4). 6. Do they meet the qualifica- tions of a spiritual oversee, or are they gifted men of question- able character ? (1 Timothy 3:1-7). These questions address issues rooted not mere y in a leader’s words but in his or her attitudes and actions. They help us to see that the issue is not just doctrine, but the spirit and fruit of the leade*. Among the many marks of a dangerous religious grcup (DRG) are: 1. IDEALISM: DRGs are often made up of disappointed idealists who have to be traditional churches. They be- lieve God has raised them up to accomplish whet others have failed to do.Their vision is to recover the lost purpose of the church. 2. AUTHORITY: DRG’s are made up of those who are looking for direction. bounda- ries, and security and are drawn to the safety in structure that authoritarian leadership provides. 3. BIBLICAL EMPHASIS: Many DRG’s give much attention to Bible study. But their learning is Often carefully orchestrated by clever leaders who warn about reading authors who are ou:side of their group. 4, INDOCTRINATION: Many DRG's use sophisticated methods of recruitment and coercive per- suasion. They may break down individual thinking by using the following techniques.: Tin Van oat belonging, and” significance by oe pombing them. with flattery, - 2; Are they gentle or demanding ee 2 CT Timothy 2:24-26).. - burned in . -&1 over: touching, and hugging. b. REMOVAL OF PRIVACY: Recruits are never left alone to collect and discover their own thoughts. c. . FATIGUE: A person's Tesistance is broken down by long church meetings, long prayer mectings. and extended church work hours. d. MIND CONTROL: Members are conditioned to stop thinking and to accept without questions _ the revelations and doctrines of their leaders. e. CONFESSION: The self-respect of the members is broken down through persuading them to share their _Innermost secrets with the group. f. CHANTING & SINGING: Members are subjected 10 cor- Stant repetition, which blocks their rational thought process. g. CHILDLIKE DEPENDENCL.: Tehe leader demands absolute sub- mission to his control. h. NO QUESTION: Followers are taught te accept vithout question the revelations and inter- pretations of their leaders. (Adapted from: The Cult Crisis: Citizens Freedom Foundation). In conclusion, we must recognize that giving honor to a man er woinan cr organization is a sin. Christ died for our sins. and rose from the dead to give new life to all who will trust Him---the only One whe deserves to be called Teacher---to lead us to the only One whe deserves to be called Father (Matthew 23:8-10). The Scriptures warn that the seeds of dangerous religious —_— groups (DRGs) are not-jus: around us, but in us and among us as well. References: Cults in America, Appeal The Lure of the Cults, Enroth How to Identify a DRG, Discovery Series - Suejette A. Jones has completed the Religious Studies courses offered at PCC. Her courses included The Old Testament, The New — Testament, & ~~ World Religious LOOKING FOR A NEW START IN 2000 i Then you should attend the TATE GOVERNMENT CAREER F AIRS NCS Pitt County Agriculture Ctr. 403 Government circle Recruiting for all positions. Come and talk to representatives from over Call 919-733-0205 for more information Wednesday, May 10 Greenville, NC 10am- 3pm 30 state agencies and universities. — Fax: (252) 758- 2801 P.O. Box 116 Phone: (252) 752-0850 Paid for Vote to elect Randy Democratic Candidate for Pitt County Commissioner, District A Icreenville NC 27835-1116 B. Royal May 2, 2000 The Committee to Elect Rand Email-rroyal3861@aol.com B. Royal ‘Jeaders as they plan ways to fight for justice for slain Guinean immigrant Amadou At a meeting of. African- Americans in New York City and community and legislative leaders in Harlem Monday, the president of the United African Congress, Sidique Wai, said African “immigrants would stand with their African-Ameri- can kin in their fight for justice. The meeting was convened under the auspices of the National Action Network, led by Rev. Al Sharpton, to consider measures to introduce legisla- tion at local, state and federal levels to chetk acts of police bru- tality. Sharpton has led a con- certed campaign against police brutality since four white police officers killed DiaHo last Febru- ary. o 8 In his message at the meet- ing, Wai, a Sierra Leonean, said African ambassadors in the United States will also join in the fight for justice. He urged Black legislators to understand that Africa is their continent and that Africans in the United States, whom he said number more than 3 mil- lion, would stand together with African-Americans to fight for . justice. The chairman of the Black, Puerto Rican and Hispanic Cau- cus in the state assembly, Keith ~ legislation to be known as the ti Amadou Diallo law, which out- lines police reforms in New York — ,e known as the State. The law would require all a week city police officers to reside in protests the city, entrench diversity over training for police officers, its ensure drug testing for police officers and remove the rule that allows officers not to speak about their actions 40 hours Owens asked after the event. In a similar way, it announced that a committee of the New York City Council is also considering legislative measures that will bring police conduct under control. One of the measures - was . included ensuring that the appointment of city police commissioners goes through the approval of the council. A Black congressman, Grego- ry Meeks, announced that a leg- “islation referred to as the “Law Enforcement and Integrity Act” was underway in the U.S.* House of Representatives. The law would tackle, at a federal level, such problems as racial profiling, death in police cus-. tody and drug testing, among ‘other issues. _ Rep. Major Owens observed that the’ killing of Diallo has opened a golden window of opportunity for the people of New York City to make an effec- tive demand for change. In his view, the killing has united the people of the city across, racial and religious lines a develop- ment, he said, that should be was come out dirtied. He observed: the struggle for justice for the. slain Diallo has avoided Shay | This, he said, contrasted with the case of Rodney King, a Black = man who was brutalized in 1993 . : by the Los Angeles police. In iat that case, 55 people died in street protests against a jury tod verdict that acquitted the offi- cers who attacked him. Jackson, who is also U.S. special envoy for democracy in Africa, pointed out that the case of the late Diallo was only part of a pattern of American authorities oppressing Black men. Citing figures, he said at. the same time states across the country have reduced edu- cation budgets, they have — increased funding for prisons ‘DISTRICT "I believe in fairness, courtesy, and respect for all citizens. - a What you say counts in my courtroom." — Judge Galen Braddy | Vote for Judge Galen Braddy on Tuesday, May 2, for District Court Judge (District 3A). Appointed by Governor Jim Hunt in January 2000 Endorsed by NC Assc. of Women Attorneys - Member of NC Asse. of District Court Judges: ~ Paid for by Braddy For Judge, Larry Garrett, T Drug Task Force Agents A Five County Narcotics Task Force ‘n northeast North Carolina is seeking applicants for: undercover agents Applicants must possess the highest degree of integrity, be certified in: NC as law enforcement officials. Experience in narcotics enforcement and/or financial investigations is preferred. Applicants must also be willing to undergo background; Investigations including psychological. financial and polygraph testing. Positions include: random drug testing Avents will be responsible for the enforcement of the NC Controlled: Substances Act and the Criminal General Statutes of North Carolia. Salary depends on. qualifications. A completed Sheriffs Education and Training Standards Commission form F-3: is to be received by Keith Roach, PO Box 308. Williamston, NC 27892 no later than 5:00! pm. Fricay. May 12. The Narcotics Task Force is an equal opportunity employer. te Minority applicants are especially encouraged ‘today’s health line 252.816.5401 life-threatening diseases. Side effects trom shots are minor compared www.uhseast.com measles or whooping cough. 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Pitt County Memorial Hospital Bertie Memorial Hospital Chowan Hospital Heritage Hospital Roanoke-Chowan Hospital Don't let the issue of money keep your child from being Call your local health department for more information, ee ee ee ‘ hoe ees as i Ms aaa a) cy ess eh aa — men of all decade, it is heartening to see the accele __, ated response to the spread of HIV in mi- nority communities—notably African. American and Latino communities. How- _ ever, recently released CDC data find that “there is ‘one group that is often forgotten _. that needs urgent attention. Black and His- panic gay and bisexual men who have AIDS now outnumber their white counterparts. -. The CDC data indicate that in 1989, 31 percent of gay men with AIDS were men vi 3 os color; in 1998, that proportion increased to _. $2 percent. And while AIDS mortality has declined by more than 50 percent in just _” two years, AIDS remains the leading killer of African, Americans aged 25-44. ~” These data remind us, once again of how AIDS tends to affect those most out of reach of social safety nets, beyond the net- ‘work of voices openly talking about HIV. But talk about it, we must, if we are to truly commit to slowing the spread of HIV in minorities communities. “Silence has a way of fueling fear and fear has a powerful way of keeping indi- . Viduals from seeking information and ser- vices. In addition, many believe that fear of stigmatization is what causes some men who have sex with men not to think of themselves—nor identify themselves—as gay or bisexual. In fact, the recent CDC study found that of men who have sex with men, 24 percent of blacks, and 15 percent of Hispanics, but only six percent of whites, identify themselves as heterosexual, not gay or bisexual. By not identifying as gay or bisexual, these men may not even perceive them- selves at risk for HIV and, therefore, may be less likely to protect themselves and their partners. And by having sex with both men and women, they may also be helping to fuel the spread of the disease to women. Overall, women now comprise 26 percent of reported AIDS cases, while accounting for only 10 percent a decade ago. Estimates Suggest that women also account for 30 percent of new HIV infections. The vast Majority of these women are black and Hispanic. Stopping the spread of HIV in any com- munity isn’t easy. AIDS has always raised May 2nd you can make the Difference is heartening to see the aceler- ‘many Americans. With the advent of pow- erful new drugs to. treat HIV infection’ obituaries are less frequent, the protests have died down, and a dangerous sense of compiacency has set in. We cannot afford - to let this complacency continue. As long as HIV continues to spread in any commu- nity, it is a problem for all communities. In the past few years, we have commit- ted new resources to HIV/AIDS preven- tion. We've expanded our search for the ultimate prevention weapon—a vaccine. And, we’ ve worked with the Congressional. Black Caucus to help local communities _ address the changing face of the epidemic. We are making progress preventing the spread of HIV, but there are more preven- tion needs today than ever before. Limited resources are being stretched, while AIDS is still with us, and the virus is still a formidable opponent. HIV prevention efforts are only effective when they are sustained; and when we resog- nize and address the full force of societal~~ conditions and norms that fostér the epftlemic. Fear remains a powerful force—a force that drives many young black and brown men with AIDS to die alone rather than face the risk of being shunned by loved ones; a force that drives families to silently hope their son is a drug addict when they find out he has AIDS; a force that drives young men away from the people or HIV prevention services that might help protect them. A substantial reduction in HIV trans- mission is possible, but it will only happen when we look honestly mto the face of AIDS, wake ourselves from denial, and deal directly with very real issues that might be uncomfortable. We must recognize that our gay and bisexual brothers are, after all, still our brothers. (Dr. Helene D. Gayle is director, Na- tional Center for HIV, STD AND TB Pre- vention Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.) rk- — areatrisk for HIV infection, and communi- } ties of color must create an environment — - where all men can access the HIV testing, treatment, and prevention services they need without the fear of estrangement. And even as AIDS continues to ravage — communities across the nation, the disease “threatens to drop off the radar screen for iy Re aes _The movement to implement an appro- priate African-centered curriculum in pre- ~ dominately African in America inner city . schools is critical to the on-going struggle _ for the liberation of African people in this. - country, We must continue to demand that the truth be.taught. This movement has now become popu- larly known as the African Centered Edu- cation Movement. Simply stated, it focuses - on teaching the truth concerning the con- ‘tributions of African people to the develop- ment of civilization in all subjects. During African History Month we must heighten the dialogue concerning the importance of this movement. ; Throughout the country, Africans in America are now becoming more sensitive tochallenging the racist and white suprema- cist basis of the African public school cur- riculum. Through the National Black United Front (NBUF), and its world African Centered Education Plan, more Africans in America are beginning to see the need for massive curriculum change in the public schools of this country. ° There is not a day that goes by that someone does ‘fot call my office seeking information and help .on how to start the _poocess of changing the curriculum in their “ch ool. It is clear that the public school system is the place where, African Ameri- can children receive a significant portion of their view of the world and the history of the world. And, it also is a place where large numbers of African in America youth are miseducated under the system of white supremacy through the ideas and interpre- tation of history that is presented to them. Our seniors | s boards, * Eliminating the academic achievement gap in NC Students in all of our counties have the resources t * Making quality health care more available and prescription drugs more affordable for lopment and the Housing Trust Fund ‘ion in 1999 to encourage more diversity on VOTE — Beverly Perdue Lieutenant Governor _ Senator Beverly Perdue Candidate for Lieutenant Governor a ; Committed to North Carolina's African-American Communities as a Member of the North Carolina House and Senate since 1986... BEV PERDUE FOR LT. GOV. CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE ROBERT IPOCK, TREASURER ublic schools by ensuring that at-risk, t they need for success. i . R aes . ANN HUGGI : Let 's turn 1 education, with all its defects, however, does others so much more good than it does’ the Negro, because it has been worked out in conformity to the needs of those who have enslaved and oppressed weaker people.” ~ For example, Woodson says, “the phi- losophy and ethics resulting from our edu- cational system have justified slavery, pe- onage, segregation and lynching. The op- pressor has the right to exploit, to handi- cap, and to kill the oppressed.” Continuing on, Woodson explains that, “No systematic effort toward change: had been possible for, taught the same econom- ics, history, philosophy, literature and reli- gion which have established the present code of morals, the Negro’s mind has been brought under control of his oppressor.” Concluding on this point Woodson ‘States: “The problem of holding the Negro down, therefore, is easily solved. When you control a man’s thinking you do not have to worry about his actions.” Therefore, it is inspiring to see so many of our people waking up all over America and seeking the truth concerning the real contributions of African people to the world. Through study groups, conferences, black talk radio, information network exchanges, African Americans are coming into a new African consciousness that seeks to reclaim the African mind and spirit. ‘ Through ‘the Portland Model ‘Baseline Essays, the work of the Kemetic Institute, Association For The Study of Classical African Civilizations (ASCAC), and other writings and curriculum materials, Afri- = et’s turn to Carter G. Woodson’ great . book, The Miseducation of the Negro to get _ some further insights into this problem. - Woodson observes “the so-called modern. - following points intothecurriculum. ~ 1. Africa is the home of early man. . 2. Africa is the cradle of modern man. 3. Africa is the cradle of civilization, _ 4, Africa once held a position as world ‘teacher including the teacher for the west- ern world. . _ §. There was and there still is a conti- nental wide unity in Africa and in the Afri- can communities around the world: 6. The first time Africans left the conti- nent was not on slave ships; ==_ 7. Africa and African people altever the world have been under ‘siege for-nearly 2000 years and only recently by:European slavery and colonization. than | _ 8. There is an African Diaspota-al] over - the world today. poem ' 9. African people have resisted'ttgmina- tion on the continent and all over the world. “10, Even under slavery, colomtzation, segregation, apartheid, African peeple have made monumental contributionste: arts, science and politics. — | These 10 points, and others, ave be- come the basis upon which we Gai-judge the white supremacy public schoOffiitricu- lums content in textbooks and otfféflearn- ing materials. a In other words, these points*ve be- ‘come the basis of determining whether the truth is being taught in the public scheols of this country. — The truth will set us free! Sees (Dr. Worrill is the National Ci@irman of the National Black United Froht{NBUF) located at 12817 Ashland Ave., Fixst Floor, Calumet Park, Illinois 60827,