DETROIT

••

■

'Dukism'

Thanksgiving
Nov. 28

Continued from Page 1

Open Thanksgiving Day 10-3

Thrifty
Flowers

We're all the florist you'll ever need.

Harvest Bouquet $5.98
Thanksgiving Centerpiece with candle $14.95
Fall Centerpieces starting at $7.95
while supplies last

Centerpieces, Cut Flowers, Special Arrangements, Balloons,
Greeting Cards, Flowering Plants and Cemetery Decorations

4 Convenient Locations:

Detroit

23841 Grand River

Corner Grand River
& Telegraph

Farmington
on Huntington/
22840 Orchard ke Rd.
Royal Oak
Corner of Grand River
& Shiawassee
8711 w 11 Mile

537-7776

474-3220

Livonia

29410 Five Mile

Corner of 5 Mile
& Middlebelt

Corner 11 Mile & Woodward

544-0850

421-9250

Hours: Monday Thru Saturday, 8 am-9pm; Sunday 10-5
We accept all major credit cards.
Phone orders welcome.

CONCORD.

WATC H

MAKERS

To

THE GENTRY.

said the group's main pur-
pose was to show the Detroit
metropolitan community, a
community of ethnic diver-
sity, that people of
dissimilar backgrounds can
live together in harmony.
"Dukism," Mr. Gad-Harf
said, is in a position where it
can spread like wildfire.
With the recession still
much intact, the fear, he
said, was that David Duke's
support could strengthen
and replicate itself.
"When there is a tremen-
dous economic upheaval go-
ing on like we have now,
there is a tendency for
scapegoating to take place.
Jews, African Americans,
Arabs and other minorities
are blamed for someone
else's situation."
Bill Nabers of the South
Oakland County branch of
the NAACP said David
Duke was successful in
"putting the word hate back
on the front burner." Mr.
Nabers added that besides
Mr. Duke's garnering of 39
percent of the Louisiana
vote, the huge amount of
campaign support he receiv-
ed from outside Louisiana
was also significant.
"Duke is saying that it's
okay to think in the fashion
he thinks," said Mr. Nabers.
"But the results of the elec-
tion give justification to it."
This is what also concerns
Jessica Daher, the spokes-
person for the American Arab
Anti-Discrimination Com-
mittee.
"I've heard some people
say they are relieved that
David Duke lost the elec-
tion," said Ms. Daher. "I
don't feel relieved. Not when
39 percent of the voters
turned out for him. This is
something we have to pay
close attention to. It's a sign
that people feel increasingly
polarized in this country. It
seems like we're heading
into really difficult times."

SINCE 1908

LADIES' STEEL AND GOLD SARATOGA -
POLISHED 18-CARAT GOLD AND BRUSHED STAINLESS STEEL.
RAISED GOLD ROMAN NUMERALS.
WATERTIGHT TO THREE ATMOSPHERES.
SWEEP-SECOND AND DATE. $1690.

r%!lb.
JEWELERS

20

32940 Middlebelt Rd.,
in the Broadway Plaza
PHONE: 855-1730

Mon-Fri 10-6, Thurs 10-7:30, Sat. 10-5

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1991

FREE

Municipal
Bonds Listing

Receive Weekly Report

AGFAhvards&Sons,Ine

NYETIMESTSVACEMV

MEMBER SIPC #AN-BM-8-EDA

BOB MOR1AN
313) 336-9200 1-800-365-9200

Mr. Gad-Harf said now is
not the time to sit back and
wait for Mr. Duke to make
his next move. He said in-
dividuals need to become
more politically active, and
they need to make their
voices heard. It's clear, he
added, that racists and anti-
Semites are making their
voices heard, only they are
not resorting to the old
stereotypes of hoods and
swastikas. Racists and anti-
Semites are now finding a
designer suit, a fax machine
and the American political
process to be just as effec-
tive.
There are, Mr. Gad-Harf
added, certain code words
that are now socially accep-
table to disguise a person's

hate. Mr. Duke is known for
referring to the city of New
York whenever he talks
about Jews. He uses the
words crime or welfare to
disguise his focus on African
Americans.
"If you look at the lessons
of history, we might have
another Hitler in the mak-
ing," Mr. Nabers said. "The
fear that we have is that a
rise of a David Duke means
there's even less harmony in
our communities. That
would be disastrous."
But, like the other leaders
involved, Mr. Nabers is
hopeful the joint statement
is seen as a signal that quite
the opposite is occurring
here.
"I hope to see the contexts
where we can work in unity
grow," Ms. Daher said.
"People like David Duke try

"I've heard people
say they felt
relieved that David
Duke lost the
election. I don't
feel relieved."

Jessica Daher

and divide and conquer and
set everyone against every-
one."
But at least in Detroit, Mr.
Gad-Harf said, David Duke
might have done everyone a
favor.
"He reminded all of us
that as minority groups, we
are not necessarily so
dissimilar."
The other names on the
joint statement include: N.
Charles Anderson of the
Detroit Urban League;
Robert Arcand of the
Greater Detroit Interfaith
Round Table; Robert Brown
of the American Jewish
Congress; Selma Goode of
the Jewish Labor Committee;
Marcel Hage, Larry Hor-
witz, Sheldon Lutz and
Kamal Shouhayib, co-chairs
of the American Arabic and
Jewish Friends; Paul L.
Hubbard of New Detroit,
Inc.; Larry Imerman of the
American Jewish Com-
mittee; Nati Jenks of the
American Citizens for
Justice; Arthur Johnson of
the Detroit Branch of the
NAACP; Winston Lang of
the Detroit Human Rights
Dept.; Bernard Parker Jr. of
Operation Get Down; Ed
Scribner of the Metro
Detroit AFL-CIO; Sam Yono
of the Chaldean Federation
of America; Richard Loben-
thal of the B'nai B'rith Anti-
Defamation League and
Ismael Ahmed of the Arab
Community Center for
Economic and Social Ser-
vices. 0

K