LOS A GELES - The televi
image of the Olympics might include.
picke by minority coalition, next
. sommer;. unle ( AB -TV redre - s it
hiI:ing practi ce .
That' the thre t of an l l-member
group callin itself, "American Commit­
I fed to the Olympic Spirit."
on it m mber are
scrim ation, the League of
United Lat American Citizens (LULAC)
a ell s nine ther organizations.
The oup petitioned the pre 'dent
ovember to urge the FCC to consider
C' minority hirin for the Olympic
and it wrtrayal of minorities in the
liscensing rene al of e net or and
its five net or -owned tation.
This follow almo a y ar of attempt
to negotiate ith ABC, including asking
for specific minority hiring committ­
ents for the Olympics and "Accurate
portr yals of the diversity of Los Ange-
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BLAC FAR POPULATIO
TI UES SHARP' DROP
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ASHI GTO , OC - America's
Black farm population, which bas been
.dropping steadily since 1920, showed
a sharp drop 'fro 1970 to 1982.
. Blacks on farms' numbered only
179 000 �in 1982. That is 3. percent of
the total U.s. farm. population of 5.6
million people,. ccording to a Censu
Bure u report. -
S' ce 1920, when the farm popula­
tion was first identified separately, the ..
proportion, of all Black living on farms
ha dropped dramatically - from Jlearly -
50 percent to 21 percent by mid-century
and to one percent by 1982.
The 'proportion of hite Americans
, living on farm fell from 27 percent in
1920 to 3 percent in 1982.
Between 1970 and 1982" the Blac
PIC ope
Van Buren 0 fice
The Priv te Indu ry Council (pIC)'
TYing Berrien, Ca , and Van Buren
Countie ha . ned a n intak� site in
Van Buren County for pttere ed appli­
ant announced Dr. Richard Dornbo ,
Executive Director.
Th ne ite i . located in Hartford
off South Center Street at 6(ijh Street.
Thi is one-half mile orth off the 1-94
Expre '. a , ju east · o-f South Center
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�r. JOSEPH - "Don't talk. Don't
tru t. Don't feel."
The are the three b ic tenet of
c¥dren of alcoholic,' ccordin to
Cl udi Blac � PhD., who will talk to
the public 0 the Tri-County area, Fri­
day, J n. 61frpm 9 a.m to 4 p.m. at Lake
. higan College.·. .
Dr, Blac has uthored, My Dad
·Lo e! Me, My Dad R A DUell .. It Will .
Never Happen To M. , and a film, "Chil­
dren of Denial.'
She ha orked in iuvenile centers,
ohol and drug treatment program
. nd family therapi
les and California'"
hen ABC refused to re pond, ario t
Obledo, national president of LULAC
rned, HABC is so arrogant that at thi
time I would not rule out any massive
demonstration' t t the whole world
can just how t . great network treats
mino,rities. "
Specific complaints against ABC
, include:
-Blacks are generally e eotyped,
. with 49 percent of all Blacks portraying
roles s criminals, rvants, entertainers or
at�te . �.
- 0 lead character on any of 22
. entertainment shows is Hisp nic and only
three of 264 sp aking PClFl in the I st
year ere played by Hispanic acto.
I _ Two-thirds of. e Hispanic charac-
ters were portrayed as criminals.
- one of the 173 major roles last .
year was portrayed by Asian ctors,
and none of the 264 peaking parts by
American Indians.
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farm population dropped 71 per ent ,
while the white farm population fell 2�
percent.
F actors related to the disproportion­
ate drop among Black included the older
age structure of Black farm opera rs
and small r acreage and sales, the report
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: says. .
The me cash income of Bla k
farm fam ie for 1978' the lates avail­
able ye a only about two-fifths
that of white farm familes. Black farm
families had a median income of 9,503
versu 21,706 for white farm families. . 1
The 1981 proportion of Black farm
familie in poverty was 49 percent,
double that of whites on farms, 22 per-
cent.
Street behind the Schmalfeldt's Auto
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Clinic.
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The new Intake Site will be open
every londay and ednesday from 9
.m. to noon, and 1 to 4 p.m.
Plea all the following offices for
further information regarding eligibility
requirements under JTPA guidelines:
enton Harbor, 926-0074; and DOWagiac,
182-5109.
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Dr. Bl ck has developed family pro- through their adolescen looking good,
gramming in twenty-five alcoholism pro- and they appear to urvive all the pro-
grams and has pioneered efforts in work- blems and hardship of life, in an alcoh lie .
ing with children from alcoholic home . family. They abide by the laws: DOn't
Blac is a worldwide lecturer and talk. Don't trust. Dbn't feel.
trainer on the subject and re 'de in ch survival technique cau pro-
Laguna' Beach, California, w ere she has blem in dulthood. A fe re ult are
a private practice and operate a consul- epressio inability to maintain intimate
ting firm, 'A.C.T. . -relation ips; some 30 percent marry
• In her book, Bla k states that the alcohqlics1 nd an estimated 58 percent
title is line spoken by all who have been becom alcoholics them lve.
r ised' in a family where one or both Black will cover the child's percep-
parents have a problem with alcohol - tion ()f parental alcoholism, emotional/
"It Won't Happen to Me.'� psychological development and coping
o t children from these homes got mechanisms.
She will be targeting her remar s to
profe ionals who work with the children
or family of alcoholics, but mvi es all
persons directly concerned to attend al .
Claudia Blac is brought to the area
by the Tri-C nty ubstance Abu e
Service Advisory Council to the Hum n
Re ources Oommission .
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A donation of 30 for the day'
conference including bre and lunch,
. is requested, or 20 .Is a ed for lunch
and the afternoon ession.
Re ervations can be made it itzi
Tompkins, Sou e ern ommi sion, �
2907 Division, St. Jo eph, call 983-15 9_
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