VOL. VIII NO. 4S OCTOBER S - 11 1986
L S G - Governor James
J. Blanchard ha proclaimed
October as ichigan inority
Busine Month, to be highlight­
ed by min rity trade fair and
busine s development minars
and ork op to be held in
12 citie including u egon
Heights, Benton Harbor, Kala­
mazoo, B ttle Cree Grand
apid and Lansing.
" inority bu ine se are an
important part of the economic
development of our tate,"
Governor Blanchard . d in his
xecutive Delcaration. "The
theme of thi ob rvance,' ain-
reaming inority Busine '
ill empb size and eel brate
the ccomplishment and con­
tributi n of mino . y busin4�g�S
in icht
Blanchard
action to
dministration
minority bu i;
busine dvo-
c te pro ram to ' t minority
in procurement, I gi -
lati and busine s activities'
- a financi p ck ging taff
minority busine s
nd bmi loan ppli-
c
o
a
- a communication market­
ing and networking rvice to
promote minority businesses;
and
- a toll-free hotline service
1- 00- 31-9090 to offer
minority businesses information
and assistance.
A "minority business" is a
company which is t least 51
percent owned and oper ted by
one or more resident who
are members of a di dvantaged
group, including Blacks His­
panic ative Americans and
sians.
Coming i e of The Michi­
gan Citizen will detail activities
in th differ nt citie � Amo
tho activitie re: inority
p r xchan and � -
er and Borrowers Seminar,
Grand R pid on Oct. 14;
inority usine Recognition
ward Banquet, Oct. 16, Battle
Creek; "How To Get oney
and Where To Find It" wor -
shop, Oct. 17, Kalamazoo;
Bu ine Development or­
shop, Oct. 21, Benton Harbor;
"Ho To Start and Stay In
Business", u egon Ht " Oct.
22.
tivity.
Apartheid i the South Afri­
sy tern of government poll­
de which allow the white
minority to rule a country
hich i more than 70% Blae
by denyin B1 certain b ic
civil and political right such
the ri t to vote.
When questioned abou the
purpo of the camp, govern­
ment officiab refu comment
except to refer to it as a
'Le er camp" hich i
d . ed to e]a youtfis
out pri n and "properly re­
introduce them into the com-
I
're-ed
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ca I
n' of yo
B ton el ing
perh ps the e t kno n Blac
politician in Mas hu Us
wa among tho h went
down to defeat last wee in
a bid for the democrati
nomination to the ,S. on­
gress. The victor was J 0 ph
Kennedy II, eldest on of the
late senator Robert Kennedy.
By winning Kennedy contin­
ued a tradition that no
member of th liberal Ken-
nedy clan h an
election in a chu tt.
King, who lost a clo race
for mayor of Boston in
1983, placed third with 10%
of the vote in a field which
included eleven candidates.
FCC TS TO E D ULES
WHICH F AVO 0 TIES
Washington, DC - The
Federal Communi ations
Commission (FCC 1 week
propo d that it drop its
o n polici s which favor
minoritie and women ho
television and radio
licen s. The policies ere
dopted in the early 1970'
in order to increa the num­
ber of Bl s who 0 ned
radio ations. However,
the FCC is no dominated
by Re an administration
COIUefV tives ho argue that ,
rules designed to aid omen
and minorities di riminate
again white men. Current­
ly, there are over 12,000
r dio and t levision stations
in Americ but only 210
or less than 2% of them are
o ned by minoriti
3
to train Black informer and to
e ablish a select group of
Blac s who will pport govern­
ment policies including the con­
tinuation of white minority rule.
They cite the f ct once nt
to the camp, the young Blae s
are not forced to ay.
This pr ctice gge s, ys
anti-apartheid acivi t Audrey
Coleman, that the government
i allo ing militant Blacks to
«Weed them Ive ." Accord­
ing to Coleman tho Bl k
ho agree to ay at the camp
are believed by the authorities
to be more open to its "re­
education efforts."
Coleman ys young B
who were sent to the camp
bu t decided to le ve say the
the camp i a much better
facility than the jail from which
they h d ju been relea d
and the home to which they
are about to return.
Coleman i with the De-
tainee Parents Support Com­
mittee in J ohanne burg. That
committee is chiefly responsible
for making the existence of
the camp nown to the out-
'de orId. During an inter-
vie last wee with the Cana­
dian Broadca ting Company
Coleman y the existence of
the camp shows that "the
au thorities and the government
are not intending to end
partheid but what they intend
to do is trick and coerce a
young group into participating
in their sy em." Coleman a s,­
"If the government is trying
to help the Blac , then why is
it necessary to operate in ch
a secret manner? Why is it
nece to take ch young
children to the camp? I t all
m e one very uneasy about
hat the uthorities are doing."
Other critic ch th t some
of the Black being sentare s
young as 13.
