Young B cb, �r, d Simon has set a Foreign that country. South African
op for violence. When I say Relations Committee vote on whites don't know what is hap-
sanctioas, I don't mean simply· new South African sanctions .. pening.
u.s.-imposed sanctions. I mean legislation on his return to He said a lackofcommunica-
global sanctions. Many Capi 01 Hill Sept. 8. tion between the race con-
countries aare considering Onefoc�ofSimon'stripwas. tributes greatly to ongoing ten-
sanctioos, inc1udingthose in the press censorship in the racist sio and misunderstandings.
British Empire. The white country. Simon, a former jour- Simon . ccompanied by
South African government i nalist, noted that Mandela's pic- . Rep. Richard Lehman (O-CA)
becoming more and more iso- ture was cu out of wswee' who shrugged off charges by
lated and it feels it," Simon said editio appeari ID South African .
. tio would hurt B
He id, I note that stron
economic . emt today
within the South African
society. They are appli d by an
U-wbite government aga. a
maJOrity of South A&i
The IIIinoi Senator also
. ired . &ootIiDe tales of
M�· ad Botswana.
He said there· str scnti-
ment for tough sanctions in
Congress, t i unsure if there
are. enough votes to override
President Reagan's all but as­
sured veto.
Blae Reading
,in full s y
. i, oofounder of
oath, along
• two busi associ es, at-
tended a conference ponsored
by Third World Press in
1980 in Cb icago. The con­
ference brought together boo
distributors and publishers
&0 far a ay EagIaod
He ys one of the objectiYes
of conference to devi;e
od to pro e the of
I
. B boo recog-
nized t t although Black books
ere being distributed, the
oommunity . no buying and
coasequently not reading them
widely the committee d
desired.
Upon their return to Detroi
YakiDi and oompany decided to
see how they migb bring to &ui­
tioa the idea that was discussed
at the 00 fereace aad therefore
UL
n
add
DETROIT - "Better op­
port unities exist in th 19t1)'s for
tb . today than they did .
the p t," s id lsi Th ,
gu rd for e Detroit Pis on .
"But to ta vant of th
op rtunities, lei better learn
. to expre themselves." Thomas
relayed experiences of hi youth
in a forum Fo ering Self- Es­
teem in Black-Youth t th a-:
tional Urban League Con­
ference held recently in Detroit.
He stre ed that youth must
learn to ch nnel their intel­
ligence and remember that
education must r e main a
priority. �.
.. It is not enough to have
trong athletic abilities," said
Thomas, "It i more important
to think, to be able to exPress an
i� and convey a thought."
Bruce R. Hare, Ph.D., As­
sociate Professor t the Depart­
ment of Sociology at State
Universityot e YOI' atStony
Broo preceded Thomas in the
p nel di cussion saying th t
many. of the problems in the self­
esteem of Blac youth are the
result of negative schooling.
"We do not control the schoo
our children attend, " said Hare.
"There exists a loss of continui
in our schools."
Dr. Hare stated that Bla
youth must under tand the p .
and recent history in order to
gain a better perspective of
themselves. 'There i one step
missing in the evaluation of.
-
Blac youth and that is he
evaluati of the (0 e being)
evaluated"
Dr. Hare also stressed the
importance of education.
'Blac and white is a political
ideology, not the color of
someone's skin," said Hare.
"T oday's Black youth are t 0
often t the mercy of someone
else's id ot who and what they
should be."
Dr. Hare concluded hi
present lion with a ory: "A lit­
tle boy said, '0 d you always
told the lion the king of
the jungle, but in all the boo I
.re d the lion gets killed' The
father put his hand on th boys
houlder and . d, on, until
the lion writes that boo the
lion alwavs zets killed. "
.
I
Launch
'Keep
Ed·son'
campaign
8yR •
HIGHLAND AR -
the eptember 6 ity un­
cil meting, May r Martha
G. colt protested plan f
Detroit Edison. to m v it
oCfi away-from Highland
Park by the end of thi year,
ma ing residents go to
Hamtr mck.
Information ab ut th
Edison m ve was printed e -
elusively in The Michigan
Citizen last
Members of th audi n
stated that having to go 1
Hamtramck ould repre nt
a serious hardship for th
without cars, particularly
tbose with handicaps and
senior citize
Some saw this an ct of
discrimination, bee use
Highland Par wa a \
predominantly B ck city.
On senior stated, "With
White flight, everything else
nt,"
Mayor Sco t inted th t
community residents might
want to t e action protest­
ing Edison's move.
"They (Edison officials)
said nothing can change their
mind." she said -I don't
belieYe i •
Councilman Comer
Heath stated that Highland
Parker should write to
Detroit Edi n indicating
they re "affronted"
. He also sugge ted that
Highland Park City Council
should p a resolution and
- Detroi to upport us."
. Citizens noted that many
Detroit residents use the
Highland Park office and
ould also be h rt by an
Edison move to
Hamtramck.