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Racism - DO we complain too much?
By Dr. Chari W. Faulkner
Do you want me to stop writ
ing about the problem of
racism? Som people do. Every
time I write .about discrimina
f Oft, I receive a predictable
number of compliants and
, criticisms. Here are some of
them: . Before you answer, consider
"When you tell peop e how to this:
solve their perso al problems, I 1) Ninety-seven percent of
like your column. When you the letters that I receive, regard
write about what you call ing my columns on racism, are
racism, I don't like �our from people who praise me for
column." telling the world what is in their
"I am white. I read your hearts. Of the 420 columns I
column and I think that you are have written during the past ten
a Black racist years, only 45 have dealth with
"Every time I pick up your racism.
column you are writing about 2) The single most destruc
how badly whites treat Blades. tive issue in the lives of Black
Everybody has an equal chance people is racism. It virtually
in this ociety, Blacks should overwhelms Blacks. It is 'more
help themselves." significant than love, money or
"I see Blacks doing the same education because it deter
bad things to whites that you say. mines whether Blacks will be
whites do to Blacks. Why don't good, productive parents, and
you write about that sometime?" Blacks will get a job that will
Most of the criticisms that I offer an income sufficient to
receive are from whites, but support a family and build the
some are from Blacks. You, the individual's self-respect, It also
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readers, are the most important determines if a Black person
people in the world, so what do will get a decent education.
you think? Should I stop writing 3) There are many whites in
abou r . m? Write at P.o .. this society ho have shared the
Box 500 ,Won' DC·· in of Bla suffering. Some
20004. I would love to hear from have even given their lives so
you. that all people may live in peace,
harmony and happiness. I salute
them.
4) Practicallye,very problem
that Blacks have can be traced
directly or indirectly to the im ..
pact that unequal treatment and
the consequen self-hatred have
had upon their lives. Blacks suf
fer more stress, depression,
strokes, heart attacks and
suicide than'whites. That's wby
the average Blac will live a Iife
that is ten years shorter than the
average white person.
5) Your self-image affects
your emotional stability. Since
Blacks do not, generally, like
themselves, they have far more
personal and emotional
problems than whites As a be
havioral scientist, J must ad
dress the cause of that problem.
If I don't, who will?
February 5 - H American home-run king.
born 1934.
February 6 - Melvi educator, author and
poet, born 1900. Bob y, regga� . ing�r, �m 1945.
February 7 - ragtune piamst and rom-
poser, born 1883. .
'February 8 - Three South Carolina State students
killed dur� segregation protest in Orangeburg, S.C.,
1968. .
February9 - Jr. met with Presi-
dent Johnson to disCuss Black voting rights, 1965.
February 10 - Price, opera singer, born 1929.
� 11 - bert Wea became administrator
of Ho ins and Home rmance Ageacy, 196L
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Dear Dialog
I'm thy a
sho da't I put a
blood in a blood • n case of
d? Hugh W., Mobile, Ala.
Dear Hugh: You could do
that, and at a time of concernl
about the nation's blood stocks,
some American bank their
owo. Generally a person in good
health can donate one unit (a lit
tIe less than a pint)" a wee
without ill effect. The ideal ex
ample uld be someone facing
elective surgery. But drawbacks
aboun�Red Cross officials say
in eme gencies most patients
don't e their own blood be
cause i cannot be retrieved
quickly nough from where it is
stored.
casiooal omel t. Is t - any
hope for egg-lovers? KeDDY G.,
ar ota, Fla.
Dear Kenny: Zero-
cholesterol bacon may never hit
your supermarket, but I wer
choles rol eggs from Pennsyl
vania re already reaching
limited markets on East and
West asts. But check with
your do or ftrst.
Dear Dialogue: I'¥ friend
who 0 at a stand-up des
He says it bums up calones,
keeps m fit and freshens
mind. I that tr ? I told him
be's er zy. M ry Ann T ,
Pasade ,TX.'
Dear ary Ann: Your friend
is onto s mething. Thomas J ef
ferson, mest Hemingway and
Thomas Wolfe are just thr9?
standers. Jefferson drafted
some of e Constitution on his
fire pia e mantle; so tall is
Wolfe, h can write on top of his
refriger or. Now comes Max
Vercru n, a researcher at the·
Univers of California, wh9
studied � volunteers as they
processed information seate
then st ding. Response tim
was 5 to percent faster whe
the wor ers were su ndi g
thanks tol' a faster heartbeat
Do yo� hdve a quution abou
personal ygiene or health? S
to D�e, The Dial Corpora
. - tion, 11 W. Clarendon, M.S
Dear D· logue: 0 a triet 16J6, Ph ix; Ariz., 85077. Fo
low cholesterol diet, the 0 a perso reply, send a self-ad
thi� I mi most is D oc- dressed, tamped envelope.
Dialogue: I'� a home
gym, aad I ork out regularly.
- But my usi ess m tr vel-
ing I I can't pa my heavy
exercise gear, and there are just
so man itups a guy can do in
a hotel m. What to do? Andy
M., n ' n, Ohio
Dear Andy. Select one of the
increasi g number of hotels of
fering fitness facilities. Or, if
you're not already a member,
consider jointing the YMCA. A
thousand Y s across America in
vite traveling, full-service mem
bes to use facilities free or at
reduce rates.
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