"Tbc man to
pull our elves up by our
DOO(Stta bu then he ole our
boo It, was the opening state­
ment of renowed Black his ..
torian and lecturer Dr. John
Hendrick Clar .
Clark w invited to Wayne
County Community College's
orthwest C p on Sunday
June 18, one of the guest
speakers to ddre a few of the
multiplicity of ch llenges
African-Americans face today.
Clar expr d his disdain.
for the it upremi t bind
that Bla have allow d them-
sel tobe e aredin.He id
Blacks have been m· ted
into greeing wi h everything
bite, From white Jes to
ite bread."
. Clark . d Bl c ve been
cajoled in 0 telling time by the
bite clock dancing to the beat
o tbe bite drum, inging the
wbite national nthem, com­
pletely void of any BI c m -
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WASHINGTON,D.C. -
Michigan Senator Donald
Riegle, Chairman of the
Senatre Banking Commitee,
h been targ led by anti- p rt­
heid ctivists in the nation's
capital because of his ilence on
the ne Iy introduced s nctions
legi I tion, H .R. 21/S.507,
hich would place further
restrictio on U.S. inv tmen
and trade ith apartheid South
Africa.
J cque ine Asbee e,
tant Director of the ashington
Office on Africa (WOA), re­
c and dvocacy organiza­
tion cot cerned with eliminating
white minority rule in southeren
Africa, issued . statement in
which she noted that the
. Senator had not made his posi-:
lion clear on the imposition of
st ronger nctions against
Pretoria.
" enator R igl h no ex­
pressed oppo ition to H.R.
21/S.507, the comprehensive
anction bill introduced by
Senator Paul Simon and
Representative Ronald Del­
lums, but he h not co-
ponsered tb me ure nor h
he made tatemen to indica e
his pport", A hee e said.
In holding such key posi-
-tion Senate Banking Com-
mitee Ch irman, Riegal could
have a large impacl on the
clauses embodied in the' new
nctions legislation.
Loopholes in current Ie . -
lation allow loan to South
Africa on a short -term b is.
These loan , known a trade
credits, re financing South
African expor and imports at
the pr t time.
According to A heeke,
"Some large bank, ueh as
Citiban nd Manufac urer -
H Dover, have extended their
medium-term 10 ns to outh
Afric , thereby easing the
financial squeeze on the apart­
heid economy".
These medium-term loan
were in effect prior to the dop­
tion of the Anti-Apartheid Act
of-1986. Their rescheduling
reflects the willingn on th
part of the U.S. banking com­
munity to grant partheid ddi­
tional sp ce to undermine
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