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BI c Male," the p el fe tured
the internationally known
acad mics, writers and lec­
turer ,Dr. athan and Julia
Hare of an Fr ncisco, Califor­
rna.
ERIC
he Endangered
Dr. r address d the
problem of ID achi vement
rates Afri • r1
males within the public educa-
� . .
that many Afric A er'
.males of school age lac not
only discipline nd motivation
but more importan Iy, purpose.
Hare spoke to th fact that
African American in general
have no specific positions in
relation to Abortion, Women's
Rights, AIDS and other major
health care and social issues af­
fecting their communities.
• AIDS beg n as a white gay
disease in regard to how it was
conveyed through the media,
today it has been designated
a Black disease," said H re. He
feels that uch a subtle
manipulation of public percep-
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Michigan
Black
population
slowest
growing
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ram u
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s lar ies to public sector
bureaucrat .
Fonner stude of the Job
Training Partnership Act
(JTPA) School of Practical
ur . g in Detroit tell of ex­
periences which could add up to
such scenario.
Calling themselve the tu­
dent Coalition for Reinst te­
ment ( CR), a group of w men
wh were expelled fr m the
JTPA ch 01, h ve u ed the
pr am' drnini trat rs with
in mp tency nd deli rately
mi 1 ding th s ud nt y.
epr ntative R
p e with the ichigan
Citizen a ut th JT A cho 1,
which they alledge i d signed
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to flonk-opt the majority of each
cia before it can qualify to
t e t ate licensing bo d
examin tion for Lice Pr eti­
cal uning (LPN).
of the enwe po eto
re either recipients of public
istanee or in very w-income
brackets. e wanted to obtain
a skill so that could get,re­
pectab j bs and become tax-
payers: id . J cqu line
We SOD, poke person for
CR.
According to press rele
i ued by the coalition, the
ch 01 is unfair and bias din it'
decision-m ing policy. ith
th pre ent nur ing hortage,
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