astside' Westside gap
By Derrick c.
'Slilff IUpon�r
A report distributed by the
Detroit City Council Youth
Advisory Commission
revealed there i a significant
difference in utilization of so­
cial ervices between the East
and We t sides of Detroit.
During a two-wee study
period in 19 9. conducted by
Dr. Marilyn Flynn of the
Unive r ity of Michigan
School of Social Work, it was
revealed 213,604 youth in
Detroit and Out- Wayne Coun­
ty were receiving some type of
welfare benefits.
Of all youth receiving these
benefit. 172 455 were re i­
dents of Detroit. The majority
of Detroit youth on welfare
were Black at 95.3 percent.
According to the 1980 cen­
sus 33.152 youth aged 14-17
lived on Detroit'S Ea , side
while 53,096 lived on the
West ide.
�/an official in rece
against Alcee Hastings
Alccc Ha ti ng , has
qualified to run as a Democrat
for Secretary of State in
Florida. But 0 ha. J.P.
Ro ers. a r nd dra on for the
Ku Klu: Klan (KKK) in
Florida for 28 years.
Re� pending to oger
entry into the race for the
Democratic nomination, Ha t­
aid. "I have pent my
arccr orkin for interracial
urn tv. Th fact that a
Kla';� man ha� chosen to run
auamst me lets me kno ' that
we all have a lot of work to do.
I am oine to call on people to
come out in rear numbers in
the Sept. 4th prim ry election
and in the runoff election in
Octob r.
Spc a k m to a roup 0
educators In Daytona Beach.
Ha tings sard, "I under tand
that D;vid Du re i mailing to
01 • around the ountry. ek­
in contrihution for Roger.
I th t i true we are going to
h r al attle on our
h
"It's bad cnough to have
Pat Robert on attacking Chief
Ju rice Leader Shaw of the
Florida Supreme Court. But
now a group of racists and
anti-Semite are implicating
them elves in Florida. You tell
David Duke and Grand
Dragon Roger that Florida i�
no Lou iana!" he thundered.
Ha ting . a l 0 told hi�
audience that State
Democratic Party Chairman
Simon Ferro. whilc peaking
JO St. Peter burg to the Pinel­
I County Democratic
Wor hop on July 21. had
ald. "The Democratic part
i the party of th people.
human ri ht , of ,CIVIl rights.
We have no place for hatred
and di cnmination. Mr.
Roger i' not welcome as a
Democrat."
Another entrant in the race
i Jim Hinter. an a ociat
editor with the Tallaha vee
Democrat.
in
AFRICAN-American
youth comprised 35.6 percent
of East side youth, but 4.4
percent of those aged 0-17 on
the West side.
The numbers of Blac'
youth receiving welfare is dis­
proportionate on both sides of
the city.
Dispite a mailer propor­
tion of Black youth on the Ea t
ide. Black youth received
more rvice than whit t 2.
9. 12.14. 16, and 17 'ear of
age.
Blac femaJe a ed 16-17
received 94 percent of a I cr­
vice to ny race in th ( e
bracket.
Ea t side male' re ivcd
proportionat 1 mor rvrces
at age 0-24 month and at
ages 7-12. F males
predominated after age .:
most important di tinction b -
tween Ea t nd We t id .•
wa the great r availabillt of
private agency ervrc s n the
West id .
Youth on th East : ide al­
mo t cxclu rvc ly relied n
pro rams und r the pu l rc
sector au 'pi cs.
Thi is i znif ant b au 'c
thc pubh agencies have
mo -tly ub-corn ractc d th
morc Intensive 0 ial scrv IC ·s
to private agcn res.
Social ser IC' on thc .ast
�ide i lrmitcd. there arc c .r
private program and the lot J
number of available scr ICC�
I� le�� than on the West ... id '.
Two-third of all '0 ial cr­
vice for welfare youth and
services
MlCHIGA CITIZE
other at-ri k childr n re
provided to West id e i-
dent.
The report aJ pornt out
stati tics on juvenil u .e
service to t-ri yo t. A
total of 1,651 Detroit y uth
were erved in a juvenile ju -
tice program during the wo­
week study period. Their
average age was 15.2 years.
Seventy-four percent 0 all
youth in a juvenile ju ti e ro-
ram were between the ages of
1.5-17. and 84.2 percent were
male.
Eighty-eight perc nt of
tho e erved were Bla k 10
P rc nt were while, w th the
remainder ompo ed 0 other
ethn c or racial minoritic
ABOUT IS PERCE 0
the e youth were ent to out­
of-home facilitie • whi h in-
lude. detention c nt r s ,
r c: rd .nt ia l
program. traminu sc ho h.
and adult prisons.
Black Detroit male w r
more likely than whuc: to b
pia d In out-of-hom'
pro rrams , with a t de
youths disproportionat ly
more likcly to b placed in
JU crulc jusric pro rams t an
We, t side youth .
The report also permed ut
<) 2 1 Detroit youth on wcl-
t a re rc eivc pecializ d
.cdu ational .crvices. Of t i
number. 19.396 were Ea t 'ide
rc idcnt • and 27.963 11 d on
thc West ide. EI 'hty- 0
percent of the tudcnu wcre
Black.
Of the f ur
�G 3
Black
females
'aged 16-t7
received 94
percent of
all services
to any race
,in that age
bracket.
fall
tive crvi e . ace
report.
TilE () T- '0
population l� approxrrn
90 percent caucas io n.
r port 'ay� thi e rn 'to
reflect a cry different pattern
of resour e allocation. To di -
cover the underlying rea on
requITe further research.