av
Gu
Or, R colonizing
th Gulf
,WID
Reed
NNPA CorrespoNlelll
America's leading military
an Iy ts say that we could 10 e
25,000 of our soldiers' lives if
a ground war broke out in the
Persian Gulf area.
With the continual chorus
of bluff and bluster from
Pre ident Bu b, Secretary
Ba er nd the controlled
mcdia of our country, it seem
th t 25,()()() American mothers
may be left to mourn the live'
of our ons and daughters, di -
proportionately poor and
Black, that ill be lost in the
and of some far-a way-place
called Iraq, Ku it or Saudi
Arabia.
African-Americ n Camilie
have re 'on to b concerned
a to bether our youth ill
be called on to die at, the min
imum w ge for the Emir of
Ku it and th 'Ban of
England.
The withered mummy 0
192 Brru h imper Ii m
need to re tabli hed and i
no dernandin a permanent
I Angto-Amcrican occupation
of the Gulf oil field by Our
youth of color.
L R(; 'eont' nr of
soldier of color are now help
in the orld ' tradi ti nal
privile ed ocict to reate a
"ne order" that will re
cnlonize strarc ic re .ource
and raw materials all over the
Thi rd World.
African-Americans who
have bought into the Bu h Ad
mini. tration line that "we
mu t stop Saddam Hus. ein
and hi aggre. ion," arc pot
aw re th t our youth are simp
ly paid mercenaries protecting
a elect group of rich hei
ho ab olutely control a mall
roup of tate that were
c rved-up and et-up in the
192C Y thc colonial Bri ti h.
Becau e of thc bluff. and
"
bluster of tbe Busb Ad
ministration, and Black
general Colin Powell many
African-American don't
kno th t in the Persian Gulf
region 6 Arab ruling families
have bad years of Anglo is
ranee in controlling 34 percent
We are -gun
for sale - for
Arab regimes
of sup,emacy.
of the world's oil resource .
In order to tay in power.
mon rch Ii Ku airs Emir
She ik Jahar ai-Ahmed al
Sabah and Saudi Arabia's
King Fahd will p�y thc $6 bil
lion that it co t to ecp a U.S.
military force in and and hot
. un 8.000 mile way from the
good ti me. of Harlem or
Sweet Auburn Street.
For Ie than S 15,000
year, American oldier are
braced on the brink of war to
protect Kuwait's ousted ruler.
a man who ha a per onal for
tune of S5 bi Ilion and i one of
the riche t people in the
world.
TH "0 T os OUR men
in the Gulf, King Fahd of
Saudi Ar bia , �a the
econd riche t family in the
world i th e lth that ex-
ceed. S18 billion.
Democracy is not the i uc
that we arc poi. ed fight for
in Kuwait Om n the
Emirate or Saudi Ar bia.
The re lity i that we are
"guns for ale" for Arab
regimes of upremacy.
Kuwait': Emir ha agreed to
give the U.S. S2.5 billion thi
ycar to 0 er co t of our
. military deployment there.
King Fahd ha tepped up to
the table and thrown $3 billion
to our trea ury to compen ate
America's initiative to makc
war for hire.
Many informed Black
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ra
America are concerned that
America and it Anglo
partners are basically seeking
to reclaim and re-colonize raw
material like oil, aDd to carry
out population wars against
our darker- kinned kin in the
southern bemisphere.
By b dgering and inciting
Iraq, Uncle Sam and !be Brits
eek to open a new age of
north-south warfare, ith the
developed nation of tbe
northern hemisphere launch
ing subsidized aggression
again t the poorer and under
developed nation of tbe
By 0 ny R.C
Correspontknt
A nationally syndicated
"Top Forty" radio show recent
ly flooded the' irways with
opi nions on whether or not
African-American and oth rs
hould u 'e the " " work,
refe rred to by orne a' a
Southern pronounci tion of
egro that rhymes ith vigor. --
Spa ned by liberal usc by
rap groups, the topic wa hand
led by the host fielding calls
from the audience. An com
ments were pliced bet een
hard-driven mu sical talc. of
10'1 love and cndlcs rapture
hen the crcn"t scat 'red
among scnsual ly provocative
but mindless ad' Ior pimple
ere meso tooth ge I " bod y
pray .' nd weight-loss
program.
Completelyab ent from the
program was diver' ity of
opinion - all all were in
total agreement - the N"
word is a major putdown.
One c lIer in 'isting: "Those
who use the word are either
howing their ignorance or
their lack of decency."
, 'OM":
A,,'RICA
Americans In We. tern
Michig too issue with ab
olute censorship of the "N"
word from HII vocabularie .
Mo t of tho e (fueslioned by
thi writereven took is 'ue with
Webster' definition of the
word: an offen'ive term u ed
derogatorily.
I'!everthele��, many agreed
that the "N" word i packed
with painful memorie', a
reminder of pa, tabu e'.
humiliations, and i nj u. tice .
A Grand Rapid� Junior Col- I
lege admint!\tratnr appeared to
eapture the feel i ng� of mu�t
hen he 'tated he has no prob
lem with "the kettle calling the
pot BI ck." However. he in
si ted with pa' ion, if hi'
European-Arne rican w.i fe of
twenty- ix year ever c lied
him the "N" word he will
divorce her.
"Every ethnic community
has certai n word and exprc -
. ion with pecial meanings."
he explained. -The e are
SEPTEMBER 23-2'.1
south.
It is entirely pos .ible that
the overall goal of this aggres
sion is anotber chapter in the
historical cycle of racist
genocide. African-American
who upply the fodder for
ma ing war hould note that
tbe "new world order"
promoted by the Anglo "su
perpowers" i an undisgui ed
realignment of colonial rule.
PR 10 T BUSH wants
to ignore our pre ing dome -
tic economic woe and i very
anxiou to promote frenzy
ing
word and expr s 'ion' that be
come in ulting when they're
mi. u cd by out. iders."
ALFREI) W.
MITII of
Kalamazoo also struck' com
mon chord: "We have been
playing "the DOl-ens and
other kinds r word games
long enough to kno we
. houldn't let other' pu 'h U' of
our quare. We .should never
allo word to control'lu" A
man is only as big as wh t
len GAN CITIZ
AG '.7
II
•
about issues other than tbe
budget, the $500 billion SelL
bailout and Neil Bu b's in- I·
volvment in t xing the live of
our next 2 generations.
The rich heik of the Mid-
dle'Ea tar ju t a nxiou to
f ot the pi II for whatever ac
tion are nece ary to put
. t em back on the throne of
t e ir monarchic. Black
American hould be anxiou
to have mu h of the monic'
that are going for gun t be
re irectd and go for butter on
ta lc in Watt and South
P�illy.
II
make him angry."
The only clear mes 'age I
surface In Western Michigan
co ccrninu the" .. oro i. it
w( n't die a q uic , violent
de' th. I n act. many seem t
ha e developed an unea�y
toler nee of it. Empty of n gi
tive connotations when it ar
rived h re' ourte y of the
Sp ni h word for "Black", th
" w rd no .ccrns t have a
of its own.
MUSKEGON
Churches p an musctals, teas
lIy M r. (;ollkt y
The Women Fellow .h p .01'
e Hope Sa tist Church wi II
he havi nu their 2nd Annual
Four Season Tea on Sunday,
September 2:\, from 3-5 p.m. .
Donation 5.00,
<Capta mx of the. our
SeH o ns Tc arc, Francis
Lyons, pring, March 2()�
Lucinda Murdaugh, Sum�er.
June 21; Minnie Richarus ,
Fall, September 23; and Lois
Moore. Wtnter. Decem 'r 2 J.
Ileulaah II pli'l Church
Missionary Society will have
the r FrIth Sunday Program
Sunday. September JO, lit 7
p.m. Theme will be, "Give
Chri t fiT- t plac in your life.
neve r �ellie for the go d, there
is yet the be�t, be found laith
ful", I COrinthians 9:25-27,
The Young Women
Auxiliary are in chHrge. Re .
Gregery Kirk�ey will bring the
mes age. Everyone i invited.
Rcv. Willie N. Paul Jr. i' the
host'pa�tor.
Mt. lie rm Zio 8 pti'l
Church will h ve their Annual
F mily and Friend 0 y Pro
grHm Sunday. September 2J,
at 3:30 p.m.
Their peeial gue t will be
Beulah Baptist Church, with
Rc . Willie
. Paul Jr., bun r ••
ing the mc��a 'e.
Dr. 0" ill Mclntosh I� hns t
pastor.
Mt. Zion Bapti. I
Church will have their Annual
Fa�ily Day Sunday� Septem
ber 23, at J:30 p.m.
h rir special gue us will be
Ne Hop' Bapust Church of
Grand Rapids, R v . Smith will
ring the mc �age.
AIM) ew Ml. Zion Bapli�t
Church will have their Revival
beginning Septcmber 13
throJgh 2X. each cvening at 7
p.m,
t{ev. T.J. Rob 'rson of
Hop, Ar (1n�a� will be the
gue t pcaker. All i� wei<.:omc.
Rev. Jame� ,Wi t 'her i: 'ho,t
past(>r.
Ttle Spirit I·r()ductiun�
will prc!;ent "Gmpel MU�le"
on Saturday, eptcmber 2�. at
the Beardsley Theater, Frauen
thai Center lor'fhc Performrll '
Art , at 7 p,m,
Fe�turing will be vo<.:ali l. '
Jim",y Anderson; with speCHtl
guest, The Melody Four, d-'
ward imp on, v cali 1.
Ticket price, all eal.
S7.00. For m re information.
cont ct Rev. Claranee Gu ,
722- 023.