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 Wa'n ed H i"g h S c h 0 0 I J 0 urn a I i �t Earn SSSS 313/8 33 or 616/927-1527 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, 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.