I tnner-ci
flight-justified?
The rever e migration of
BI c to outhern state ,e -
caping the gang violence of
I rae urban rea in the we t,
north, and ea t, wa recently
poll ighted in the n tional
new media.
A Blac doctor said he
De it time to abandon
L.A. when hi daughter's
priv .tc e le m ntary school
b�gan hoi ing 'drive-by
hooting' drill, BC'
Today h nOled.·
D pi t thi Ir ntic flight
by m ny upp r-income BI c
prof'c: ion I , viol nt crime
n tcs re highe t again t th
poor' nd unemployed, tho c
unabl to flee their cir­
cu m t nce , accord i ng to
recent U.S. Dep rtment of
Ju lice. Bure u of Ju rice
St ti tic Oat report.
"Rc e rch ho that
many time people with the
highc t fear are tho e who
have the le t rea on 10 be
, fearful. It concurred a
Michigan State Criminal Ju -
Ii e Profe or. Fortunatel y.
he added, everyone with
needed resource ren't aban­
doning the inner citie .
I
"WE'RE TRYI G TO
leach kids to u e their head
when they have a conflict,"
explained. a Detroit middle
chool admini trator. "There
are other ways of dealing
with life be ide killing and
being killed in que t for gang
turf and drug profit ."
A De trolt School Bo rd
member agreed that middle
chool kid re in a kind of
'n -m • 1 nd,' de erving of
pecial • tlention inste d of
neglect or abandonment. "A
101 of timc violent Cl could
be lopped if tudent felt
they could go to coun elor
or ie chers and be Ii tened
10," Ro e Mary 0 borne w s
recently quoted a aying.
While Detroit and other
m tropol i t n chool di trier
cxp ricnc increa es in Ev,··den ce 0 f
threat 0 violence and at- I
lack on chool employee •
including c e involving
razor • ice pick, nd bat, In Gulf . eg '·0 n
drive-by chooting provo e
Continued on P e 2
ncomeIrnprove
ith duea io
The average monthly in­
come of the nation' Black
gener lIy ere higher t
higher le el of education I
attainment in 1987, accord­
ing to a survey by tbe Com­
merce Department's Censu
Bureau.
BI ck with only high
chool diplom . had an·
average monthly income of
S8 , bout 'one and one-half
time greater than for tho e
who had not gr duated from
hi h chool. The ver ge for
Black with bachelor's
de rces wa 1.600, while
tho e with m ter's degree
vcr ged S2.1 O. ,
The report defines income
including w ges .or lery,
nd oin r money income uch
A Wa hington D.C. intel­
ligence gathering agency i
calling for a congres ional
inve ti g at io n of chattel
a pension, paid benefit, in- 'I v ry in th Gulf region.
tere t nd dividend . A 40-page do ier rele ed
The proportion or adult during a n w con erence in
BI ck wi po t- econdary Washington D.C. Ia t
degrees increa ed from 11 Thursday. by the Schiller In­
p rcent in 1984 to 15 percent titute, ay it ha found
in 1987, comp red with 7 per- evidence which point to the
cent with bachelor' degrees exi t nce of laves held by
and 5 percent with a ociate familie of the royal house
or vocational degree . and the ruling elite, pecifi-
Amo Blacks with col- cally in Kuw it and S udi
lege degrees. 22 percent held Arabia.
degree in bu ine nd 14" The report bring into
percent in education. About que tion U.S. involvement in
5 to 7 percent had degree in the region, and s id congre
each of the field of social mu t verify the statement i -
cience, vocational-technical sued before committing the
tudies, nur ing, pharm cy, nation to w r.
technical health, liberal "If thi country were to
art Ihumanitie nd en- commit it el to fighting
war for the re toration of a
form of government in
gineering.
r�
By Oeni 'k C. Le
Ku ait which wer lat r
found to include th re tora­
tion or conti nu rion 0 ch t­
tel lavery, the moral
inte tity of thi nation would
uff r damage from which it
would be difficult to
reco er," aid the report.
he r p rl �ay� publi
our e indicate a slav trade
c I ted In the Gulf re i n
durin mo 1 or thi c ntury,
with the United lion. or­
g ruz m a Supplement ry
Convention on lh Abolition
o SI very. the SI v Tr d ,
nd In titutions nd Practice
Simil r to S) very, in 1956 to
ddre the problem.
The report indicated he·
in titution of chs ule lavery
in the region wa a fact of life
thru the 1960's and 70' • al­
tho ugh the a rca regi me
c tegoric Ily denied it.
Th report included an x­
cerpt of n articl ubmit ed
to th London Independent
M g zine on 0 t. 13, 1990,
Y author Germaine Greer.
hich indic ted foreign
orker re imported, have
their pa port taken, and are
forced to w rk f r one
employer for little (H no
Co ti ued 0 P
Slilff Reporter
R PO T
from journ Ii ts, traveller ,
and "other eyewitne e"
ugge t th t lavery i an
ope n sc crc in the region.
wher group of Black lave
vi it merchant, ouks, and
bazar to do the shopping for
the hou ehold they serve.
Merc ant give them priority
rvice a ign of re peer
for the prince or potentate
who own them, according to
the report.
The report indicated
slave are periodically ob­
erved by we tern vi itor
when brought on diplomatic
misston to London, Geneva,
nd el ewhere.
