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er tion rate nd i
Or 10 ye 1 rc our
mUil ry build-up .
Am ric n h ve w tched ilenny hil th
pith the homele nd pilled over with cr caine.
Cor ra e merica ent the country' Job over e
too many unemployed, 'unedu ted youth turned to the
ineorn around, drug. med ith imported Uzi' nd·-
K41' to protect their "bu ine inve trn nt '. th
lau htered e en other with uch efficiency th t de th-b
violence' now the numb r one killer of youn Black male .'
th Americ n overnment withd ew educ ion fund
fro . chools ' nd ent the money to the military, youn
people sought chooling the only way v il ble - th
igned up f6r the "volunteer" rmy. •
In the I) me of fighting w r on dru • more re ur c
, wen, into building pri on th n chool ,jo or pubh irn-
provemenis.
So, we fihd Bl ck di proportion tely present on t e front
line 'of Saudi Arabia and in the cell of tate pn on .
To many African Americans, the high numbers of im­
prisoned and military Blacks i the re ult of a eliberat
'effort at genocide. .
Far too m ny Afric n Americans will wart until th body
bag 'art returning from the Per ian _Gurf befor gcui n
involved in rai ing a voice of protest.
They forget the body ags surround u now. 'We continue
to bury our youth by the hundred; victim of ur national
neglect, mj directed resources and materiali �.' I
I(we do anything to mark Dr� King' birthday it hould
. be to actively protest the military buildup in the Gulf.
Demand the government bring the troop home; spcnd the
money providing job, education and ealth care. Can you
imagi e Dr.' in doing y le ? .'
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age To Our Future
So,
. Your fattier left you, when you were young; .
I Doc. that give you the ri ht, to go around with a gun. �
So,. .
He left you to pave your ow .way;
He knew when he left:you say, that mam's check. could
hardly make do, from day to day.
Young man,
You say, gtowing up was hard; l'!10st times when you�:' '.
arrived home, - -
You were 1111 alode.
You would come home, and rap on the phone. turn on the tereo
and watch t.v., no one was home, you ee.
So you never studied, for what! who would car
Scho�'" co '!lg. bore, no action there, I
Just a bunch of seDool chumps in a big dump'.
Teacher ay,
You've got to go.
She no longer can deai with you. home boy.
Mama. standing with tear in her eyes, because he loves you
but, don't know what to do or how to try. Or,
maybe he's a erack head, gee, that' to bad, doe that give
you the right to go aroond mad.
Now,
Your in the street, it seems exciting, everyone you meet.
You've joined up with the in-crowd, they're tough, but, fun to be
M��; .
You 'don't have to .worry about ever being put down.
They're lhe father, you never haQ, and the family. who how U\ey
care.
They tc ctl yoLl-tlling • you..think you can use.
Son,
You're to blind to ee, they are a bunch of fool. too.
Oh, they took you in and tr,eated you kind. But. oon tho e
fools re going to blow you mind.
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Dr.
out
I JU E the
we face Blac .people will D be
. olved until th community b
movement nd the community
sed Ie der hip w ich, the e
movements h pawned' ard
f m. Out 01- depths of the Crisis
which ip ou community new
leader hip ni t emerge aid gain
greater ascendancy within the I
African American community.
It is from the eeal practice of .'
people who e on the frontline of
the day to day struggles in our com­
munity that we must capture the
vision, the values and the program­
matic practice to liberate the �
ses of our people.
I' time for a ESSAG E
. FROM THE GRASS OOTS!
Ro Danielsserves as Pres;.nt
I of the Institute for Community 0:-.
anizati'O/r "nal; velo�e. In
ou io; e ttl "t
tacted �1]8) f7�U1. ... oJ •••
eroded." Suilivan registe ed his a decadeago, Bu h seems deter­
complaint directly in a letter ad-: .... mined to make the poor uffer
dressed to Mr. Darman. more. - Racial and ethnic com-
munitie will bear the brunt of '
GIVEN THE REALILTY of the prop ed budget cut in
health programs .
The infant mortal: ty rate in the
United S ate continues to in-,
crea e. If Darman's proposals
are accepted, prenatal tare
program will be decreased
which- in tum w'll cau e the in­
fant mortality rate to e carle. Dr.
Sullivan has requ ted additional
funds to addre what he-termed
the "di gracefully high rates" of
infant death in lhe United States. THE PROPOSED CUTS i
In the wake of the mU)li:bil- the Health' Care Fin ficing A
lion dollar military build-up in .rninistration, which i under Dr .•
the Persl n Gulf, th United. Sullivan'sauthority woulddela),
States corrunues to triage the the payment schedufle to ho t.:
Federal budget again t the inter- • tals from two to six months.
ests of. million, of pers ns to the Hospi tals that serve our com- •
�rofit of the U.S. military-Indus- munities, will not be eole to stay -;,
ual complex. A. nation that sys- . "open .with that. kind. 'of delay in 'r '
ternatically denio 'health ca�e to ° Federal reimbursements. , '�.
its people i a nation that on- ni."S\lllivan dOesc{rves the full
tributes to it own demise.. support of �all who 'want health'
. -Another devastating result of care for 8 "persons in' thi
Darman's propo ed budget cuts society. We say "No to 'Oatman, '
would be the eventual closing of and-no to Bush!" But t6- Dr. Sul­
the remaini ng. African American ·livan, we say, "Fight o !"
By Ben] min F. havls, .Ir.
In the pa t,' those few African
Ametican who have had the
honor-and re pon ibility to serve
i.n the Cabinet of a President
. u ually have not been very auda­
ciou in challenging a White
H.ouse budget director. To Dr.
Louis W. Sul livadsvcredlt, he
has rejected the proposed budget
cut that would cau e harm to the
health' of millions of peoplc
aeros the nation. •
Dr. Su)J ivan, the Secretary of
Health and Human Services.rhas
challenged- Richard G. Darrnan,
the White Hou e budget director,
concerru ng Oil rrnan 's :prelirni�
nary de c i ion on the 1992
Federal budget.
Atthou h Pre' ident Bush has
until February to ubmit the 1992
budget to Congress, Dr. Sullivan
. . trategically Ie tit be known that
Darmari' proposed budget cuts
would cause' evere harm to more
than 50 million person who are
upportcd by Medicare, Social
Securi ty and orher.heauhre lated
. program. •
. Dr. S ull ivan s tressed, "Our
,ability to re 'pond to the need of
50 million aged and. (11 abled
bensfi��arie. will seriou' Iy
The Michigan
Citizen welcomes'
letters"commen. s
and opinions from,
Its readers
the overall deterioration of the
delivery of health care to African
Ame r ica n and'" Hispanic
American communities. )n' par­
ticular during the last decade, we
support Sullivan"'s opposition to
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CIVIL " .
. RIGHTS
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A�I letters to the
paper must be .
Signed, but name
will be withheld
'from publication
if requested.
and other racial and etihic-based
• hospi tals. These t)�seita'is barely
are able to stay open due '0 the
poverty of many of the p tients,
that'receive medical care.
The Michigan
Citizen re erve the
right to edit lengthy
letters.
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cuts -in Federal health programs
in the 1992 budget.
Those ho are perceived to be
the mo t .potiticatty' powerle s
are the targets 0{ the Bush
Admi ni t'ralion's budget ax." .. Fol­
towing the, pattern set by Reagan
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