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LANSING-The budget cut
th t could hurt the rt com­
munity in Michlg n will hurt all
of the community, but it ill hit
minority rti t e pecially hard.
Orant given to the art have
been su pended at this ti me nd
Gov. John Engler plan to
elimin te those grant .
The executive director of the
Michigan Advocate for the Art
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phony and tbe Detroit In titute
of Arts.
W OT H T
by I , 16 percent of the grants
given out by the t te run
Michig n Council for the Art
mu t go to minority organiza­
tion .
Whe ton balk at the idea that
priv te ource alone' hould
support the art. "Foundation
and corpor tion , hi torically,
they tend to give to well-e tab­
Ii hed org nization who have
proven tile te t of time,"
Whe ton said.
Wheaton said private ource
tend not to give to organization
that are not doing well.
Wheaton noted that most Na­
tive Americans don't live in the
Detroit rea or in Kent County,
but live in uch rea like the
center of the state or the Upper
Penin ula where there are not
m ny found tions or corpora­
tions,
chool
By DeoDI L. Sanders
CaplllJI New Senice
LANSING-While Michigan is
debating the validi t1 of choice in
education one state is already
using the idea tatewide.
The state of Minnesota has
had a choice program ince
1987. An enrollment options
specialist for the Minnesota
State Department of Education,
Peggy Hunter, aid students who
antiCipate changing chool dis­
tricts must apply to the district
they want to attend before Jan. 1
of the year before the expected
move.
In Minneapolis, St. Paul and
Duluth, however, students must
receive permis ion from their
di trier to leave and then the ap­
plicati?n is sent on to the district
MELVIN SAINTS: "It'.
rae: t and bl I We, e
came to the U.S.' e
couldo't be bought or
manipulated, so she h d to
be, eliminated In 0
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believes tbat minority art or­
g nizatio , hlch tend to be
m ller, will definitely be f­
fected by the en .
Marilyn Whe ton aid that
maller organiz tion don't have
the ability to r i e private
money. Sbe aid th t found -
tions and corporations have
tendency to give to organizations
th t are larger, have been on tbe
scene longer and are e tablished,
such a the Orand R pid Sym-
otOholc
they would like to attend.
Hunter explained that those
three districts were treated dif­
ferently because they are under
school desegregation poltcies
and are not allowed to unbalance
their racial minorities.
These policies are not as trict
in St. Paul and Duluth. Min­
neapolis, however, the state' ,
largest city, e sentially doesn't
p rticipate in the statewide pro­
gram. Hunter said minority tu­
dents can leave Minneapolis but
cannot enter, while whi te tu­
dents can enter but cannot leave.
BUNTER ADDS that Min­
neapolis and St. Paul have had
choi ce within their dis tricts
since the 19705.
Hunter said that a school di -
WHEATON BELIEVES th
in order to ave minority art or­
ganization the fight must be
kept up to get the government to
upport the arts on a continuing
basis. She aid her organization
i looking into alternate way to
receive t te money to fund the
'. rt. Whc ton explained that.
u aJ b j tundi n of "�iiiIi
the art that doesn t rely on a
governor' philo ophf cal or
ideologic I beliefs.
For the project director of an
arts program that help expose
minority artists in the state, the
impact will not only be felt by
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trict can accept or reject an ap­
plicant but it must be based on
space available and not on other
reasons such as race.
She aid one of the reasons
that there is a choice plan in Min­
nesota i because choice wa
long overdue.
. "How would you like to be
assigned to your neighborhood
in Minne
grocery s tore for ins tance?"
Hunter said.
Hunter said she thinks there is
an expectation that chool di -
tricts �i1l pay more attention to
Jobs, wealth fix health care
by DERRICK C. LEWIS
Stall Writer
The large number of
Americans without health in­
surance prompted an editorial
in the Journal of the American
Medical Association attribut­
ing this to be a, vestige of
segregation and racism. '
Only 58 percent of African
American comp red to 81
percent of whites are covered
by health insurance. The di -
proportionate unomployment
rate for Blacks. and the large
number of Blacks in low­
paying jobs which do not offer
health benefits are reasons
most often cited for the dis­
parity.
Dr. George Lundberg,
editor-In-chief of the AMA
journal, said the sy tem f it to
offer equal opportunities for
care by using wealth and
employment s a requirement
for receiving health insurance.
Lundberg said the editorial
did not refer to deliberate
racism, but to a "de facto" state
of affairs, where Blacks and
Hispanics are victim of
"longstanding, systematic, in­
stitutionalized racial dis­
crimination. "
CYNTHIA TAUEG, director
of the W yne County Depart­
ment of Public Health ay she
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things such a the quality of
education. She aid while there
has not been much change be­
cause the program ha n't been
operating that long, there have
been orne change, uch a
maIler districts cooperating
wi th one another to offer a wider
range of course .
Hunter noted that parents are
responsible for tran porting
their children to the border of the
non-resident di trict. . The non­
re ident di trict will tran port
them from there. Indigent
familie are reimbur ed for
tran porta lion co t .
, Hunter aid there are checks
in the, y tem to prevent "white
flight. "