C e ter Carter
• . - CoordlDator
�''''lind events are a followl:
: ..:. ro Gabriel Ric ard Hllb
'n' e ool-Brla Marsb,
,,·,Dra atlcI; fro CloDlara
- Hllh School-AdrlaD PlttmaD,
DrawlDI; fro GreeD ml
HII Sc ool-ADdre M),erl,
MUllc Co po ItIOD; Robin M.
Meriweather, MUllc ID-
�,,- • rume tal/Clal leal; MODlka
" A. Colema , OrlllDal E a)';
·.t MODlka A. Colemaa, Poetr)';
THIRD PLACE WINNERS
were:
Fro Yp lIaati Hllh
Se ool-SA" Keeaba Odum,
Daace; Marla D. Ha)'e , M sle
Vocal/Coate porar),; a lka
Ferrell, oetr),; fro Plo eer
HII e ool-J stine DaDlel,
Orator)', a d froID Willow u
HII Scbool- anon L)'te,
Orillaal Easa)'.
Honorable mention were:
From Willow Run Hllh
School-Tabla S aDI Smith,
Blolol),; Kanoa L)'te,
Orator)', aad from PloDeer
Hllh School Jo ep AI WII oa,
Music Vocal/Conte porar),.
Honorable mention were:
From Willow RUD Hlab
School-Tabla Shan I Smith,
Blolol),; KanoD L)'te,
THE EVENT WAS chaired by
Dr. Rutb Moor a • Her co -
Ittee COD I ted of, Ra)' 0 d
G. M IIIns, (Bra e res I·
dent), Mr. Carle Beatt)', Jr.,
Dr. Paullae Cole a , M •
Ja et C I a, Mr. JI •
Ie M),en, Mn. HolII Rober·
so , Mr. AI Robl 0, M •
Trenda Rusher, Mr. Darr)'1
Smltb, Mr. WIlliam Shepard,
Mr. Fr nk WIlli 181 and Mr.
Fred William .
The program i de iined to
enhance, encourage and rew rd
African-American high
::·..:clack wants block of Michigan N ational expansion
LANSlNo-A 38-year old
physician pointed a shotgun at a
14-year-old boy in a Birmin­
gham parking gar ge, apparent­
ly out of fear that the youth
might teal his car.
The youth is Black and the
, man is white, so does that mean
•• thil is a case of ethnic intimida­
:. lion?
.: What is ethnic intimidtJtioll,
.
'.: allyway?
Certainly, it is ,becoming a
regular fixture in state courts
� ri
... lince becoming felonious c me
•• in 1989.
., Society has been forced to ac-
knowledge, through such act al
the Oratiot Avenue "Cruisers"
murder and the more recent Bir­
min,ham incident, that the
debate about what constitutes
"hlte crimel" il inteDJifying.
••
THOUGH THE ethnic in­
timidation aspect was dropped
in the former case and wu con­
lidered, then dropped, in the lat­
ter, the crime has become firmly
entrenched in law enforcement.
While Itill a reprelentatlve,
Sen. Dlvid Honigmln, R- Welt
loomfield, Introduced I bill in
1988 to make ethnic intimida­
tion a crime in Michigan.
. "I picketed when I was
younger," Honigman said. "I've
always been involved in, civil
rights. "
He atlded that his inspiration
to author the bill came through
his involvement with the Anti­
Defamation League of B'nai
B'rith, which he described as "A
Jewish NAACP," and the 1982
beating death of Vincent Chin in
Highllnd Park, who was al-
.Iegedly killed because the at-
tacke rs though t the
Chinese-American was
Japanese and were angered over
Japan's presence in the uto
market.
ACCORDING TO the Ethnic
Intin1idationAct, one ilguilty of
ethnic intimdaUon if "that per-
10 malicioully, and with
specific intent to intimidate or
harlls another person becluse
of that peraon'l race, color,
religion, gender, or nltionll
origin," doe any of the follow­
ing:
-Causes phy ical contact
IIh another person.
-Dlmag�s; deltroYl, or.
defacel any real or per onll
property of another penon.
S. "Keenba" Odum
Dlnce
Orator)', a d from Pioneer
Hlab Scbool-Jo epb AI WII-
"FURTHER, THE commis­
sioner considered MNC's com­
posi te record throughout the
-state, rather than that of Genesee
-Threaten, by word or act,
to do an act de cribed above will
occur .
"Ethnic intimidation is a
felony punl hable by imprison­
ment for not more than two
years, or by, a fine of not more
than S5,000 or both.
"Regardles of the existence
or outcome of any prosecction.
a person who uffers injury to
his or her per on or damage to
his or her property as a result of
ethnic intimidation may bring a
civil suit against the person who
commits the offense.
"The civil uit could secure
an injunction, actual damages,
including damages for emotion­
al distrell, or other appropriate
relief.
A person who prevailed in his
or her suit could recover:
-Damage in the amount of
three time the actual damages
,described in the incident, or
S2,OOO, whichever is greater.
-Reasonable attorney fees
and co t.
Oakland and Macomb coun­
tiel are growing ethnically, as
Detroiters try to get away from
the probleml of the city without
sbutting them elves off from the
pOlitive aspects.
County, totally ,disrelardlna tbe
locallz Intent and scope of the
CRA, which emphasize obllaa­
tion of the financial institution
to meet credit need of the com­
munities in which bank sub-
idiaries are located.
"Finally, it is totally er­
roneous for him to say that
much, if not all, of the
coalition's analysis of MNC's
lending record was based' on
data other than the reports of the
Bureau. In fact, III dlta
presented was taken from a FIB
computer generated report.
"Commi sioner
Kropschor' failure and refusal
to properly consider and asses
the testimony, data and tatistic
.submlued by the coatuioa re-
quires a new hearing," Rep.
Clack said.
According to 1990 censul in­
formation, Macomb County has
an age 18-and-over population
of 545,747, with 3 percent of
that being non-white. Blacks
comprise the largest minority
group. at 7,134.
OAKLAND COUNTY'S
1990 population of persons 18-
and-over is 815,534. The
minority population makes up
9.4 percent, three times that of
Macomb County, with largest
minority group again being
Blacks, here represented by
53,352 people. '
Honigman said he believed
Oakland is the most ethnically
tolerant county in MiChigan, ad­
ding that the first prolecution
under the new law was brought
by Oakland County Prosecutor
Richard Thompson, who, in­
cidentally, is the prosec::utor in
the Birmingham as ault ca e of
the 14-yelr-old.
"Where I live in West Bloom­
field, it il very ethnically
d.ivene an,d very uplcale," he
Slid. "There II no rlclal tension
what oever."
"In Mlcomb County it'l I lit­
tle more ensitive. There il •
tension between thom and
Detroit tbat we don't hive in
year.
It i a goal to double the num­
ber in 1992. The uttimate goal
i to h ve many Blac
children enter the competition
as possible. One purppo e of
ACT-SO i to effect po itive
peer pre sure 0 that a greater
number of the e tudent will
revel at academic achievement.
Another purpose is to motivate
the community tro support
academic achieve�ent among
TU SDAY,
House okay
Anti-druq bill
The Michigan Hou e of Rep- connects our Michl In co -
resentarives ha approved munities allo create I network
Hou e Bills 3S1, 4681 and for drul b e a,nd .deaUol,·
. 4682; legIslation introduced by Rep. Clack laid. -Drugl are
State Rep. Floyd Clack (D- transported by car fro 'chy to
Flint) that would increase safety city, from dealer to user. and too
on Michigan roads, by estab- many irresponsible penoDJ Ire
Iflhing more stringent blood al- actually operating their clra
cohol levels for commerclal while under the influence, in­
vehicle driver and increase crening the tbrelt tbejr Ule al
penaltie they face for driving activity poles to other people.
under the influence and permit "Hou e Bills 4681 Ind 4682
driver'S license uspension for would provide for a license
motorist convicted of iIIega. su pension of 60 dlYI to a year
possession of controlled sub- for a persona convicted under
stances. the motor vehicle code of Illegal.
"Drinking on the job is a posses Ion.of a controlled lub­
serious offense," Rep. Clack stance while operltln
said. "Drinking while on the job a motor vehicle, In amounts
as a truck or bus driver is e pe- of 30 or more rlml of
cially dangerou and criminally marijuana or 5 or more grlml of
irresponsible." other controlled substanc::el like
Under the House Bill 4351, a cocaine or heroin."
driver of a motor vehicle would The legislltion would allo If·
be prohibited from operating a " fect persons convicted of viollt­
commercial vehicle if he or she Ing publIc health lawl a,ainst
has a blood alcohol level of .04 pcssesslon, requiring a license
percent or more. suspension for I persoe wbo
Driver convicted of a first ponelled I c::ontrolled lub­
offense could receive • jail stance, analogue or counterfeit
term of up to 90 days or a fine of wbile operatinl a vehic::le. The
up to S300, plus suspension of luspensions would be in Iddi­
their commercial vehicle lion to other· punishments the
license. SUbsequent convic- court can impose.
tions could result in jail enten- "We can improve afety on
cel of up to a year or a fine up to our Itreeta and hilhwlyl by IID- .
Sl,OOO, as well permanent po ing stricter Itandlrdl on the
sUlpen ion of the operator's people who drive the Ilrgelt and
license would be allowed, and potentially most d.ngeroul
police would be allowed to make vehicles," Rep. Clack Ilid, "and
warranUes arre ts of suspected by making the mo t convenient
drunken commercial drivers in: ,method of tranlportinl dru,1
volved in an accident. more of a' risk for dna dellen
and users."
"IT'S UNFORTUNATE that The bills now go to the Senlt
the network of highways that for consideration.
furious about 101lnl their .. sell.
Olkland County. Here it's a lit­
tle more tolerant."
EVEN WITH growl A, e·thnic
populations, Honigman believel
the true power of the ethnic in­
timidation law is not being used.
"The criminal part ,ets IU the
attention," he Slid. "The treble
damlgel/civil remedy is I crui e
miaaile limed at the helrt of
hate. "
Honigman explained that vic::­
tim to eize and ell the � etl
of the offenders.
Honigman cited the example
of the Alabama lynching of I
Black man thlt re ulted In a S7
million jud men' a ainlt the
Alabama Klux Klux Klan.
"They seized the bUildings,
the firearms, even the hoodl,"
HoDi man lid. "The convlc::ted
KKK memben lid tbey didn't
mind going to jln, but they were
"IT ALLOW YOU to dil­
mantle tbe group'l Infrlltruc­
ture," he c::ontinued. -You caD
go after a group. AI for tbe hate
criminlll, you C::ln ZiP tbe •
too, if they hive a lot of ... ell.·
In Iplte of tbe IUCc::eU of
IIW, it 'I It ill elrly to Judie ill
future impact on Itate civil
fight.
"Eventuilly the con.
s ti t utionali ty will be c::bal­
len ed," said Jlmes HorD,
director of p,ubllc informalioD at
the Michigan Departm Dt of
Civil Rllht. "AI It lit to
free Ipeech, how fir c::an you 0'
Can you yell racial Ilun IDd
punilhed? Yel, you C::IO. -
,,;,: .
��t1,.N,Q. r!9.l equ�/.,V.,. , .. � fie,rl'ri Frlnt',' tbe 'oaUtion, bank' 63� inaured or au\) ldized
. . /JrtuJ1-lt}( lenosr v ,n. t d r, at 1 and "mO'ttI •• e.'were In 10 Income
1 • I . Plo c! Clic (D-' documentitlcSn' to i ppb'rt our areas. In addition' they granted
f).·FHnt), chair of the Flint Com- protest against MNC. In two only five conventional
munity Coalition for Fair lublequent FIB hearingl, the mortgages in low income area
Banking Practice.l, announce bureau received additional in- out of 113. '
at under section 30 (10) of the formation from the bank, which "Commi stoner Kropschot
Michigan Banking Code, he the FIB without notifying the asserts that his authority does
has asked Russell 9". coalition, nor were we allowed not allow him to consider the
Kropschot, acting commis- to respond. applicant's record in meeting
sioner of the Michigan Finan- "Additionally, the the credit needs of the minority
cial Institutions Bureau, to commissioner's fincUngs that community, which is in com-
reconsider his approval of the eight concerns expressed by plete contradiction to his
Michigan National the coalition were based on data authority under the Federal
Corporation's application to from 1986 and 1987 was totally Community Reinvestment Act.
engage in interstate banking wrong, and he ignored 1988 and Such a review would have
activities through the acquisi- 1989 data we submitted in revealed MNC's had a dismal
tion of Lockwood Bank Group November. This informalion record in this area."
of Houston. showed that in 1988, MNC made
"We believe that a number of only three of S6 insured
errors were made in the FIB mcrtgage in low income areas
hearing decision," Rep. Clack and only eight out of 90 conven-
sard. "For instance, in Novem- tional loans. The 1989 data
ber of last year, during a public reveals that only five of the
Assault on Black teen rai es
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� issue of Ethnic intimidation
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B)' JENNIFER MARSIK
J c.,u.l NIlIS S,nk,
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