nyou
ool,lm In
ho chlldr n In
II mil t h v � It.
fore recent "ruralization"
ro pro ,tuden in Ii ere
I tau ht the me curriculm a tu­
den in Fr ,hich colonized
much of e t Africa in the 19th
century. In tbe mi t of a dev -
· t tin drou t that dried up ric
field, alian tudent re d
oliere. While a ras hopper
.. i f tation iped 0 t other
.: crop ,th t en more
_. about Cyr 0 than pe t control.
, "The colonial legacy i a
, major problem in education,"
.. say Griffen Jac , deputy
mana er of program in We t
de ree ofte ttend uni e itie
in Europe. For th t elite group,
the tr dition I edu tion y tern
m en e.
But for the v t m jority in
country li e Mali, the y tem
doe not ddr the d ily need
to urvive. Almo t three in 10
children in the D tion of nine
million die before re ching tbe
ge of five. OnJy 17 percent of
the people h ve cce to clean
water nd 15 percent to be I th
ervices. Under uch cir-
cum t nee , literature i luxury.
"Wi tb the overwhelming
m jority of the population in­
volved in ub istence f rming,
AACP urg cen u to
adJu, ttor unaercount
The NAACP has called on the
Cens Bureau to adjust i 1990
ee figure , in light of the
Bureau's "pest-enumeration sur-
· vey,· which revealed that rough-
Iy two million
· African-Americans were under­
counted.
The. complete text of state­
I ment, iuued by Dr. Benjamin L.
· Hooks, NAACP Executive
, Director follow :
-The NAACP is especially
concerned with the undercount­
in of all persons in the United
States. We deplore all attempts
to exclude accurate census
nlurel for African-American .
We are ullina on tbe Bureau of
Census to adjust i figure to
more acctJratety rent thftOm­
po ilion of every group in thi
country. The Bureau's recent
lurvey of the 1990 census
revealed that ome six million
Vld 0
ex mlne
minority
tudy abroad
Johnelta Cole, president of
Spelman College, present
Itrateaies to overcome the major
:i facton that inhibit minority stu­
den from participating in inter-
. utional excbanle programs in a
new video from the annual Inter­
national Conference on Educa­
tional Exchange.
In the 32-minute video, Cole
• dilcusses students fear of racism
in other countries and parents'
concerns about sending their
� children abroad. Financial aid
�. problems and the lack of support
from faculty at predominantly
01 white institution are also ex­
amined. Cole focuses on these
· obltacles and suggests tactics
, for overcoming them .
. ' The Co ell on International
Educational Exchange (CIEE)
. produced the' video, which is
avanable in al a VHS tape for
S10. Interested parties may con­
tact the Council on International
� Ed!olcational Exchange, Dept.
· ISS-SS, 20S Ea.t 42nd Street,
l"7'"-�'" York, NY 10017.
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1 Introduction
•
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.
Do strangers forget your
IT name? Maybe you were intro­
I! duced too soon. There is virtual­
lya 100 percent probability your
name will register if it i men­
I' tioned five minute into the con-
•
versation.
(0
eight
Thinking of runnin for Pre i­
dent? your chances of winning
are much better if your opponent
· il the least bit shorter, Whatever
· JOur heipt, your supporters ill
� overeltimate it, whtlle tho e
• aiDit you ill undere timate
iL
tl
a
f.
it
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person were undercounted.
"The undercount of Black is
disproportionate when com­
pared to other group. If the
government, with full
knowledge of the inaccuracy,
fails to adjust it figure, Blacks
will be harmed in every sphere
of life.
"THE CENSUS IS one of the
fundamental instruments for al­
locating power in thi country.
It determines the apportionment
of representative , the alloca­
tion of electoral college vote in
presidential election, and the
distribution among state and
localities of billion of doll rs
in federal funds for housing,
e c t , ransportation, en­
vironmental protection, and
other services.
"It is, therefore, evident that
failure to adjust the existing
figures will impair the quality of
life for Blacks throughout this
country.
"From the outset, the NAACP
ha been urging the Bureau not
just count Blacks accurately, but
to articulate a commitment to
adjust and correct "inevitable"
undercounts. The NAACP
joined a lawsuit with other
groups requesting that the court
order the Department of Com­
merce to reverse its action
prohibiting the (Census) Bureau
from any further preparations
for correcting an undercount.
"The court is ued an order re­
quiring that defendants publish
corrected dat or a detailed
tatement of the ground for
their deci ion gain t correction
no later than July 15, 1991.
On June 19, 1865
messenger delivered
.
words of fre.edom
to slaves in Texas .:
Today, this message·
of liberation celebrates
its 125th anniversary. I
We are proud to commemorate
Juneteenth Day
"DESPITE THIS CLEAR
court mandate, the Department
of' Commerce recently testified
before Congress that if analysis
of stati tical correction data is
incomplete on July 15,1991, the
Secretary of Commerce will
decide again t correction olely
on the basi that the work wa
not 'compteted'. Thi tatement
ugge ts th t the Department of
Commerce has misinterpreted
the court's order si nee that order
requires a detailed statement of
reasons if the Department fails
to adjust its figures by July 15th.
"The counting of all
Americans should be a seriou ,
non-partisan undertaki ng.
However, it appears that be­
cau e Blacks may benefit, politi­
cally nd economically by being
counted as Americans, there are
those who are desirous of ex­
cluding Blacks from the count.
"The NAACP requests the
Bureau of Census and the
Department of Commerce to do
what is right and just; adjust the
census figures to reflect more
accurately the number of Blacks
and other Americans."
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