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e, te i you decide to
be ore mania do . th the
utm t caution. UtI
methods 0 birth control,
the condom. (If your p r re
to wear one of co , red ligh and
buzze muld· tantl y 0 0 in
your head!) Then, tryq tionnDm- :
ber three on him. t for an amount ·
of time that you feel' ppropriate:
nd tell him that you m y be preg
nant. (Since far he kno you
MAYor MAY OTbe, it tecbnically
isn't di hone t) Convince him
best you can by ying that you don"t :
know how it happened, but he
been your only partner. You may ,
even invite him to the doctor' office
to make the claim more believable.
In any event, hi reaction after day
to a week of believing it hould tell
you whether or not you hould con
tinue the relatio hip. For, if he is
playing games, you'll be glad you
played this one.
It is just one way to di tinguish a
good brother from a b d one, if you
can pull it off. It i also one way to
prevent the diJemma of becoming an
unwed mother, or possibly a mur
derer.
To my knowledge, b by cousin
never u ed this method or ny
similar. I'm d to ywedon'tcvcn
talk anymore. I gu he doesn't
think I would ever let ber rest about
the decision she made, assuming that
she did go through with It, But
somehow, I still have hopes that he
didn't I offered to help her with the
child in any way that 1 could - ide
from giving her money for i abor
tion.
The author is Q 19 year-old resi
dent and journalism intern.
id, in 0 man wo ,
w fortunate BI c man who
no way of un e tanding.
Thi seems to be the attitude of
mo t young BI c women. Their
brothers are "dog ." nigg ," or
heart! bein who care nothing
about tb children they produce, let
alone the 1 die who carry them.
1bi general ttitude, however, is not
always conceived by feisty young
women who tand around, hands on
"Beca I cannot give a baby the
chance it d erves."
"And killing it i giving it a better
chance?"
Silence.
.' ,
their hips and heads moving rapidly,
rolling thCir eyes and ending ell
sentence ith "girlfriend." Often
general feelinS' of di trust to ards
all men are inherited from mothers
who, due to unfortunate circumstan
ces, were forced to rai e their
daughters by themselves.
Yet, the problem today is a bit
more serious. With Black men, al
ready, a genoctca; target, elling
drugs and hooting each other, sisters
can't afford avoid being stereotyped,
I feel that Black men and women
owe one another chance, if nothing
else. If we tereotype one anolber,
how can we complain about white
people doing it to us?
Now, some isters will think,
"That's easy for you to say. You·'d
probably be in the wind if your
girlfriend got pregnant, too."
But, my main purpo in writing
this piece.from the title doWn to the .
Ia t punctuation mark, is to give
young sisters a new perspective on
ways to distinguish irresponsible
males from othe and subsequently
avoid all chances of ruining their
liv or destroying the lives of their
unborn babies. .
This' not to give brothelS all the
blame. Many I di help create their
own unfortunate ituations by failing
to use common sense. However, as
a pro-life advocate I must counter
pro-choice claims that bortion is a
suitable alternative to be taken by
women whose men won't support
their children.
Ladies, before even giving your
mates the chance to abandon respon
Sibility, you should yOU1"SClves
certain questions about them: . •
1) "Does he sell drugs?" The
lifestyle of a dealer, unfortunately, is
found increa ing1y attractive by
young ladies, but if he sells, he'
already taking the easy way out and
prob DIy wouldn't besitate to
same with you.
2) Docs he avoid me after sex is
refused?" If so, he'll surely avoid
any consequences that may have. to
t By WILUAM REED .
, ' . . AN EXCELLENT MODEL in
! MI�, PL- While the Canbt>c:an lifting up by one' own bootstraps
Icountnes of Cuba and Jamaica for the African-America community"
celebrated the triumphant visit of , to follow the Black Jew of Yahweh
former jailed Black leader, Nelson' ,
,Mandela, less than a hundred miles .
I up the coast another leader in the ........... _ ...
llntema 'onal Black community con
. ; tinned to languish in jail here in
,Miami without any fanfare. .
While Winnie M ndela, con
victed of a felony' crime under the
South African j tice system, stood'
• at the side of Mandela all during his
tvisit near these shores, a Black of
:similar stature who has been con
lvicted of no crime, other than being
I racially and religiously different, is
5ein deDi Ul. bi1i� �"'��H...._
and free-to coatinue faith and
bus nes' practices under the
American sy tern. .
Yahweh Ben Yahweh would
probably not like being called a
"Jew," instead he would prefer the
label of Hebrew Israelite. But, he
has exhibited many of the
stereotypes normally associated with
those of Jews. Yahweh Ben Yahweh
came to Miami 12 years ago with
little more than the clothes on his
back and a new message of hope for
the black Man.
In typical Jewish self-help
fashion, Yahweh Ben Yahweh, and
his followers, in less than 10 years
amassed properties and business
holdings in Miami, and across the
Dation, totaling almost a quarter of a
bill ion dollars. In unity and
enterprise, Yahweh and �he- Nation
of Yahweh have acted like many
successful Jews have, done busine
ke so many of them have done
around the world. In bonding and
bondage, they cite historical
linkages back to the original land of
. rael.
ational Busine League and
receiving the Whitney M. Young
Award for Bconomic Development
form the Miami Urban League, I t
November the government tapped
Yahweh Ben Yahweh and 16 his fol
lowers in jail for racketeering, and .
conspiracy to commit murder, char
ge that go back almost 5 years.
Al though the charges look
suspect on the surface, Yahweh Ben
Yah eh may be guilty. But, the
qu tion before that which should
cause all Americans alarm is, "Why
have they held the man and his group
in jail for over 9 months with no
po ibility of bail?"
" WHAT ·MOST, BLACK
Americans consider a "horrid" ys
tern of justice in South Africa, has
allowed Winnie Mandela to travel
the world since her conviction, while
she awaits new hearings and en
tencing. But what we assume to be
a better system of justice for Blacks
here in American will not allow Yah
weh Ben Yahweh rights to bail and
freedom while he awaits trial.
Yahweh Ben Yahweh has ex
hibited a trust in the traditions of
America and its free-enterprise sys- .
tem. He took a group African
Americans with little hope and
taught them dlscipline, skills and the
American Dream.
His dream of legal and economic
justice has turned into a nightmare
similar to that of Mr. Mandela for 25
years.
Black Americans of conscience
should take not of this Black Jew, his
successes within the system and take
step to assure that he gets his just
dues under just processes bf the sys-
, tern.
Yahwah Ben Yahwah
·A.C.T. Against Thomas Nomination
didn't ask the government "to give
them nothing," their motto was,
"open up the door and we'll get it
ourselves." And in the 1980s they
did, in fact, go and get it themselves.
They got hotels, motels, apart
ment buildings, supermarkets, furni
ture and auto repair shops to service
their community, and even obtained
a beachfront resort hotel on famed
Miami Beach.
Many inside, and out of, the sect
think that it was the move to
fashionable Miami Beach that was
the Yahweh's downfall. According
to reports, it was not long after the
purchase of the Miami Beach site
that the government begin to rain on
Yahweh Ben Yahweh's parade.
In spite of being honored for
economic works by the venerable
Statement By Richard Hatcher
African American Advan-
cement Corporation
The African American Advance
ment Corporation (A.C.T.) opposes
the appointment of Judge Clarence
Thomas to the U.S. Supreme Court.
With the nomination of Clarence
Thomas, President George Bush.has
once again demostrated his ability to
seek out and exploit the worst· in
Black America and to cynically put
it forth representative of" a great
people. He was wrong in the case of
Willie Horton and he is wrong in the
case of Judge Thomas.
Uke Robert Bork, Thorn fails
to meet minimum standards of fair
ness and responsibility, which we
have every right to expect of a
Supreme Court Nominee;
He has opposed the vel}' affirm
ative action requirements which al
lowed him to reach his current lofty
position. He has opposed a woman's
right to choose, and he offers the
nation a brand of conservatism that
has resulted in the rich getting richer
and the poor getting over the last
decade. W<!'JTlust never forget that
the nine people who sit on the highest
court in America are referred to as
• "Justices." There is nothing just
about Thomas' positions on the cru
cial issues of our day.
Much ha been made of the
nominee's humble b ckground -
growing up poor in Georgia. Unfor
tunately, instead of developing a
genuine sensitivity for those who
find themselves in like circumstan
ces today, Thomas eems to hold the
view that, "I made it, why can't you?
IT WILL be left to the various
legal associations around the country
to pas Judge Thoma ' technical
qualifications and competence for
this important position. Neverthe-
1 , thus far even his strongest sup
porters (with the pos ible exception
of President Bush) seem unwilling to
suggest that he i the be t qualified
Black lawyer available. However, it
i not enough to imply say that he is
not qualified. Tho e of us who op
pose Thomas' nomination have a
responsibility and an obligation to
put forward alternative names for the
Presiden consideration.
Finally, while we are concerned
cannot - we dare not - let the Equal
Protection Clause perpetrate racial
supremacy.
about posiuons that Judge Thomas
might take if he is confirmed by the
Senate, there is a greater danger in
his appointment.
After all, the current Court is al
ready heavily weighed on the con
servative side.
In the term that just concluded,
advocates of civil liberties lost all six
major free speech and free press
decisions; they lost all four major
earch and seizure decisions, and
nearly every ruling affecting
pri oners and crime suspects.
And that was with Thurgood
Marshall on the Court. The Courts
said the government can regulate the
speech of lawyer before a trial, hold
journalists liable for some altered
quotations, and bar a federally
funded doctor from telling a preg
nant patient about abortion. It ruled
that a citizen can be locked up for 48
hours without a warrant or court
hearing; that police can board a bus
and ask to inspect 8 passenger's lug
gage without suspicion of a crime
and can search 1 uggage in a car
without a warrant.
IN AN article in the New York
Times ten years ago, the distin
guished Philadelphia lawyer and
fotmer. Secretary of Transportation I
William T. Coleman Jr. addressed
this issue when he aid:
"For Black American , racial:
. equality is a tradition without a past.
Perhap one day America will be .
color blind, (but) it takes an extraor- .
dinary ignorance of actual life in:
America today to believe that day'
has come."
Secretary Coleman conel uded by
saying:
line failure to take race into ac-:
count in the present often perpetrates :
the legacy of our past. Neutral prac- I
tices ... may simply insure that Blacks :
will continue to be excluded." . .
judge Thomas hould also take:
note of the fact that, like himself,
Attorney Coleman is both Bla�k and
a Republtcan. :
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IN JUDGING President Bush's'
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whig ideologue to tho e already in the land, thoughtful Americans:
there is not likely to make a great cannot afford to be' "color blind."
difference. in future rulings of the They must recognize that Thomas'
Court. What is truly dangerous views nd philosophy are at war, not
about the po ible appointment of only �ith the color of his kin, but.
Clarence Thomas is the' m age that with those principles espoused by
it will send to millions of young the legendary Thurgood Marshall:
African Americans. That me age who in the case referred to above'
will be, to put it bl untly ... "selling out (Bakke) said: I
pays off." "The po ilion of the Negro today
Mr .. Thomas' oppo ition to af- is the tragic but inevitable conse-'
firmative action is the proverbial quence of centune of unequal treat
"straw that breaks the camel's back." ment. Measured by any benchma .
His opposition to race-conscious of comfort or achievement mean-'
remedies appears to be predicated on ingful equality remains a' distal\&:
the rather novel theory that America . dream ... " .
is a' "color blind" ociety and: there- He goe on to y:
fore, race-conscious remedies have "It is more than a little ironic tha
no place in our law or our thinking. after everal hundred years of cl
Obviously, he has forgotten (or based di crimination again.
perhaps never read) Justice Harry Negroes, the Court is unwilling to
Blackman' thoughtful dissent in the hold that a class-based remedy for
B� case. For Judge Thomas' that di crimi on is permi ible."
benefit aM for the benefit of those Clarence Thomas mu t be
Senators who will vote on him, I rejected. There are other qualified
repeat Justice Blackmans' words: African American lawyers availabl
"In order to get beyond racism, for President Bush's consideration _
we must first take account of race. lawyers who recognize their respca-
There on other way. And in sibil ity to all the ci tizens of thi great
order to treat some persons equally, country.
we must treat them differently. We
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