1 p VIEWS o . r vin yo Iv m 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