VIELVS OPINIONS
pill II or 0 tennin te
nancy medically.
BUT AN African-American or
Latin yopng woman from a
ing-cl family, or perh the vic-
tim 0 . in Appalachia,
will no ha¥ luxury of th
alternative. Once more, we will
wi the ible tragedy of
medical butch of women return-
ing to the alley and ide tree ,
taking advantage of their newfound
opportunities ith Roe' revers .
The call for right-to-life is dis-
2) Column: NASPA.
Trey Williams, Dean of Stu­
dents, Hampshire College,
M achusettes:
I enjoyed your column. I
would be illing to ubmit dia­
logue re arding yow sug -
tionofSCHOLAR a possible
agenda item for the National
Conference Network for Edu­
cational Equity and Ethnic Di­
versity.
3) Column: The College
With the Shiny Mercedes.
Ms. A Wells, Entrepreneur, .
Las VeglS, NV:
Your article about the atti­
tudes of those college adminis­
trators really caused me to think
about a few things, especially
the future of our young people.
So many kids have no direction
and our community is not get­
ting any better it seems. Even
though I just said these things, I
still believe that we need to have
faith.
4) Column: Some Latinos
Are African Too.
Ms. L. Caes , Boston, MA:
Because of your wonderful
article, I Ml sending you infor­
m . on on Puerto Rico that I
reoeivedfrun III African Amen-
em who resides there.
I found-your article great
because my dad is Puerto Rican,
yet we, his children, know that
. ow forefathers were African and
Indian. A lot of Hispanics deny
. their African bloodline, but I am
, p-oud of what and who I 1m.
5) Column: Do Teachers
ind Profeuors Reid this N
paper and Why?
Elder C. Nickenon Bolden,
Aenon Bible College, india­
napolis:
lreadsevepldUnp into your
II1icle. rU'Stof all, I often won­
der a YOUftB Afric.l Ameri­
can, how I have become so dif­
ferent from others. Why is' it
difficult to \mderstand mistakes
of older individuals when they
should know better? And is
wisdom enhanced by reading
(African American) newspa-
? '
pen .
I am III ins1rUCtOr and do
believe in the African press. My
profession requires in-depth
knowledge of cities potential
m .. kets .. The African Ameri­
can press has the most readily
available infonnation concern­
ing the p_light of our people.
If knowing history is unim­
portant, why has history been so
effectiv y bidden from aome?
co-own mel ir 0
, and a monthly DllJliCmc.
with some topics ranging from
raJ personal hygiene to politics.
Participants and taft will
from political, civic, spons, en •
preneurial, religious, entertainment, :
educational, and the Blaclc-move-'
ment sector high- and mid- 1 AI- :
ric in America of
menta.
We have to realize
existence ct our BIIC COIIIIOunid
Why should Blae students have' on a positive and cons·
to be more prepared than white involvement. and re-involvanent:
dents before they go out into the real from all of us in every capacity. Ifwe'
world? They have to lenow 1hIIt do not fully support that from which
human beinp. yare totally wilhin we cane . individuab and -.
their God-given right to receive a people, theft we will eventually die.;
, proper and realiltic educatioo not We seem to dying in num-:
only to make money widain III eeo- everyday.
nomic Iystem that hu no b . to NOASA is s1ruChnd to cover
but for know 8DCI. .uch
aw � every upect of life aocial aIWll'ene. IIlIlritUIal ,WInII�
COIlCeI'Ilin& themselves and aD others physical a,..,.eneu
in existence. filling the simpl to the molt com-: .
The National Organization ct plex dn[am. The organization p
African Students in America to hold an annual national conv -
(NOASA) is a new organization tion of its members every apin.J
founded by Malikah Shabazz, one of 00 istingof a BlICkExpo-aty �
Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz's gram promoting BlICk B,Ulu· lUI
six daUPters. to provide mentoring Black Entertainment, Black �
and support geared tow .. d munication, Blac Politics.
BlICk hish school and colle ltu­
den in America.
The1OO1s we ingwill·lize
every me pouib to reICh the
youth by any me... IObt
they able to rea1Iy 1hink for daem-
Iv and work toward ainuchmore
unified and independent existence.
It will operate u • fuH·.-vice Black
student organization intended to 8d-
the needs of the ItUden IIld
Should Blacks abandon Dr. King,
adopt Justice Thomas' conservatlsm?
By JA ES E.AL BROoK. Ph.D.
Prof AN,..,. 01110 U.
Some ,young Black professional
men .. e talking about abandoning
the id of Thurgood Mlnhall, Dr.
King and the NAACP. They argue
that they see no progress today as
liberals, so they should become con­
servatives as Clarence Thorn did.
Historical and political usage in­
dicates that conserv tives like exist­
ing conditions. They "hold still." "go
ow" or "go backward" in order to
maintain personalldvlllta& . lib­
erals, on the other hand, advocate
change to iinprove the generalsoci­
ety.
WHO ARE SOME outstanding
liberals and oonservativ ?
. LiberaI- Jesus Christ. who op­
posed the status quo. He proposed
drastic change, .. dvocating love.
peace. brotherhood and "live IIld
help live."
Conservative - Pontius Pi! •
who believedJ irInooem butchoee
to ve his own "mortal body" in­
ad of . "immortallOul," Clpitu­
I ed to the lies and sme fA his
ad' and opted for the IUs quo.
Liberal - Georg W ington.
Thom Jeffer on, Benjamin
Franklin and others who in the Revo­
lutionll'Y W II' fought against the sta­
tus quo. threw off the Y ct British
control, royalty and pnvi1e ,
freedom democncy f
America. . who aaificed hia life king "lib-
ConsetYative-BenecictAmold erty and justice for Ill" and
and other pomp mel pivilege - supp«ted by President LyndooJohn·
en who tried to maintain the lOll. a conservative-tumed-liberal.
quo and keep King George III as J� told the world "We hall
ruler of the colonies. Many wealthy overcome" and led Congress to the
American conservatives ided with passage of the Civil Rights and Vot­
Arnold, who became a traitor. ins Rights law. He expanded free-
Liberal-Abrahim Lincoln, who dorn.
led the nation in the Civil W. and
opposed human lavery. Emerging CONSERV ATIVE - Ronald
from poverty, he knew humble Ift- Reagan, who preached respect for
try wu no banier to achiev t the human rigll of victims ov
Ddhe favored freedoln for all people. -except for Black people in South
Conservative - Robert E. Lee, Africa - while t home waging hia
Jefferaon Davis and other Com - eight-y w .. ag civil righ
ate I who aent th of law and other equality-and-justice
men to their de. to m� the ,ains led by Dr. King, the NAACP,
status quo of slavery for BIICks Iftd and President Johnson. Reaaan's
degradation for poor whites. quiet and "disa'eet" racisn pleased
Liberal-FranJdinD.Rooaevelt, Dixiecrat voters while implicitly
who steered programs to help the ding "go ahead" ignals to resur­
rich and poor alike through the Great recting Klan klavems, skinheads and
Depa.sion, fousht Hitler Md other other hate groups.
noe-auperiorityfascists. Heccowned Some conaervativ II'gue for
his term with the Social Security more individual liberty and I goy­
progam that today help protect the emrnent control. But thae same
healda and dipity of millions of people demand government-en­
American l Iy and handicapped. forced control over women's bodi .
Rememberthis: Leading liberals
-Jesus, Nathan Hale, Dr. King and
others - . acrificed THEIR OWN
LIVES for the good of ociety.
Leadingconserv tiv -Pootius
Pit re, Robert E. Lee, Hitler and
other - sac�ificed OTHER
PEOPLE'S LIVES usually for per­
IOnaiadvantageorcl ,race,politi-
cal or reUgi prejuda.
CO SERVATIVE - Adolph
Hid«, Benito M lini and Joseph
Stalin - all dictators ho concen­
trated pow in their own hands.
Stalin changed fonn and some sub-
, but in effect maintained a
quo by replacing one form of
OPIJrellion ·tIl another.
-Dr. M.un L.Kin&Jr .•
Daught
· found
r of
tudent
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Malcolm X (New Y crt,
March 19, 1964).
EI-Hajj Malik El-Sbalt)azz
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roup
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"WHATEVER IT , I
BIICk" .. � .. Frederic DousJ
For more information ........
ItUdent membership, BlICk �1IbI_
advertising, sponIOI'Ihip
needed donations, pi CODmcc
Malikah Shabuz at NOASAtoIl_
1-800-933-1965, orwri : P.O. �
285, MOWlt Vernon, N York_
10553.
READERS WRITE
De. Editor:
I agree with Dooald 0raniJ0n
that your paper • the in Michi­
gan. But I very much disagree widl
Oranison on �on Daniels. Daniela
and Marming M .... ble .-e major
reasons that your paper. the
They brilliantly and consistently
demonstratetherel tionshipof the
race and cia qu tions. Ron
Daniela for President!
By the way, your
. on Danie , JUI.�!ikn"'�
II-known local wri
defending and IUDI»OraIU
apartheid in South Africa!
fore, I'm very ICI of hia::
advice on the "truth" about nee, :
Egypt, Black, white, bronze and •
all of that. ·
John
nry. Detroit