NOVEMBER - Louis Far­ rakhan diagrosed with Prosae �r. Magic Johnson tes� positive with AIDS Virus. Mobutu Sese Sckn rereging on Government Promses in Zaire. David Duke defeml in Louisana, DECEMBER - sam An­ niversary of Pearl Hmtx>r. Haitian Repatriation I sues. Tony Brown's Article on "AIDS aIXl Magic JohrmI?-" Kwarrzaa. JANU Y - � Fe 'an Gulf War El'O. Qui Rowan's Boo on Dr. King. C\Jl­ tlnlMlnth. MARCH Harry Sclafon 's Criticism of J 1 1k BlSVH . Oln_' spink.)'. Tbe lAPD Beating of Rodrx:y King. African American Pre MlIUh. APRIL- Virgina'sGoveroor Wilder BegiM Testing Presidential Wa MA Y - Winnie M.aOOela tcnced '> six years in prison. United Bank ofPhi1adelphia to open in Fall. JUNE - Journalist Ethel Paym eli • l..akets am Bulls in NBAF'uU. , JULy - Rep. Bill Gmy '> head UNCP. Dr. Bill �totmt Game SOOw (You Bet Your Ufe). li1lq of US. Saoctio� on South At;rica (AzaIU). Thurgood Mar­ shall resigns. Carerc 100mas Nominated. � BCCI Scanial. UGusr - Gavin Cato killed in Brooklyn. Clarence 1lnnas fIeari¥. The Coup in tlI: USSR SEPrEMBER - Oarenre 100mas Hearings continue. Mike Tyson IIx1ictcd on Rape Omges. Black College Day. OCTOBER - Clarence , 1lnnas oonfiJm:d to the SupreID! Cowt. Rcdd foxx dies. Miles Davis dies. Marion Bany star1s six­ rmnlh erm in Virginia Prison, HILTON: HlGHEREDUCA­ nON is designed to � with ColJegeardKOrldret:Jdtrs. &ka­ tiaa is ongoing and cmoinJy na limited to classroom study. La's toile. (l14)IN.UJ650, TIll t m jority of people who bad low Whi By MIKE MCBRYDE Because of the Middle Page, Slavery, dehumanization, European-imposed values, and self-hatred, it is safe to say that the African in AmeriCa has made a much greaiersacrifioe for� good of America than anyone else. Africans in America have not divided the nation; they have been the most thoroughly oppressed group in the nation on a continual basi . And their fight against oppression has challenged America to live up to the true meaning of its creed and to its responsibilities to all Americans. Today there is a new chalJenge to the conscience of America. African scholar with Afrocentric and multicultural perspectives are challenging America to cease its suppression of historical truths, to stop lying about i1S crimes, and to end its condescending attitude toward the darker peoples of the globe. But it is difficult for mainstream America to acknowledge its arrogance. AND BECAUSE OF the intellectual militancy of thi new movement, maimtream academicians are lashing out at Afrocentric scholars in a mean-spiritcd way. During the Middle Ages, the Arab traveller-historian Ibn Battuta said that VIEWS/OPINIONS bed federal billion in P t d de, the Fed ral government h extended housing upport to an avera of 78 new t 0 I poor re p ying 70 percent their income for I r . Thi I j t percent fa family' food, clo' health care, electricity and t, bool . fo � children, po tion. ot wprisingly, the number of American homel doubled in the 1 . Tbo of poor children die prematurely from prcventable<1l:'�:s.. because their paren cannot afford decent health care fo them. Thousands of poor children go to bed hungry every night, while their govemmentd oothingto istthem. TIlE nou G RI I for African- Am nears is intensified d to. of African American youth to learn. Eurocentrists view Africa a haven for killers and barbarians. And historically, mainstream educators have sought to socialize children of color into thinking of tbemselves Europeam. But ironically, the victims, i.e. the children rather than the system, are blamed for their identity crisis. Afrocentric scholars, unlike tbose in the main tream. have studied the psychology of the Black child The Schlesingers, Diane Ravitches, and Charles Krauthammers, on the other hand, have been insensitive to the needs, culture, and ethnicity of children of color. SCHLE INGER, ,FOR EXAMPLE, in the July 8, 1991 issue of TIME magazine, says: "If a KleagJe of the Ku Klux Klan wanted to \SC the schools to .. .handicap Black Americans, he could hardly come up with anything more effective than the 'Afrocentric' curriculum," But if Schlesinger feaIS that through Afrocentrism the races will become separated, be can relax-tbe l"3C.eS, for the most part, are already' separated. Control over the minds of people of color is what the U.S. educational system is all about The sentiments of today's Eurocentrists are the same as those of the philoJ textbooks, yet the Euroc.entrisls accuse Afiocentris of 00DC0ding "fantmy" history! African Americans must place greaier emphasis on the need for aitical thinking in combatting this kind of igoorance. Free and strong minds are imperative in setting the record straight To lose sight of this fact would prove to be a very costly mistake. Mike McBryde is a freelance artist and writer, 8JXl a member of African Ameri upr macy and curricula of inclu ion people and organizations like ours who are trying against tremendous odds to get that we tside Detroit area cleaned up. , When Governor Blanchard was still in office - The West Warren Avenue Merchants Association urged him to send in the National Guard to tear down, haul away the debris and level the sites of all aban­ doned and burned-out structures like that one on Scotten and 1-94 - con­ tained within West Warren's boun- ,daries. (There was) no response. Since 1982, various members of our Board have met with repre­ sentatives from the Environmental Protection Agency, our State Senators office well as respon­ sible heads of 'big businesses' still contained in that West Warren area - urging them to join with in our continuing fight to 'get rid of the blight. ' ALL 0 THOSE efforts went ignored. Contrary to popular belief, not all debris and chun of bricks can be traced back to Detroiters or half-tom down apartment tructurcs -:- no, not at all. (\meri fa Humanism. He' a leader 0 the Immtep Sodety study gro� in Pittsburgh, m1 an on the anthropologist JA Roge which appears in tbe boo AFRICAN-AMERICAN HUMANISM AN ANlHOLOGY. READER'S WRITE: of all the peoples of the world, the Africans "seem to abbor inj�tice the most. .. " Indeed, most of the social movements in 20th century America seem to have been greaily impircd by African Americans. But collectively, mains tream Am ricans have been unwilling to give African Americam credit where credit is due. The American historian Arthur Schlesin er was once qooted as saying, ttl regard Blac as part of American culture, not African culture." But many realize that mainstream academicians have never seriously considered introducing Blacks to their ancestral roots in a positive way. On the contrary, they have tended 10 do just the opposite. , THERE HAS been much anti-Black sentiment emanating from whites. But this hostility bas been largely checked because many African Americans have fought against it. Collectively, mainstream academicians have never chosen to correct historical errors out of the goodness of their beam. They have only responded to pressure from those demanding change. . The current educational curricula are designed to maintain white supremacy. Thus, mo t schools have been unable to motivate large numbers Cia s appreCiates Newspaper Lett to the editor: � Rep McKenzie FouOOation would like to thank you for your . donation of rewspepers to the Satwday . morning tutorial propt. 1k (Michigan Qtizen) is the 7th 8JX1 8th gmde English c � find that the dJildren are eager to read � paper and information because they are not ovelW�lmod with the length of the artides and the size bf the paper: Again, we think you for your . donation. , SiD:erely, Mary o. AI�nder Director Brick in 1-94 death is problem for all of us First off let us say that our hearts go out in sympathy to the family of Suzanne Iott who was killed recently by a cinder block tossed from the 1-94 overpass on the westside of Detroit. And to those who suggest that others "keep their distance from Detroit" let us say that there are West WarreD and 28tb - Th mere 8 or 10 feet West of the Edsel Ford Freeway wblch not fenced. (photo by P.A. Moore) Last June 23, we personally wit­ nessed a white gentlemen driving a bright red truck with lettering on the door that read, "Always Green Landscape Co., Northville, Mi." He dumped 5 loads of tree stumps, bricks, old shrubbery and other nasty stuff on a vacant lot about a half­ block from where that cinder block was thrown. We notified the authorities. Nothing was ever done, not even a ticket issued to the of­ fender. A "Busines Watch" study of our area that was conducted a few years back with the assistance of the Detroit Police Dept. pointed clearly to the fact that a real 'Bermuda Tri­ angle" situation exists within our boundaries, inasmuch as there are three expressway located beneath us, namely the Jeffries, Edsel Ford and 1-94. Needless to say, not anyone of tho e mentioned are completely fenced. We believe this bas some­ thing to do with "rich neighborOOod" versus "poor neighborhood" or how ' or where our highway tax dollars arc pent. BE THAT A it may,onewould have to conclude that with so many West Warren Associ tlon had complained to authoritl about building before tragic happenln. Pictured the burned-out abandoned ' penment buUdln th t a cinder block w taken from nd t' on : the 1·94 freeway kUlin uzanne Ion, The bulldln w tom do D aD : December 12, 1�1. 'big businesses' still housed here, namely, the Coca Cola Co., Detroit Edison Co., Restokraft Mattres Co., Comerica Bank, Thyssen Metal Co. nd others, someone would want to network with us in our efforts to top the blight from spreading ... unless its part of some ugly plan to 'keep it as is' for tax breaks for 'big busine ' ake' (doiog busine in a dirty and unsafe area). It remains hameful. P ggy A Moore, Pr .Id nt, WHt Warr n Av M rchant. A .. oc Thoma. E Pettigrew. Vic Pr .Id nt Pat.y Dougla., cretary. BLACK HISTORY MONTH IS COMING. SUBMIT YOUR RECOLLECTIONS FOR PUBLICATION. SEND TO: P.O. BOX 03560, HIGHLAND PARK, MI 48203