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curriculum, p rent c demy,
preventative co lin rit of P -
ag for gir ell boys, tu-
dent economic development
progr m, lary increa e for
teachers, student center, re-educa­
tion 2000 and a new v u ystem.
Pulling out copy of 'progress
report' ued by e Detroit In .,
Kenyatta . d, clearly he can do a
better job. In the report, the district
received a D plus in tudent chi eve­
ment but an A in fiscal integrity.
" T L T THE budget is
balanced .but the education of our
children i not balanced" he said.
"The current education system is not
ct up to educate our children. It i
et up to train them and further ac­
cept' and advance.the status quo."
• Within the chools tudents are
being taught to "get a good education
to get a good job," Kenyatta said,
adding that his ideology is for the
tudents to, yes get a good education,
but then "develop a good business."
Encouraging students to establi h
their own busin es to help build the
economic foundation in their neigh­
borhoods instead of graduating and
becoming co umer i at
Kenyatta said he supports.
"We don't teach them to think, "
he said. "We teach them what to
think."
But under Kenyatta plan students
will have the freedom to develop
their own ideas that will benefit their
community as a whole, he said.
POOR'
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dents expect 1992 to be better.
Rep. Joseph Young Jr., D­
Detroit, said those statistics could be
slightly misleading.
"I do think more jobs will come
back in service areas," he said. "But
when you have people that used to
make $17 an hour now making min­
imum wage at McDonald's, without
any health benefits, how can you
support a family?" .
Young said he blames the state
government for Michigan's recent
unemployment problem. He added
that the state has closed the door on
opportunities for Michigan resi-
dents. ,
"If you tell a doctor your shoulder
hurts, he tries to help you heal it,"
Young said. "He doesn't just am­
putate your shoulder without discre­
tion."
ANOTHER SURVEY BY
Public Sector showed that 76 percent
of Michigan residents believe that
the state has a "moral responsibility"
to provide food, clothing, shelter and
health care. There are differences of
-opinion in assessing how well the
state has fulfilled its responsibility to
the poor.
A urvey shows that 57 percent of
Detroit residents say the state is
doing too little, in contrast to 42 per­
cent in the Detroit suburb . The sur­
vey shows 72 percent of
African-Americans believe
Michigan isdoing le than enough
for the needy. Only 34 percent of
whites agree.
Sederburg said Gov. James
Blanchard backed away from help­
ing the poor during his tenure. Gov.
John Engler has attacked funding fOI
ocial ervices by cutting off general
tstance and increasing targeting
of payments to providers for medical
erviees.
Sederburg, who served 12 years
,as a Republican state senator from
East Lansing, said surveys show
large numbers of Detroit and Blac
Y IT oppo d President
George B h' "America 2,000"
which include ix educational goal
for chool cro the nation to meet
by the year 2000.
"They're talking about doing in
eight y t n't been done in
200 years," Kenyatta said. "It's not
meant to succeed it's just a political
ploy."
Patrie , a Republican and the
board's former president stepped
down to cbairatocal coalition called
"Detroi t zcoo.'
Kenyatta aid Detroiters need to
say no to the local coalition and to
Patrick remaining a board member
and running an external coalition
which is slated to accept space and
re ources from the Detroit Public
Schools General Superintendent"
Deborah McGriff.
"It's a conflict of interest,"
Kenyatta said, ecboing Board Mem­
ber Gloria Cobbin's concerns at a
recent board meeting.
EMPOWERMENT, School­
based management are two other
areas targeted for reform by Kenyat­
tao Renaming it community control,
"It's nothing new," he said. "We
talked about community control
b c in the 60's."
parent nd the community
bauld te' school control-
ling the budget and the hiring and
firing of principals and teachers, he
aid.
. , "Tpe parents arc the employers
and the students are there to be edu­
cated, " Kenyatta said.
residents believe causes of poverty
are beyond their control, whereas
white, upper middle-class reside?ts .
blame poverty on a lack of effort.
He said the public needs to be­
come better: informed about those
living in poverty, and the actual
benefits they receive before seeking
solutions.
"BLACKS ARE more liberal in
seeking government solutions than
are whites," he said.
Young blames the clash of survey
results on increased mistrust in
government.
"People are becoming torn," he
said. "A lot of residents of Michigan
have big hearts. They want to see
everyone fed. The problem is that no
one wants to be exploited and in the
past. The government has not
delivered on their commitments to
the public."
Michigan is part 'of a model of
manufacturing states, its automobile
industry being the anchor. The
decline of the auto industry will
make Michigan the last mannfactur­
ing state' to bounce back, according
to Young.
He said a different type of job
must surface to put the state back on
track.
SEDERBURG CONTENDS
Engler used polarization tactics in
gaining popularity.
"Engler is quite happy to be out
here in the conservative side because
wi tb the recession going on, more
people are con ervative than
liberal," he said. "Race and taxe are .
the major polarizing issues right now
within SOCiety."
Sederburg called Michigan a hi -
torically progre ive state. If the
economy begins to pick up, Engler
will have to move away from the
right in order to keep his office, he
said.
Pubiic Sector Consultants ur­
vey how Michigan re idents want
good 'SOCial programs and believe in
an obligation to accommodate all of
the public. In order to obtain this
goal tbe state needs to create policie
that bridge gaps, instead of polariz­
ins the state, Scderburg said.
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eate
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ou 'an be tool .
THE C UDh di-
covered that U.S. comp nies have
il1egaUy ld more than 20 tons of
arm and ammunition to South
Afri ,includin wed off hot­
guns, at the very tim wh n hotguns
nd pistol re being used to kill
hundreds of people on th tre ts of
South Africa' Bl ck townships.
The Africa Fund alerted the Com­
merce Department to th e illegal
arms sales in November, 1990. In
the face of pparent inaction, the
Africa Fund ought to u e the
Freedom of Information Act to ob­
tain documen routinely filed by ex­
porter ith the Commerce
Dep rtment. These will help shed
light on the extent of the illegal arms
trade b cd In the U.s.
The Africa Fund is represented in
the case by the Center for constitu­
tional Righ , a publlc-mterest law
firm d educational organization
located in New York.
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