, I!! o o .- S· � Rodney King verdict involved iOOivid rep- ti 0 the it far . implica . . The poli officers of the woo empowered to � in s\,l;l:)CCtI� of crirres, They are em­ oowerocl with the right to inflict the minimum amount of violence recessarvjo bring a to trial. 1lx: Semi Valley jwy declared that "minimum" mears within an inch o an African American' life. rdid posed a direct threat k> �ry African American male. � CLO examinati n of the wtions availabl will reveal that for the most part African Americam "Did � Right Thing." Voting against In>tile elected officials is necessary but is not a panacea for all of our probl IDS. Tbose critics who put forward this Jan 0 action the mechanism would have the African American Community brutalized without fear of legal repercussions in the period before tre next election. What's worse the community is left to hope that a viable candidate will tOO up this issue, Given the tendency of politicans to ignore Black' ues it is likely viable politicans would have said oothing of tarce. It is true that African Americans should vote aIXl vote like their lives deperd on it Tbe truth is however voting alone will ootsave our lives. Deroonstrations are 00 longer aneffective tool forinfiuencing the riItional � woo par­ ticipated in the anti-gulf war rallies by the tens and hundreds of tmlSUlds are testament to tre fact. The rally against tre Desert . Stonn of January .26. 1m had 250,(0) aa:001ing to CNN. They were igrored by the media or given less t:iJm than the smaller pro war rallies. Tbere is 00 reason 10 believe thatdermnstratiom would have any effect �n � estab­ lished order with regards to this verdict TIlE FOUR POllCE woo were indicted were encouraged by tre Police Collll1lissioner, Daryl Gates woo continues to uphold �m. They were worst of all but­ tressed by rallies in theirsupport by fellow office IS, who felt ibe beat­ � was j�tified!! It was not just I� four officers who were on trial but the lAPD aIXl chief Daryl • Gaa. � institution was folnl to have done oothing wrong in savaging Rodney King. However as we sympathize with lOOse attacked let rs remem­ ber that the type ofbIU1ality visited upon the white tnckdriverseentn news clips happens African American men am women daily. The rage seen in those clips just happe� to stop being inwardly diredod. What caused that rage? Well maybe it has something to 00 with the government policy of benign neglect wren it comes to urban areas like South CenttallA with urernployrrent ra of 35 percent AT 'I1IE same time it con­ siders seOOing money abroad to Easern Ewope wbose oconomi me comidcred in shambles with umnplo�ntra�ofll percent African Americans are made to feel like beggars if they ask for taxes blt Eastern Europe is given money without worry as to w�theydevelopa "Culnueof DepeOOeOC}'. " Tbe burning down of stores owned byo�idelS with little or 00 respect for their patrons had some merits. � Korean store owners were in tre words of Korean com­ munity spokesperson" ... the wrong place at the wrong time ... " The �IS 0 the lqls in tbe African American Community have served a bufIerbearing the brunt of anger directed agairst. caucasian society. It � been See JUSTICE, A 10 VIEWS/OPINIONS T T D 0 means th dispersal of people with common origins, b c grounds and beliefs. Conference peakers noted that th impact of Columbus' "new world order" 500 years ago meant the forced migration of millions of African people acros the Atlantic Ocean, cattering th BI c heritage from South America to Canada. tive ction in order to mobilize frustrated and frightened white against the interests 0 people of color. Racism denied the very humanity of American Indian and African people , who were caught in the violent crucible oflabor exploita- W 0 our opp ion within ociety, nd how can we mobilize our re ources to gain gre ter power? hat righ can I cl im p rt of my own humanity? t i my d tiny? We must construct ew World Order, beyond the myths and greed of Columbus' legacy, and the cor­ rupted, di torted hi tory p ented by George Bush. By learning the truths of our his tory, and making the connections cro the di paras of pain, truggle and culture, we can begin to develop a basis for an alter- .- Dr. Manning Marabl is Profes­ or of Political Science and History at the Univer ity of Colorado, Boulder. education and work-related skills, (e) addiction to a "cycle of depend­ ence," and (1) orientation to a cul­ ture dominated by hopele sness, escapism, procrastination and im­ mediate gratification. These afflictions evidently began with the slave's psychologi­ cal acceptance of slavery and resigned accommodation to cir­ cums tances imposed by the slaveholder. Raised in a culture that perpetuates the e precepts, that victim who is pas ive will ac­ cept and perpetuate these depend­ ency traits and behaviors from parent to child and produce a slave-type dependent imilar to the "broken-in" original plantation prototype. , People living in thi "culture of degradation" are victimized and programmed. The remedy i to deprogram them. o E WAY to begin the deprogramming is to have the highest possible authority, the president of the United States, to begin to repair the psychological damage done to American Blacks and e t the tage for their reintroduction into ociety with not a slave' point of view but wi th a proud citizen' point of view. Self-pride and a ense of belonging are e ential. The president hoiild: - Follow the exampel of Pope John Paul II who everal weeks . ago went to Africa and apologized for European participation in the lave trade. The American pre ident hould make his apology from the capital of the Confederacy, Montgomery, � ,4/y AlEAEf/� �,f/d 7iJ'E ;fp.N..fM7c /AI/}:�r Pr' ��( /I (i-,I(>�.JJ KO()T,5 ItJU Tlt,llt O�I1MZ�� l¥};)I(j'�/J 7l:> � �jE{7/"A/ ()� ;tp1�(. �r _z .5U-VJ>A>.Il. ZY�cPA£)' ZYAfG WE ��1!'1f oN" S' .7';y,.,..,. .$h'E 5#PVl.l:> #€,I'Ip 8A'Gt 7lJ 7"'t!' �'U4Y� �' WE KNOW THAT when a human organism malfunctions, we call in the doctor to determin what is wrong. We must do so whether the cau e is physical or p ychological. Many well-educated people believe the behavior of welfare recipients is caused by (8) los of personal dignity and self-re peel, (b) loss of elf-confidence, (c) 10 of po itive elf-image, (d) lack of T#/S /J � )INII/, �.) ,4f Y Bars. t7'E sor A/�RE � /,5 7Pt>#� £JRlI7iVC V'C E ... p�e.s IPCAIr o F /I NI/J7)1{ COJlfA/Itli; �A'WC �/.r� �411 OF ,7;YE Rv��. /IS B,R16I/T ' /1.511 .:l w�TT BuLB �Tj_C..f YOUR �U·cr�K.1 ry d,fJ 8�E4/CUT()FF: Alabama. This apology would declare the former slave status null, void, illegal and offensive to the concept of human rights. - Compensate tho e BIdes who e "slave damage" remains ob­ vious, just as the United States compensated the Nativ-e Americans for stolen land and the Japanese for internment during World War II. The e would be Blacks that are unemployed, on welfare, etc. and need help to be­ come productive citizens. - Proclaim the need for na­ tional unity and concerted effort to survive the ri ing tide of produc­ tion excellence inJapan andint he European Common Market. He hould declare the need for the training and use of all units of ociety - Black, Latin­ Americans, immigrants, pri oners, the homele and others - in a era h program to harvest the abilitie of people on the "fringe o ociety" in a crusade of national renais ance. - Demand the establishment of a new cabinet office, the Depart­ ment of Human Resource and Talent Reclamaton, re ponsible for the enactment of programs in­ volvinge labli hmentofgoal and priorities, job training, job place­ ment, language skills and other help needed to maximize the con­ tributions of today' prawling un­ dercla . The p rson heading thi cabinet department must be an evangeli - tiic visionary with dedication and emotional appeal. I nominate J e Jackson. .y t month, m re than two dozen intemationall y known hol and autho of color met in Boulder, Color do, t the Univer ity of Colorado, to explore th meaning of th t five-hundred-year period. 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