I
eeooomic
city power.
The decline of industry in
America's inner citi coincided
with the flight of middle-c
families, both Black and whi to
more affl\Clt surburbm areas that
are 'OCNI 00me to most of our
cwntty's prodoctionactivity. Cor­
� America's limited outreach
Blades teSUlEd in affirmative
action hiringprograrm which con­
tnbUlcd to wIDksale desertion of
wban <m1CrS by Blacks, in concert
with �ir white counterparts, to
subwbia.
so WHO IS left, am willing,
to invest the time, I00I1!y, energy
am hwnan OIpital to work and
rebuild America's inner cities?
WOO � the will to leave the safety,
security aOO comtors of Grosse
Pointe, Westchester County,
Bu:ldad m1 Pa1a;verdcs to start
small � in urbm Detroit,
New y� AIlan1a aOO LA.?
WOO can �lp gain power for
ima' city rcsiden5 in the real ac­
tivity of American freedom?
Blacks haven't given it much
tOOught, but help towaId urban
private SCCk)r growth may be as
cksees � �xtoomcrofmrcity
ncigtixmxxJs.
Asian IDCICha.Im own � to 85
percent of tm b1.SD=ss operations
in the eouury's wban areas.
However, at the rooment there
ismuchantagonismaOO rcumrthat
ex:is� between Asian �rchants
aOO inner city dwellers.
Even tOOugh, or maybe be­
cause, Asians too suffer from
America's system of racism and
prej�, �canooti¢njOO;and
careers in Corporate America �
its irdistries. Hampered by skin
color, culture m1langu¥ bar­
riers, Asians are forced into
. entrepreneurship for their
liveliOOods aOO surviwl.
UNDER these circums1aIres
Korean, Oinese am VletnanYse
are concentrating tremendous
emgies ini> busims formations,
education aOO the type of family
stIu;ture that Blacks are statically
deficient in. In the last decade, the
Asian community has passed
whits in percaptia incom: and are
rDW making progress in wea1thac­
cumulation
But, at the IOO�nt, Blacks
"wouldn't give two cents" for
Asiam.
RECENT BO:MBINGS in
CUcago of two Korean-owned
stores are examples of the ietilities
that are leaving deep fractures in the
social structure of the inner cites.
Asians do often disrespect
Black customers, frequmtly pro­
vide smddy p� and rarely
attempt to communicate with
Blaclcs in the communides, and
tmd>yinvite many of the confron­
tatioos.
Amaj��tofwbatis
needed to create economic
developmcntin urbanareas is com­
munication and economic
cooperation between Blacks and
Asians. Identification of the
people, pro}>le9 and common in­
terest or � gro� � needed row.
ProgtanB for aeative exchanges
betw'Cen Blaclcs aoo Asians are
necessary to defuse the resentrne�
that exists.
TIu! African-American and
AsianA.uociationcanhelp idmtify
Asians IeaJership groups cr1'OSS
the counJry. Contact thma a 515
l«hStretI, SE, WaWngtor\ D.C.
20003 for listin�
BUSINESS FINANCE
BYWE DYELA
OCIA TED PRESS WRITER
1.0 G ()- lc
and other minority con
polin th ir re ourc t in
struction bids for rebuildin
damaged in th riots.
bout m tly Bla -owned,
contr cting firm h ve orm d
group lled United Min rity Con­
tra to to bid for po t-ri t 0 tru­
tion job that would c t j b for
underemployed African Am ri
"Construction i th key featur
in rebuilding South 1.0 An el , '
Rev. F.G. Higgins, chairman of
group of Baptist mini ters backing
the effort. "You tal about h tin
1.0 Angel . Th healing of South
Lo Angeles cannot b gin unle
Blac and minorities are in luded
in the rebuilding."
Al 0, th City Council pa ed a
resolution urging Agriculture
Secretary Edward Madigan to ap-
• ... Th h lin of
outh Lo
Ang I c nnot
b gin unl
BI c and
minoritie r
included in th
rebuilding. "
-Rev. G. G. Higgln
prove an m rgency food tamp pro­
gram for riot victim , rna ing
re iden in ravaged areas immedi­
ately eligible for food tamp .
With hundreds of riot-damaged
building till lying in ruin and
po inga hazard to passersby, the city
Tu day ordered owners of the mo t
badly damaged buildings to get them
cleaned up.
lack access
business
BY CURT ANDERSON
ASSOCIA TED PRESS WRITER
TAllAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) _ Racial
violence is a time bomb that can only
be defused through Black empower­
ment in government and busine as
well as improved education, Black
leaders said at a conference.
Gov. Lawton Chile brought the
100 religious leaders, profe ors,
business people and poli ticians
together to discuss ways state
government can ease the poverty and
. hopelessness that helped touch off
the Los Angeles riots.
"What we're hoping is thi will
be the start of a real dialogue, '
Chiles said. "We understand now
that we need to involve you more."
The riots four weeks ago,
touched off by acquittal offourwhite
police officers in the beating of a
Black motorist, was "a wake-up
call," the governor aid.
SEVERAL CONFERENCE
participants said the gap between
Black and white, rich and poor, edu­
cated and uneducated in Florida and
the nation as a whole is widening,
leading to the danger of more race
violence in the years to come.
"We see the current situation as
a time bomb ticking, waiting to go
off," said Sharon Dennard, a ,
psychology professor at Florida
..
.' The city mailed out letters Tues­
day to orne 150 owners of buildings
deemed the mo t hazardou .
Owners of the remaining 450
-damaged buildings will be notified
later this week.
o educa ion,
re ed a conference
A&M University, where the con­
ference was held.
The main mes age Chiles and
five of his agency chiefs got was that
more Blac should be in govern­
ment deci ion-making positions,
such as judges and high-level law
enforcement officials, and minority
businesse need government's help
to succeed.
"The color of freedom in
America i green," said Tom Lewis,
a busine profe s at Florida
A&M.
Lewis and other participants
recommended boosting the number .
of minority businesses certified to
get state contracts, slapping criminal
penalties on those who masquerade
as Black-owned, and setting up more
tax credits for inner city investment.
EDUCATION IS another
cornerstone of improving the lives of
Florida blacks, participants said.
They called for a state budget with
enough money in it to improve
public instruction.
Law enforcement officers should
have improved training, particularly
in the use of force, and a better un­
derstanding of the Black com­
munity, said Lucretia Shaw-Collins,
staff director of the House Correc­
tions Committee.
"We don't want to experience
the same thing that happened in
L.A.," she said.
Nonprofit insurance
project launched
The Michigan League for
Human Service announced last
week the institution of a broad
insurance project as a member
service for interested nonprofits
in Michigan .. With the help of a
start-up grant from the W.K. Kel­
logg Foundation, the project has
been designed to meet the par­
ticular needs of small and
medium-sized charitable or­
ganizations.
The League will sponsor
health care and liability in­
surance, as well as coverages for
unemployment and worker's
compensation insurance.
"We understand that most
small nonprofit do not have a
benefits manager," said Beverley
McDonald, League Executive
Director. "In most insurance
matters, agencies need a timely
response to questions and
problems, as well as insurance
coverages that meet their needs."
The Kellogg Foundation, in
awarding the grant, also recog­
nized the importance of helping
the nonprofit sector to function
as efficiently as possible.
FORMALLy incorporated
in 1938 lito promote social well­
being by assisting charitable or­
ganizations to increase their
efficiency on behalf of the
public, II the League has a long
track record of agency support.
Currently, agency staff pro­
vide consultation and technical
assistance in the areas of agency
planning, needs assessment,
grant writing, legal questions, tax
and lobbying issue, personnel
and systems management, and
the availability of public and
private programs and services.
. The 750-member agency also
administers the Michigan Emer­
gency Cash Flow Loan Program
which helps agencies in emer­
gency cash flow situations to
secure loans from commercial
lending institutions, guarantee­
ing the loans through a capital
pool created for this purpose.
More information is available
from the League's Larising of­
fice, (517) 487-5436.
Chiles and Lt. Gov. Buddy Mac­
Kay mostly lis tened but also pitched
their $1.35 billion tax plan. Both said
it would fund education adequately
and pay for preventative social
programs that can top people from
turning to crime or 'the welfare sys­
tem to survive.
"Maturity is the willingness to
sacrifice something now in order to
gain in the long term," MacKay said.
"We're out on a limb."
The plan would end sales tax
exemptions on 99 goods and services
and roll back the overall sales tax rate
to 5 percent from 6 percent It will be
debated in the legislative session.
The conference voted unani­
mously to support the governor's tax
proposals. .
Michigan CItizen
accepts letters
from Its readers.
Sign and mall to:
Michigan Citizen,
P.O. 03560,
Highland Park, MI
48203
•• 0 (building owners) are
dragging their feet and the city i
providing nudge," Board of Public
or po m n Bob y aid.
Ho ever, the city i al 0 developing
program to defray, orin ome cases
eliminate, demolition co t for
owners of riot-damaged buildin .
Federal and state fun will cover
any gap between insurers' paymen
and the demolition co t, withmo tof
the funds coming from the Federal
Emergency Management Agency.
To cope with the increa ed
demand for demolition ervice, the
public works board plans to hire an
ou id finn to coordin te the city'
riotcle up program, which 0 cials
e pect to be completed in 60-
d ys.ThecityaJ o i aivingfee on
d moli tion permi if the dam ge .
riot-related.
Hundred of building were
reduced to charred rubble by arson
fi igni ted following verdicts in the
Rodney King police beating e on
pril ').9. Dam ge estim te have
been et t $750 million from arson
and looting during three day of
deadly rioting.
City officials said the delay in
i uing the order was due in part to
difficulties in tracking down owners
of building burned to the ground.
They al 0 were waiting for federal,
state and local officials to formulate
aid programs for the owners.
C 'We can't wait that long, so
we're putting the burden back on the
property owners," Taylor said.
NEW YORK CITY MAYOR David N. Dinkins (left) and
Democratic National Committee Chairman Ronald H -. Brown (right)
make arran ements for the Democratic National Convention.
CHARLES J. GIVE S
MONEY STRATEGIES
Efficiency i like being in a road
race with no de tination. The effi­
ciency trap cau e thoughts like, "I
wa busy all day, but. don't feel like
I accompli hed much."
The feeling and reward
a' ociated with real accompli h­
ment are produced by learning to
become effective.
Strategy: To become effective,
apply the 20 percent rule.
Thi rule ay that 20 percent of
the item you could spend time on
will produce 80 percent of the
re ult . In the pure t en e, it would
be a wa te of time, talent and energy
to pend time on anything not in the
top 20 percent until tho e thing are
completed.
Strategy: Every day write your
"to do" Ii t and identify the top 20
percent.
Your top 20 percent fir t will in­
clude "mu t-do" item . Thing that
if not accompli hed by a pecific
time will create additional unde-
irable thing with which to deal.
Mu t-do include item like:
I. Pay the parking ticket today to
prevent the fine from d ubling.
2. Attend Y ur daughter' play at
8 p.m. (Includ per nal item on
y ur Ii t.)
3. Show up at department meeting
at 3: 15 p. m. to prevent backla h from
the bo .
4. Put ga in the car 0 a not to
have to walk.
Th roo t important part are item
that contribute to your g al . The e
maximum re ult-producing item
might include:
1. Writing a new brochure for
your bu ine .
2. Applying for the equity 'loan on ..
your home.
3. Balancing your checkbook and
credit ard tatement.
4. Calling five pro pect for your
bu ine .
5. Spending quality time with the
kid .
Pull out your Ii t everal time a
day and make ure you are on track.
U e your mind like a la er beam,
focu ing total attention, on your
prioritie . You will produce re ult .
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