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violenc refl t thi t n ion.
The e incidents begin with name­
calling and e cal te from there,"
Wausau School Superintendent
Penny Kleinhans aid.
Kleinhans, Mayor John He
and Police Chief William Bran­
dimore said their recent news
conference on th ubject of ra­
cial tension w planned before
WSA W -TV videotaped la t
week's incident involving the
baseball bat. •
The white teen-ager ran away
from the Asian boy and no in­
juries occurred as a group of
Asian youths tood around and
watched.
An Asian girl, who spoke on
condition that her name not be
used, told the television station
white teens call Asian youth
names and "sometimes you feel
like doing something. ' ,
Kleinhans, Hess and Bran­
dimore said measuring racial ten­
sion among youth is difficult.
No olutions for easing the
tensions were presented but Hess
suggested a good-neighbor ap­
proach.
"Maybe we should all get
together and invite some of the
minorities to our houses for din­
ner on Saturday night to get a
. feeling for their culture," the
mayor said. "You know, that is
probably not such a farfetched
idea."
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tive in ddre ing environmental i -
ue . Thi i a g mi conception."
Dr. Robert Bullard, prof or of
ociology at the Univer ity of
California, Riverside, agree , telling
E that he is enthused by the emer­
gence of "literally hundreds of en­
vironmental justice group made up
of people of color."
BULL RD' 1990 BOOK,
Dumping in Dixie: Race, Class and
Environmental Quality (Westview
'Pres /Boulder, CO) corroborates
CRJ data which correlated the
pre e nce of hazardous waste
facilities with communities in which
non-whites are concentrated. CRJ's
report also found that, while socio­
econmoicstatus played an important
role in the location of such facilities,
race still proved more significant.
CRJ's Reverend Benjamin
Chavis, Jr. and Jackson concur that
the national environmental groups
have excluded people of color from
their leadership. But one outcome
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it'll c
" hen we want d to
top di crimination,
did no try to ph it out
with vouche and credits.
e made it illegal. "
"
conflict betw n cl ning up th en­
vironment nd (job)" he aid.
"You create job by cleaning up the
environment. "
The olution to environmental
problem lie in building coalitions,
y Jac on. "Th Bible ugg 18
. that there will be peace in the valley
when th lions and I mb lie down
together ... What do lions and lamb
have in common? ... What we really
have in common-no matter what
ide of th ocean we may be on, no
matter what ide of the mountain we
may live on, and no matter what ide
of an issu we may b on-is the
environment, which transcend all
particulars. "
Som of th group jointly et
up the Environmen I Consortium
for Minority Outreach, nd one
lead raid " ... we're moving heaven
and Earth to bring minoritie into
taff and leadership po itions."
Jac on d cri wor he has
been doin with the big environmen­
tal group in this regard a "very
effective. "
I interview, Jackson
aved hi critici m for government
and corporations, which permit what
he de erie as an "unjust law .. .legal
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'f.orthe UNCF. '
ANC calls for mixed economy
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa
(AP) - The African National Con­
gress, offering its most detailed
economic plan yet, has called for an
economy that would include state in­
tervention in key industries while
protecting property rights.
The ANC, the country's lead­
ing black opposition movement,
has been steadily moving away
from decades of socialist
economic policy since it was legal­
ized two years ago.
Wrapping up a four-day con­
ference on Sunday, the ANC called
for an economy containing impor­
tant roles for the state, the private
sector and the increasingly powerful
trade unions.
But some sconomists said the
ANC guidelines would undermine
the country's economy, which is suf­
fering from a 3-year-old recession
but remains the most developed in
Africa.
BE VAN E BURG,
economist for the South African
Chamber of Business, said proposals
to end preferential treatment for
foreign investors would hamper ef­
forts to attract badly needed foreign
capital.
"The ANC's policy has to be
seen as a step in the wrong direc-
tion," van Rensburg told Business
Day newspaper. "It will serve to
weaken, rather than strengthen, the
interest of foreign investors in South
Afri "
ca.
The ANC economic guidelines
addressed some of the fears ex­
pressed by businessmen.
The ANC said it would protect
property rights, and any land ap­
propriated by the state would re­
quire' 'just" compensation.
The AN C said na tionalization of
leading industries such as mining
remained an option, but officials
would weigh the effect on the
economy before undertaking such
measures.
The ANC also called for anti­
trust and anti-monopoly legislation
and said it would consider trade
tariffs to protect domestic in-
dustries.
The ANC, one of 18 groups
negotiating a new constitution with
the white-led government, is widely
expected to get the most votes when
the 30-million Black majority are al­
lowed to participate in national elec­
tions.
USF to join African databank
ture of those native to central, eastern
and a southern Africa.
"The relationship will not only be
an area of research, but a bridge for
CI CIBA to be connected wi th a struc­
ture in America," says Mbuyamba.
"We (CICIBA) have many pos­
sibilities with this university." .
Juel Smith, director of USF's In­
stitute on Black Life, says the
institute's role with CICIBA will
primarily be to provide anthropology'
researchers for the organization. In
addition, the institute will act as a
liaison between CICIBA and mem­
,bers of the university community.
P . Patterson is
new Jamaican P.M.
and was PNP National Campaign
Director in 1972, 1976 and 1989. He
has held cabinet posts in the Mini­
stries of Industry, Tourism and
Foreign Trade and has also served
Jamaica as representative to many
multilateral orgnizations.
In taking over for Mr. Manley,
Prime Minister Patterson can call the
next general election in Jamaica at
anytime through February, 1994.
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The ANC threatened
widespread strikes
and .protests if the
talks show no
progress.
The debate over South Africa's
future economic policy has become
almost as contentious as the battle
over the new constitution and politi­
cal system .
Whi tes, who dominate the
economy, want guarantees that
property and businesses will not be
nationalized. They oppose any large­
scale redistribution of wealth.
ALSO AT THE conference, the
ANC threatened widespread strikes
and protests if the tal show no
progress. The movement aid it
wants an interim government in
place by July and an elected body by
the end of the year to write a new
constitution.
THE ANC AND other Black or­
ganizations argue that the state must
intervene to redress the huge im­
balances between white wealth and
Black poverty.
TAMPA, FL - The University of
South Florida may become the first
American university to officially af­
filiate with The Convention for the
Creation of the, International Center
for Bantu Civilizations (CIGIBA) .
CICIBA is the first cultural databank
in Africa.
Represenative of USF par­
ticipated in a round table discussion
wi th Lupwi hi Mbuyarnba, Chief
Technical Advisor for CICIBA, to
examine the possibility. Head­
quartered in Libreville, Gabon,
CICIBA distribute information on
the Bantu civilization that include
data on lingui tics, the arts and cul-
Midway through J�maica 's
economic reform is not the time to
"chop and change," the country's
new Prime Minister, P J. Patterson
said, as he announced he would
retain former Prime Minister
Michael Manley's entire cabinet as
he was sworn in March 30.
"The team stays in place," Mr.
Patterson said on becoming
Jamaica's sixth Prime Minister since
Independence in 1993. ,
Prime Minister Patterson's
swearing-in concluded transition of
power completed just two weeks
after Micheal Manley announced his
intention to resign on March 15.
Patterson defeated Labor Mini­
s ter Portia Simpson by a 2,322 to 756
vote on People's National Party
(PNP) delegates. Simpson has
retained her cabinet post in the new
administration.
Prime Minister Patterson, a
lawyer, has served Jamaica in
government since 1967. He served
under former Prime Minister Manley
as Deputy and Minister for Finance,
Planning and Development until
December 1991..
Patterson has been chairman of
People's National Party since 1983
