,
ITH
HILTO
VIEWS/OPINIONS
Both m j or parties have
m nipul ted the "Communist
Men ce" to defect critici m or
crutiny from their by records at
home.
Thi i e peel 11 y true for
co IV tiv like Quayle dB h.
So instead of talkin bout real
i ues, the Republicans re no
forced to ttack ne pOlitical
"villain" to repl ce the
Communi ts. Th t' hy the
Republi are ttacking "political
correctne ", "multicultural
education", "af rmative action",
abortion right ,and nything
undermining o-called "family
values".
IN THIS new po t-Cold War
environment, Bush m1 Quayle are
solidifying their bale among the
cultural conservativea, and .. abortion
rights extremists, and big
corporations.
, Cinton IDd Gore are trying to
take back the South from the
Republican Party, and are makina
eidEr
Roo
two US. Plft'.Sidl· mtial C8IXIi<J8lle8.
teguJarly until No
prOOlcs wo d rve to
ed ., their positio
m1 pmfmm. m\dl in
y t GeaF Bill Qin.
.bty Brown IIJ1 Perot
ba\4C(X)l'l1Ill8I "cd in�
the African and non African
Anrrlam
Although both Fulani and
. have . cdwnm
nmin b Pan African at
this liB �TON: HIGHER
FDUCATION wDl do a 1hmc part
oolumn that wDl rve ., suppJo.
ment 1bcir staled p<mtiom.
RcadeJs will quiddy see that
Fu1ani ml Danie are veteran
pOOtidam with slighdy difttJalt
idcoklgics. But both IBve consi&
tenllysklodfirmontirJrprograrns.
PARrONEwDl ligtiigblDr.
LemaNari. PartTwowillOOYer
Mr. Ron DauieJs. Part Three
focuses on � fL 1beir alllJ1
pemved poUtica1diffacras. We
stronglyeImUragC tude vo4as
amprospcdiYeVOlas "kcep�
eyes � the politiad ball.
Six)UJS ago �n I sdIllMd
in New York, I began taking Dr.
Leoora Fulani scDuly. A few
years ago, I became acquainted
with Ron Daniels.
AltOOugb I can rot claim to
kmw eidEr one very well, we do
kmw � otlm am wlllt I do
kmw of them, I like. It i m t.d
that I can mt y � like each .t-----.-__._ �-_ ...... �""!I,...i�d::-::-I
other, however. ""'-
In fact, in 1988.
�mpoooo� ad�����----�� .. �-- .. ��--_1
tial anidacy j\St M kXlay I have
ooproblem�withondlof
wbat both fLtmn are still saying.
But why doo't they like each
odEtl
� Ltmra FuJani am Ron
Danies claim., be �ves .
of imcpemeot politics, but j�
mw imcpeI idelllare they l'C'ally
�.,tlmaitia?
ACCORDING TO I...eoora's
camp, Ron Dariek w rmre inIa'
esed in � Izrthan with ac
tually I'\JIDng fix-paidrnt.
They said, "AltOOugb Iz Ia a
lo�tmckJeCad<XpOOticalaction,
oone of}is organizatiom eYtZ ran .
a serious eleckMal· campaign or
b\ilt anything Jastq.
�I>anieBstayssa1iiy
within the tradition of the official
I..EFf - tallcing 10\11, but mt
making any real dlanp." So the
. aitic&m fLDaniels ps.
Ron Daniew 00UDIe1S bysaying
that Lemra's party, tle New AI
lim::e Party B rot "really a B1aclc
led puty," but ratta' a "multi-mil
lim ooUar cult" nul by white man
living in b Bronx with a "very
checkered bift>ry."
Dr. FuIaoirdem mtlllt man, Dr.
� Newman, • b fuumtrz of
aodal buy. Roo Danids .
leged to have said that soda!
1laapy � \Bed ..., t=Uit peq)ie
iJ*>tbelOOYaDell"mlfbribat
a900 "bcxdm on �,uncdi
cal. "
HI H
DUe 0
n
BmlNNINGTOSOUNDa
Utile bit like aaba in a band?
PaDIpI. but it _ always been
my padtIm m kx* fix- paIi1ive
naaaeal1ltbrz 1Ia11mp <Xl ptZ
ceiYed wcaJrrrars
AM it is my finn bdief flit
tbcse two iutiYkluaBare two of the
most palitive and 00DIIIr\aCdve
poIitiams 8RUI1.
I strcqIy ap:e wiSh I..eDn
when abe proclahns, "I doIl't
bdie\e in mltyJfwbltumtymeam
B � B1adt Ieaka Dan
ajticiw, from� m1 from
dialogue, while (Q' chiIdIal lie
dying." Ordid Roosay tbIt1
I agree widl Ron tbIt "1be
aitica1 and�Of
tive Americans. Latioos, Asian
Americans, poor and wortcing
peq>le and 111: aDa,S of 1hc
broad prograave rmvtmeIU nnat
neassariIy beil¥xxplndedink> the
Blade AF* pIaIbm." Or did
I..erDa say 1Dat?
In recent ee ,I ttIe Danny
Q ayle h een roamin the
country, t t
"cultural ellt ."
Tele ion pro I
Bro erode public mo ty,
Vice P ident olemnly d
Q yle prai e th Lo
police dep l1ment and COnGellD.DS
"riote" ho too to th
a ' t police b 'ty.
Why re Qu yle and Bush
deliberately pol rizin the
electorate?
The provocative vior 0 the
Republican candida , their overt
ppeal to the Far Right, can b
explained part 0 the general
breakdown of our political tem.
The udden emergence ofRo Perot
an independent candidate, and
even Bill Clinton's election of
another Southern centrist Democrat,
Tennessee Senator AI Gore, .
running mate, are also p of the
collap e of traditional politics.
Since the late 1960' , Democra
nd Republic n have h d a
marriage of convenience.
Conservatives usually controlled the
federal executive and court ystem,
and Democrats usu lly ran the
Congress and tate legislatures.
The external ·threat" of orId
Communism and a commitment to
THE END 0 the superpower
truggle ith the Soviet Union
revealed the ive d tructiven
created by four dec de of
militarism. Much been written
about the d�feat of Communism, but
in truth, both the Americans and
R i "1 ttl the Cold War. The
real winner ere Japan nd
Germany.
Trillions of doll which ere
pent on capo hould have been
allocated tow rd ho pital ,
basement, but the old folb did not
mind.
. Sometimea I noticed that my bed
w. better made-up then it when
I left it and tbat my chairs and closet
were better arranged. But the big
idea wu that my brothers and I
leamed clClnJineu, obedience anel
responsibility.
The "leady for b�t" idea
w. exteDded to "ready for luncll."
"ready for supper" and "ready for
bed."
We boys hid to do chorea, cleanse
ourselves before each meal and
t batever femalea were plQeDt
by teaq tbem before we sat
"If you please- and "Tbant you"
ere required. In those days, "Yes,
ma'am" and "Yes, ir" were signs of .
refinement and gentili ty.
WHEN BEDTIME neared e
heard the warning, "Don't get
be een those clean beets with your
dirty body." That meant taking a
o en ppeal 0
middlecl 0
ganin the'
Both Republi and Demoaa
re crambling fter Perot'
disill ioned, embit vol
But no one ee be tal
African-Americans, Latino ,
unemployed, the home m
union membe • Ultima ly,
Blac and other pro re i e
develop a stron independent
political organization hich can .
rully chall the poli of both
parties, African-Americans'
inte will conUnue be ignored.
The coll p e of the American
electoral system today forces to
reexamine everything we tno
bout polidc::a.
Dr. Mann;1Ig Marable b
Professor of Political Science tI1Id
History, University of Colorado.
"Along 1M Color Line" appetII'S be
over 250 pUblications and u
broadcast by more dum 50 radJD
stlltions inIenuJtioMlly.
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ARE WE STILL'SUFFERING FROM A NEGATIVE. SELF IMAGE?
By -lAMe ALS8ROOK
Why do I feel uncomfortable if I
go downstain in the morning
without making up my bed? Why do
I make up my bed even in a botel
with maid service? Why must some
people try to set.things "j\8t so"
before going 10 another task?
In my case, the answer 1iea in
respomea made many years ago to a
three-word phrlse my paren used.
The words in this pregnant phrase
ere, "Ready For Breakfast"
Computer users ould call my
r,esponse to this phrase
"programmed." P ychologists
would ay my response sho ed
"acculturation," and sociologi Is
would call it "socialization." I call it,
"learned behavior" or
habit-formation.
The old folks ould say the value
of thi respoase is that, "if you bend
a tree into a certain shape when it is
YOUDg and flexible, that tIee will
retain that shape throughout its life."
lov
n
AT OUR BOUSE, my mother or
grandmother ould open the doors
to the bedrooms in which we three
brothers slept and let the delicious
aroma of ham, eggs, cereal and fruit
float into our bedrooms and tease our
nostrils for a few minutes. Then she
would c&l1 aloud with a cherry
"Good morning, boys· and ask
whether we were "READY FOR
BREAKFAST."
Knowing that we adive, growing
·and hunlry boys were always
food-hippy, they already kDew the
answer. They knew that hem we
smelled the food would speedily
eliminate aU barriers between us and
the breakfast table. '
The barriers bad been discussed
ever since we were old enough to
understaDd tbem. They were posted
iiteacb bedroom:
- Get out of bed, throw the
COval back and let the bed have air.
- UDl the cather' too bad,
open � windo IDd "air out" your
room.
- Take your turn and go to the
bathroom to "take care of your
needs." This 1nc1uded bing your
bands, face� neck and em, brushing
your teeth, combing and brushing
your hair and making yourself
"generally presentable."
- Leave the bathroom soon
possible to let your brothelS use it
- Return to your room, baD&
pajamas in clo�t and put house
shoes beneath them, mate up your
"aired· bed, get dressed, straightcD
up room quictly IDd hen rudy for'
inspection, call, "I'm readyl" Then
mother or grandmother ould enter,
look around the room and either tell
you to mate cbanges or say, "You're
ready."
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BEFORE LONG WE three boys
were dept t mating our bedrooms
"ready" and e ould go from bed
to breakfast table in I than 15
minutes. Sometimes we "cheated"
by usinl the half-bath in the
bath. And when eadl boy left
bathroom, Mom or Grandmo
would am that "riDp" around
tub were not peDDi1led.
When the adults accepted 0
behavior, e would get a call for lee
cream or some other "goodie" belole
bed.
I am thankful today for
parenti' clever buf fltm
disdpllne IDd babit-romaaaoa.
Times have Cblaaed.
today's poore.t Black child, I
believe, could be JUde a
more proctiiCU dtIzeD If ... _
used ftrm, but IDd au ..
child-tr.iniDI methods, W."
themael dby nampI ,
radiated warmth and loft CODI
to their growing. ti
But puents m t "bend the
while the trees are you
flexible.
I hould be better, but �
BLACKS have succeeded
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