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o that the d t et-
tled In 0 0 the mo t botl Y
poll cal b ttl in
recent tory, It t
Detroiters e 100 cd in a
ne direction for chool
refonn.
I am particularly proud of
th ot r : bo oun
re oundln voice of di -
pie ure ith the failed
policle and the p t four
years of hopele ne t t
Patric , Hayden, Blandin ,
Olm te d nd company
brought to the School D -
trict, If the 6 remaining Hope
llie don't get their act
together, e will come b c
in 1994 and complete the
eep.
a candidate for the
Detroit School Board in Di -
trict 5, it w difficult for me
to foc on my own I to
Dr. Bet . It w alway my
goal and the goal of tho and
of other parents with children
in the Detroit Schools, to
this election to di mantle the
"0 called" Hope team.
(Their use of acronym
"Hope" was truly a misnomer
Approximately 30 day
before the election, the find
ings of a poll was released.
The Independent poll found
that 70 percent of the parents
surveyed did not support
"Schools of Choice."
Rather, . what parents
wanted was for the schools in
their own neighborhood to be
of the tandard that "Choice"
wouldn't be a consideration.
The issue of choice and
how it was approached by the
Hope'ers was just one ex
ample of how out of touch
they were with realty. Add to
that the excessive out-of
town trips at taxpayer expen
se , the extreme spending on
outside tants and the :.
placement of friend and'
family into highpaying "do
nothing" jobs, it is little
wonder that voters didn't
recall them two years ago I
I pray that the new Board
will quickly get on with the
business of educating our
kid and not allow the past
election to distract them from
the real reason the voters
elected them ... The Future Of
Our Youth
Herman L. Davis
Detroiter
writes Clinton
Dear President Elect Bill
Clinton
Congratulation on your
election to the Presidency.
I am sure that you are
aware, that you received
more than 84 percent of the
African-American· votes.
You would never have been
elected without this support.
Since you are now elected
to the highest office in the
world, just how will you
show your appreciation to
African-Americans for the
support your received from
them?
How many, if any will you
appoint to erve in your
cabinet? .
By you being elected from
a southern, confederate, ex-
lave holding State (Arkan
sas) I am sure that you re
well aware of the 300
hundred years of slavery, tor
ture, humiliation,' exploita
tion, and murder (150
million) of the ancesters of
African-Americans.
I would appreciately
Greatly if you would support
and promote Congressman
John Conyer's H.R. bill
1684. (I am enclosing lame).
Your immediate answer
to this letter, will be both
timely .and extremely ap
preciated.
o,ad C. Jen
!tis hard to
feI a tree that is
leanilg agai7st a
nxx. - African Proverb
THE STUDY showed that if city
residents initi ted a elfinsurance
program, that they would receive at
WHY DO THEY ONLY SEEM TO SEE THE SMALL FISH IN THE POND?
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By JAMES E. ALS �OOK
Black people soon will
experience a new and beneficial
phase of American life because of
two factors: .
- The pending leadersh1p of
"new generation" politicians
exemplified by Bill Clintoa and AI
Gore. '
- The recently intensified effort
of national television - and to a
lesser degree the print media - to
project images of Black people more
accurately, respectfully, and
truthful) y .
These two factor will be
mutually interactive, tending
gradually to make "the American
dream" more truly available to
Blacks.
These positive results will occur
despite two impedimen :
- The policy of some police
officials and local television
assignment editors to arrange for
vivid pictures of Black suspects
being handcuffed and arrested but to
minimize or to omit equally lurid
photos of white s pee . Repons of
this warped coverage come from
good media persons in everal cities.
- The tendency of
"conservative" politicians to imply
that Blacks head !be list of welfare
recipients while these politicians
know or should know that U.S.
Government statistics show that in
raw numbers, the biggest group of
welfare recipients are white and
frequently rural. .
However, the incoming cbapge is
the fifth phase of evolution that
began i first p in 1865 when
Blacks beld in lavery became
ra for
legally free.
THIS nRST PHASE lasted
only until the federal controls of
reconstruction were eliminated and a
new,' oppressive Southern white
power structure was established.
Some Black leaders had been
elected to local and national offices.
The second phase, one of rigid
racial segregation and subjugation,
gradually became dominant
throughout the South and by the
1880s, Black political effectiveness
had been crushed.
With Union troop gone, white
Democrats established Ku Klux
Klan units and politicians would "go
a-niggering",(scare white voters with
the threat of Black equality) to win
elections.
The third phase began about 85
years later in the 1�. Civil rights
activists led by Dr. King and others
won the help of President Lyndon
Johnson and Congress to pass
sweeping civil rights laws pertaining
to YOting, public ccommodations,
equal educational opportunity, jobs,
ho lag and other factors.
The fourth phase began in 1968
when Johnson was leaving office
and l\icbard Nixon was campaigning
for the presidency. Nixon conceived
his "Southern strategy" to in !he
votes of white South�mers who
objected to civil rights la and
wanted the traditional white
superiority over Blacks.
Nixon tried in vain to pack the
Supreme Court with segregationist
Judges Haynesworth and Carswell.
Nixon went softly "c:-niggerlng."
NIXON'S AMTI-BLA K
notions were boldly expanded by
Ronald Reagan, the president who
"went a-niggering" and tried to
destroy rno t civil rights legi lation.
He pitted whites against Blacks by
using George Wallace-type care
word such as "forced bu ing,"
"quotas," and "rever e
discrimination. "
George Bu h softly continued
this race polarizatiton by using the
"Willie Horton" crime scare against
Democratic candidate Michael
Dukaki - and it worked!
Race relations were increasingly
strained by this
. Republican-sponsored hate
propaganda which re ul ted in
. violence in New York, Houston and
various other cities, culminating in
the recent 1.0 Angeles riots.
Now, the nation is in a long
recession and the people' interests
are focused more on personal
urvival than on Repu lican appeals
to greed and raci m.
The new, younger, Democratic
poli tical leaders rejected the
Republicans' "Southern strategy" of
tirring up raci rn and the
Republicans' me-first notion of raw
greed and highliving exemplified by
the costly saving and loan di asters.
Instead, they call for racial uarmony,
communi ty . c n ern and national
benefit.
Ro Perot' focusing helped!
With the new, national political
agend focused on racial harmony
and national uplift, and with
balanced, inclusive, media coverage,
more Black people can enjoy The
American Dream.
DR.
H
Dr. Manning Marable is
Profes or 0/ Political Science aNi
History at the University 0/
Colorado-Boulder. "Along 1M Color
Line" appears in over 250
publications, and is brOQt/ctUt by
more than 60 radio stations
illte17llltionaUy.
Killin
"I'm sick and tired 0/ being sick
and tired. "
- Hon. Fannie Lou Ham
"The problem 0/ tM twentieth
ct:ntury is tne problem of 1M color
l "
me.
- Dr. W.I!.B. DuRoI.
"Negro action can be decisive. I
say that we ourselves hav« 1M power
to end tM terror and to win for
ourselves peace and se« y
throughout 1M land. "
- Hon. Paul Robnon
We had the recent killing of Raf
fael Dent; now the killirig of Malice
Green. One common tread is that the
young men are African-American
and they died at the hands of non
African-Americans.
Yet on the other hand we had the
shootings in and around our city
schools by African-American males,
committing weapon attacks upon
other African-American males.
This is madness, this is outrage,
this is insanity! The city, the mayor,
the ci ty council, the police chief, and
all of us must take action to end thi
cycle o.f violence, where the victims
are African-American males, and
Endangered Species.
We cannot tolerate or condone
police teams or individual officers
with such nicknames as "Starsky and
Hutch", wi th reputations and
citizens' complaints a mile long and
allow them to patrol the streets
without close supervision and
remai n a team.
THE CHIEF OF POLICE and
the mayor have the responsibility to
investigate the entire department and
rid it of this meptallty, style, and
tragic results.
It is a sad day when citizens, espe
cially African-Americans have to
relive pre-1960' terror of the police
department. Reports indicate that
trong arm tactics by the police in
PUSH
FOAU
their area of town were common
place, and the ight of citizens beina
afraid to identify themsclve to
reporters i hameful!
The police are upholders of tbe
law, not armed vigilan who serYe
law enforcement officers, jud ,
jury, and executioners. We wantj -'
nee to be served in this aDd all c:uea;
however, we should let our elected
. representatives know bow we feel
about this apparent reign of terror In
Detroit today in 1992???! I!
Now bac to the Black on Black
crime by African-American malCi
against African-American maJea In
and around our public school . It Is
time for you and I, the moral upright
citizens to stand up and take control
of our youth, our schools, and our
streets!
The schools in our community are
a reflection of the values, aUitudCl,
morals, and behavior of the total
community, our community.
TO ADDRESS the killings of
African-American males t the
hands of store owners and lawenfor
cement officers, contact the mayor at
224-3400; contact the city council at .
224-3443; wayne county prosecutor
at 224-5777.
To addre these and the Black on
Black crime issues as well the
above situation join Operation Push
today!