EXPlAIN YOUR 'tultion
aOO your goal. t eX aND-
10 me traimd aOO experierad.
Moo cost, � will tell you wtIlt
your options aOO help you plan
your program,
Tbo of B men m1
women me doing jobs beocatb
their real ility simply becauge
they left scmor too soon.
Never rnin1 what your grades
were when you were in scmol.
You were probably inuna1Ule at
that time. Now that you are older,
your thoughts and actiom and
priorities are bener because you are
more mature.
With the ocooomy sluggisband
layoffs hurting tlnsum eX per
sons, you can yowself by
gaining �w skills tIlal can be \Rd
by yopr ptSm1 employer or by
po ntial cmployCts. .
Interesting am val\Bb1c pool
that education equals tnalCy is
bown in the tbllowing infbrma
tion from the US. Government
publication, "Morq, Ioo>me of
Hougemlds, Families am Pasom
in � Uniacd States":
"The relationship between
edocationala�ntam median
incom: of year-round, full-tinK:
workers 2S years old or over .
strong.loo>meimeascssharply E
educational at1ainmcm imeascs
for both men and women.
"FOR MEN, � 1991 rm:dian
iImm: of high scbool graduaa
was f}Jj, 779; furUo;e auainingan
essodaie's degree, the median in
come was $33,817. For men with
a bachelor's degree, or post
graduate degree, such as a rrmaer's,
the median iJmnrs were �
aI¥I $49,734 teSpCCtively.
"Ald¥>ugh � same pattern �
evident for women, their median
incomes were much lower than
that fur men at every educatioml
attainment level. Wonx:n who
were high sebool graduates bad a
median icane of $18,837; dae
attaining an associate's degree,
S2S,002; tm;e with a �lor'
degtee, t19,f'Kl, am tlDe attain
ing a master's degree, $34,939."
1lr.sesalaries me the product of
tradition am prejudice. Salaries for
men are hi�r than for women
because men traditionally t.ve
been the breadwinr¥:zs fbr eotiIe
families.
American tradition is that �
women bore children, cultiva1Cd
them m1 upeIVised tbc bome
while men worked in the fields or
factories.
Tbe pay of Black people wi1hin
these salary 1'8Ilp probably .
lower because of job seniority
whites often gairrd through prior
race disaimination m1 becase
equal pay would suggest that �
skills aOO preseree of Blacks were
as desirable as ttnse of whites.
But affirmative action is
widespread and is working to
eliminate racism aOO sexism. Con
sider trese suggcstiom:
- While 13lki� with coun
selors !mntioned above, get course
desaiptiOffi am financial aid pack
ages. Ask plenty of questions. .
- Set your goals, � tables,
and prioriti m1 find good role
mode .Yourstudi rmstbeyour
first priority. Take a small
academic load at fust.
- Improve your diction am
language lSlge.Avoid flamboyant
clothing and ridiculous haircu .
s )'CUI fore, be argued
that teep tax hike ould be
neceuary to balance the federal
bud t; bu claimed year that
1DCI:e.ea on the middle were
"out of the q lion.· Perot claimed
to favor civil rigb , but opposed
affirmative action programs. Despite
o ' VICTIO that
oth were planning his e ecution
came 0 overwhelming t his
palatial home w transformed into
an el borate ecurity fortre ,with
erie of electronic movement
ensors, hidden cameras and a team
of priv te police. Riveted by fear.
Perot him elf till occa ionally
patrol his private e tate. armed with
mp i n volunteer. e
p y of the ori' ,unp d
olunteer Ie de itb I ried
emplo who would folIo trict
co
Perot reentered the camp lgn] t
before the televi ed pre identi 1
deb . Hi P 000-"(0 y" tyle,
and ve-them-hell rhetoric pi t
the "me in Wuhington" in the
deb te favorably received.
Poll vorin his candid cy once
ain jumped up, d his po itive
public image tained by the
millio pent on dvertisements.
But th old qu tio concerning
Perot' p ttem of paranoi erupted
anew, hen the billionaire erted
on televi ion that the Republicans
had ctually forced him from the
race earlier in the ummer.
Suppo edly, Perot had been
threatened i th the release of a et of
provocative photograp depicting
one of hi daughters. Bush' press
ecretary replied that the billionaire
w undoubtedly "paranoid" and
"crazy." The story w so utterly
ridiculous that even his most devoted
follower had to que tion hi
reliability a a pos ible
on president-and oossihlv hi. �nitv
That such an indiv d ould be
erlou ly considered for the
p . dency of any na on-or even
permitted to participate in a
n tio lly televi ed pre idential
deb te on the trength 0 own
personal fortune alone- peak
volumes about the utter bantrup y
. of Americ' politic 1 system.
Perot' paranoid c de rested on
the t in peak of JDoney nd
egoti m. And hi real objective
been on-to remain ignificant
nation I figure, and ultimately
elected P ident in 1997.
Dr. Manning Marable is
Professor of Political Science and
History, Univer ity of
Colorado-Boulder. "Along �Color
Line" appears in over 250
publications, (UUl is broadcast by
more than 60 radio stations
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