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den in
T AID' citizens need to
me ure their commi tment to
desegregation in both school and
ociety a whole in order to"
uccessfully combat the problem.
"Ifwedon'tcommitourselv .we
arc on our way to a econd-rate
ociety," Bates ·d.
• Bates . d part o( the problem is
that many have 10 t their "reference
to other ci thens, " in effect wri ting off
one-third of the population by ying
"they just can't cut it"
He said there sh uldn't be a
ignificant dif ence etween
group in a unity.
"I think we have to recognize that
we're 1I in thi together," Bates aid.
contlnu d fro
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ROOT D lED TIllS true,
declaring tbe tate' tudy w not
ying there w anything "illegal or
questionable" in the p ctice of uch
loans.
He said that the tate taff tudy
only raised questions about whether
uch loans might jeopardize the finan
cial tanding oftbc (k-12) section, but
dded that those conducting the tudy
had not tudied the financial condition
of that section, so it could not say 0
for certain.
HE ALSO CHALLENGES the
State Board of Education to explore
VOluntary metro desegregation
measure and take the lead in
developing a definition of
egregation that docs not use
percentage of whites enrolled as the
only indicator of desc� tion.
"So far year af r year, our
recommendations have been
unheeded, " Bates said. "It has gotten
the kind of hearing we have hope
for."
But one victory was followed by
another defeat Although the IRS
contlnu d from Page 1 failed to answer a petition
but $300, Brock was able to stop the requesting them to appear in court
. h on December 4, the judge refused to
garnishment by proving to t e issue a default on Barnett's behalf. .
government no law exists that states
. "If that were me or any other
a slave must pay taxes on his wages. citizen ... we would have
Barnett says stopping the automatically been defaulted. It
garnishment was a victory. " .
shows- the IRS is above the law,"
"They normally don't stop until B
h' . d all f i W .. arnett said.
t ey ve receive 0 It.· e usc" .
their same law to fight them and . Thos� who would like more
" . • Information on Barnett's case may
make them pull back, he said. contact him at (405) 272-0327.
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The e fi d n
them elve de pi te th f ct th t
de, in the entire tion,
Bllc tudent arc ro in .
proportion 0 th public cool
enroIJ.ment.
proportion of 1
in public SCDC)()1S
15.4 pereen in 1976 to j t der 18
percent in 1989, lthou h both
gro , emollm t num 0 er the
time p dec
Nationally, public chool
enroUm of dropped by 16.5
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4.4 percent between 1968 and 1986.
WITH T IS proportional
Incre e, per i tent r cl
concentration ha evolved
demonstrated by the low numbe of
Bl c attending majority white
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BI c who attended only 40 tate
cbool districts.
The percentage of Blacks in
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chool district increased from 70.9
percent to 83 percent and MusKegon
Heights increased from 85.2 percent
to 88 percent.
''It urns clear that desegregation
efforts are stalled, if t on the
wane," Bate said in he report.
"Tbere are still poe of resistance
where the struggle continues, and
there are still districts that continue to
.., find ways to isolate themselv from
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