• . 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 _.I 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. W�tau� anJ . tIII4&MIJ &,. '. � I�070 <::HaMilton. .'Wl9 cHifjh(anJ fjJa", cMich4fj"n 4S�03 9d,"phonL: S69-¢66S 0' 869-6669 JoAnne Gr •• r � Sandra AobinlOn L.on Truitt Kart. Gr •• r eat.r Truln T.e. Qr •• , 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 percent, w t of BI e by 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 chool nd the vast majority of BI c who attended only 40 tate cbool districts. The percentage of Blacks in Highl nd Park's school di trict jumped from 94.8 percent in 1976-77 to 99.5 in 1989-90. Benton Harbor's 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 • III I ..... C'"'("-" I NO �AATHEA THAN YOUR PHONE - '. PROfESSIONAL ACCOUNTING • ,TAX SERVICE 16254 MiYERS ROAD, DETROIT 48235 d: 100 peopl who are dedicated an willing to shar themselv while at the same time making a great income. Make 1 993 your year for success. 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