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ith The Shiny
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t policy of fDLTO :
HIGHER EDUCATIO t t
o tru ve criticl m i he 1-
, thy for tbe Afri n orld, in
which the e n4 other impor­
t nt in titution nd people
re mo t ppreci ted.
Cri ti i m nd di gree-
men re nonn I nd n be
unifyin .
For ex mple, three of the
bri ht t voice that the orld
d durin the e rly twentieth
century were Booker T.
W hington, W.E.B. DuBoi
nd Marcus Garvey.
Their differing
phil phi nd ppro che
are well documented - and
perh p exaggerated in orne
instance.
ODURI GTH th
0' and 6(r ,contrary to con­
temporary belief, Dr. King
was often viewed too non­
traditional by the traditional
African American leadership.
Hi po ition often pla ed
him against th grain of orne
(borderline) sacred cow .
But the e instititions and in
orne ca es, even prominent
per sonalitie de erve our
re peer and upp rt when they
produce and our feedback
when they fall short.
This leads me back to my
point about "the college with
the hiny Mercedes." '
few years ago, 1 noticed
thi pr dominately African
American colle e located in.
the heart of one of thi
nation's poore t neighbor­
hoods and wa truck with
one incredible contradiction
- key educators were glee­
fully driving Mercede while
local tudents were walking
and laking the public iran it.
Q -n't �et me wrong, it i
not that I have anything
again t a Merc de Benz­
Engineered Like No Other
Car In The World!
..
IT REALLY i fine
autom bile and many of the
owners are not so bad either.
It j just that I have more
faith in tho e tudents - with
the p tential to be enlightend
like no other people in the
world!"
My criticism then and now
i with the ubliminal ignal
be in ent to thi
predominantly African
American tudent body and
ommunity; that of "haves
and have nots" and of di tanc­
ing v . bonding,
Well recently, I came
acro a pre s relea e from
that college' . public relations
office that showed the pre i­
dent going one on one in ba -
kctball with a group of
elementary chool tuderus.
Great PR hot, right?
The pre' ident i sued a
challenge to the group of boy
that if he won the game, they
would have to promi e to go
to college.
IF liE LO "T, they would
ct ba ketball aut gr hcd
hy a vcry fam u pro e i nat
ba: kctballcr. Well, who do
you think won the game -
and walked away with
autographed b skctball: -
and with morc incentive to
play b-ball thango t college?
fortunately, m st African
American colleges don't
project thi image or outlo k.
In the interim, H�LTON:
HIGHER EDU ATION will
ccp y u p ted on dcvel p­
me nts [rom the "Mer cdc
('( II ' IC,"
IIILTON:
HIGHER'
EDU ATION ;'t de, ign d to
dialogue with colle and
I .. 'orld readers. Education is
ongoing and crtainl not
limited to lassroom tudv.
l.cr'« tul]: (714) ,'W<)-Ob. 0,
te; and
(3;.DC�n r thanwben
man y ucd in a Uni
States court for his freedom from
very-Dred Scott v, Sandford
(1857).
Pe you've heard of the but
h ve you ever read i t1 It an
eye-opening piece of Afri and
American hi tory, running over 1
pa with the opinion of Chief J ti
oger Brooke Taney, a ny, too d
slave-own r from Maryland, who
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co (and to . . t,
daugh ,Eliza, 14, and Lizzie, 7)
fowxla Q)urt of Law, but not of J tice,
whicllJ�jectcd . claim, yingsirx;ehe
w sn't "citizen" the "right"
guar nteed in the Con titution,
incl� right to , didn't apply,
1992-135 Scott-mi till
Co of Law, but DOt of
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C.op�·riGht 'l 199�
Kern Detcil;n 111(',
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y are not, and that they
"TIley . for more than c ntury
before been regarded be' 01 an
inferior order, and altogether unfit to
ia with whi n ei�r in
ial 0 political rei ti far
inferior, that they had no righ hich
tb whiteman bound to . and
that the negro mi hi justly and lawfully
b re:Jlced to s.avery for his beN.fit ....
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Sleeping on the job again Simpson?! Thank s to you, now they know! Pick up your '
check from personnel. .. You're fired!
READERS WRITE
Letter to the Editor:
cvi ion rnrmucc
I wonder If mo: 1
w politicall ophisticated enough: to
ret all f that -- and then orne. So the
"people': barter" -as it was called­
l ok elf t on July 1 1974.
However, the 1993 election of the
.uy harter committee, is equally
Important. Wh .ver i mayor of Detroit
in January 1 4 will be und to the
c ntents of that document. The
rcgi tercd voters of this town should ask
tl .ms '1\ .. the [i Howing qu nons:
- hould the mayor make the
app 1 trncnts 1 the civilian police
mrrussron?
- Should the election cornmi ion
have co.nplctc aut nomy from the
may rand CI ty council'!
- Who sh uld erve n t.h city'
pens: n c imrni i n?
- Should city coun il have the
auth rity to all any ity department
he <.I before their harnber for
I su rung'!
- How man ou il vet hould
It take to" vcrnd _" the m yor veto?
- Sh uld th ' mayor .ind city council
I
r
. have term limits?
The July.l, 1974 Detroit Free Press
y uoted then-Common Council
Pre ident Carl levin as .aying, '1 don't
think there i goin to be any ripples
noticed [in the new charter] by the ,
average man on the treet." Bo was he
wrong!
K nneth Colern 'n Jr., Detroit
ntinu succ
in 93!
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