Politician turned preacher
A lot of Detroiter re laughing over the recent spat f.
Dennis Archer commercial .
The upreme ourt Justice. turned mayoral candidat i
shown in the pulpit of local church delivering campai n
rhet ric in th style of a get down Baptist pre cher.
It doesn't w rk.
It isn't Archer. It i a stereotypical ppro ch to Black voter,
engineered no doubt by fancy consultants. .
In the commercials, Archer keep checking his notes before
delivering lines as though the ideas might elude him without the
note.
Detroit' problems are too great for role playing. Let' top
acting and get down t a truthful di cussion of the is ue .
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. By Da rell '='erome Ba k
Di vorce is painful, and
the wounds are opened
even more when a cus
tody battle develops.
Both parents love the
children and seek their
best interests. But when
a husband and wife's re
venge, anger, and hatred
spills over into custody
arrangements, the child
suffers.
As witnessed in the
"baby Jessica case" cus-
tody battles harm all parties. Parents often refuse to place
their children's concerns above any other interest.
When the children are infants or small toddlers the
mother usually keeps custody. But often, when the chil
dren are older, parents fight over who keeps the children.
A bond between parent and child has been established.
If you divorce you must decide if that bond .is worth the
emotional pain inflicted upon your child.
Attorney'
At
Law
A RECENT TREND, has been for fathers who have
been denied general assistance, to seek custody of their
children. In addition some parents do not want to pay
child support. .
While these are logical decisions to make, the parent
must decide if they truly can provide what the child needs.
Under Michigan Law, the trial judge has ultimate
authority to decide who will receive custody of the minor
children before, during and after a divorce action. If a trial
judge makes a decision that one parent doesn't like they
often appeal the decision to a higher court.
A Judge makes his decision on 11 f�ctors: These factors
are used to determine what is in the best interest of the
child. Judges consider how long the child has resided with
each parent, how that parent supports and raises the
child and other factors.
In a divorce action the custody decision may be refereed
to the Friend of the Court. This division utilizes psycholo
gists, social workers an� other experts to determine
which parent should be given custody.
IF A CHILD IS of sufficient age he can inform the
Friend of the Court and the trial judge which parent he
chooses to live with. In the event the parents do not like
the decision of Friend of the Court, then the case goes to
a divorce mediator and ultimately the trial judge.
As more cases develop regarding the rights of children,
children will make the d ision on which parent they wish
r main wi h. Y t, the c ntral problem will remain; you
cannot divid a child' love.
To do so i to harm the child, Thus, it may be best to
sacrifice your current needs until a later time. Child
Cu tody can always be changed; a �udge will consider
what is in th t in rest: of the child.
mem r the goal is to ensure that ev n though you
separate from your spouse that your child's mind, soul
and heart is preserved. As always consult WIth your
attorney or 1 gal service agency for advice.
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p rcent g of citizen ho
pea a foreign I nguage are
e exioo, with 3 roent,
follo by Californi (32 per-
cent), Te (25 pe nt), Ha-
waii (25 percent), and Yor
(23 percent).
The influxofn immigrants
from South and Central Am -
'ica, the Carib n, ia and Af-
rica, h parked a ri of.
political and legal oontro i.
In the state of California, Eng
lish-speaking ident& are -
pressing anger and hostility
about the growth of the Latino
and Asian population.
Last y alo mo than
800,000 peopl from fo ign
countri m<n'ed to California.
About 300,000 undocumented
immigrants in t state cur
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AFR CA AMERICANS
MU take the 1 d in recogniz
ing that the s .. e for eqUal
rights in the twenty-first cen
tury requires an extensive and
sympathetic dialogue betw n
all of this country's non-white
minorities.
The achievement of equality
means going beyond the old
boundari of Black and white,
facing the reality of multicultu
ral America.
Dr. Mannirl Marab� U Pr0f4 or of
H ulDry and PoliticoJ Sam� and Direo
torof th« A{riazn American Stud�.1 n.ti
tute; Columbia Uniu 'ty. New Ycri.
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By' Ron Daniel
-To commemorate the 40th
Anniversary of t launching of
the Cuban Revolution, the Rev.
Lucius Walker,. Director of th
Inter-religious Foundation for
Community Organization
(IFCO), convened a Leadership
Summit on Cuba.
. At the conclusion of the Sum
mit, Rev. Walker led a convoy
with more than 250 drivers
across the border into Mexioo
with 100 tons humanitarian aid
destined for Cuba. Thi Friend
shipment was undertaken in de
fian" of the 33 year old U.S.
embargo against Cuba.
Hence, Rev. Walker, a pro
gres ive African American
leader of long-standing, risks
government hara ment and
even arrest in this effort to end
the embargo and normalize rela
tions with the Cuban people.
Th qu tion is, why ould
African Am rica be concern
with U.S. policy towards Cuba?
The ans er . , that e
fight for our own liberation, e
m tand on t right id of
the truggle of people in the
"I'hird World" to brea the
chains of colonialism and Euro
American domination.
by the expeditions of Christo- against colonialism nd nee-co
pher Columbus, markecl'tbe be- lonialism; a revolution to over
ginning of the conquest .and . come the decad of pl�der of
colonization of the region, the human and material re-
Under the imperial control of sources of.Cub by the U.S. and
Spain, Cuba was converted into other foreign powers; a revolu
a sugar colony. The conqu of tion to end th exploitation of
the island virtually wiped out hu.man beings � other human
the indigenous population, ere- beings; revolution to create a
ating a demand for labor to en- society where th are no ex
sure the profitability of the trem of wealth and poverty ..
sugar plantations. These were/are consider d
This demand for labor was very "dangerous" id in a na-
filled by the large scale importa- tion like �h .U.S. w�ere racism
tion of capti from Africa. nd �lve 1D • uality and pov-
Hence th evolution of erty IS a fact of life.
pIe and culture into what Asoneo�th ve�fi���f
President Fidel Castro has the revolution, racial diserimi
called on "Afro-Hi panic na- nation was banned, free�ng
tion." Black Cubans from the raosm
By U.S. standards (on drop which ha� J?�n� th m from
of Blae blood mak you a fully participating m Cuban so-
Black), more than 50% of the ciety.
Cuban population ould be clas- Th universal free education
Hied Bla - and health care programs hich
ere launched by th revolution
also u tantially be fited Cu-
ban peasants, wor and th
poor, lncluding Black Cub-
THE and material
resources of Cuba re exploited
by Sp in lid e ntually the
United ta to t d riment
of the Cuban people; a condi . on
which prevailed until the revolu
tionary fo of Fidel C tro
overthrow the U.S. dicta-
. tor Batt" ,0nJa.nwuy 1, 1959.
invasion From t t
pearb ded revolution
o In fi t visit to
tb U.S., as detailed in Rosemari
Mealy boo Malcolm and Fi
cUI: MemoriesofaMeeting, Fidel
Castro forthright in his sup
port of t Black freedom g-
gl in U.S.
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Point
During a historic tay uptown
in Harlem, Fidel C tro and the
Cuban delegation met with Mal
colm X and other religion ,civic,
political and grassroots leade
to di the plight of African
people in this country.
This kind of visible identifica
tion with the opp peopl in
the U.S. w a clear indication of
ho the Cuban Revolution
going to proceed on the interna
tional stage. This did not sit ell
with the U.S. authoriti . Th ir
co rns ere justified.
Over t y as t Cu n
Revolution unfolded, Cuba
em rged . a df t arid If
Ie upporter of lib r tion
struggl and pro ive devel- .
oping nations all over the orId.
Thou nd of Cuban docto ,
See REVOLT ,A8