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ndicat
n
bl to uncov r, and f w reporters
m to b filing any r port of
what it i lik to liv a a Black
in the tate of Florida.
African-American have Ion
been wary of white media be­
cau e of pa t overt raei t atti­
tude of the publishers and new
dir ctor . It w . not until! 65,
Am ric n r ei m, nd to prov
th t th r h n oIVect-
of African­
Am rican p ople," id form r
P lm Bach County radio talk
how ho t ho i actin a
monitor for 1 ctronic m dia.
Th tr gic tory of two whit
day labor r charged in the kid­
napping, rob ry and attempted
murd r of Chri topher Wil on,
a Black touri t from Brooklyn,
ta e a bac at to the inten e
scrutiny of white media cover
of the trial, which tarted here
on ug. 23. Activi t king to
prove that white media i a part
of the major overall raci t mind-
t in the U.S. hope to show that
th am media that covered
th William Kennedy Smith rape
trial her --reporting even th
minute t xual detail--wi11 ig-
nor th ic underlying cau
of orne of the random violence
all American are suffering, and
th y hope that the documen­
tation of such media neglect will
re ult in Congressional hearings.
Other activist 1 purred by a
fOTe Am . e to n W T
C arg of'r ci m, genocide nd
violatio man righ m­
African people in the U.S., feel
that inadequate or uperficial
m dia COy Tag of u nder-lving
issues of race --as it affects Black
in Florida who aren't tourist -­
will give them all the additional
information they need to proceed
on their que t to take America
to the International Court of
Ju tice.
Late last month, when Circuit
Court Judge Donald C. Evan
ruled it would be cheaper and
ea i r to pick the jurors in West
Palm Beach and fly them in to
Tampa, Blacks here were alerted
by the Palm Beach Gazette, a
local Black weekly, to the chance
follow d
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specialist for FAIR commenting
on the legislation, and the law­
makers used "awful tactics" to
get it approved.
The Michigan Constit tion
prevents a referendum on appro­
priations bill, Alden says. Thus,
to keep the insurance reform
m asure away from a public
vote, the lawmakers tacked on a
$50,000 ppropri tions for a
study, al dy u horized by the
legislature, Alden notes.
"But, they made a mistake.
The Consti ution prohibits th
la WID kers from ping appro­
priation fore a budget bill is
s ," Alden xplains. "That is to
k p th 1 WID ke from s nd­
in willy-nilly."
Th bud t bill for 1994 h
not y b n p
FAIR will go to court to h
th pp pri tio 1 gua in
h insuran bill thrown ou ,
thus op ning th w y for avo r
r f rendum.
nw hil , FAIR is tt.ing
p itions print d. Th group
n ds 12 ,000 sign ture 0
for th insuran m ur on
th ballot for public approval ..
H T court
t '1, which FAIR consid un­
lik ly, Alden said, then the in­
suran m ure would b me
la w April 1. Gi n victory in
court nd th su ful gath r­
ing of th r quired number of
signatur s, the people will have
the chan to vot on th insur-
ance m Novemb r.
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