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00 d I ding ca
among young Blac men in
Michigan, according 0 the re­
cently released 1993 State of
Black Michigan report.
Black men aged 25-44 were
dying from AIDS at a rate of
48.3 per 100,00 in 1990, making
the disease th second 1 . ng
cause of d th next to homicide.
�e figure as up from 20.7
h
r 100,000 in 1988, henAIDS Bla om n accounted for Michl n' population in 1990 rate of AIDS among
ran ed the fi fth leading 77 percent of all female but oomp . 50 pe nt of all Bla ix Dei half tim
high r than among hi
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eau e of death among young from 1981-1992 while white
Black men White mal had a women acoounted for 20 per­
rate of 10.7 AIDS deaths per cent.
100,000 in 1990. Blacks made up 14 percent of
, AIDS , up from.
ntin 1987. In 1992 th
to 52 percent. The
nt numb indicate
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port, the main
grim tati ti
higher rate of i
BI from int
: 33 percent ve
for hi among mal nd 63 su
percent vel'S 23 percent for
hites among f males, al-
though Bla do no appear to
In the plrit of October as "Minority" Bu Ine.
Month, reporter Craig Hili and photographer
Efua Korantema visited community-owned
businesses on Joy Road In Detroit. TOP LEFT:
Henry Homes, owner of Qulk-N-Clean give
customer Jimmy Wolfe, right, hi cleaning.
ABOVE: Felle airbru he nail at Junae Nail
Works Plus. LEFT: Angela Mitchell, left, hop
at Roz's Hair Affair as isted by r ceptlonl t
Willie Mae Brown. For complete report, turn
to page AS.
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the National Political Congress of
Black Women, Inc (NPCBW) and
their anger is directed at 'gang­
ster rap.' ,
At its annual Awards Brunch
held in conjunction with the re­
cent Congressional Black Caucus
Legislative Weekend, NPCBW
shocked its uninformed guests
and inspi� i knowing-bu t-
NPCBW han out a print
out of l� gangster rap and mi­
sogynist lyrics, but also anned
their audience members with a
petition intended to shop support
for the end to commercialization
of hate and violence under the
guise of rap.
"WHAT AFRICAN American
children are being exposed to
through certain music and videos
that only offer negative images of
human relationships and too ,
often only teach African Ameri­
can men how to mistreat African
American women - and for our
women to accept this - is nothing
short of mental and spiritual con­
tamination," said NPCBW N -
tional Chair Dr. C. DeLores
S eRAP,A8
Smo
eta
By JENNIFER VAN DOREN
c. It.' New. Service
Sen. Phil Arthurhultz, R­
Whitehall, include a tax in­
cr on cigarettes in his plan
to refinance schools that would
rai the current amount to 75
cents a pack. About 450 million
would be collected from th in-'
crease that would also encom-
mokeless tobacco,
The amount of revenue this tax
garners has been on the d cline
ince th 1988-89 y r when it
med $267 million, McKennon
id. 0
With Arthurhultz's proposal,
Michigan's tax would rise above
th of n ighboring ta . Illi­
nois has a 30-cent a pack tax,
Indiana - Ip and a half cents,
Wiscon in - 38 cents, nd
Ohio' tax is 18 cents.
An increase in Michigan
taxes would ind ca ple
to buy cigarettes acr r-
THE 1991-92 fiscal year
the current 25-cent tax raised
$245 million for st t coff ,
id Bobbie McKennon, a special
assistant to th sta treasurer.
del'S, said Michael Stoyanovich
of the Michigan Chamber of
Com mer . Gov. John Eng! r
has th option of including
cigarette tax hike in his plan to
finan schools, which will be
unveiled Oct. 5. Any hint at ille­
gal cigarette traffic is ju t a
smoke screen, id his spok -
man, John Truscott.
ftAny amount of (people who
go out of state) to buy cigaret
would be slight," TN 00 t said.
"But ca of th inconv n­
ience - I doub it would be a
problem."
o E AREA, HOWEVER,
daily what effects a high
cigarette tax bas on illegal ciga­
rette Sal activity. In Ontario,
C nada, th tax on cigarettes .
about $2.87 a pack. Mel Kenny,
the minist r of finance with the
Motor Fu Is, Tobacco nd Tax
branch in ntario said an illegal
moker's market is just some­
thing they have to deal with in
S e TAX,A8
LANSING - If Michigan's
cigarette tax is hiked in efforts to
. pad the budget for chool finan
reform, some think an illegal un­
derground market in cigarettes
would emerge.
Other believe that' just
blowing smoke on th . u.
Whichever opinion is correct,
the furor over "sin taxes" has
been once again brought to the
public eye.
By ALLISON JONES
Mlchlq.n Cltlan
The mothers have had enough.
It' time, they say, to get the kids
in line.
The mothers are members of
Prison costs
By BART ORBAN
C Itill N.w� S.rvlce
LANSING - The corrections
puzz e in Michigan continues to
confound politicians, bureau­
crats and citizens.
In the' fiscal year that started
October 1, Michigan will spend
$1.1 billion on prisons - up 14
percent from last year - and up
from $173 million in 1980.
It is the fastest growing
budget item and Corrections Di­
rector Kenneth McGinnis has
said th state will be out of prison
beds by the end of next year.
Michigan ranks fifth of all
states in number of prisoners -
about 39,000 currently. Accord­
ing to one report, the state's
prison population increased 63.4
percent from 1987 to 1992.
Everyone agrees that a budget
rising at 10 to 14 percent a year
is unacceptable. What to do about
See STRAP, A8
ARE YOU
THIS WEEK'S
S Det II In ide
CIT ZE . S SPEA
How
should
Michigan
fund its
schools?
·'vVhat is happening to lottery
money that was supposed to
fund education? Education is
bankrupt and the tottery IS
profitable. "
_oF y Worthy
"Any type of gambling money
should go toward education -
open, up a casino."
-Iv" C innon
ByEfu
"Cotleqe students, Congress
just passed a bill, you can go to
school free through community
s rvice."
- Sydney Spight
"Restore the property tax and
use lottery money.·
- Cr ig Hill