Readers Write
DOl to roll th dice and have "noise
congestion, and traffic downtown" in its qu t to become �
"world class city" and bring casino to its downtown.
Detroit can't afford th luxury to I t all that traffic and
MONEY go through the tunnel nd over the bridge to Windsor
when it could capture orne of that MONEY.
So let's have a "world cl city." Lets have "noise, congestion
and traffic downtown." Lets hav casino gambling, because all
that's downtown now is pigeons ... Think about it!
Thoma ,A. Wil on Jr.
o troit
By Celes King, III
I am an African American
man who lives in South Central
Los Angel - and I carry
Smith & We on 38 calib r
Model 60 revolv r. Why? B -
cause the S nd Am ndm nt of
the United State constitution
says that I have every right to.
No, I am not a m m r of
street gang. For th s ke of ref
erence, I was pilot in th elit
Tuskegee Airmen during World
War II. I am a brigadi r gen ral
, in the California .. t t Milit ry.
I ha operated ful bail
bond agency in ou h nt ral
Los Angeles for ov r 40 yea .
Most importantly, however, I
am past president of the Los An-
geles Branch ofth ational
sociation for the Advancem nt of
Colored People (NAA P) and for
the past 10 yea I hr veb nth
California state chairman of th
Congress of Racial Equality
(CORE).
In December, 1993, I became
one ofthe first Afri n American
civilians - and only one of 13
residents or any hu - in
Angeles to be granted a lieens
to carry a con I fi arm in
over 15 years .. Th awardin of
these 13 gun permi ,how v r,
was not an act of charity by the .
city fathers. It only happ ned
cause CORE and a number of
other organizations filed suit
ch llenging the city's right to
wai i obligation to uphold
th Constitution. The other or
ganizatio may have had other
r asons for joining in the suit,
but for CORE, th issu was very
cl r. We had I med from past
history.
" HE H TOR 0 gun
ntrol in Am riean," Malcolm X
o n aid,"i th history of ra
ci I and class suppression." Mal-
olm X w talking about the
s rict interpretation of th Sec
ond Amendmen , People have
th right to protect themselves.
ringsla ry, Blacks were pro
hibited from owning firearms.
And, U.S. Supreme Court Chief
J usti Roger Taney put an ex
cl mation point on that practice
when he wrote, in Dred Scott u.
andford (1857), that "the Ne
gro had no rights which the
white man was bound to re-
Following the Civil War, it
took the Freedman's Bureau Act
of 1866, th Civil Rights Act of
1 66 and th first portion of the
14th Amendment to th Consti
tution to nullify Jim Crow laws
passed to keep Blacks from own-
By CARL ERRITT, JR.
p, Id nt; Kin"
Prl.on Br.nch - NAACP
BITCH, complain
and criticiz ba
right to do so and e ant to
a ensible change. What
m from most 0 .
the fact that e are giving it our
best to do the job that our over
paid problem olvers hould
have been doing long ago.
p
thing to
want to . u fuI. Until our soci
ety learns to exploit-all of its
resources, we can look forward
to being on th me merry-go
round. W ha gotten to the
600 HOC
BclO HOD
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"ANO FOR HER Gp':J JO 0 CONflNUOUSLY HUMILIATING BLACKS IN
PUBLlC ... OUR E '} ·,'·' ...... E FOR AUNT.JEMIMA PANCAKES IS .. ,"
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By -James E. Alsbrook
If you think Black slavery in
America is gone, you'd better
think again.
The legal ownership and
physical control of Blacks a
gone. They involved whip,
guns, chains and t sym
bolizing abs lute subjugation.
But a n w slavery ha
emerged. It invol voluntary
s If-humiliation, the pro ti u
tion of personal dignity, th de
liberate degradation of oth r
Blacks and the implicit or ex-
licit adoration of white skin.
This new slavery se m
astonishingly out of place 130
y ars ago after Emancipation
Proclamation. It is no enfor
by th law, th whip, ch ill or
gun. It is enforced by th int r
nal mentality and mind m ny
Black people e rt over th ir
own bodies. It.is voluntary.
Advoca and victims of this
mindset and new slavery a of
four types:
mind . Their tudents are get
ting the m age that "white is
right," Black is bad and racial
discrimination is d irable.
Type 4: Th e are Black Black performers who por-
acto , ct and performe tray disgra ful tereotypes are
who gladly portray Black people found mainly on th Fox net-
d praved, immoral, .ignorant work. NBC, CBS and ABC are
buffoo on th screen, stage, ra- not stereotype-free, but Fox is
dio and television Th y will- worst beca it appeals to Un
ingly ob y white and som tim .. cle Tom Blacks, midget-brained
Black directors and produ . BI , white bigots and Blacks
inte ted in quick money in- who deceive t msel into the
t d of intelligence and truth. ridiculous belief that tb y are so
Th y t r to th bi , vanity obviously up rior that white
nd low e ctations off th people would never associate
whit who need an ego boost, a them with Black stereotyp .
scapezoat or reinforcement of What vanity and stupidity!!
f lin of uperiority. Bill Cosby and Tim· Reid are
The Bl are no con rned campaigning to improve the
tha wrong m a with mis-' quality and r pectability of
I ding implicatio a t to Black rol on t I vision. But the
millions of people. Uncle Tom, lavish mentality
Enormous dams a being spread by the four types of
inflicted on young Black tu- Blac listed above brings a few
den by Blacks lik t public tainted "pi ofsil r" to Black
chool teacher, th prof; rand' performers. Th raoe traito
th college p ident. pollute th thinking and bo-
Ins ead of being good rol ta the orthwhile opportuni-
m ls, providing helpful guid- ti of many tho ndsofyoung,
ance and inspiring students respectable Blacks.
with hope and optimism, these Do you know an educator or
so-called educators are misl d- performer like 0 e of the types
ing and damaging young Black above?
ion I ranking, teacher qualifi
cations, crucial psychological ef-
f and other problems.
Type 1: This Black high
school teacher claim Boo er T.
Washington urged Black peopl
to "lighten" th race by produc
ing babi having "white blood."
S claims white people ha