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