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A recent example of conserva­
tism involved the Confederate
... and that's my opinion
of the situation.
Would anyone else like
to add their imput?
HoW White Folks Communicate
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• Th irradi tion of th testi-
cl of hund s of U .. prison-
ers;
• The injection of radioactive
iodin into hundreds of mostly
Black, poor pregnant women,
who w n to public h lth cen- .
t for what w misla I
"pr -natal car ."
• Th mo t politically power-
pe ons inU'.S. i ty; th
r. rd , th n whom, the im­
p . on , the poor, th pregn nt,
m victims ofthe most pow­
erful el m nts in th n tion:
M ical doctors, th nuel ar
tahlishmen , governmental in­
stitution like school nd
. prisons and research institu
• If you n do no , at
t do no harm;
• It i at that h th
WD ··It' Tip-Off tim forth "FINAL FOUR" in the CAA Divi 'ion 1
national 011 giat ba ketball champion. hip! Here are a few tip' on what
to look for. .
Fir t, look on the ourt. Here i . what vou \ ill .ee. Ther wi II be a
total of 55 player, 36 (650'0) will be Black. 'nd 19 (35"'0) will be White.
The 55 play rare th on . attra tin the rowd and view rship. end
arning the est urn of mon y thatthe -in I our w ill bring to the 0\\ ners
of CBS-TV and the 'ports departments of Ark ns s, rizona, uk and
Florida.
Second. look beyond the court. While you \ ill not a tually see
most of them on television. beyond the court i where rna t of the jobs reo
and where all of the money is. Chari s Farrell. Dir ctoi of th Rainbow
Commi sion for Fairn . in Athl tic (Re' A). re arched and profiled the
basketball programs (and part of the ports d partrnents) at the inal ur
hools. Th chart above r veal mployrnent that Ten cts the exa ,t opp 'itt:
of what you will e on the court. .
At the Final Four hool ther are 350 non-playing po ition .. 309
(88%) are White. 27 (80'0) Black. 12 (30/0). Hispanic, 2 (1 %) Asian find 6
(24%) female. There are 119 coach . trainers, ·tr ngth and conditi ning
employee, 103 (86%) are White. 1 (l2<?'0) Black. 1 (1 0/0) H�. P nic, 1
(lClb}.Asian and 17 04q'Q) . e femal . Th re ar 16 PO\ �.po " . 14 ._.1_ .
(88%) are White. 1 (6%). 1 (600) Hi pani and 1 (60'0) i. fern le. There are
a total of S4 admini tr tor, 49 (910"0) r White. 3 (Sero) Black. 2 (4170)
Hi panic and 16 (29%) are worn n. Th re a 129
support po itions, 114 (8 %) ar White, 9 (7%) ar
black, 6 (50/0) Hispanic and SO (38%) ar female.
Th medical staff has a total of 8, 6 (75%) ar
White, 1 (12.5%) Black and 1 (12.5%) Asian.
Last y ar th l\.CF A prote ted CBS- TV's
lack of Black sports anchors, color analy ts and
commentators for th Final Four. Thi . year there has
b n an improv m nt at the network, and for that
CBS should b comm nd d. How v r, the m dia
that covers and bro d a ts th team in their 10 al
ommuruue pr fit! a diff rent pictur -17 total.
15 ( %) White and 2 (120:0) Hi pani .
Pr id nt Clinton, a a fan. will b pulling
for Arkansas to win. On 1\1 day, howev r, regardl ss
of who win .he will till be th chief law enforc m nt
officer of the nation and as such he should be
cone m d about th patterns of raci m and xism
and e to it that th hool are obeying affirmation
action laws.
On th court, th r ar ba k ts of qual
opportunity. Off the court ba tion of raci. m and
s xi m persi t. That i why Rev rend J L. Jackson
sent a letter and thi r . arch to Janet Reno and
val Patrick, A .si tant ecr tary for Civil Right'>
at the Ju. tice Department, and Richard Riley and
R vmond Pier e.Assi tantS cretary ofCivil Rights
at the du ation Department, urging them to launch
an inve tigation into th discriminatory pattern in
the sports d partments at thes univ rsiti s. He
hall nged them to look at th ra ial and g nder
patt rn of th student bodie ,faculti a-nd
adrn inistr tions at th s univer iti a well.
L stly, J ax ax tries ach w k to ncourag
tion. Th RC will hare our det iled data with
R lnbow supporter in ayettevill .Tu on, Durham
.and Gain .vill and urge organiz d prot ts at ach
of the . hools. Charle arr 11,202-728-11 O. will
'0 share the re arch t hnique with anyon
wanting to r arch a hool in th ir ommunity.
Lester's World
How Black Folks Communicate
mining
provided
of th ord
"cons rvati "in Am rica' t
dictio ri
W r' Encyclopedic Un-
abridg d Dictionary (1992 :
"Dis to p rve xi tin
condition and to gr ith
gradu I rather than abrupt
change."
American Heritage Diction­
ary (1992): "Favoring traditional
view and valu ; tending to op­
pose change."
Prentic Hall Web ter'
ew World Encyclopedia (1992):
"Traditionally, the party of th
landed intere ts. Its policie
have increased the gap between
the rich and the poor ... "
Random House U n­
abridged Dictionary (1987):
"Disposed to preserve' existing
conditions. institutions. etc., or
to restore traditional ones, and
to limit change."
The New Columbia Ency­
clopedia (1963): "In politics, the
desire to maintain or conserve
the existing order."
• Webster's New Interna-
By Munrla Abu-Jamal
U.S. wire service reports tell
chilling tales of American medi­
cal practices from the 1940's and
"50's" which seem like true-life
stories of mad scientists run
amok with radioactive toys, in­
jecting. exposing and poisoning
hundreds of people, without
their knowledge nor consent.
Hundreds of American "citi­
zens" became unwilling and un­
witting human guinea pigs to
the Demon of Scientific Re­
search when they wer fed, in­
jected or otherwise expo to
some of th most d dly ub­
stan known to man, like plu­
tonium. a radioactive., m tallic
chemical element used in nu­
clear weapons.
�ongthehun�of�
of victims of radioactive medical
madn are:
The Fernald Scien Club
in Waltham, Massachu tt,
where retarded boys were fed
breakfast laced with radi ctive
milk, and radioactive iron up­
plements, for a decade - from
1946 to 1956;
• The direct injection of plu­
tonium into at least 18 n wly­
born infants, all but one of th m
From Death
Row
which was littl better than, and
often u lly was. m ical tor­
ur ,
on of the hundred of vic­
tims of th d cad of m ica1
mali gav any consent to b fed
dio ctivity.
Non ofth many docto who
f poisons to th e hundreds
will ever bear th tag, "crimi­
n 1," although that's what this
sys m sur ly i . What of th
" rim n "that continue to
ry day?
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