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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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