(�() A L I'l'l () N 16 14 88 6 600 6 CONNECT WITH US ational Rainbow aliti n Offi e of th i ld Di tor 1700 K treet, N.W. II 00 'Wa hington, DC 20006 ... Voi ; 202 72 -11 0 R. : 202 n -1192 y 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 BIa kj • 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 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? t - � -��--- ...... --- . .. .. �