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o R EDITOR:
... �.4'''''''.A.I. • .&B m r-
ica nctions
again t outh Afric , for it'
policie of Racial Segrega ion in
the 1980' ? America i till ra­
cially egregating court juri
w hen trying BI ck men and
worn n. E pecially when ac­
cused of .committ ing crimes
again t white 1 0 who is
going to anction America?
Remember he riots in Los
Ang les In 1992? It was a all
whitejury who ignored th Rod­
n .' King bating video and
found the L.A. police "Not
Guilty" of be ing Rodney King.
W n A Raci I Justi Act
to nd racial di crimination in
th court syst m, jury election
and th se " t Tough on Crim ..
law, which pr mote nothing
but nocid towards th Black
p opl i . i .
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Where are
the rich
groups when
help is needed?
E CE, thi sy tem
ha legi lated ignorance.
This Crime Bill is a Declara­
tion of War on Bla men.
The ectio of th law on
o
BY PROfESSOR .,.HARRIS+
I -rt-\E,y CAN'" 5TA'/ IN
6USI NE$ Wl1l\OO,
� DOLLARS!!
cain .
I it mere coincidence that
poor folk u e crack and rich folk
nort powd r? I think not.
Res rchers forth Washing­
ton, D.C.-b ed Sentencing Pro-
ject s we!l as t h
The ea - ne d political
of fo that upported thi Refer-
end um on Repr ion, from th
o-call d Congr ion 1 BJ ck
C ucus, to"n w" D moc:rats, to
"moder telt Republicans, have
authored an authoritativ Act
tha i itself criminal.
I t ill not only not olve a
crim : I . a crime.
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non-pro It
t h bulk of
Peggy A. Moore
Detroit, MI
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By Bernice Powell Jackson
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th only ope to suffer as Afric n
Americans moved into inte-'
grated communities. Wh n all
BI cks were forced to liv in on
community th ducat liv d
n xt to th un ucated; th pro­
f ionals.Iiv d n xt toj nito
and dom tic worke ; th
lived near th not -so-poor
A a child growing up in
W hington D ,my n ighbo
included two tach , nurs
nd n ntr preneu r, among
oth . A ro t h all y w wo
famili on w lfare. In my
church wa a Black' woman
jud , veral doctors and I w­
ye
Beca we all lived toget h r,
all th childr n had posi tv )'010
models constantly availa 1 to
them Today there are childr=n
who Ii near ing nyon in
their life go to work ev ryday
and nev r knowing anyon who
h noll Th r ult i
ration of all nat
youth
thirdc ·tofint granon
1; n America 11) 1.
th du tion 0 our
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