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By TODD BURROUGHS
WA III TO ( PA) - Thr s mingly unrelated ideas
con rning th nation' Black print and broadcast media filled
my d y Am rica, still recoveringov r Marion Barry's recent
1 111 r tic primary victory in the District's mayoral race,
W It d to h r P ident Clinton's nationwide televised Haiti
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If brough together, my day's lessons will hopefully provide
om. '01 tru ive criticism for the Black and white broadcast
ia I hope those involved will be reading.
1 ) I watch news segments on both ABC- 'IVs "World News
Tom ht With Peter Jennings" and NBC-'lVs "NBC Nightly
N ws With Tom Brokaw." The segments, both done by white
ro 1 ,w r part of the bo h networks' coverage on Clinton
and Haiti In advan of Clinton's Oval Office address later that
night
'[ h B' ory, attempting to gauge the nation' mood abou
hntoii's h -n-upeoming speech and the possibility of U.S.
nulit ry ion in Hai i, howed radio talk show hosts in major
Am ri an citi fielding calls and commenting on the situation.
1 .( 'lONE h t hown was Black. NOT ONE station displayed
w< ;.;; A ric n-Am rican-or Caribbean-American oriented. And
n t on African-American or Caribbean-American newspaper
We .... shown
to A C ew for doing th ir
h 111 ork hame on BC ews who, as often too usual with
t h w lut« 11 w. media, took the quick and lazy way out
2) In t hat d y's Washmgton Post, the newspaper's media
cru 1(' I Iow: r Kurtz included 1450 WOL-AM - a Black-owned
nd -ort nt 11 ws-talk radio t tion here in the District - in
hi" : 1 I IE' on th n ws media's coverage of the Barry victory.
.J ur t 7. an hi r porting on the new media, has proven to be
IIlII\.l I • of Bla k VI ws. For this h should also be congr u­
bi . I
But Kurtz, too, did not include any Black new papers in hi
j ur n II t I' su rv y. gam, the uick nd lazy way out.
, Black bro dcasting pes this cri ici m, .
rdin to a f llow Black p columni t I talked to
He complain d to me'that Black radio and
Di trict m to ignore the area' Black n w -
Lester's World
n
What w h n witn
ing in H i i for th I t few
y rs is a cl r illus ration of
the elas dimen ion of h
global/pan-afncan Blac lib ra­
tion mo m nt.
In Haiti, i the case in
other quarters of the world, th
clash and con est is Haitian
against Haitian, African
again t Afri n, the di po -
�3SEKl African m agains
entren h , If- erving African
elit .
In his provocative boo Cl
Struggle in Africa, Dr. K am
Nkrwnah, the late President of
y
D G holocaust of
enslavement the Euro n in­
vaders often played 0 African
hnic group off agai t another
in a deadly strategy of divi
nd ensla .
In th era of colonial" m
lected Africa , or in some in-
tan hole ethnic group ,
were granted more privile to
fo ter their collaboration and
Neo-colonial domin tion i
the lity throughout much of
the pan-african world nd tba
The es ence of the cIa
ruggle in Haiti is th confli
bet nth ha and }u
no . The top ch lonofth H i­
ti n elite consists of amI
percent of t population which
controls n rly 50 pe n of t
total wIth of the nat ion .
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H 's 5' -5-, nd plain looking
humb and Ind.'
He' a hard wort(lng type th t
hops at K-Mart. The only thing
gold h own I hi ct ss 'lng
He dr s n old Chevy '18.
really wants nous
commitment ana IS responsibrle
e I a GOd eanng m n w 0
d Ily gives thank for 8 health.,
bOdy ana a sound mind.
This is why Jean B rtrand
Aristid i pe ived as dan r­
ous.
Meet JoeCool"
He's 6'-3- and good looking
He IS vam and arrogant
I He's a hus ler ype that wears
I desiqner SUitS and lots ef go d
He dnves a shiny new Cadillac
l He d sn' b nev In a se OUS
cornrnnmer- or '�spcnslbility
The only nne e t Ir.ks of God
IS when he too S In a -ru rev",
After all he IS L
_ God's gilt to women. r
To all the sisters who claim they just can't find a good man:
(J/aybe ·ou ju t need to learn how t� look)
er
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Dear Editor:
THE upport him
because he has oourageously d
clared that a 1" tribution of
ealth is n ry to enabl
the Haitian m to enjoy the
ba ics of life - quality jo ,
food, housin , health ca , nd
education.
Ari tide' a nda nv 10
nothing short of the compl
dism ntling of h stru ur of
oppr ion er by h H i­
tian eli and h d tru ion of
U.S. n - 10m I domination.
�IT AJ Ie "
AU RIGHTS un" D
o
can form and do that. B n n
Harbor has a very trong Parent
Advisory Group tha could ha
addr your con rn nd
help to find a better solu ion
People ho are poor, on
drugs, ignorant - or wh r
ou ide communities want to
call them, they also re bout
their babi "Ma they cIo he,
feed or di ciplin th m pro rly
(just like ev ryon I ,they
r pect it hen someone el
sincere is helping and - aching
their children
We h v ea
t . ltd n't m
do n inside they don't care.
Th of us ho ha tren h,
body has to 0 � ,
nt to or not
a parent, leader, ad tor,
friend; I f I it tim for us to
t to her, 11 three distri
and di ho n handle
thi situation for you
your buses out of t di trier,
Communicate ith Benton
H rbor We unde tand Eng­
I h Then if you can't up­
port from u , m ke you r
d . io W re innocent un iJ
prov n guilty
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