Haiti will
have to
depend on
the
kindness
,of
strangers.
TIl
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READERS WRITE
By
AWKIN
ik 'I'�, P.·
Blad< Vllc', 1'10111 h,ld rill 1\1)
I" YOtlllg .t'11 ('OIl'tl:! �,'()If
1\'llg III It ,<I('C'I 11l1I1H:! "gI'l -
'Ic' 'I' f he' 1', . Idf'Jlf c, f h .
I Jill' c 'd Sf a I , S hI' : I I II . I i I I
Bind III I It 'r IWI -r loop of 1� 1-
(·lIJfu,·'. 111(1' \llIah:lIll L'Jwo11l
nr1..1IllZ('(1 I h 'd('p:sl1n 'I I at·,.
t h ' t'l\,11 war
'I') ('11 \ IH II Btli Clmt on a -
p )1 III (' I I h« COnI!" Ill: I (r III
IS ·js sipp], it, E<.,r y, to • h •
tOI .I( h III Agrielilf urr- It Wit
l ,(�lll ' ('nlOl -Iord.u al d I 01)
Bro '1) w -rr- in I hr- dr-crsron-
11 : klllg 1'00n WII I I h \ man who
COllI rollr I I lu- h,v(' ' c,f powr-r
I Jl I I I II til n 'f' \ h. I 'IN ' U' I
to call "t hr- whur- POW)!'. t ruc
h. k 'I) to It.' O\llHI.I-
t·, ' J I('pa �f 10 blow u
r IOIIC"" Blac'k mt r us u.n on
wlut« pow' tr- it ory BI;t('k f'X'-
1111(· .. 1 c·lolll ('0 ,J I,c, 11111:
1IIIIl,tlI, BI:wksfh'nl ,·1·
tin \ ( r
iscrrm ma-
11)(> IP] L
R a dan-
lcul tion to
th R v rend .Je e
J ck on d s, that you n take
th W shington, DC mayoralty
I t ion T s u lt again the
ckdrop of th un thical, im-
m r 1 .h vior of Barry nd
on lud that he D mocratic
Party h th wrongstrategy for
winning el ions. Barry 1 an
x ptron ra h r than ,. he rule".
Th Am ri n double t ndard
i ali and w 11
Th American body politic is
chi zophren ic Talkin on way
nd acting ano her. 'The cul
tural plurali m concept allows
each ethnic group to b as strong
It n be and then cooperate
with the other ethnic group in
a d mocr ic proces . In the
of BI cks thi "stren h"
h ro b found in faith in God
nd maintenance of mora]
. t nd rdt h t r fl the Black
ommu nity's hri tian heri-
ta
Blac must strive to "be the
tt hat they can be", especi 11'- -
wh n th y a ume lead 1 hip
rol in goy mm nt, busine
or any other prof ion.
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"
ov r n m .nt.,
t h milit r
I'm d auxili ri
plac Fri t ion will
in vitabl a Malval'
• binet att mpt to
funct.ion normally
---------------- alon ide th forces
that overthrew Ari -
tid and more r ntly ex cured the Ju tic Min' r.
Pr id nt Aristide do not h v. much tim to im lern n
political reform. He has .carcely a y r left b for � (1 tions ar
du in December 1995. Hi peopl '. needs ar also PI' _ ing.
They fall into four cat gorie -- humanitarian aid, I' on true
tion of infrastructure, mod rnizat ion of, th tate. nd r build
ing institut.ions.
The fir t two will be easy. After a thr i-year embargo, H iti
has immediate nutritional needs. Also 1'0 cis and brid need
t.o b r built and the public utiliti .. r tor d. But th gr at t
problem will be modernizing the He it ian tate, which has b en
traditionally predatory and authoritarian. The army needs to
be cut. down to a fifth of its size. The public servic h to b
reformed and many of it 45,000 employed fired
In an August meeting in Paris la t month the International
Monetary Fund (I.MF.), the World Bank and the Inter-Ameri
ClIwiDeveloplhent 'Btl lk I.D,B. timated tWcl 50 million
were needed to habilitate Hai L Much of this will b p nt in
the first few months in order to have the devastation creat.ed
by the international embargo and civil strife. Howe�er, for
ome time to com Haiti will have to dep nd on th kindn
of strangers.
Much will depend on the developm nt plan' that in imp�e
mented in Haiti and the country' ability to absorb the asS1S
tance from international organizat.ions. However, its the faith
of the Haitian people in the future which will matter most.
Haiti's majority may be illiterate and untrained b�t h�y hay .
a reputation for thrift and for inclu. trrou n . It I ultll�lfltelj'
this human capital that mu t b glV n a ch nc to r build th
country on the ruins of a failed economic nd politi 1 sys m.
J. Michael Da h, Profe or of Francophone Literature
The University of the W t Indies - Mona, Jamaica
READERS WRITE
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By ERIC KEARNEY
I do not use th "n' word.
P rhap. , p hay license to
u it, Other th n that w
should outlaw the "n" word.
W should e n outlaw th
social
or h "just us folk s " x pion.
That is, when h r only Af-
rican Am around, it is
ace ptabl h . "n" word.
Howev T, If the . i .. om on
white round th.n It <h uld n
b ll� d And A whltp �r�on
should n v r�. 1 or dlT J t It at
an Afncan Ameri n.
A whll pro��. r at lorida
A&M (J nJ\'C'J. ity 1'.( 'n Iy vi -
la d t his final ruin r t s �ms
thatth univ .11Yilndlh·stu
d nl odYHf'h It:tllt lore' ri
mand prop ·rly an I (�ff' iv Iy
t h(.� pr()� �ssor Whc'n u. N.I by
whit �S, t h .. n" word dparly has
th 'onnotHtlon o( r[lewl sup'
rionty Ifs US(' III I h,· c-!il. <.;roOJl1,
'h W.· Im'k of re·. r)('d for fll(>
·t.ud 'nt.� all I h ' hi I()ry of I h '
U nt V 'J'S I I Y
As for ,t., Immnu /\mlrl
Baraka, formf'r1 known < �
L(� Oi.]Ol1(·<;,U.c'()It Inhls[,)( >m,
"Evil Niggr·r w� Ite;, for I ,Igbl in''''
.Jon 's'c:, 1)( 'm<.; u'-iu:dly s ,kc' (If
t he· African-Am 'rlC';1I1 (Oxp 'n-
.J1('(·and thl·dlfficult. whIch Af
I"J (' a n 1\ ow rIc;: I lie.., h H V (. I n
c're'allng :-tIH.l c()lwlJlI IIlg III a
mul1 l(,lIlt ural O('II',Y Ik..,ld(, ..
pm' 111<";, • hI' it J. () w ro, (, pin y"',
U Jlchn1an, The' '('(111(,1 :Ind ,(,h,·
Shl '
AN )'J'11E1t AFHICAN-
,
at
TifE cO MEN of (; I
re� unforgivabl J I j , hould 1)(·
fire:.. for t h US(' of such < word
in an ace d 'mJ . s '1tlllg, p:1I11 '\I
larJy al • hlstorl<'all,' Blac'k ('(II·
I
P(·rh;tp, I ho' c' who havc'
cloudy or <lnfll. c I valli >S will
ar'u thaI C; '(' IS I hI' VI(11111 of ';1
doubl(> �t a )lela I'd That IS, fw I'"
)lol allow(·d 10 1(' fh(' "n" word,
bul Wf':lI' incic'I'(IIH'Ic..;avlI'llIll
of: dOli), 1(· �I :lIlcln .. d II (' sh( II lid
knowtl" qllltC·.II11pl.',(·\C·',v
OJ) II';IIII.I'S I h:ll I hc'I'(' till' ('('I"
tall) wont.., Ihal. vou \1.'('11 frollf
of you I' pn n 'II f s,· t hn t you Will lid
noi ISC' In I"J'{)nt"o{ '0111' ('''''tllI'Il,
tJ af YOII would nol ll. (' ill \i 1111.
or Ih:1I YOIl wO\lld nol \1.(' III
ChllfC·h It I 1I01;J ddllC'ltil III III
(')pl(, to ;�r:1 'I> 01' ;1(101" (;I't',
(11)(' IlI'fI' III hi' 1111('lIc'('1 II'"
1(· ·1·lopIlH'IlI, dul !lol 1";1.111 I III
1('; .... (111 'l'h,' ,1111111111' 1,.:11 11111 "I
"'lond.1 A(',M hClllld ('.I"lld II.
(·dlll':lIIIIII:l1 III lid IIIIl III (;t·,·
'1'('; ... 11 hllll Ihl!, 1('<,<,011 .• Ild Illt'li
tl'l t II)) gt,
Thl,It" :1 1:111"1' II' .1111 III
If '; , n 1 f I () III I h ' (; C 'I' lilt' I d I 'II I II
om phas i 011 A r r an us t t P u ingth "n" word.
cult u n 1 P ri d , t hi
tim , ny f r
EDITORIAL
Anybody can be a
,
fo,' w, nigger con.' .rvat iv ,
him w < n 1 r-d to b d I ff( 1'(' n t
h n d "
1 h!J .': a larg·r p�jn,� wh n
h ." p ·ts tiS I h. I word.
Th y' I at t 'mpt II1g to C'onmlU
m(:r t(' idc·a. alJOut our. OCI 'fy
I lowc'v<'I', t h 'whIt profc�<..;s()r at
florida i\ M (J HI V ·rc.,ity I n Tal-'
lahac:,s ',Florida som .} ow, al
though h . IS Ilot a po t, t hI nks I
IS:l1I rtl'ht 10 JS th > "n" wor I in
a In'. sing hiS predommaf.<,ly
1\(1'1 'an-Anwrll'an ']as' .Jour
n:111 111. prof(' sor C('mld C('(, :11
t('mplf'd to ('rH'�)\lrag(' hI.'
sl HI('llt I). . :tymg I hal I hc'y
1II,(,dl,<I to "hc d t hplr "Ilwgc.·r
m('nlallly"
'vVh('1l I hc'n' wa..., HI uproar,
h(, ('lalnlC·d t hal he' ha� I h . !'Ighl
10 11<"(> t hc' "n" word UI <I('r I he'
.. lIwl}>l .. of iu'nel('mll' fn,('(lolll
I t IS ;t <.,t 1'(,I .. h I () (mel :,'IlY rc'I("
v<ln, (·(IIII)(·('t lOll Ix·f W('('1l (;('("
u<.;c' of IIH' "II" word dllll"I' : II,\(I
. I ( .
1(';'rlllll1� , Is II I w', d'(',
throul'h ,'xillnplc" w:, :d'c'lllpl·
1I1i�lo"'h',whl . tlldl'JlI how 1101
to In'a, J(·opl(· wllh 1I'1(d, or
I )t ,I If'" h () W I () II S 1I I I t h(, II I) I Vt ' r
' .. dy :11'\(1' I I' (:lvtI HIJ��d , Mow,
lllt'llt .,
Flld � 1'1' I hI' f('ac1 iOIl of I he'
,
By HENRY KELLER
M;chig n Citizen
J do u: t h wo rd" J)J g)�\'r", and. s 1 am' pc It
I'�v >)l if 1 w; �n't a 1 )('t, I would lISC' I h") \VOl 1
III 'r" b C .. HIS(' () I h(' ('11lot lOll I hnt I h word
'.:1fTl<. ,Po Is 1I�(' \ ord� 10 ( 'pl 'S.' \Vh. t th.
f( I Also,:t Il 'OIW en Il h( ("lnl' :l I I Ev('ry)n'
h;l� t.·lw nghl 10 .... 1:ltc· wh;tt h(' or silt' t, >Is, no
llwt Ic'" what '(lln .. ' S(l hcm t':111 .\'ou ��V(' r< 'IS:l
11(,,{lr .(' to \l (. t h' word "Illgl, '1'," hut 1101 t h' {,'n,
'ril] populalllHl wh 'n '''.('1, 'OIH' I. il p( 'I III I h 'II'
own right"
. S( ('ondlv I (':11)'1 tllld"l'stilll<l 'how ,'otlll'on'
could 1)(,. '(; 1'1) \'01 \'( dIn t h(, hal t 1(, In hall I 11 ' W( J I
"nJl��I'r," :tnd 1101 . ('(� I hc' "holl' \ ',11' 011 H�H·l.'Jll
Th( noiton I h;1I IIIH:. ('I hn It' group I� lip 'I'll I' I�
p,,:wllt 11,\ 11:11(11';11111 t'lIplt· Of:lll\' nlll\Il'I' It
Ju!-.I wlllf<"
hl'lI I ('Ill in i\lgh "dlool. I IH':lrd :l lot of
whltl' kids \I (. Ill· \vOl t "lllggl'I," d1l\'d<'(1 to
w:lI,I:--:1 hl:ld 1 'I '011 I�( III'v(' I' or 1l0'. It wasll't
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stc·:ltld Plllt'r':t' ;1 1111' \'OJ( , of IllI' 111IknoWIl
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\Vronl�' (\'rttlll1l,' Ilol u::; !..pt· . .lust ,a�' tha� hI.'
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whll'h \\'.I� 11 "('I '( UI':I},' hIs st\ll.h'nt�" � ':\1' ,I�
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\\'11" t '
. h'l'l I h.lt Pmti.'.·.·ol (;\'l' �hO\lld 1 'PI';II�l'd IlII'
II. 1I11� I Ill' word "lllgPl'r" 1 '1"':1\1, I' t(.) llH, Ill' I�
,II f<'11lpll!l;, 10 sol\'( I ht' pn bll'1ll l�' t;llhl1 y •• lhml
It. �,'t1lllt: th('. \lh.Jl'd out III th Opt.'1l YO\1c.l1l'l
JlI�f "pIIII.IW" .'ollll'lhlllg, or throw It :lW:lY III a
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lI11p:lI'lullh�. lll(' \lhl\d .lIHiltst nplI,II\'III!;llly
d,,,'1 111\'\ d Hilt 1)(., Jd!'. I h,lI. whal l'\'l'r h,lPI 'Ill i
III I ht' ,l\'l1l}:' "SI 1\'1 ,Illd. Ion " m.I." bl ':1" my
hOIH. bill Will'!. will 111'\ '1' hurt Il\("'"
III ,'11111 III "'ll. f'lI 1'1 'Ill I,' who It \ ,I I h,l I Ill." \ ,tI
III' ,III' ,'olllli I,d 111'1',111'.1' II III III Prill'" .. Ill' ( ,'(' I�
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