Haiti will have to depend on the kindness ,of strangers. TIl IU1 r 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 , 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. SUBSCRIBE 869-0033. " 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 , e 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. 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