8 • BENNETT BANNER • APRILS, 1993
Interracial relationships
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movie. It was real nice and special to me. We did this off
and on for about two or four weeks. One night we went to
her room and things got heated and one thing lead to
another. She told me that it was not right but I would not
listen to that. So about two months passed and I did not
hear from her I knew something was wrong. When I went
to see her, her roommate said that she had gone to the
doctor, and she would tell Michelle that I came by. Two
weeks passed and she still had not called me, so I decided
to give her a call.” She was not herself; then she told me
the bad news that she was pregnant with my child. I was
speechless and breathless; she told me that she wanted to
keep it, but I told her no way. With a lot of talking and
pleading, we decided it was best for her to have an
abortion. Michelle did not like the idea but she went along
with it anyway. She has since started dating a guy from
A&T. And I heard from one of the friends that they plan
to on getting married next year.” ,
Do you think getting into a interracial relation
ship is worth the hurt, pain and disgust that you might
face? Tonia Easterling, a junior at UNC-Greensboro says
“no.” ‘Tou must face a different challenge everyday, “ she
says. Jen-Ai Pridgen, a junior at Bennett, says, “when you
get involved with a person outside your race, you must be
willing to suffer just a little. For when you do something
like this, it affects you and everyone you associate with.”
Charles Williams, a senior at NC A&T, says that
“being in a relationship like this is only for the strong.
Personally I don’t see anything wrong with a relationship
of this type. But this is not something that I would
consider to do.”
Out of ten black male students at NC A&T, only
two said that they would consider having a relationship
with someone outside of their race. Out of ten black
women, five from Bennett College, two from NC A&T, and
three from UNC-Greensboro only one said that they
would consider having a relationship with someone out of
her race. It seems as if interracial relationship will be the new
trend of the 90’s, whether you approve of disapprove of it. But
please remember that something hke this is not for everyone.
*Names Have Been Changed
Malcolm promoted unity for race, mankind
Roxi says just let go
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know why; do you have any self-motivating tips?
Signed Overworked,Overtired, and Overweight
Dear Overworked, Overtired and Overweight,
Either you have a lot of things going on in your life or
you just have not taken the time to incorporate exercise into your
schedule.I have two alternatives for you. One if your day is that
hectic exercise in your room. Two if you have the time, go to the
gym.
DEAR ROXI,
I’m having a hard time letting go of someone I really
care about. How can I go about doing this without missing his
company as much.
Signed Hurting
Dear Hurting,
The question you have to ask yourself is, do you really
want to let go ? If not you will be stuck. Do not surround your life
with this man. Don’t let life pass you by. Find someone else to
fulfill your every wish and fantasy. One day he will realize what
he lost.
Address letters to Dear Roxi, Box 302, Bennett College, Greensboro
NC 27401
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was so that America as a whole
could get a better understand
ing for what he was fighting
for.
The rumors about
MalcolmX had distorted many
people’s image of what he was
all about. Many people do not
realize that toward the end of
Malcolm’s reign he was trying
to promote unity; first within
his race, then for all mankind.
For so long all
AmericaCboth black and white)
saw was a black man who pro
moted a civil war between
blacks and whites. This kind
of thinking may have contrib
uted to the fact that blacks
and whites never really
learned about Malcolm X in
school or textbooks.
There are still many
people around who feel as if
Malcolm X was a trouble
maker and that his movie will
only put salt on ‘a healing
wound.’ “One of my employ
ees told me that he did not
understand why I as an intel-
hgent black man, would pro
mote a man who taxight that
blacks are better than whites,
and in doing so only further
complicated racism. Asablack
man I became really offended
and asked him what was
wrong with that when you all
got a whole race preaching
white supremacy,” said
Donald Dixon, a project man
ager for Key Four Communi
cations.
The movie should let
people know that the strive
for peace and harmony has to
be a collaborative effort. “As a
child growingup I was brought
into a family that only belie ved
in white supremacy. I always
knew that it was wrong to
treat black people mean, but
that was my surroundings. My
family used to say that Mal
colm X was just another nigger
that was going to get himself
and his people killed for step
ping out of line. So in essence
I grew up thinking that Mal
colm X was a trouble maker
that wanted to kill me. But
now I know better, and I also
understand that he wanted
equality for everyone, and so
do I,” said Heather York, a 35
year old mother and house
wife.
Mark Washington, a
part time theater worker at
Marlow 6 in Temple Hills, MD
said, “MalcolmX’ is still bring
ing in bus loads of people.”
This could mean that America
is well on its way to under
standing that the movie is not
just about a black man fight-
ingfor justice, but also about a
man’s fight to keep America
together.
Although Malcolm X
started with the Nation of Is
lam, after he became discour
aged and realized that there
was actually good in white
killed Malcolm, but rather to
focus on an idea that even the
worst people in the world can
change. And, if we all look at
ourselves and then clean the
filth, Malcolm and every other
searcher for truth’s lives would
not have been lived in vaia,”
said Barbara Draughn, man
ager for Kaiser Permanente.
If nothing else the
movie is informative enough
"America thought they could hide the truth
... by not teaching us about Malcolm X ... and
now the chickens have finally come home to roost."
Darrell Dixon
people as well, he formed the
African-American Unity orga
nization. In his opinion it was
the best way to obtain unity
vrithin, and without, his race.
This was not received well by
the Nation of Islam, and
shortly after Malcolm was as
sassinated. “MalcolmX was a
traitor, and he got exactly
whathe deserved,” said Chris
topher Readdy, a member of
the Nation of Islam.
Many feel that the
CIA and the Nation of Islam
had Malcolm killed. “The
movie is not to find out who
so that the young African-
Americans can finally under
stand who Malcolm X really
was, and why they are wear
ing his name all over their
bodies.
“America thought
they could hide the truth with
a bunch of Hes by not teach
ing us about Malcolm X. Well
it is 1993,28 years after the
assassination of Malcolm X,
and now the chickens have
finally come home to roost,”
said Darrell Dixon, a student
at Elizabeth City State Uni
versity.
Image is the yardstick
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the largest rapper in the en
tertainment industry, and had
a triple platinum selhng suc
cess story.
Choice of image is entirely
left up to the artist. Southern
Hospitahty, a group of gentle-
menfrom down south, displays
a Southern type image such
as the straw hats, and baggy
jeans. Much like new rap
group Arrested Development.
When Rim DMC first began to
wear thick rope chains awhile
back it was orginal says D-
Mack from Southern Hospi
tality. Beside the fact that all
gold was once popular among
rap artists and fans, it also
became the cause of violence,
muggings and murders. This
brings forth the fact that a
negative image can also be
detrimental to the music, rap-
artists and the fans who love
it.
Public Enemy’s rise meant
HAMMER: The no-shirtdancinq
machine. ®
the downfall of the gold chains
and a new black awareness
movement that still lights
rap’s fire. Being black, proud
andinformedbecamehip. And
BLACK POWER was once
again brought to the fore front
for blacks everjrwhere.
The bottom line is that
image always plays a part in
a rapper’s career. It’s the ruler
that measures how much rec
ognition and respect one can
get.