—THE CAROLINA TIMES Sat., Dec. », \%ll
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EDITORIALS t COMMENT
* - - W.
Black English In the Classroom Again
Rises
" That old spector "black English or
sub-standardjf nglish keeps trying to
gather support among some educa
tors as to its value in the classroom
by black and white elementary
school chidren and others. Such gim
mick merely seeks to cripple chil
dren and especially minority chil
dren in this affluent scientific and
technological society and must be
shunned and fought each time it
rears its ugly head.
It is most unfortunate that mil
lions of dollars have been spent seek
ing to make this a viable part of our
curriculum while money-hungry and
power-hungry editors turn the books
into gaudy print for consumption.
Bright young innovators both
white and black, establishment,
white or black and so-called unestab
lishment know that good communi
cation skills such as enunciation,
pronunciation and other verbal skills
written as well as the spoken, help
lead one into better paying and high
er paying job opportunities as well
as numerous other advantages.
Tests are here to stay and will
take on even more significance as
unemployment rises. With the con
tinuing use of tests and their score
implications, all persons, both white
or black as well as other minorities,
must not only use and speak clear
and concise English, but must also
become even more skilled in the
written word.
Black English is indeed not a valid
concept. It can well be put into same
category as Chinese English "no
tickee. no washee;" Indian English
—"How" or Italian English—"mud
der and fodder for mother or fath
er" or the inabilty to pronounce
Students Citizenship Attitudes
Fine student citizenship attitudes
were exhibited by several students
after the recent Jordan-Enloe bas
ketball game.
The cooperative efforts by stu
dents of Enloe High School and the
Raleigh community in helping to
seek out those unruly black stu
dents, guilty of assaulting cheer
leaders from Jordan High School of
Durham should be commended. It is
the best way to help end such ag
gressive and uncalled for behavior
at sports activities in the schools.
The aggressive behavior by sev
eral girls, as well as the spraying
of some type of dangerous material
that caused eye damage to several
cheerleaders and the rolling of their
car was uncalled for and quite un-
Many of the young intellectuals
and liberals in the Democratic fore
front, known primarily as McGov
eraites. have now quietly added
neckties and jackets in personal ap
pearances. Further they have shaved
their beards and stashed their faded
Levis and tennis shoes. According to
reports, even the Democratic girls
have now returned to skirts and bras
that they had long put aside. One
wonders as to reasons.
The non - conformity in clothing
styles have added much to the diver
sities of modern society and helped
to purge out the more traditional
ideas about appearances. However,
there can be no substitute for clean-
Spectator Sports and Hostilities
Recent studies by Jeffrey Gold
stein, Temple University psycholo
gist, reveal that a spectators post
game hostility is greater than his
pre-game hostilty, irrespective of
whether his team won or lost.
Conventional wisdom says that
contact sports have a cathartic effect
in moat viewers, allowing them to
channel aggressions and get rid of
pent-up hostilities. Further, many
questions are rsised by competitive
naas in such sports as Olympics,
Trackmeet sand Ping Pong meets
which tend to subordinate aggres
sons that otherwise find outlets in
armed conflict.
It would seem to be even more
the "W's" or the th's by many other
Anglo-Americans or off set English
by those from Appalachia. In fact,
if one listens closely toSpect Asst.
Kissinger, the mother tongue is ap
parent to a well tuned ear.
Without a doubt, non standard
English may certainly impede a stu
dent's ability and opportunity to ac
quire skills that are basic to success.
I would even perhaps equate it
with reading capacity. The number
of persons who are constanly taking
reading skill improvements point
up the problem of not improving
"fading skills while in school in
many instances. There are those who
may say that even reading is not
important, but any person who does
not read well can point up to any
one why they are pursuing better
reading skills. So it is with your use
of English.
As blacks continue to gain more
political and economic successes, it
will be the well written and well
understood interpretations that will
mete out successes or failures at the
negotiating tables in this affluent
age.
Black students, white students,
establishment or on establishment or
just pain Joe must ever fight the
"money hungry and quick buck"
few educators, while and black who
would continue to cripple children
for generations to come.
The time to get it all together is
at hand. Look through the shallow
ness of the arguments that some
educators may give and fight to
keep black English (so-called) or sub
standard language from over taking
you and you and you.
necessary. Such behavior should
yield gjmishmeut for those guilty of
the disturban&s.
One cannot put it down as pos
sibly racially motivated as both
black and white echeerleaders were
the victims of the treatment. Per
haps it was the hostility that some
times is created by spectator sports.
Nevertheless we commend those stu
dents for their efforts in helping to
roundup the guilty girls.
Basketball is a well liked and
highly participated in sports activity
at the junior and senior high school
level. Students must learn that the
channeling of such aggresive behav
ior against other team members or
cheeleaders cannot be tolerated.
Signs of the Times
liness, good manners and a gracious
attitude.
This sign of the times, perhaps,
reminds us of the notion that clothes
or appearances often proclaim the
man or woman. There are still those
who would argue that the sloppy
appearances may be accompanied by
sloppy logic and fuzzy concepts of
the real issues.
With the job market at its current
level, this should serve as a word
of advice to the wise. Develop good
manners, a gracious attitude and
clean up the personal appearance
and language habits.
It does and will pay off in the long
run for most persons.
valuable if it were applied to fami
nes, especially during the baseball,
football, basketball or what have
you sports season when Daddy re
fuses to bulge from his TV set. To
get along, he should be given time
to unwind.
Lexicographers or dictionary au
thors point out that word "fan" de
rives from "fanatic" and most per
sons know the meaning of a fanatic.
Nevertheless, the psychologist has
proved at last what any long suf
fering spouse already knew that
even the gentle* mate, caught up
in the spirit of • bruising contest,
lay be capable of temporarily rever
ting to primordial nastiness.
'mS INCONCEIVABLE TOME THAT WE WHO HAVE PREVAILED IN SPITE
OF THE BARBARISM OF WHITE PEOPLE SHOULD,
OF THE 20& CENTURY, STAND AS MUTE SPECTATORS TO OUR
OWN DOOM"
ORDE COMBS N.Y. MAGAZINE
21 More Blacks Elected In
Nations State Legislatures
The number of Blacks holding seats in
state legislatures rose by 21 with the
election of 178 Black candidates in the
November 7 election, a survey by the
Joint Center for Political Studies has
shown.
There are now 227 Black state legisla
tors in 38 states, compared to 206 in 37
states before the election.
Of the 227 legislators, 103 are incum
bents re-elected m this month's balloting
49 are incumbents who hold seats which
were not up for contest in this election,
and the remaining 75 are Black who were
not in the previous legislatures.
The figures were compiled by the
Joint Center's research division, with the
aid of a network of JCPS correspondents
throughout the country.
n
The Joint Center foe Political Studies
is a private, non-palilan prganization
which provides research, education and
technical assistance to black and other
minority group elected officials and to
individuals and organizations representing
minority group interest!.
According, to the Center's survey,
Blacks were elected in three states -
Arkansas, Minnesota and Oregon - where
there were none in the previous legisla
tures. The three state representantives
* Congressman
e Hawkins'
* Column
0 By REP AUGUSTUS F. HAWKINS HIM
4 More Rough Years
WHILE standing in line at a Washington super market
the other day, I heard a middle age black man share
his reactiflh to President Nixon's re-election with a younger
friend. "You think we have had it bad man, Just wait. . . the
next four sears gonna be sho-nuff rough." He further ex
pressed the feeling that Nixon was re-elected in spite of
blacks and liberals and not to create new openings for the
black mtoqjity but in fact for "benign neglect." The point 
that he wM attempting to express was his lack of confidence
as a Black American in Nixon. \
we say about the brother's perception? Does
Nixon's performance during the past four years support his
logic? I think his perception is accurate and that Nixon's
past four years of chipping away at whatever advances
have been accomplished in Civil Rights, to turn the clock'
back and reverse progress towards a desegregated educa
tional system, to widen the use of now Illegal police methods
tiwhuHnj wire tapping, bugging and surveillance, attempts to
intimidate and control informational media, Supreme and
Federal Court appointees insensitive to civil rights, defund
ing of new found socioeconomic programs and his refusal to
use the influence of his prestigious office to moderate Hie
extremes of wealth and poverty attest to its accuracy.
Basis For Nixon Landslide
One can best understand or predict the administration's
future position regarding the historical neglect of Black
Americans by analyzing 4 the basis for Nixon's landslide vio
' tory.
What were the issues that served to insure with ease a»-
other four yean of Nlxoqlsm in the White House? They were
busing, splurging, welfare, amnesty, pot and crime. Neither
the Issues or the concerh of the average white AmeriOUtt
were'the real domestic problems facing America today
economic injustice end social disorder,
' There is another issue that too few people are prepared
to admit and deal with, and that Is race. I am convinced that
the Issue of race; although not artibvlated as such, had by
far the most overwhelming Impact on the electttt.- Mo. cop
wants to admit this. But the fact Is an increasing number of
Americans feel threatened by the "Black Plague,!' and te«j
Nixon as the jpan who can control this threat.
This was '.'what Governor Wallace and the America®
Party was all jbout. He not only stood la the doorway of the
rflMPt
THE MOST OAN6EROUS
and one state senator elected in Arkansas
are the first Black legislators in that
state's history.
Other sizeable gains were achieved in
Texas, where there are now nine Black
representatives compared to ohty two
representatives and one senator previosly,
and in Indiana, with Ave new Black
representatives where there were two in
the past legislature.
The largest lots of Black legislators
occurred in Illinois, where redistricting of
multi-member house districts contributed
to the defeat of three incumbents, reduc
ing the number of Black representatives
from 14 to 11.
The number of Black state senators
rose from 37 to 43, an increase of six, or
16 percent. In the lower houses, the
number of Black representatives increased
by 15, or ten percent, from 169 to 184.
, , All but five qf Hw. Black legislators
elected this month are Democrats. Three
state representatives and one senator are
Republicans, and another senator ran on
both Republican and Liberal tickets in
New York City. One senator in New York
ran on Democratic, Republican and Lib
eral 'tickets.. There were 51 Republican
legislative candidates, 247 Democrats and
13 independents or members of other
. parties on the November 7 ballot.
Guinea-Bissau ;
To Seek Its
Independence
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.—
The leader of one of Africa's
most successful liberation
fronts has announced his
bountry's intention to pro
claim its independence from
Portugal. . .
Amflcar Cabral, leader of
the African revolutionaries of
Guinea-Bissau on Afr i c a's
western coast, made that an
nouncement recently before a
session of the General Assem
bly's Committee of Trust and
fcon-Self Governing Terri
tories.
Cabral, who is secretary
general of the revolutionary
African Party for the Inde
pendence of Guinea and the
Cape Verde Island (PAIGO,
told the committee that "we
will proclaim the existence of
our state" by the end of this
year or the beginning of next
year.
As such. Guinea-Bissau will
become the first of the coun
tries on the continent still
under colonial and minority
rule to reach such a stage.
In Angola, Namibia, Mozam
bique, Azania (Soutti Africa)
and Zimbabwe, armed Afri
can guerrillas are also oppos
ing colonial and minority re
gimes with armed struggle.
Cabral also Informed the
UN body that in orler to legi
timize the proclamation, a na
tional assembly has been
formed. "We have hod unl
i versal ahd secret suffrage in
!. all the liberated areas to set
ij up regional governments. Our
first national assembly has
'i 120 representatives, of which
[• 80 are elected from the mass-
I es and 40 among the party
( Hie African revolutionary
explained that the move was
an inevitable one because
''our people are free and sov
ferign over the greater part
r of our national territory." He
I revealed that the forces of
I PAIGG have liberated about
I three quarters of Guinea-Bis-
Continued on page 10A
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| 1 "The New Minorities" :. ,
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Jordkfi
Washington is a tough
town; the kind of place that
quickly forgets men of pro
minence who leave it. But
the coming weeks will see the
departure from the Capitol
•ceoe of three men whose
long-ttme service in the cause
of equal rights can never be
forgp^ten.
Two of these giants of our
time retire from the Congress
- Emanuel Celler and William
M. McCulloch. The other,
Father Theodore M. Hesburgh,
resigned from the United
States Commission on Civil
Rights.
Congressman Celler served
in the House of Represen
tatives for a half century.
When he first went to Was
hington, Warren Harding was
in the White House, the First
World War had been over for
I leas than four years, and black
people were still being lynch
ed and persecuted throughout
the South.
1 Many of the changes since
that time are directly due to
Manny Caller's work. He
helped pass every single civil
rights bill passed in thto cen
tury. • As Chairman of the
powerful House Judiciary
Committee, he used the lever
age of his position to get
things done for working peo
ple and for black people.
Perhaps hb finest hour
came in 1964, when he vastly
strengthened the dvil rights
bill then before the Congress
and helped push it through,
although many people includ
ing those in the White House
felt so strong a bill would not
pass. Celler, a Democrat, had
plenty of help in that struggle
but perhaps no one was more
crucial to the bill's passage
than his colleague from the
republican side of the aisle,
William McCulloch.
McCulloch's leadership pre
vented the dvil rights bill from
becoming a partisan issue. By
providing leadership Repub
lican House members, he in
sured not only passage for the
bill, but also that dvil rights
would be above party politics
and above narrow political ex
pedience. Later, when the
rights of black people became
less fashionable, he stuck to
his guns and continually sup
ported progressive legislation.
Congressmen Celler and Mc-
Culloch performed ably, as a
I ALL TALK
Nasalized
QUESTION: An English
teacher has told ma that I
nasalized my vowel*. What
does aha mean by this and
what aan I do about It?—B.
L.C.
ANSWER: By naaaliilng
vowels (A.EJ.O.U) la meant
that the speaher la letting
too much ot the sound go
through the nose. Proper
vowels are made when the
■aft palate close* the throat
area, so that the emitted
air loea out through the
mouth. The breath for
speech should never go out
of the nose on vowels.'
TO DO something about
this problem, go to a speech
teacher. If you cannot, then
listen to someone reaonate
each vowel eocraetty* and
then with "eul da set" re
■onanoe (the mouth la the
aoundlng oavity), muoh ste
llar to Blowing air ova* e
battle opening.
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team and a Lao as individuals
working separately on specific
issues M importance to mi
norities. They were always
on the side of right and justice.
The third great figure leav
ing Washington, Father Hes
buigh, does so because the
Administration has asked him
to. As Chairman of the Civil
Rights Commission, Father
Hesburgh has been a principled
and vigorous fighter for dvil
rights. While Presidents and
Cabinet officers pointed to the
good things the federal govern
ment was doing, Father "Ted"
was busy putting the spotlight
on how far we have yet to go.
Under his leadership the
Commission developed a repu
tation for tough-minded, ag
gressive Independence. While
other agencies seemed to be
slackening support for civil
rights, the Commission's non
partisan and principled stands
were bright spots in an other
wise dißmal picture.
New accounts say that
Father Hesburgh's support for
busing as a means of desegre
gating the schools led to his
ouster. This is unfortunate,
not only because Washington
desperately needs outspoken
men like Father Hesburgh, but
also because it needs to have
men who can stand up to the
anti-budng steamroller. Ad
ministration policy on busing
is wrong, both educationally
and morally, and the govern
ment cannot stand to be pur
ged of good men who recog
nize this.
I know that Father Hes
burgh will carry on his fight
for civil rights and for busing
outside of official office, as
he did when he was a Com
missioner. This country not
only tolerates economic po
verty but it tolerates poverty
in leadership as well, a poverty
that can only be increased
with the departure from office
of Father Hesburgh.
Too oftfcp we civil
rights movement are so caught
up in the struggle against our
enemies that we forget to
honor our friends. As these
three giants leave Washington,
they should know that they
carry with them the thanks
and the gratitude of number
less black Americans, on
whose behalf they have strug
gled.
Next, Imitate thia person
as nearly as you csn; try to
hear your difficulty. This is
the first step in your pre*
gress. Units* yon hear what
you are aaying, you will nev
er improve. Train your ears
to listen to the difference
between the right and wrong
sounding of vowels.
THIXD, relax the manld
bla (low Jaw), keep the tpu
'gue from humping In the
back unnecessarily, relax
the throat musclai, and try
pronouncing the following
werda: vat, matter, crate,
five, preach, feet, all, oil,
voice, high, |«at. hog, loud,
meat neck, sled, toy, nice,
•to-
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