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Black, Whites Disagree
Racial Progress
jNNPA News Service
majority of white
Americans feels that the
racial problems dividing
the country for so long
have largely disappeared.
Blacks, however, believe
that much more must be
done before the two races
can be considered truly
equal in today's society,
according to atr ABC
News-Washington Post
poll released recently.
v The poll covered major
areas of racial relations in
America including
discrimination, prejudice,
education, violence,
xeligion and marriage and
family life. Responding to
questions on an
agreedisagree basis, more
than sixty per cent of the
blacks queried believe that
they are discriminated
against by the police; 64
that black problems are
only recognized by the
government after
(fcmonstrations and
Violence; and more than
half feel they are
discriminated against in
attaining skilled labor and
managerial jobs and
wages as well as housing.
Almost three out of four
blacks feel that they are
not achieving equality
because whites don't want
them to.
The sharp division bet
ween black and while at
titudes is clearly illustrated
in . the contrasting beliefs
concerning the string of
murders in Atlanta: 57
of the whites say the
crimes are the work of
isolated criminals acting
on their own; an laenocai
percentage of blacks feels
the incidents are part of a
conspiracy of some group
against blacks.
Many whites feel the
country's racial problems
have almost been solved
and that further progress
will only come from
blacks themselves. Blacks,
on the othei hand, ex
pressed feelings of despair
and fear that economic
and social pressures con
tinue to hold them back.
Blacks and whites do
agree, ' however, that
sweeping changes in
America's racial relations
have occurred in the last '
twenty years; in 1964 some
72 of Americans
described their own
neighborhood as "all
white," while only 42
make the claim today. Six
ty per cent of blacks feel
the quality of their lives
has gotten better in the
last decade, and that
positive feeling spans age,
education and income
demographic groups.
Moreover, the poll's
findings that younger
blacks are more positive
about themselves and that
younger whites are more
sympathetic to racial pro
blems is, perhaps, the
most hopeful finding of
the future.
ABC News and the
Washington Post . inter
viewed 1,872 black and
white Americans from
February 26, 1981 to
March 6, 1981.
i Kenned) Reports To
I NCM Po licy holders
-r. North Carolina
Mutual's assets increased
by more than $6 million in
1980 and the company's
insurance in force figure
reached $5.58 billion dur
ing the year.
These figures were
among the highlights of
I98fr reported recently by
NCM president W.J. Ken
nedy, III, at the com
pany's 82nd annnual
policyholder's meeting.
Kennedy, who is also
NCM's chairman and
chief executive Officer,
told the policyholders that
North Carolina Mutual
continues to progress in
most areas of its opera
lions ' despite "an un
friendly economic en
vironment." At the end of 1980,
NCM's assets were $190.9
million, insurance in force
$5.58 billion, an increase
j?f $450 million, and total .
income was $73 million,
oiiip $3.8 million from 1979.
ic, Kennedy told the
policyholders that the
company's financial
figures do not reflect the
efforts expended in install
ing NCM's ;new manage
ment information system.
This system, which will
completely update and
modernize record keeping
oeprations, will not be
completed until late 1981
or early 1982.
The company has sign
ed agreements to purchase
two Williamsburg,
Virginia radio stations,
Kennedy reported. The
company has also ac
quired 96 per cent of the
stock of American Capital
Life Insurance Company
of Washington, D.C
Another highlight of
1980, Kennedy said, was
the three sales represen
tatives who each sold'
more than $2 million of
insurance. This was the
first time in the company's
history that the $2 million
sales plateau had been
reached.
Pull pockets of heavy
garments inside out for faster
and more even drying, whether
drying by machine or on the
clothesline.
A bowl of red and golden
Delicious apples and a plate
of mild-flavored Camembert
or Brick, cheese will top off
any meal.
Don King
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(men who arc taken care
of by boxers) whose only
job was to wipe the sweat
off the ever-tired boxers'
faces. It is apparent to me
now that, TV can and will
destroy a man's image.
Mr. King did not appear
to be able to stand at a
podium and give a speech,
or be conscious Of and
sensitive to black people's
needs.
.Mr. King currently, in
my opinion, is what a
great majority of . our
black millionaires are not,
that is being rich arid Will-.
ing to share his wealth and
never forgetting his past.
Mr. King did not follow
the American pattern for
becoming a millionaire.
He is to be praised for
(bis. He has achieved
something that most per
sons of all races, educated
f$the fullest, will never
achieve. Mr. King should
continue helping black
people and keep hjs sen
sitivity and he will always
be looked up to by me.
On the other hand, in
my opinion, Mr. King is
ft$t needed as a speaker at
colleges. U is my belief
that he is needed most ser
ving in our cities' high
schools. My reason for
believing this is that most
persons in college have
already gotten away from i
the hopeless states of mind
that life in the ghetto lures
persons into. There are
not numbers runners' or
many ex-convicts in col
leges. Most college
students are able to deter
mine their own destiny
and are surrounded by
and constantly come into
contact with excellent role
models.
On the other hand, high
school students can be
potential numbers runners
or convicts because of lit
tle or no guidance. Some
students come from
fatherless homes and
seldom come into contact
with a real role model
other than those living in,
and surviving directly off
the ghetto.
I believe that Mr. King
should be informed that
he is desperately needed in
these areas. Mr. King is
not needed solely because
he has a similar social
background, but because
his life story is an excellent
example of how ' black
children should never give
up no matter how rough
the streets and life in the
ghettos get. Don King's
life story should be told to
all of society's troubled
(and non-troubled) black,
white and other children
over and over and over
again, as are other sup
posedly relevant heroic
epics.
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