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QuotasTAnd
Affirmative Actions
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The controversy over affirmative action programs and employment
quotas has posed difficult questions for many groups that are
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Hi MUlUVllUt U1UVO 111 tllC dli iur suciai cnange. wnat exactly are
quotas? Are they ever justified? Do they endanger social progress, or
enhance minority advancement? For the first time since the begin_ ntngs
of the civil righis movement, blacks and Jews round themselves
on -opposite sides, of a sociai policy issue. Quotas alicP presented
* problems to the strong alliance between the labor movement and the
black community. ,
The Educational Fund is currently, coordinating a series of
discussions whieh should resolve differences in the approach to the
enforcement of anti-discrimination^ legislation. The participants include
the NAACP, Urban League, American Jewish Cotw?p*.?
American Jewish Committee, Anti-Defamation League, and Jewish
" labor Committee. It is expected that the formula developed by these
groups, which represent the broad mainstream of the black and
Jewish communities, can adequately deal with discrimination while
rejecting quotas and retaining the principle of merit.
We May Be Our
Own Worst Enemy
One of the easiest attitudetor a black person to take is to tell himself
-?that somebody is holding him hark. One of the most difficult question
for a black person to answer is the question: Who is that person
holding you back? Is it possible that the black person is actually
holding himself down withput knowing it? Is it possible that the inroad
into black community that some consider negative and unprogressive
because we have not really address ourselves to them.
Yet for the comfort of our own souls we tell ourselves everyday that?
the man is holding us down. True, you cannot honestly wipe out in one
stroke the inquities of the past nor can we deny that wrongs have been
done to all of us. What we want to tear down is the wrong notion held by
some that somebody else is holding us down.
> We are not worse than any other race in the way we live but we are
probably the most divided race on the face of the earth. Who but
ourselves can unite~us?~Isnt Trot-true that in unity lies our hopa_oL _
greatness and progress. We have studied the whiteman and probably
now know how to live with him. I^et us now study ourselves and know
how to live with ourselves. For in the final analysis our own worst
enemy may turn out to be ourselves.
Wheivwe don't register to vote we are being our own worst -enemy
beeause we^are^ out-of our own doing, exehid|pg our voice from being?
heard. Whe'n we call one person uncle Tom and the other person uncle
Yesterday, v?ej&re dividing ourselves and denying one another a
c hance for cooperation. And when we stab one another in the back we
are dofhg nothing but demonstrating that we are a divided people. A
progressive people need the cooperation of all for the attenment of her
goals.
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Equality is measured in paychecks, shelter, schools, medical care the
things of day to day concern to working people. Despite noteworthy
progress, the income of the average black family is still only 60 per
cent of that of whites. Blacks are much more likely to live in the most
deplorable slums, attend inferior schools, and suffer from inadequate
medical care. The struggle for equality is two-fold: it helps develop
and makp hnnnlar hrftoH r~? - -1 " *
?>v?u pi ugianid iui cuunuimc cnange ana u serves
as advocate for the specific parts of this broad program. G
Discrimination and prejudice, which are so fundamental and personal
to the black experience, are by no means limited to blacks. They
are a familiar part of daily experience to peoples of all colors and all
religions all over the world. % < ~
Those who have suffered from discrimination should be the first to
speak out in the defense of other persecuted and oppressed peoples.
Thus the Institute has always come to the assistance of such groups as
Soviet Jews, Mexican Americans and the State of Israel.
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CRIME 1
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Crimes against women have
increased to alarming proportions.
W<nrrerr- are?becoming?
increasingly reluctant to venture
outside their homes - at night or
even in broad daylight. Attendance
in women's civic clubs has
failpn; mprrhants have noticed a
decrease in female patrons
during certain hours of the day;
restaurants and night clubs have
felt the decline. And still \the
number of crimes against women
' increases. Women are terrorized
by criminals on the streets, invaders
entering their homes, and
by "offensive, obscene, and
threatening telephone calls.
It is-necessary to further the
counterattack against crime.
You can help. By assisting your
fellow citizen against criminals
and by supporting the law at all
times, you can do your part in the
fight against criminal activities.
By reducing your own chance of
Becoming a victim, you reduce
crime.
-Choose well lighted bu? stops
and street, staying near the curb
and avoiding alleys and shrubbery.
-Invite a friend to walk with
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21 at the Jetway Shopping Center.
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-If approached by stranger, run | . .
to center of street,- and don't The dhrOtllCie
hesitate to call for help. 5 .
-A dog on a leash-is a good 71 welcomes letters ?*
deterent to the criminal. | _ |
-Be extra cautious of elevators, tO the Editor | ^
and stairways of office and ! A c L. .
apartment KnTMiifgs I Oil Ally &UQjeCt? | _ =
-I .eave work and meetings with | I
others, watch each other to car. J J mwmt h*>
'-Refrain from displaying large | musi ue
sums of money when shopping. J Signed with
-Don't leave your purse un- I "j- , attended
on store counters, | address BTld |
shopping carts or fitting rooms. nUnnt> number
-Be alert to the possibility of { pnone numovr
crime. I ' '
-Utilize the Emergency I ? ^
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each intersection in - Winston
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POLICE AND FIRE) t ' ? '
-Tools For Defense - An aersol | WinstOJl-^Etleffl
spray, a plastic lemon filled with | ^
ammonia, a plastic whistle, hat 5 S
pin, combs and nail files can be Chronicle
used for your protection.
-LIGHT and NOISE are the | |
best deterents to the CRIMINAL. | p0 Box 3154
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Editor-in-chief Ernest H. Pitt
Society editor Linda Murrell
Business editor.....Charles T. Byrd Jr. <
Publisher ....Ndubisi Egemonye
Opinions expressed by columnist in this newspaper do not necessarily
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