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VIEWPO PP ml ~ "-TK^irW The Equal Rights Amendment verv simnlv - ~.j rv "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United Statesor by any state on account . of sex." It seems strange that such aft idea would have^ to be legislated this late in the twentieth century, but that is the case. "AH men are created equal" meant literally that to our founding fathers, and even the fourteenth amendment did not extend rights to women. _ _ - - . / People who oppose the ERA warn of catastrophic consequences to its passing, but in states such as Maryland and Pennsylvania who have passed state ERA amendments, life seems to be going on pretty much as usual, and the rest rooms still say "men" on one door and "women" on the other. One thing that the ERA would do is eliminate a number of disciminatory laws in one sweep, instead of requiring legislatures to ferret them out one by one. An example Time for I The night of Thanksgiving Eve, the normally deserted parking spaces along Fifth Street and Liberty Street accomodated almost as many cars as they would have ~dunhg The daytime. Because of a gala ball at the Hyatt House and a new discotheque on Liberty Street, many of these cars belonged to blacks. Their presence on the downtown scene vividly demonstrated the potential role Winston-Salem's black community can play in the 4 'revitalization" of downtown. Unlike other segments of the population, it is not necessary to reacquaint blacks with downtown. In large measure, black consumers and workers support downtown. - - As the mayor and oiher cliy officials undertake to rally public support here^ and outside the city towards strengthening downtown, we suggest that the red carpet t - ? - - - oe extended to black citizens, not just as consumers forced downtown because of the lack of shopping facilities in the eastern part of the city, but as entrepreneurs and full partners in economic growth. We trust that travels to other cities, such as the current trip to the National League of Cities by the Mayor and several aldermen, will awaken our government to innovative approaches being used jn other cities to stimulate minority development of stores and other r?? 1 i i i in ill ' l-n ? 19 I L A fc Stanley ! #Tf :? j j |jjj Is inflation putting a ml r~?Z BJH IK$ilJ damper on the Christmas |j WT. Sill P? spirit? Chronicle Camera I ^li ifi nSr asked persons- at the l!i ? j&t! downtown bus stop at 4th ft?y 1 ~t t tSffi! anc* Liberty Street whethlii ifi SS er r^s^n8 prices would K j# 'Mi affeect their holiday Si - D tfffi plans. Here's what they li! I /! lL H said, ifi IP Mike Stanley--"I can't j||| jfj ' j ? ? get as much as 1 would III . I pr have. I looked at some |i 1>| ^ pants the other day that pi I i j j. fe were S25, now they're [MllA).\yVyk A rM s^7John w. Davis--" Well, inflation is going to make it kind of tough. You can't get nothing. Things are just sky high--food and everything else." Rosalyn Albright--"Prices are going up; toys are higher. I'm a working parent with one child. It's not too bad for me perL " 0 ' > ' * * INTS 4 tveryooay of such a law is North Carolina's ruling on "Domicile", which contends that a wife's legal residence is the state in which her husband resides. Using this concept the state is trying to collect income tax from a woman who lives and works in Illinois, simply because her husband is a North Carolinian. If the situation were reversed, they would not tax the man. ions tuutcimug wumcn vary rrom state to state in such variety that it is reminiscent of the pre-Civil War "slave states" and "free states". It behooves a woman to investigate state laws before she moves- or marries a resident of another state-- because in doing so she might J lose some of her rights. < It is unfair for states to have ''special laws" for women, which differ from state to state. The concept of human rights is too important to be left to the whims of a state legislature. Equal rights for everybody ought to be the law of the land. '? F Partnership businesses abandoned in center cities. As we note the need for black involvement for the betterment of the overall community, our thought turn to another event held during the holiday weekend in which the efforts of blacks to enhance the image of our city 1170?*A * ? - ^ ?A m nviv juicij KicMiig in support irom the overall community. . ? We refer to the. successfully begun effort of the Winston-Salem State University Ram football team to achieve a national championship in Division II of the National Collegiate Athletics Association. The Rams beat Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo 17-0 before a paltry crowd of less than 7,0007~ Athletic director Clarence E. "Big Housel'-Gaines noted^that^he^could probably count the number of whites present onliis two hands and two feet. . Championship caliber performance at any level of competition is no easy feat. Yet there appears to be the attitude that a 1 -10 Wake Forest team is much more deserving of support than an 11-0 Ram team. The callous indifference to the magnificent Ram success strikes us as racism of the worst sort. We look forward to the day when blacks and blackcontrolled Institutions are considered full partners in the mainstream of our community life. " Davis ^ A"' |; sonally, but it's got to 1 have some impact. For instance, the "Big Carpenter wheels" that were $14 last year are now $19 and some models that were iife- $30 are now as high as r *? ?4Ta?_ i i ivua vu|ivnivr" 11 5 V got to have some impact " ^ j|i because it's taking money out of my pocket. All the toys are going uo. . j They're getting outra- Bennett geous with the prices. I won't be able to get too many Christmas pres M&" * ' Theresa Benett--"I can't get what 1 want because jm ^ prices are too high. ^ ^ Jw clothes, especially. Pants v k that were $9.99 are now f ~ J] $15.99 and shoes that used to cost $10.00 are now up to $40 and $50. Albright _y * ^ ' : ' ^ \ * editorials ?? ? ??*??*.iVI#I,.%%%%S,.,.,.#?W.\VI,#,.V.,.V. if \Get1 _^r! Ale |^Dr. James P. Comer [James P. Comer and AJvin F. Poussalnt are psychiatrists and the authors of the book "Black Child Care/' Dr. Comer Is professor of child psychiatry and associate dean for student affairs at Yale University School of Medicine. Dr. Poussalnt is associate professor of psychiatry and associate dean for student affairs at Harvard medical School.] Dear Dr. Comer: 1 am black and a grandmother of four lovely children, ages 4 through 12 years. I feel that my two sons and daughters-in-laaw give their children too much. Thev say that they can afford it and the children should have some of the things they couldn't. 1 have noticed that even poor black families try to give their children too much, especially toys at Christmas time. Why? Is it good for the children? F.B. Dear F.B.: The most important thing parents can give children is the kind of time and relationship which will help them grow into socially skillful* competent and reponsible adults. A moderate amount of such material things as toys, clothes and vacations isn't harmful if the parents are interactintheir children in a way which develops healthy attitudes. But there.is'a limit.. In some homes every "nook and cranny" is filled with children's things. In some of these cases, plarents have substituted material things for real interest and involvement with their children. Giving children whatever they want can be a way of trying to buy affection, which never really works. It can also be a way of avoiding a painful showdown with a child, of having to say no to excessive wants. Chttdren are not-born knowing how to share, "be reasonable and responsible people. They must learn and develop these characteristics from the adults around them. Heaping gifts upon children works against development of good character traits. A child who gets whatever he wants can become selfish and may feel that the world owes him something. Children need to hear that you don't buy something every time you walk into a store. They will say, "Mary's ft Speaking Oi It was during^ the fall of Children's Home Society 1972 when I first met demanding to know what Estelle Williamson Pritch- efforts were being made on ^tt. She was a dainty little behalf of children. She slack lady, neatly dressed, "listened intently as I exDbviously not a highly edu- plained our statewide adopted person but one wise tion program and our spefrom life's experiences of - cial~efforts to find permaabout 65 years. She was nent homes for older childpoised, very determined, ren now in the limbo of with an air of quiet and long-term foster care. The simple dignity. 4 expression on her face mirMrsv Pritchett told me she rored her paftr as ^he was born to parents who identified with the needs of could not care for her and these children. She had had "given me away". already visited'several othDuring her childhood er agencies and child care years, she moved from institutions to learn about foster family to foster fam- their programs. On this ily. The limbo of not first visit, she did not say belonging had been both why she had come. painful and difficult for her. Several days later, she She longed for a perma- invited me to her little t nent home like other child- home. It was a small home, ren. immaculately clean. With When she reached teen- much pride she showed me age years, though she lack- her nicknacks and told me ed education and felt the how each one had come to effects of a deprived child- her. Many were given by hood, she found work as a friends and the families for domestic, devoting her life whom she had worked. She to taking care of the child- revealed a little book in ren of families for whom which monthly payments she worked. She remained on her home had been in North Carolina for a meticulously recorded. She i while and then went "tin showpH m#? uarH lr?w. I north". She married Wil- ingly kept. She shared her bert Pritchett, was widow- experiences with children, ed, with no children born to her involvement with het her. Then, 25 years ago, church and friends, she began a pattern of It was not until I was working for families "up leaving that learned why north" during the fall, win- she asked me to visit. Since ter and spring, returning she had no blood relatives "home" to North Carolina to inherit her possessions, during the summer she was considering a bemonths. She carefully sav- quest to the agency. She ed her money for summer asked many questions avacations . She managed about the procedures necto buy a small home, her essary to naming the Childhaven. * ren's Home Society in her \ Mrs. Pritchett came to the wfj| s^e wanted her legacy \ columns? A ; ^ m I >ng8 Dr. Alvin F. Poussaiat^r ? ' i mother bought her one!" They need to be told in a kind way that you don't d? something just because somebody else does. Parents should explain that they buy useful and fun things when thev can afford them and after thpv o J J have bought all the things they need. There is a first generation middle income trap here. ? _ Mos middle income blacks are of the first generation. People who have been very poor often like to prove to themselves and others that they've made it. People who are still poor often try to make up for it with a big day for children on the holidays. Without being fuHy aware of it. some blacks try to compensate for the race-related problems their children face with material things. While these reactions are very human and understandable, they are not very helpful. Millions of middle income Americans are over their heads in debt because they received too many material things as children and think they need them now. Since it is no Ionizer true that a good education will guarantee a well-paying job, such needs are even more troublesome. Children of middle income families who become accustomed to the excessive good life today may discover that they can't afford it tomorrow.-- Childhoodpreparation for reasonable spending is more important iv/uuT man UviU1C. Parents and grandparents who grew up with very few material things sometimes have unrealistic ideas about how much is reasonable and what is excessive. And being excessively tight can create as many problems as buying too many material things. The proof of the pudding is in the behavior of children. If they are able to share, handle frustration and disappointment reasonably well/relate to and have good attitudes towards others* there is little cause for concern. You might discuss these goals with your sons and daughters-in-law. That way they can be more aware of promoting them as their children enjoy the material things they can afford. Dr. Comer [If you have any questions for the doctors, send your letter to, 4'Getting Along," care of this newspaper.] mxtimsam. t:;:, Ruth McCracken I to spare children the limbo heart attack after boarding she knew. I suggested she a bus to return home after talk with an attorney to visiting friends. It did not carry out her intent. As I surprise me that she had ' left, she remarked to me, asked that-her body be "please don't let another transferred to a medical child suffer." school to teach medical We talked oir the tele^ studentsT and heF eyes phone several times before were willed to the eye bank, she left to go back "up I visited her little apartnorth". Several letters ment to which she had came from her asking what moved after selling her our agency was currently home. doing for children. I re- It was immaculate and all plied each time until my her Measures were ill place, last letter was returned, As I'stood there, I rememmarked "no forwarding ad- bered the little lady who dress". Then, nothing had described each of her further was heard from possessions with dignity her. In late August 1978, and pride. The Children's Home Soci- 0ne cannot help but be - - - % 1 i ? __ . a n* ? ? ? - eiy was noimea oy tne ,l,uvcu ttna awea Dy tnis Clerk of The Superior Court little lady and the magnithat the agency had been tude of her life's plan. She named in the will of Estelle was a caring person, meanPritchett. Through her ingful to so many whose will, she bequeathed every- liyes she touched. Even thing she had to the agency though her early life was to be used for, "the benefit tragic, she had, somehow, and rearing of under- privil- ga>ned strength and pureged children." Pose- Her le8acy to children now fulfills her plea tc I later learned that Mrs. me---,"please don't let aPritchett suffered a fatal nother child suffer." r _ \ The Winston-Salem Chronicle 1 Founded 1974 I Ernest H. Pitt Editor & Publisher I Ndubltl Egemonye Ituc Carree n Co-Founder General Manager John W. 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