Give Extra Servi<
\Ve have read during ihe early years that there was a
law which gave a traveler who had lost his way the right
to compel the first person he met to go with him one mile
and put him on the right path to reach his destination. If
that person went with the travelet more than one mile, he
did so voluntarily and out of the spirit of helpfulness.
' We, of course, don't have any such law today, but the
spirit which lies back of the law is as applicable now as it
was in the days gone by. If a person does only what he is
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compelled to do and then retreats within himself, he is
bound to become selfish and completely frustrated,
oock-watchers and time-servers are numbered among
th'6se who go just the. first mile. They do not realize they
shut their eyes to a thousand opportunities to go the second
mile -- to give extra service, to help others who need
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workmen. There were only 4,706 black physicians and
^,''80 black lawyers in the U.S. in 1960. Most black
businesses consisted of "mom and pop" grocery stores,
barbershops and funeral parlors. "With the passage of
federal legislation promoting affirmative action ancTcivil
fights, opportunties for racial development were created
itf both the public and private sector.
By 1977, 21 percent of all black families had incomes
between $15,000 and $24,999, and another 9 percent
earned $25,000 or more. Twenty-four black-owned banks
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bl2ck-owned_and operated businesses exceeded $145
Billion in 1982.
The essential problem with this "Horatio Alger" saga
of black success is that these islolated examples do not
ifihke the general rule. Of the quarter million black >.
OWned business in the U.S., for instance, only 1,060 have
a'>york force of 20 or more employees. Four-fifths of all
tflack businesses do not have a single paid employee. Affirmative
action has supposedly created a new, dynamic
btick middle class ? but recent census data do not
validate its existence. About 9.4 million white family
heads earn at least $35,000 annually, while only 375,000
black families earn that figure out of a black population
6f|28 million.Only three-fourths of one percent of all
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The intrusion of self-righteous, self-appointed arbiters
of morality into national decision-making is not new
Just as they were opposed in the past, so too must they be
6pposed today. If such groups abandon their extremists
slurs on their opponents, public debate would take place
?ri; a higher plane, with ideas contending-in the
democratic marketplace instead of intoleraqj slanders.
Again, as Sen. Kennedy put it: "I hope for an America
where we can all contend freely and vigorously - but
where we will treasure and guard those standards of
civility whteh alone make this nation safe for both
democracy and diversity."
u John Jacob is president of the National Urban League.
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Celebration From Page A 4
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1983 have brought on can be put to rest with some pleasant
holiday memories. Let's plan for a natural high to
take us into 1984, so that we may look back on it as having
been far better for black people than 1983.
What a celebration that will be.
Fire Prevention FromPageA2
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Many families use traditional Christmas lighting that
has been in the familv for vears. is used each ^acnn and
put away without a second thought. Inspect light strings
and electrical decorations carefully for loose cords,
cracked sockets and other hazards before use.
-Have a merry ~ and fire-safe -- holiday.
\>This column is brought to you weekly as a public ser-'
vice of the Chronicle and the Winston-Salem Fire Department.
For further information, call Assistant Fire Marshal
Mary Johnson at 727-2492.
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to various conventions, a tireless worker for various
Democratic candidates, a civic- and community-minded
individual, a dedicated church worker, and many other
contributions too numerous to mention here.
r Mrs. Parmon is a well-respected, dedicated and interested
human being and deserves to be the chairman of
opr local party. I am confident that she will do the job extremely
well, and I will support her in this quest. I urge
atad encourage all Democrats in the city and county to do
likewise.
i Larry Womble
Southeast Ward Alderman
;e To Others
Concerning our work, whatever it may be, we should
realize it is the person who keeps his eyes and ears open
for opportunities to give extra service who is soon promoted
to a higher position. If, in our work, we do
nothing beyond what ministers to our own selfish ends,
we make no contributions to the enterprise as a whole.
In the issues that confront us all, the call is for men and
women of righteousness, of courage, of patience and of
layalty. We can best serve right now by doing our best in
the positions of trust and responsibility we fill. Everytime
the second mile is taken to help others, that second mii#? u
helping us. No one can do better work without at the
same time bettering himself.
If you are an employee, it should be realized the more
you have to be supervised, the more your employer has to
pay for that supervision; also, you have to pay more. The
less supervision required, the less you have to pay for
supervision.
The person who knows that he can work with the
minimum of supervision is the one whose pay goes up
and who is given added responsibilities. At the same time,
the second mile is being taken, and each time a second
mile is taken, we are climbing upward; we are taking the
higher step on the ladder which helps us to understand
better the meaning of life.
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black households earn over $50,000 annually. As of three
years ago, S48,000 white males reported personal incomes
in excess of $75,000. Only 4,000 black men and
fewer Than 500 black women earned this figure ^mostly
professional athletes, celebrities, physicians and a few
token administrators.
The number of blacks who are heino rnrr#?ntiv frain^
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in the professions instill pitifully smalls A profile of the
1981-82 recipients of doctorates in the U.S. illustrates the
problem. Only 1,133 of the 31,048 Americans receiving
doctorates in the U.S. illustrates the problem. Only 1,133
of the 31,048 Americans receiving doctorates were black,
about 3.6 percent of the total. The vast majority of them,
850, or 75 percent, were concentrated in two fields,
education and social sciences. Only 29 of the 3,348 doctorates
in the physical sciences were Afro-Americans. In
advanced mathematics, six out of 720; engineering, 20 of
2,644; and in the growing field of computer sciences, only
one out of 220 doctorates. Thus, despite blacks' advances,
there is still no viable black middle class - only an
elite of individuals with illusions about their wealth and
the nature of the larger society. ?
Dr. Manning Marable teaches political sociology at *
Colgate University in Hamilton, M, Y.
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