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By NAOMI McLEAN
Chronicle Columnist
A few years ago, this writer read a
sentence in one of Daniel Webster's
speeches -- a sentence that became one of
the major activating forces in her life.
Webster said, "The most important
thought that ever occurred to me is a sense
of my responsibility to God and to man."
A true evidence is that we have seen
what happens when men disown their
responsibility to God and to man. They
try to ride over other human beings. Us
ing simple terms, they rule God out of
their thinking entirely, and they consider
human beings as nothing but trash piles to
be moved at their will with the determination
to enslave people.
We who have an opportunity to work
with people, and especially younger people,
should stress the quality of responsible
thinking and acting. Our free society
has prospered because it gives people opportunities
and creates an atmosphere in
which they develop initiative and
resourcefulness through the acceptance of
personal responsibility. The upward climb
should be the idea, pointing to a Tact; the
function of a rung on a ladder is not to
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preciative of God's.
Priorities then were also different. Our
main objective was once (of necessity) to
pave the way for those who came after us,
as opposed to our present-day struggle to
pbtain social standing and political pull
for ourselves by climbing the social,
political and corporate ladders of success.
Under such constant social and economic
pressure we have no time for love -- for
our children, for our mates, whose jobs
and/or other involvements take them mn
stantly in different directions; no time for
parents or grandparents who must now be
placed in senior citizen facilities as soon as
they outlive their usefulness to us. And we
wonder why hatin' comes so easy for the
youth of today. It's because they have so
little exposure to love.
, Not too long ago all family members of
different generations gathered each day
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ing Bernard Coard as a "hardline Soviet
Marxist." A group of docile Caribbean
leaders led by Seaga were ordered to back
the invasion. Any evidence of Grenadian
troops who resisted the U.S. Army was
played down by the press, while the
nonexistent "Cuban threat" was blown
out of all proportion. News about
Grenada today is scarce -- and it was only
10 Dercent before. All of the nroerams of
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revolution have been stopped, and
human rights are nonexistent."
Yet another source which explains the
full meaning of the Grenada revolution is
"Maurice Biship Speaks," published by
Pathfinder Press of New York late last
year. Editors Bruce Marcus and Michael
Taber present a collection of speeches and
interviews by the late prime minister that
explain why the New Jewel Movement
was able to come to power over he
U.S.-backed Gairy dictatorship. Bishop
himself repeatedly warned Americans that
their government would inevitably try to
regain control over his nation by military
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the death penalty wouldn't turn
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white votes will see to that.
Reagan is already talking about more
cuts in programs that affect poor people
and the elderly. I would hate to think
what would happen if he is re-elected for
four more years and won't have to worry
about being elected again. I really don't
understand why they don't have the intelligence,
or I should say common sense,
to see this.
What the black people and the
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provide a resting place, but rather to give
a footing for the upward climb, emphasizing
a person who is satisfied with himself
and his present attainments is in grave
danger. A true fact is the person who
stands still and refuses to look at himself
squarely and who has no desire to improve
himself and his work is already on
the downward road.
it can be explained very well to take
time to meditate quietly because Divine
intelligence directs the action of every
function which is important concerning
personal responsibilities and the upward
climb. Too, it must be realized the importance
of being still, acknowledging Goci's
presence, as everywhere we turn we see
evidence of His creative genius and
manifestations of His spirit that seem like
personal messages designed especially for
us. We can say we love this world -- its
sunshine, its shadows, its variations, its
hospitality because it certainly reveals
God's work and not man's.
Therefore, beautifully describing factors
so important concerning personal
responsibilities for self-help and moving
foWard will help others to understand
weli that God is important for thinking
entirely.
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for the evening meal at least, if not for
breakfast as well. There was also mandatory
grace before meals and bedtime
prayers which kept the lines of communication
open between God and family.
This formed a strong healthy root
from which to develop and a solid foundation
on which to build.
Today's two working parent family has
no time for breakfast, is too physically,
mentally and psychologically drained to
bother with dinner and has no central
pivotal point. The result is fragmentation,
frustration and disorientation which produces
hyper "street people" -- especially
among our youth ? with no sense of
belonging, no sense of responsibility and
a warped sense of values. In such a f
shallow, confused society, love, tolerance
and sacrifice wax cold and hatin' comes
easy.
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force.
The real achievement of the Grenadian
revolution, as "Maurice Bishop Speaks"
illustrates, was more than an increase in
material benefits and human needs programs.
It was, in Bishop's words, the expansion
of the very concept of
democracy: "people's participation, people
Vpolitics ... and peopfe's cooperatives
for collective development."
The government's National Youth
Organization and National Women's
Organization brought thousands of youth
and women into the political process. The
various levels of government mandated
"the twin nrincinles nf arrnnntahilitv anH
responsibility" between leaders and the
masses. An excellent introduction to
Bishop's political thought, this book also
illustrates the reason why the U.S. was so
threatened by the Grenada revolution.
Dr. Manning Marable teaches political
sociology at Colgate University in
Hamilton, /V. Y.
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dangerous offenders loose- -- binding
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state killing does. The death penalty
violates the human rights standards to
which our society should aspire.
John Jacob is president of the National
Urban League.
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Democratic Party alike should do is support
the person they think has the best
chance of defeating Reagan in November.
If the Rev. Jesse Jackson was really
serious about helping the poor people, he
would take the money he is spending campaigning
and give it to some of the soup
kitchens around the country. I'm sure
they could use it.
Peter D. Williams
Winston-Salem
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