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Musical Notes
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Declaring that she would
never entertain in South
Africa again until segregation
barriers against the black majority
population are removed,
singer Millie Jackson's statement
was warmly applauded
by a number of United Nations
Ambassadors.
As the guest of Ambassador
Oumarou Youssoufou, executive
secretarv of the
Organization of African Unity,
representing all black nations
on the African continent,
and a number of black UN
dignitaries, Jackson was firm
in her support for the 20
million black residents who
live under an apartheid
government and their struggles
to obtain freedom. Several
years ago Jackson played in
South Africa and since has
been the target of a boycott by
. many black nationalist
groups.
"Everybody makes
mistakes and should be
forgiven once they
acknowledge the errors of
their ways," said Youssoufou
after Jackson's announcement.
As a result of Jackson's
apology, Youssoufou urged
the boycott against her to
Ask Yolondq
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Dear Yolonda: I've had a lot
my life. I spent most of my youn
detention. When I finally won r
California to follow an" did trtf
together for a short time, but he
me move back home. After I gc
find a job, so all I did was \
friends. 1 started doing drugs an
After a few months, my moth
on me and put me out, so I starte<
I despise. He's old enough to b
and he treats me like dirt. He ci
acts like I'm his maid. I know he
but without him, I'd be out on t
Several months ago I was fe
jected, so I tried to kill myself. I
but I didn't take enough; I guess
nerve. I've stopped eating and I'i
one would believe this, but I use*
I used to have more boyfriend
other girls in my class. .
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can't stand to look at the man I
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have a big problem.
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James Victor Gbeho, ambassador
from Ghana, a
member of the Committee
Against Apartheid, also praised
her actions. "While we
don't want to kill the arts," he
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said, "we nevertheless con
demn any performer, black or
white, who works in South
Africa, which only furthers
the government's purpose in
perpetuating their vicious
system of institutionalized
racism."
Confessing that she had no
idea that when she entered the
country, she automatically
became an "honorary white
person," Jackson, a singer of
sassy and risque songs whose
lyrics titillate her vast female
following, promised to join
any group of performers aiming
to do a benefit to aid the l
blacks of South Africa. r
Now that her name is
removed from any nationwide
boycott list, she joins Harry
Belafonte, Lena Home, Stevie
Wonder, The Jacksons and
Diana Ross, who've turned
down millions of dollars to appear
in Sun City, a separate
homeland set up by the
government, but not recogniz*
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of bad luck all of Dear Sandra:
g years in juvenile right, but the bi
dca&4, 1 moved to now seem overv
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ended up making to halt your self
>t here, 1 couldn't A local social
tang around with mediately call )
d alcohol a lot. health for a ref
er turned her back gram. A coun
d living with a man substance abuse
e my grandfather, munity.
alls me names and It's going to t<
's trying to use me, around, but I h
:he streets. have done it, ar
eling hurt and retook
some aspirin,
I couldn't find the Introducing t
n thin as a rail. No
i to be very pretty. Dear Yolond
s than any of the habit of ignorini
and associates, *
tnow what to do. I years, when we1
'm living with. He visible.
Vhat should I do? I Ironically, he
out of his way l
that I don't con
Sandra A., V.W. p
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Philip Bailey's new hit single, "I
ed by any country in the
world.
Actor Ossie Davis, a
member of the ami-apartheid
group, said the intention of
v I'm sick'
Vou've got some big problems, all
ggest is that they've piled up and
whelming to you. You're going to
d help to solve your problems and
-destructive behavior,
worker said that you should im^our
city's department of mental
erral to a self-help treatment proselor
there can tell you about
and housing progams in your comake
a ton of resolve to turn your life
lope you keep in mind that others
id you can, too.
he Wife
a: My husband has an annoying
g me when we're around his friends
\lthough we've been married seven
re in public, I might as well be intreats
his secretary better. He goes
o introduce her to everyone. I guess
int.
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the organization fighting
racism in South Africa was not
to deprive Jackson of her right
to work, but to have her
realize the seriousness of the
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situation. Now that this has
been done, she can be
forgiven, he added.
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