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By DAVID R. RANKIN
Chronicle Staff Writer
The Chronicle recently polled
area residents and asked them if
they believe in the death penalty
and if they think the death penalty
will cut down on the number of
crimes in which people get killed.
James Dillard, city employee:
"I don't believe in the death
penalty, and I don't necessarily
think that it will stop people from
Rilling anyone."
John Tate, IMC Fertilizer Co.
employee: t4I believe in the death
penalty. They call it justice. That
(the death penalty) is not going to
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By DR. CHARLES FAULKNER
I Syndicated Columnist
1 enjoyed this conversation
with my friend Steve and would
like to share it with you. Indeed,
this was a learning experience,
with my wise and brilliant friend
as^my tutor. Here is what Steve
torid me:
One of my most pleasurable
pastimes is just watching the
faces of people whom I pass on
the streets, who sit on buses or
who simply have a cup of coffee
at a coffee shop. I study people's
faces and find an amazing difference
between the expressions
on the faces of blacks as opposed
to whites.
The difference is astounding.
Most whites seem to have not a
care in the world. Their faces
mirror contentment. Their
behavior indicates an objective; a
place to go. With blacks, it's an
entirely different picture. Their
faces mirror tension, turmoil,
anxiety and unhappiness. Their
behavior indicates combativeness.
It's almost as if they
are angry at everyone in society
and ready to fight at the drop of a
hat.
This is probably why statistics
reveal that the average black male
has a 50/50 chance of being killed
by someone else in a fight, mugging
or murder. The hostility in
blacks is tremendous. It's as if
most black males hate themselves
and anyone who resembles them
(this means other blacks). They
are bursting with stress and this
stress can, apparently, De released
only in physical confrontation
-- usually with another black.
I believe that many black males
have great misconceptions about
Brown From. I
75 to 90 percent of all black
babies will be bom out of
wedlock.
At this rate, blacks in America
as a community will be annihilated
- no matter how many
blacks graduate from college or
become millionaires.
We are in the shape we are in
because we lost faith in ourselves;
we will improve our condition
when we regain that faith.
God and economics, faith and
money, are an unbeatable combination.
Blacks must go back to
what works.
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and the host of Public
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Fanny Mcllwain, housewife:
"No. I don't believe in the death
penalty. Some people (who kill)
don't know any better. They just
do it for the devil."
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"Yes, I believe in it. But it's noi i
going to stop people from killing, r
They will keep right on doing it
anyway."
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whites and that guides their <
behavior. This might be the 1
reason that blacks seldom take
out their frustrations on whites.
Whites, especially middle-class 1
whites, are perceived as gentle,
peaceful folks who wouldn't hurt
a flea. They are pictured as
sophisticates. ^
But, let me tell you something.
I know an owner of a very
popular large discotheque who is
white and has fun it for 25 years.
The disco survived the transition
of the neighborhood from white
to black. When the surrounding
neighborhood was white, the
disco catered almost exclusively
to rough, tough middle-class
white clientele. Ten years ago, the
whites moved out and blacks
moved in. The orientation
switched from rock and
roll/hillbilly music to soul music.
Whites stopped coming but
blacks now come in droves.
The owner gave me,a sociology |
lesson last week. He said that the
black and white lower classes
were essentially the same ? rowdy
and addicted to cheap drugs. On
the other hand, the differences
between the white middle-class
disco-dance crowd and the black
dance crowd were like night and
day. Whites spent an average of
$40 each visit on hard liquor.
Their objective was to get drunk.
Blacks, obviously unaware of
this negative characteristic of the
middle-class white dance crowd,
seem to think that all middleclass
whites are suave and
sophisticated. Therefore, blacks
act cool, suave and sophisticated.
Although they spend only $4.60
per person, they are extremely
well-behaved.
Ask any disco owner who
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That may just be because this I
place makes them feel good.
There should be more like it.
Marian Wright Edelman is president
of the Children's Defense
Fund\ a national voice for
children.
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till them. And if they want to be
man aoout it, they'll kill them in
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:aught."
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Ruden Smith, Thomasville '
vurniture Co. employee: "I do '
lot believe in the death penalty. I
lon't believe that the death
>enalty will stop people from killng
someone if the person
nistreats you." ]
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Ivan Miller, technical writer in
Ireensboro: "Yes. I believe in
he death penalty. No, I don't
hink the death penalty will stop
people from committing
as ritzy as
:aters to both the black and white
middle-class crowds; you will
find that they are entirely dif
ferent. But they do not like to
mingle with each other. It's really
strange - whites think middleclass
blacks are drunks and addicts;
blacks think middle-class
whites are sophisticates. But the
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Wilhelmina Tolliver, Ternoorary
Resources employee:
"No, 1 don't believe in the death
penalty. 1 don't think innocent
people should _ get the death
penalty."
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Vicky Holland, unemployed:
"No, I don't believe in the death
penalty. I don't think the death
penalty will stop people from killing.
Alex Scarborough, selfemployed:
"Yes. 1 believe in the
death penalty. It will stop people
from committing crimes."
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reality is that the reverse is true ?
at least at many discos.
This behavior does not reveal,
however, the deep, consuming
anger and self-hatred that
torments most blacks and is mirrored
on their faces as they leave
the discos and go out into the real
world.
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