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I ack, white contractors must unite attract new industry to N.C. Thur Mai'cti 29, 1990 Winston-Salem Chronicle Page A7 ,0R C.B. HAUSER igcial to the Chronicle If North Carolina is going to f glop the climate which will ing new industry to the state. ajority and minority contractors ust stop fighting each other and ;gin to talk 10 and not al each her," a member of the Carolina ranch of the Associated General bntractors of America told mem- ;rs of the East Area Council of c greater Winston-Salem Cham- ;r of Commerce last Thursday. W.E. Latham of the contrac- irs' organization and Malachi reen, a lobbyist for minority isiness affairs, were among the featured speakers at a recent meet ing on set asides legislation held at the F. Roger Page Business and Technology Center. The meeting was sponsored by the East Winston Community Development Corp. Mr. Latham and Mr. Malachi agreed that "the two groups real ized they were winning battles but losing the war as they recognized that all businessmen have the same b.isic problems and many common interests." As a result, they joined forces and lobbied the North Carolina General Assembly and secured the passage of the Highway and Prison Construction bills. The bills emphasize parity and are a first step in the right direction and should serve as a model for areas other than con- stmetion, the speakers said. Other items on the agenda included a report on Chamber activities by Nancy Dunn, past chair of the Chamber; a report on council activities by James Grace, the Business of the Month presen tation, and the awarding of a door prize to Arthur Hardin of WXII- Channel 12. Mr. Hardin received a SlOO prize from the EWCDC to be used for the Lawrence Joel Portrait Project. ■: Photb'by DEC.B.Hauser Malachi Green, lobbyist for minority busines affairs, addresses the East Area Council of the Greater Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce. Photo by Dr. C:B. Hauser W.E. Latham of the Carolina Branch of the Associated General Contractors of America addresses the East Area Council of the Chamber of Commerce. Accountants' organization awards scholarships to minority students new YORK CITY - The merican Institute of Certified iiblic Accounts, or AICPA, has A-arded more than $53,000 in :holarships to minority students in accounting for the second half of the 1989-90 academic year. Since the program's inception in 1970, the AICPA Minority Recruitment and Equal Opportu- iohn Medlin Jr. named top CEO )y Financial World magazine John G. Medlin Jr., chair and chief executive officer of First Wachovia Corp., has been named top chief executive officer of the year ir Southern banks by Financial World magazine. Mr. Medlin's selection was made by a poll of leading bank security lalysts and chief executive officers. ■X Tf^ast year, Mr. Medlin was recognized by the magazine as top chief tecutive officer of the decade for Southeir banks. First Wachovia is an interstate bank holding company with dual •adquarters in Winston-Salem and Atlanta. nity Committee has awarded more than $4 million in scholarship aid to more than 4,500 students. The awards for this academic year rep resent the highest amount ever given to minority students by the AICPA. The $53,750 in scholarship aid was granted to 127 undergrad uate and graduate accounting stu dents, including blacks, Hispan- ics, American Indians and Asians, selected from throughout the United States. "The AICPA is proud to rec ognize these future leaders of the accounting profession," said AICPA President Philip B. Chenok. "We must make account ing education accessible to as many qualified minority students as possible by giving them needed financial support." This year's scholarship win ners represent 79 schools, with the largest number of awards going to students attending the historically black colleges and universities. Included in the total are nine Arthur Andersen-AICPA Awards totaling S5,(X)0. Individuals interested in applying for scholarships should write to Sharon Donahue, Manag er, Minority Recruitment and Equal Opportunity Department, AICPA, 1211 Avenue of the Americas, New York, N.Y. 10036- 8775. The deadlines for receipt of applications are July 1 and Dec. 1. •i_ CHEVROLET • QEO « BROAD ST. « W. 4TH ST. • PHONE 722-4191 1987 Ford Taurus. Auto, A.C., Loaded. 7 to Choose From. $3,988 Each Chronicle Mailbag From Page A5 he state would be able to impose id ftarry out a death sentence if it an prove, for example, that the efendant's crime falls within a par- cular category of crimes for which lere is no evidence of racial bias. Opponents of this legislation laim that it will end the death penalty. Apart from being untrue, the point really being made is that unbridled use of the death penalty is more important than ensuring that race doesn't play a role in deciding who receives the most severe pun ishment. Whatever your views on the death penalty, the GAO study ro Be Equal From Page A5 lat's gaining population. The same olds for schoolhouses, libraries, hos- itals and other services. That's why this Census is so ttfirtant for minorities - it will help etf mine their electoral representa- onjand the level of neighborhood trwees. ^nd that is why it is so urgent for reiy single minority person to make irelthat he or she is counted by fill- ig out the census forms and retum- ig Item, and by being helpful to the idividual census enumerators who 'ill make visits to households. The bureau estimates that 78 per- snt of households will return and ompiete the census forms. Those iat don't return one by the April 1 eadline will be visited by a census 'orker. Neighborhood groups, communi- t-based organizations, churches and ther organizations are actively iicouraging maximum participation 1 the census to avoid an undercount tat hurts minority communities. In the past, the Census Bureau as admitted that it missed many minorities. In 1980, the census undercounted Afro-Americans by about 6 percent, and the undercount for young black males in some inner-city communities is estimated to be in the 30-percent range. Nationally, observers believe that up to 5 million people don't get counted, and disproportionate num bers of them are Afro-Americans, Hispanics and other minorities. With the rise of homelessness, it is likely that some of America's poor est people - those with the most to gain from an accurate count - will not participate. That's despite the bureau's efforts to canvass shelters and public areas where the homeless tend to be. After many years of minority complaints about the undercount, the bureau appears to be making a good faith effort to count everybody. But the very nature of this enormous undertaking virtually assures that many will be missed. So even as community organiza- proves that it doesn't work for all. The RJA is designed to balance society's desire to use the death penalty with the important principle of racial equality by ensuring that the punishment is meted out fairly. The Senate is expected to con sider the Racial Justice Act as part tions are hard at work to help people participate in the count, they're also watching closely as efforts to correct for the assumed undercount continue. The problem is particularly severe in the big cities. The 1980 cen sus results prompted a number of cities, ranging from New York to Houston, to sue. The government agreed to canvass 150,000 households and then decide whether to adjust the final 1990 count. It says this is a purely technical decision, but the historic undercount of minorities and the importance of the final results remove it from the purely technical arena. Community groups and the cities will be closely watching to ensure that the final results are as accurate as possible and that any undercount is effectively corrected. But the best line of defense against an undercount that takes polit ical power and government dollars out of minority communities and dis tributes them to more affluent ones is to stand up and be counted. of an Omnibus Crime Package (S.1970) which was introduced by Sen. Bidcn, D-Del., in the next sev eral weeks. This recently released GAO report provides yet another basis for urging vigorous support of the RJA. Diann Y. Rust-Tierney American Civil Liberties Union ITS TAX TIME!!! Professional Administrative Services •Computerized Accounting •Payroll •Income Taxes •Corporate Taxes 785-1311 CALL SANDRA GRAY Against the Grain From Page A5 s status syfnbols and are more than 'tiling to fork over the $ 170 per pair ) have them. Though they are from impover- ihed homes, many are just as willing 5 come up with the $170 by any Kans necessary, and when that does- I work, they simply take the shoes om someone who has them. In one tttremc case a few weeks ago, one :en-ager murdered another for his leakers. But who's to blame? Michael Jordan? Nike? Reebok? pike Lee? Parents who pay such Wbitant prices for the sneakers for teir children? Advertising agencies? advertising media that mn the com- lercials? A logical explanation could Wnerate each of the above. Michael Jordan has every right to ipitalize on his talent and popularity y endorsing perfectly legal products, leakers are a natural. There is no tore wrong with his endorsing Nike tan there is with his endorsing II Wheaties. Nike and Reebok are legitimate businesses in our capitalistic system that are using advertising as a means to promote their product. No prob lem. Spike Lee is in the media busi ness. He, like Michael Jordan, is capi talizing on his creativity and high profile and is making an honest dollar by doing the commercials. Advertising agencies and media are simply doing their job. It works, so the agencies use it. The media survive on advertis ing, so when the agencies want to purchase advertising, the media sell. Many parents, in the name of love, have this tendency to try to give their children the things the parents did not have themselves as children. If none of the above is to blame, then who or what is? Now that the problem is of such great magnitude, maybe all share the blame. To paraphrase an old expression. "If we do not have a conscious alle giance to making things better, we have an unconscious allegiance to the status quo." Michael Jordan and Spike Lee can insist that the commercials stop suggesting that the sneakers have anything to do with Jordan's perfor mance. The commercials could emphasize how many hours he works to perfect those fantastic moves in those sneakers. Nike and Reebok first can charge reasonable prices for the sneakers. Then they, the advertising agencies and the media outlets can consciously create commercials that associate the prestige of owning the sneakers with academics, hard work and academic excellence. Too much is afoul in the sncakei war air, and only we as a team work ing together can purify it for our youth. Roosevelt Wilson teaches journal ism at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, Fia.
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