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VOL. XVIII, No. 44
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WINSTON-SALEM (AP) ? A black auto
dealer has told a congressional subcommittee his
race was the reason he couldn't get a Tbyoca dealer
black businessmen who
attempts to win a Tbyoca
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Jackson in recent days has been critical of
CBqrn ft* a Jim 13 speech to iha Batata* Coali
tion in which the Arkansas governor condemned
remarks of "racial hatred" by rap singer Sister
Jackson spoke as black Democratic mayors.
MMahis complaints abont Clinton and rallied
arand the Arkanms governor's new dOMMie eco
nomic program.
Budget cuts hit blacks hardest
? Many responded to the 1 992-93 budget cuts that
will eliminate 70 positions and monies for education
By SAMANTHA McKENZIE
Chronick}&tftf Writer / , v > . ,
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The Forsyth County's 1992-93 budget
eliminates 70 jobs and drastically cuts funds
for education. The Forsyth County Commis
sioner's vote also cut money for health ser
vices and social service agencies.
And as usual, said two Forsyth County
Commissioners, blacks and poor people will
be the ones mostly affected by the cuts to
education, services and layoffs.
"Historically, we know that personnel
cuts most often affect blacks and poor people
in general. The Reynolds Health Center,
which services mostly low to moderate
income people, will be one of those services
that will be affected by these cuts," said
County Commissioner Earline Parmon.
"We're going to end up paying for this
the end and the interest rate is going to be
higher than it is now/ she said, following the
board's 4-to-3 vote to adopt the budget plan
designed by County Commissioner Richard
Linville.
Linville's budget proposal was supported
by commissioners, Wayne Willard, Gerald
Long and Peter Brunstetter.
County Commissioner Mazie Woodruff,
agreed saying, "It's a bad time for people to
Please see page A3
Usa Faulk, a teacher, and her two children, lUrner, 2 and Jessica, 8,
take a break after two hours of protesting against county budget cuts.
Community outragod ?
over all -white board vote
? Community leaders, residents will meet and discuss
steps to take against the recent school board vote
By SAMANTHA McKENZIE
Chronicle Staff Writer
The African-American community is
outraged over last week's vote by the Wln
ston-Salem/Forsyth County School Board.
Talks of protesting and petitioning the
school system were brought to the forefront
when the school board voted to move for
ward with redisricting plans.
The outbursts came from a few commu
nity leaders when the board voted 6- to- 3 to
continue developing redisricting plans.
Board members Nancy Wooten, Mary P.
"Candy" Wood and Nancy Griffith voted to
wait until December, but were defeated by
the board's six Republican votes.
Geneva Brown and Walter Marshall,
held a press conference charging the board
with toetii rag discrimination and racial separa
tion between the white and black communi
ties.
"We are truly in a polarized racially
biased community where racial separation
and discrimination are basic to the way of life
the elected officials invariably pledge them
selves to the duality," said Brown during Fri
day's press conference.
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Walter Marshall and Geneva Brown bald a press conference Friday
blasting the school board for continuing with redisricting plans.
Anti-hate group to monitor race relations in city
By SAMANTHA McKENZIE
Chronicle Staff Writer
As the community awaits the
arraignment and trial of the four suspects
in the Carlos Stoner murder, the North
Carolinians Against Racist and Religious
Violence began monitoring the possibili
ties of hate-crime organizations arising
in Winston-Salem.
The May 27 death of Carlos Colon
Stoner, a black male, sparked an uproar
in the black community when the details
of Stoner's execution-style murder
became public. The four suspects, Mark
Anthony Smith, Dwayne Gregory Doby,
Ricky Eugene Knight and James
Andrew Gilbert are being held in sepa
rate facilities throughout the state.
Christina Davis-McCoy, executive
director of NCARRV, met with the Citi
zen's United for Justice group yesterday
and will meet with representatives from
the Winston-Salem Police Department
next Wednesday.
"We need to address the concerns of
this community and deal with the issue
of community unrest as it relates to
racial tension," said McCoy.
McCoy said the goal of this visit is
Please see page A2
Word on the street ...
A Rapper Sister Souljah's criticism last week of Gov. Bill Clinton drew national attention
to the presidential candidate and the need for a black agenda. Many people said
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i Everything she said was
correct. We need to stop
killing the brother man and
staft killing the other man.
Had (Clinton) not been igno
rant to our situations, she
would riot have had any rea
son to attack him. Ignorance
is playing a key role in all of
this. She is a positive sister
and she is intelligent . . . and
they are terrified of black
intelligence.
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- Anthonys Thorn II n?oq, 17
( Why was she doing (Clin
ton) like that? What I read
about her statements, I did
n't like. She's being too
hard. We are already in a
bad situation. Statements
like that just cause more
tension and racism. We
don't really know what Clin
ton will do until he gets in
office. We need to give him
a chance. He can't be any
worse than (Bush).
" J
? Don MHchill, 46
i If what she said was
backed up with evidence
and facts then I can under
stand what she was saying.
She is a very intelligent
black woman. But I do think
some of this was done for
publicity (on both parts).
Really, Clinton wants to be
president and that's the bot
tom ttne. H that moans play
ing the black man for a fool,
then he's going to do it.
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- Tr?c#l Shavers, 21
C Something had to be
done to make us more
aware. She was right. It is
now in the hand* of rap
groups to be more contro
versial to open our eyes.
The white man is not really
doing anything to help us.
All he's doing is oovering
things up. 1 think Bill Clinton
used her statements to
enhance his image. All
politicians are that way.
- S?v?ru? Hlgglrtbottham, 38
i I think that a lot of what
she was saying was abso
lutely true. I didnt think
Clinton was the best man to
become president anyway. I
hadn't heard'of (Sister
Souljah) until this hap
pened. Her comments basi
cally said he was a racist. It
was right. (Many) are start
ing to listen to what rappers
are saying, including one of
kids.
1
-Brands Plater, 38
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