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Nathan Sutton
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Sergio Miranda
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...What they did
Opinions At CMS School
Middle School Students Tell Why Black History Should Be Studied
oy Anarey t. uxuto
Port SUff Writer
Once again Black History Month is
upon us. Various events will be
taking place in the community to
celebrate and commemorate black
heritage. Awareness of black his
tory should not, however, be con
fined to one 28-day period each year.
We decided to ask school children
why they think it is important to
study black history. Although, as
sixth graders, these students have
not attended classes in black his
tory, Spaugh Middle School does
incorporate black history into ether
learning experiences and programs.
The question put to the students
was, "Why is it important to study
black history?” Their answers were
as follows:
•MELANIE IVEY, of Whitehall
Drive, expressed the opinion that
knowledge of the pest is important
"I think it’s important tostudy black
history so you can learn about your
ancestors and what they did for your
country,” she replied.
•FATIMA MAXTON lives on Capi
tol drive. She sees a connection
between the past and the present.
According to Fatima, the study of
black history is important “because
it tells you what your ancestors had
to do in orderfor you to get wfaereyou
are today. Also so you will know
what they did and when they did it."
Threat Of Nuclear War
Hovers Around Us Daily
By Jalyne Strong
_Post Staff Witter
Apathy: the condition of being
listless with lack of interest, con
cern or emotion. It is a word used
often these days.
• And into this atmosphere of apa
thy that has encompassed us comes
the threat of nuclear war. Destruc
tion of the world as we know it. The
threat hovers around us every day.
We bear about it on television, the
radio, and read about it in news
papers. The information concerns
MX missiles, the arms race, no
nukes protestors, and children
writing letters |o the President and
Russia, pleading with the super
powers not to start the war.
Children, studies have revealed,
* list nudear war among their top
three worries. Their fear is there .
will be no future for them.
However, many adults remain
apathetic. They contend, they must
f deal in the here and now. But it is
now that President Reagan and
Russia are adding to and expanding
their nuclear warheads. It is here, in
America, that the country is erect
| ing defense systems. Presently,
j there is ongoing preparation for the
nuclear war.
For example, reported in
a Reader's Digest article titled,
“Reducing the Risk of Nuclear
War,” US. intelligence satellites
orbiting Russia spotted an enormous
new radar, called a phased array, In
south-central Siberia. This radar,
the articles goes on to say, “can
manage a battle involving ballistic
missiles, it can single out war
heads, ascertain their destinations,
calculate the (paths) the warheads
must follow to reach them, and
deliver all of this information to
appropriate local battle-manage
ment systems.” If that is not pre
paration, what is?
The article proceeds to go in depth
and very technically into this fact.
toUrsstingly the article reveals
about the U.S., “In January, 1982,
the Bendetaen panel urged a drama
tic change in our existing strategic
policy of mutual assured destruction
or MAD. The policy has long bound
us to the destruction of Soviet cities
and the killing of millions of civi
lians in response to nuclear attack.
The article goes on and on about
are being discussed by our govern
ment, military and defense people,
we remain apathetic. The children
are-afraid but most adults are not.
Adults feel assured that the U.S. can
handle anything. "We are building
defense units, right? No need to
worry or be concerned,” we con
clude.
However, also reported in the
Reader’s Digest article, "...we
can’t build a perfect defense; no one
will ever be able to build a per
fect weapon system. If Moscow were
to launch a full-scale attack against
us, some missiles likely would get
through."
Tbie devastating effects of nuclear
war are numerous and horrible. The
initial impact of a nuclear missile
will cause Mi-consuming fires that"
are capable of destroying every
thing within approximately a 35 mile
radius. The death toll will im
mediately be in the millions. Fol
lowing the blast, radiation dust will
cause any survivors to suffer ra
diation burns. It will also cause hair
to fall out. leukemia, and cata
racts among those who are still left
alive. Radiation will contaminate
food supplies and water supplies.
People who do not die from dis
ease will die from starvation. The
death toll will further increase. The
effects of nuclear war will also af
fect the atmosphere resulting in
what is termed as nuclear winter.
Temperatures will plummet to sub
zero. People will die front expo
sure. The death toll will seem
unending.
With extensive preparation going
on in both the U.S. and Russia, these
nations appear to be promising a
nuclear war. How can we still re
main apathetic to such a mean fate?
Possihly because we are only in
terested in getting bread and but
ter for today. Or, maybe we feel safe
that somehow we will escape the
devastation. Still, we may think that
the nuclear war will hot occur in our
lifetime.
We may even excuse ourselves by
saying we are reflecting the atti
tude of the U.S. and Russia. They
certainly appear to be apathetic
towards the destruction of the
world. And just as they are pre
paring for the nuclear war, our
being unconcerned, emotionless and
uninterested is a sort of prepara
tion for the war also.
For after the war, we definitely
will not have to care about any
thing.
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• NATHAN SUTTON of Scaleybark
Road sees the importance of study
ing black history in the effects of
change in the world. “To learn
about the people who changed the
world that we live in and find out
what it used to be like before they
changed it,” is how he expressed his
opinion.
•DAVID IVESTER resides on
Fores tbrook Drive. Thankfulness
was an element of importance to
him. “I think it’s important to study
black history so you know wh6m to
thank for being able to choose
friends of whatever race we want
and for everybody being equal," he
declared.
• SERGIO MIRANDA is a resident
of Whitehall Drive. His opinion had
an added dimension to it. “I think
studying black history - what they
did and how they did it - is
important because I’d probably be
in the same boat, without good
schools, a job, and things I have
now,” he commented.
•YVONDRA CURRY, of Columbus
Circle, thinks motivation is an im
portant factor to learn about.
“Learning about black history is
important so you can learn why
people did what they did a long time
ago, what the problems were, and
why they did it.”
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