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Reagan Shows Insensitivity Despite a reputation for making many inexcusable statements of very bad judg ment or acts of complete insensitivity to his fellowman, President Ronald Reagan has shown a talent for overcoming such blund ers and continuing to appear as the All American boy who loves and cares for those he was elected to serve. Likewise, Mr. Reagan has a talent for somehow separat ing his personality and popularity from many of the disliked policies of his admin istration. Ironically, two conservative political news commentators, who have often spoken admiringly of the President in the past, have said recently that Reagan’s problem arises in part from his years of a rela tively isolated world of make-believe - Hollywood. One of these commentators, Payl Weyrich; reportedly said, “I think his Hollywood background has sometimes prevented him from being sensitive enough to the realities that are out there." Mr. Weyrich then offers a weak excuse for Mr. Reagan’s blunders by suggesting that “Be cause of his background in motion pic tures he relies on people who direct and write the scripts, and you don’t have competent people writing the script you have serious problems.” It is in fact the acceptance of such excuses for Mr. Reagan’s words and actions of insensitivity that should be the greater cause for concern by the American people. For example, when Mr. Reagan reacted to loud criticisms of his plan to visit a cemetery in West Germany where military men are buried who were involved in the World War II Holocaust that tortured and killed millions of Jews, he reacted by making the unbelievable statement that such soldiers were no less victims than the Jews in the concentration camps. Ironically, that blunder, too, was passed off by some political scientists and even some Reagan critics as not a reflection of any prejudice on the part of Mr. Reagan, but rather a vision that is said to be essentially narrow, unbitter and lacking in historical perspective. ‘‘People sense no meanness or vindictiveness there. They attribute what he says to political naivete.” In recent weeks Mr. Reagan has said also that the blade South Africans demon strating against oppression in their own homeland and who were killed by white policemen were at fault. Similarly, Presi dent Reagan has demonstrated great in sensitivity in past years to many blade Americans, Social Security recipients, farmers, women, the handicapped, women and welfare deoendenLs In an age of potential nuclear war, at a time hopefully of renewed enlightenment and sensitivity to the human condition, and as the Republican Party seeks to establish some meaningful credibility with many segments of American voters, the nation can ill afford to have a President with a narrow minded view of the world, lacing in sensitivity and -having no meaningful his torical perspective as to how things really are and have become. Both Parties Have An Act To Clean Up Rewritten From The Chronicle The Democratic Party has always had its conservative sector. The names of George Wallace, James Eastland, Sam Ervin and Orval Faubus should ring a bell bringing to remembrance forces, labeled Democrats, that sought to keep blacks in bandage. Now these same forces wish to reassert themselves in the Democratic Party to allegedly appeal to the voters who jumped ship in November. Apparently there are retrogressive elements in the Democratic i Party also. j TIMS point is presented to balance the opinion held by too many in the electorate who suggest that the Democratic Party is the house of virtue and the other Party is the house of vice and all that ills America. We would suggest that both Parties have an actio clean up if they are to contribute to the better development of our society. We Would content that neither house has a monopoly on righteousness and equity, but rather that both must be held accountable for their narrowmindedness when displayed or commended for their progressiveness when it appears. ‘ % rne former N.U. state chairman of the Jesse Jackson for President campaign has suggested to the understandable panic of many leading black Democrats that 20 percent of the black electorate should be in __ the Republican Party. His suggestion was . . - -- -— ^ met with fire and brimstone from the voice boxes of the overwhelmingly Democratic black leadership and the community it seeks to guide. The black community appears to be the only group that has exhibited an inability tg develop strategies and handle non-tradition al circumstances in the political arena if the setting is not to its comfort. It is a fact that the political behavior of the black communi ty is predestined and predictable. It lacks bargaining leverage-because it has no where else to go. ' Other groups farm alliances, gtateh \. parties, restructure allegiances or tAe ‘ whatever pasture necessary go accomplish their objectives. The Mack community is locked into one house and dare not come out. Some reasons for this set of circum > stances are that some segments of the black Democratic leadership have vested in terests to protect, and the black Demo cratic electorate is their offering. An other consequential reason is that there exists significant peer pressure from with in the black community that everyone be and behave alike. How dare one be dif ferent-or a Republican? . ' It will only be when the sole objective is the progress of the people that real pro gress will be made. Anything else is so much hogwash. .1 * • ' •" • ' ‘ ) f ft /A ' t rom Capitol Hill —-- -- _ Future Federal Judges To Be Rich White Males? By Alfreds L. Madison K Special To The Poet The Joint Center for Political Studies published an article by Sheldon Goldman, University of Massachusetts, which gives an analysis of President Reagan’s Ju dicial appointments The article also provides an insight into expecta tions of future Reagan federal Judge appointments. The Irtide states that Ronald Reagan’s landslide reelection is often compared with Franklin Roosevelt’s second term victory Both Presidents sought to change the courts to their philosophy by appointing judges who shared their views With two terms in office, Reagan will appoint more federal Judges than both Roosevelt and Etsenhour together. In comparing the Reagan District Court appointees with Carter’s, the study makes the following observa tion Reagan: 90 7 percent male. 9.3 percent female, 93 percent white, 0.8 percent black, 5.4 percent Hispanic, 0.8 Aslan. Total number of appoint ments, 189. President Carter: 85 5 percent male, 14.4 percent female, white 79.7 percent, black, 13.9 per cent, Hiapanic 8.9 percent, Asian 0.5 percent. Total number appoint ments. 803. Economic bracket of the appointees: K*>agan leas than 8300. 000 District judges, 18 6 percent million dollar bracket 33.5 percent, . Appeals Court, leas than 8300,000, 10 0 percent, million dollar bracket 23.3 percent Carter, District Court, leas than $200,000 35.8 percent, mill ion dollar bracket 4.9 percent. Ap peals Court, leaa than 1300,000. 33.3 percent million dollar bracket 10.3 percent. President Reagan appointed the Alfred* L. Madison first woman to the U S. Supreme Court. He also appointed two women to two other Judicial positions. He is given credit for pushing sexual equality in recruiting federal dis trict Judges me nea^an rtumimsirauon R black Judge appointments Is abys mal. The record is the worst since President Eisenhour, In which no blacks were appointed to lifetime District Court positions. The report says, "Justice Department officials are aware of this poor record and have said they would like to im prove it, but they feel it is ex traordinarily difficult to find well qualified blacks who share the Pre sident’s philosophy and are also willing to serve." Critics respond that the Administration has not made fecruifment of blacks a high priority. It is felt that is because blacks are largely Democrats. ine center tor judicial studies concluded that the majority of Reagan appointees have demon strated judicial restraint along lines favored by the Administra tion. The Reagan Administration has > . ' . ■ . i ' ai BLACK'S DESTINY IN OWN HANDS...- f If How do baby boomers affect the workplace? First by putting new pressures on the work ethic. It is ex pected by 1995 the number of U.S. citizens between the ages of 31 and 56 will increase by nearly 21 mill ion. On the flip side the number of young people - teenagers - entering the workforce will drop sharp ly. Obviously, this will con tribute to reducing the un employment rate of this group. with the high level af ■_ are work being that the quality of the work environment is truly important. Since over half of working mothers have chil dren under the age of six and 65 percent of the working moms have children six to 17, both male and female work ers are demanding that Arms offer Aexitime, maternity and paternity leave, and day care services. ; The sense of company lo ’ yalty is declining. Climbing n the ladder has changed. In stead of staying with one company to do this, boom Sabrina Johnson I ers move from one company to another as opportunities arise. Aside from that, boom ' ers are facing a promotions squeeze. The U.S. Depart ment of Labor expects that the percentage of middle management jobs will in crease by at least 19 per cent by the end of the 1980s; however, the percentage of women and men 36 to 46 will increase by 42 percent. High expectations are finding low mobility. This generation is not al ways what management wants. Instead of “being nice to the customer,” boomers followed tfae Republican Party plat form philosophy: “Judicial power must be exercised with deference towards state and local officials...it is not a Judicial function to reorder the economic, political, and social priorities of our nation. We com mend the President for appointing federal Judges committed to the rights of law-abiding citizens and traditional family values. In his second term, President Reagan will continue to appoint Supreme Court and other federal Judges who share our commitment to Judicial re straint.” ine joint verier ror roniicai Studies states that ideological out ibok for Reagan's second term will follow closely his first term in the appointment of federal Judges. • Joint Center projected that just as there was no indication at the be ginning of the second term of any alterations in other areas of public policy, so there la no raason to anticipate that there will be any change in the judicial appointment philosophy TW« means that the second-term appointees wUl be predominantly white male Republicans from the upper socio-economic spectrum Women will continue to receive comparable appointment* to his first term, which will make him second only to President Carter fan female federal judge appointments Black Americans have no reason to expect any change from the poor record, in judge appointments of his first term. The Center says, "The Reagan Administration correctly sees the courts as having the power to further or hinder Administra tion goals; thus judicial appoint ments are of major importance for this Administration in its attempt to 'Jr -r /• \ v % reshape public policy. How success ful the Administration will ultimate ly be, must await more extensive analysis of the judicial decision making of the first- and second ternf appointees." Even though senators took the oath to uphold the Constitution, which makes the Judiciary inde pendent of any presidential or poll- ' tlcal party philosophy, many of them recommend judge appoint ments who are committed to the President’s views. ?■ Senators Jeremiah Denton of Ala bama,' and John East of North Carolina sent a letter to a nominee to the federal bench requesting that he answer questions which reflect the President’s Views. Senator Oren Hatch of Utah defended the letter and sent copies to the Judiciary members. All three of these sena tors are Ultra-conservatives. The letter questioned the nominee on his views about abortion, school pray er, affirmative action, busing - even concerning his opinion of the Mecklenburg County, N.C., school case. He was asked if he believes that the Supreme Court made the correct decision in Brown v. Board of Education. This case was de cided 31 years ago The question naire wanted to know if the nominee believed that the Bakke decision was cofrect. He was even asked If he believes that the right of the people to bear arms should not be in fringed upon. Senator Strom Thurmond, chair man of the Senate Judiciary Com mittee. stated that he win not tolerate individual Judiciary mem bers tending out questionnaires to nominees He requested that they ask all their question of the can didate before the Committee. • /tv"- -\ '• 'w expect the customer to be nice to them. Boomers are vary arrogant and cocky, causing them to divorce jobs and mates at a high level. Many boomers in their 20s , and 30s put corporate life . aside and are becoming en trepreneurs. Success for this group is primarily based on the economic growth of this decade and ones to come. Studies show that nine in 1 every 10 boomers believe they have a better chance of ' achieving the good life stan dard than parent and grand parent generations. Family life and marriage have taken a new twist for this generation. Young adults are waiting later to marry, have fewer children and divorce more than pa-*? rent generations. They spend V more time in school and feel they must explore life before • making a commitment and ' having children. Two of every three boomer females * hold jobs and are flocking in greater numbers into the workforce. “ / Liberal social attitudes also make this generation unique. Studiea show a ma jority of boomers support gay rights, unmarried men ~xmU wuintMi in cohabitation and paternal custody. Call them liberal conservatives. Boomers personal lifestyles are extremely egalitarian, more so than ever studied. .f:* •; .*5 Marriage is no longer the primary but taking a place much lower on the totem pole. Goals have taken the place of marriage and in stead of it being the cake, it is now the icing or decora tion. . v Another inhibitor of mar riage is that boomers divorce more. The rate has doubled since the 1960’s and for those under 30 it has quadrupled. This means more single people and more single pa rents. The mate-squeeze is one cause of singlehood. Tra- . ditionally, women marry men about two years older, women born during the boom period have fewer men to choose from. Thus giving way to a new pattern. Boorrter women are mar rying younger men, and a great number of women and men are cohabiting. Ulti mately, about 90 percent of boomer* do and will marry by age 35 and will restruc ture family life. Husbands wijl become more involved in child rearing and women more involved in earning additional money contribut ing to the need for the good life. The Charlotte Post North Carolina’s Fastest Growing Weekly 704-376-0496 ■'‘The People’s Newspaper’ 106 Years Of Continuous Service Bill Johnson. Editor, Pub. Bemaid Reeves Gen. Mgr. Fran Bradley Adv. Mgr. Dannette Gaither Of. Mgr. Published Every Thursday By The Charlotte Post Publishing Company, Inc. Main Office: 1531S. Camden Road Charlotte, N.C. 28203 Second Class Postage Paid at Charlotte Member, National Newspaper Publishers’ Association North Carolina Black Publishers Association National Advertising Representative: Amalgamated Publishers, Inc. One Year Subscription Rate One Year $17.78 Payable In Advance
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