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I “Farrakhan‘s Flowing” ap peared on the editorial page of * the New York Times, it was a commentary written by Don Wycliff and consisted of two, logical parts. The first was an excellent analysis of why 10,000 African Americans in Washington and 15,000 in Los Angeles and thousands in other cities are flocking to hear and see Mi nister Louis Farrakhan, in cluding a full house at Marii«wi Square Garden in New York. This “Farrakhan following'’ is responding because of his appeal / to black pride, wrote Wycliff. They are assured that they are “Strong, intelligent, and ca pable, not doomed to permanent victimization but destined for p,. success and power. Black free dom and self-sufficiency... depend not on, the charity of others but on the action of blacks themselves,’’ be added. Wycliff explained that this is a “striking message to people ae- > customed to hearing about their shortcomings and deprivations ’ ’ The established black leaders, he wrote, “have grown accus tomed in recent years to em phasizing black poverty, weak ness, dependence.” By focusing almost exclusively on what is wrong, these leaders are “re inforcing the stereotypes that they (blacks) are helpless wards of the states.” : This, be added, can be de pressing as well as untrue for the “millions of blacks who are gainfully employed, pay their taxes, and struggle without spe cial assistance to educate their children and put bread on the table.” That’s the end of the first part, as I delineate it, of his edi torial. At this point, if you’re black, you’re probably saying, “Amen. 1 wish I had said that.” Because, I’m sure, you probably have done so many times. Of course, I have selectively * edited out Wycliff s statements that Farrakhan is spreading “a hateful and blatantly anti Semitic message” and is a $5 million cohort of CM. Muammar elQaddafi. WyclifFs com Times also has haps, prejudiced While congratulating_ responding to the healthy mes - sage of pride and self-help, he / implies that they are stupid for believing it. " “Few blacks are so naive as to * believe Mr. Farrakhan’s pipe ^ dream of economic ,.indepen\ > dence. Most know that an ‘in dependent’ black economy is neither possible nor desirable,” he declares, and fails to present . one shred of evidence to sup port his assertions. V* . “Yet many (Macks) want to applaud the morale-boosting ge neralization that a self-willed salvation Is possible.” In other F wards, blacks are stupid. ^ V It is Don WycHff who is igno rant of the basic laws of econo mics and of the dependence of ethnic groups in this culturally ^pluralistic society on culture as an economic base. u“Tony Brown’s Journal” TV series can be seen on public television Sundays on Charnel 42 at 5 p.m. It can also be seen on Channel 58 Sundays at 6:30 p.m. Please consult listings. Guide To Furniture ^otHdiiaiZ framing beneath , the cu shioning. There should be no fight-back - the feeling of being pushed away by the seat or back. You should not feel that you are sitting an top of or too far into tha seat - 1 rather, you should feel that you are sitting in bufcS>t • through the cushion. Fi nally, you should be able to sit ahd rise easily and$‘^ I /SMITH'S 60 1 ~ v ■■ 1 ■■ pirn-"-, conveniently located at ' **t BEATTIES FORD RD.&W:'.,. vJS OVER >3 YEARS PROFESSIONAL EXPERlENCE. [ REASONABLE PRICES | WE GUARANTEE OUR WORK m PERCENT « phone T© An Exciting Evening Hdu. ; TIMPTATIONSI Saaday.Oct.nth 7 : W y.m. - Ovens Aadhorlnm &/.' RM«rvc*8eatfm ' '3 -' j tit.ao a ns.M ; >**'»t<on»: CfcortsttgCsOswim Bos J Office, Shazada Records, Cametot Masic • (Charlotte A PiaeviUe). Ja Jo's (Gaa- J taaia). aad are* Rears stores. i An Entertainers of America Prodactloa !
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