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Thursday, March 2, 2006
Black teens more likely smokers
Continued from page 1A
TViurt Fluid ifl working to
reduce the number erf* youth
smokent
“The African American
community has had higher
than average rates of tobacco
use among all the people, not
just the kids, but the kids'
rate has been really high."
Perdue said “Althougli we
are making a difference
there, we’ve advertised in the
African American media and
we fe>l like targeted informa*
tion makes the difference We
6o see a decline in the rates.
but the decline isn’t as strong
as the Caucasian decline "
Sarah Blackwell, a student
at Butler High School in
Matthews, said African
American students use ath
letics as a deterrent to smok-
ing.
“I’ve seen a decrease in
African Americans using
tobacco too,” Blackwell said.
“We focus more on other
things, rather than smoking,
like playing sports I run
track, cross country, and play
basketball, sund there’s a lot of
African Americans moving
into other sports now ”
Joy Beck, youth tobacco
prevention coordinator in
Mecklenburg County, said
she recognizes the declining
rates among African
American teens, but there
are other factors to consider
in addressing the problem.
“Tfie health deficit is signif
icantly higher, sometimes
there are lingering effects,
sometimes there are biologi
cal factors, sometimes it has
to do with the type of usage,”
she said.
Afiican American communi
ty the usage of menthol ciga
rettes is significantly higher
Those cigarettes have less of
a filter and have more side
effects ”
Jarrell Ac^ib, who is also a
Butler High student, said he
believes black teens are turn
ing away fix»m tobacco, but
the temptation is still pitched
to them.
“I think they are turning
away because more informa
tion is getting out there and
knowledge is being put out
there, but then you see some
that are turning toward
tobacco because it is sort of
advertised more in the
Afiican American communi
ty” A^jib said.
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Chariotte artist TAfo Feimster prepares chains for th exhib
it "Shackles of Freedom" at The Arthouse.
Exhibit brings slavery
up close and personal
By C'hcris F. Htxlges
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Black History Month is over, but TAfo Feimster still has
teaching to do
On Friday Feimster will present an interactive slavery exhib
it, “Shackles of Freedom” at Tlie Arthouse in NoDa, a multime
dia replica of cargo holds that were used in slave ships during
Middle Passage. It will feature live models on Friday but not for
the entire month that the exhibit will be on display
“Shackles” allows gallery visitors to imagine themselves in
the slaves’ place by lying or sitting down with shackles chaining
them in place as the Afiicans were when they were brought to
America.
As a part of the exhibit, visitors will heai* a recording of the
18th century “Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano or
Cfustavus Vassa Tfie Afiican," which recoimts the shock and iso
lation he felt traveling fixiiu West Afiica to Bardados and fears
that his European slavers would eat him.
"The shackles that bind us today are not physical, they're
mental,” said Feimster. “Our confinntation of what happened
within the hold of those ships can be neither changed nor
denied But from such a confixintation ccanes the pow&r to shape
our i^'eeent"
All events begin at 7 p m. Tie ArtHouse is located at 3103
Cullman Ave, For more information, call (704) 737-8097.
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