The News Argus October 1995 Page 2
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Queyana Woods - Editor
DeVona McPhatter - News Editor
Keisha Butler - Entertainment Editor
William Horton, Jr. - Sports Editor
Dr.Valerie S. Saddler — Advisor
On Being Black
Often times I hear black people making
comments about other black people like, “She
is pretty to be black.” What kind of statement
is that? If I am black and you are black, then
why should one complexion be better than the
other?
A friend once told me that a man
approached her and said, “You sure are fine to
be dark,” expecting her to be flattered. She
simply responded, "You sure are ignorant to
think that I would take that as a compliment!”
In times when afrocentricity at its highest,
you would think that we as black people would
be pulling together more as a race rather
separating ourselves into a color wheel found at
a paint shop!
Once I heard a black guy say this about a
black female, “She is sexy to be black.” When
I asked him "why she just couldn’t be sexy
because she was a black woman?" He
responded, “You rarely see that many nice
looking dark skinned people.” That statement
bothered me partly because it was ignorant and
also because he was dark skinned!
Other races consider us inferior. To have
another black person make statements as that is
just as demeaning, if not worse, than a white
person saying it. It’s bad enough that other
races judge our character by our complexion
differences, but to have our own “brothers and
sisters” making such comments shows a lot
about some of the problems we as a race need
to overcome.
-3Caren Lewis
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A Cool Million
Why a Million Man March?
Should there even be any question of
why there should be a Million Man
March.
The black man is America’s
most hated, unloved and
unappreciated individual. In every
light of the media we are portrayed
as a negative and animalistic. The
Million Man March will show
America that these stereotypes are
false.
Nightly, the news shows an
abundance of black men killing,
raping and being busted for drugs.
Hollywood movies depict black
pimps, players and hustlers who
only think on the levels of negativity.
Americans as well as people in other
countries see these motion pictures
and think that this is how black men
think and operate.
With the exception of a few
select movies, Hollywood has done
a sickening job of representing black
men to the nation. It is up to black
men to represent themselves to help
change Hollywood and America’s
stereotypes of black males.
Black men will be standing up to
show that we are now ready to be
leaders in our community, we are
now ready to be fathers to our
children, we are now ready to
eliminate all the ills in our
community and give our women a
rest when we take a stand for a
change.
Regardless of what America
thinks, we do have a political agenda
that is not only in the best interest of
blatks but Americans as a whole.
No longer will it be America’s job to
baby sit the black man and send
black mothers welfare checks in his
absence from the home. As
propheticized in the Bible, it is the
black man’s time to stand up. We
are the dry bones in the valley that
have been resurrected and given life.
How can you call yourself a man
and not be present or at least support
the Million Man
March? Any work, ■
studying, partying,
or foolish behavior
you’ll be doing on
that day isn’t as
important as the
Million Man March.
We say Million Man March,
rather than million men march
because although there are a million
men, we are united as one for one
common cause and therefore we use
the singular.
The Million Man March is a
holy day of atonement and fasting.
A day for black men to stand up and
repent for all his sins against his own
race. The Million Man March is not
about a separation of religions,
preferably the Christian and Muslim
religions. It is a day for all religions
to come together and pray, teach, fast
and stay together. It is vital we
unite. The march’s organizers and
heads Louis Farrakhan and Ben
Chavis are a perfect example of this.
Chavis, a Christian and Farrakhan,
a Muslim didn’t change the fact they
love black people and are willing to
come together to save them. For too
long we have let religion divide us
when religion isn’t the real problem.
Black men dying, drugs, fatherless
children, poverty, miseducation and
a corrupt government are the true
problems.
Reasons for the Million Man
March are extremely obvious if you
COLUMNIST
Vince Woody
look close enough at the issues. If
you aren’t present on that day, don’t
go to school or work and don’t
spend any money unless its on black
business. This will show America
the power of the over $400 billion in
spending power Black Americans
have in the United States yearly.
Come together with other religions
and pray, fast and study together.
Watch the Million Man March to the
end and support what it’s all about.
October 16, 1995 will be the
start of a new beginning for the black
people in America and I would hope
that you’ll be a part of the cause.
Staff Writers
Kesha Bowden
Terry britton
JOHN BURTON, JR.
DoUGI_AS CLARK
Kimberly coffey
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KENYETTA RICHMOND
MEKO TAYLOR
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