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PAGE 2 THE VOICE WhyTeensUseDrugs The Blackman JANUARY 26.J969 Today’s teenagers are frustrated. They want some thing to do. They are searching for an outlet which will give them a feeling of individuality and accomplish ment. Today one of the outlets most widely used by teenagers is drugs. There are three main reasons why they have resorted to this and these reasons are the basis for their entire experience with narcotics. The first and most evident reasons is that teen agers are looking for excitement. They want to ex perience something new and different. They are tired of life’s routing and they want a change. Through the use_of drugs, they find this excitement. The second reason is that teenagers want to be in dependent. Today, more than ever, young adults want freedom. They don’t want to be told what to do or how to do it. They want to break away from parental rule and live a life of self-reliance. They usually find this “freedom” through drugs. It gives them the feeling of independence that they long for. The third and final reason is that teenagers are looking for an escape from the world today. They are tired of the many problems that exist in our so-called democratic government and they want a release. The most inviting way out is drugs. These are the reasons for the widespread use of drugs by teenagers in America today. It is a problem that faces adults as well as teenagers, because it must be solved by both. It is also a problem that every Amer ican adult should think seriously about, because today, teenagers need their help more than ever. Brenda Watson Unity: Three Sides Surely, we agree that Whites have and are exploit ing Blacks in practically every facet of life, that whites are a common enemy to blacks, and that we blacks must as a unit liberate ourselves from the whites. But the manner in which we are to execute this task has in itself become a barracade on our own firing line. We have our divisions: the militant who contends that we black must use all physical force necessary to destroy and/or separate from the white power struc ture; the negro who contends that the law is on our side and that we should exhaust all legal and peaceful means of negotiation to destroy the white power struc ture; and the Uncle Tom who is the TOO polite yes sir man(?)who does not wish to offend the “great white father” — a good nigger. Though these three divisions have various meanings, their ultimate end is the same. In other words, paradoxically as it may seem, each attacks the enemy with its own convictions and through a unique personality that owes its conception to a white- dominated society that advocates freedom and democ racy yet is an enemy of the same. Consequently, the common end is more significant than the means. There fore we must function as a unified, cohesive force. The effect the white power structure has exerted on the mental processes, behavior, social organization and cultural life of blacks is explicit in these three postulates and their contenders: all blacks should em brace white middle class values — the negroes; all blacks should let whites be the pacesetters of our libera tion — Uncle Toms. Thus, in accordance with the way one has been affected, (success, failure, etc.,) there are various philosophies and concepts of how we should encounter the white power structure. Hence, whatever vices and virtues black men exhibit are the result of the white power structure. A structure like a virus that has inconsistent manifestations. Then there is no wonder why we victims have inconsistent symptoms. Even though each group attacks the enemy differently, aggression, regardless of guise, is benefi cial. Subsequently, the groups are mutually exclusive, though a reciprocal unit. But disrespect for another’s point of view and unawareness of the origin of that point of view breed separateness — a cancerous evil we blacks don’t need.Our chance of waging a totally physi cal triumph, a totally legal triumph, a totally lais- sez-faire trlump is nil. However, the use of all three at the right time, place and circumstance can be effec tive. As one would not use vinegar to catch flies, one would not use an “Uncle Tom to bargain with a radical. Whitely has his divisions also: the radical who ad vocates complete liberation of blacks NOW; the libe ral who advocates changes and eventual liberation of blacks; the conservative who advocates status quo. Since whitey’s army is divided, this, in my opinion, is why we can make our division effective. As black men we can unite and direct our existing forces to overcome our resistance. Yes, we blacks have our divisions, but they are not static. One may move in or out of a group through his own convictions or through persuasion by a disciple of another group. Persuasion, yes. Coercion — no. Coercion in any form breeds suspicion and disdain. It is not possible for black men to work well together housing such pestistence. My premise is: ' While united as a chohesive force, one in the union may still obey himself and pledge himself without neglecting his own interest — self preservation. Anonymous - A Student Past & Present Benjamin Banneker was a nineteenth century astronomer of Maryland. Banneker acquired the rudiments of his educa tion from his grandmo ther. In 1797, Banneker began the publication of a series of almanacs. The first was that for the year 1792 and the last that for 1802. “He also wrote a dissertionon bees and culculated the locust plague as recurrent in the seventeen year cy cles”. Aside from a- stronomy, Banneker like most great men had a par ticular interest in politi cal affairs. Granville T. Woods was a scientist-inventor who we know very little of but was one of the first Black Men to keep current data of his inventions. “He made various improve ments in telegraphy, these including a system of telegraphy from moving trains, also an electric trailway and a phono graph. Several of Ws not able inventions were as signed to the General E- lectric Company and to the American Bell Tele phone Company.” “Marcus Garvey was sometime referred to as the fierce, racial and vio lent spokesman. Such a leader was Garvey, in extolling everything black, appealed to the masses in Black urban communities; he preach ed the glories of the Afri can past and foresaw a day when Afro - Americans fleeing to the Dark Con tinent, would build their own paradise.” Langston Hugh^ is one of the most famous of our contributors, whose ca reer has been too full to set down in any de tail. “The author of many books, booklets, plays, and contributor to num erous periodicals and an thologies, translator of a great number of Cuban and Haitian works, win ner of several awards,he has been a war reporter in Spain, Executive Di rector of the Harlem Suit case Theatre, and dele gate for the league of American Writers to Eu ropean Congress.” ‘Carter G. Woodson of Cunton, Virginia started the first systematic treatment of Negro his tory in 1915. Woodson, an ex-coal miner and school teacher, organiz ed the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History. Over the years the still-thriving Asso ciation has published many important volumes in this field. Today most educational institutions are conscious of the Ne gro’s past and are de veloping study programs to fill this neglected gap in the education of most Americans.” I INSTITUTIONAL ^ RESEARCH and other comments 3Y CHARLES I. BROWN Some Recent Facultv Staff Puhlirarinns Asbury, Charles A., The Structure of Psychology as a Scientific Discipline, FOOTNOTES, 3:6, 1968-69. pp. 53-60 , Some Selected Problems Involved in Assessing the Intelligence and Achievement of Disadvantage Groups; with the Emphasis on the Negro, FOOTNOTES, 3:7, 1968-69, pp. 61-80, Brown, Charles 1., Fayetteville State College Institu tional Research, Volume 3, 1967-68, HOP. , FOOTNOTES: A Fayettevj 1 le State College Publication. Volume 2, 1967-68, 72p. , Instruction Performance Check List: 2nd Semester 1967-68, November 1968, 5 p. , Survey of Student Opinion of Teaching: 2nd Semester 1967-68, December 1968, 5p. Performance of the CPI Freshmen and Other Freshmen on the California Mathematics Tests: September 1968, FSC Institutional Research. 4:7, 1968-69, Class Project, Marketing Survey: First Semester 1968-69, December 1968, 4p. Cox, Ollie, The “Spot of Joy” in My Last Duchess, College Language Association Journal. 12:1, 1968, pp. 70-76, Leazer. Perry, Favetteville State Broncos Basketball Press Book: 1968-69, December 1968, 14p. Liu, Shia-ling, Ana Analysis of the Result and Signi ficance of the 1968 Presidential Election, China News week. November 1968, , The Prospective Relationship Between the New President and The 91st Congress, China Daily News. December 18, 1968. , The Background and Outlook of the Nixon Cabinet, China Daily News, December 21, 1968, IR: And Other Comment Is there anyone in this academic community who has yet to encounter the old writer’s lament that goes some thing like, “I don’t want to be made rich, I don’t even want to be made famous, all I want to be is read.” Well so far as this writer is concerned, I know now that even the latter part of the above quote is out of the question. How do I know? Well the following con fession tells how I know. The December ’68 IR piece was a mistaken insert but being an author of singu larly unread proportions the column went unread. But first, you have to recall how it is in a busy office with papers of various kind lying about. Well on this parti cular day in IR we were busy and I was having one of my usual chewing-out days. I didn’t really mean for it to happen the way that it did but the guy had really made me mad and in my tower of rage I had vented my spleen of my most masterful blue-letter. Now get this, alongside the blue-memorandum was the IR release to The Voice, but from this point on I can summarize, the blue-memorandum was mistakenly sent to The Voice and The Voice peice was sent to the guy I was mad at. (Continued on page 4) THE VOICE Contributors Roy Birch C. I. Brown Mary Dawson Jerry Herring Annie McCullough Lonnie Sharpe James Waters Brenda Watson Editor..., Clifton Mervin Assist. Editors ..Roosevelt McPherson Hubert Simmons News Editors Vertia Brown Carolyn Newton Exchange Editor Cornel Davis Feature Editors Brenda M. Golden Joyce Grear James M. Waters Sfiorts—Editors Horald Williamson Makeup Editors Roosevelt McPherson Hubert Simmons Art Editors Darett Robinson Photography Editors Vance Sutplin Wayne King Floyd Woodard Pr.QQfing Editors Carllse Lassiter Typists Carolyn Newton Hattie L. Bullock Barbara Watkins Annette McNeill Mable Williams Advertising Editor Sherron Cherry Advisor Ollie Cox
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