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by Ada II Fisher
The Equal Rights Amendment Must Pass
Right now the state of North -alins is being bom
barded by celebrities on both sides of the issue of Equal
'Rights for Women. The opponents feel ERA will destroy,
the family, mean the abandonment of children to child
care -facilities; force women to pay alimony, etc., etc.,
ect. The proponents argue convincingly that in all states
where the ERA has been approved, none of these things
have become realities. The amendment states simply that
"Equality shall not be abridged on account of sex." How
this is interpreted depends on your side of the issue; how
ever, I'd like to tell you why I support the Equal Rights
Amendment. '
In our family, there are four males and two females
all of whom have managed to be successful in their own
, right. As for me, I can say that I was an am continually
discriminated against because of sex and color. In the next
generation of Fishers, the women outnumber the men
and I'd like to insure that they have every opportunity to
be whatever they'd like as long as its not a crook, a pimp,
a prostitute, a pusher, or an addict. Withoiit ERA, my
nieces will always be discriminated against.
There is a myth running rampant that black women have
always had it one up on black men. It sounds good to un
educated ears and it feeds upon our deprived egos; but the
statistical reality doesn't bear this out. Though one may
find more black women in the low paying professions such
as teaching, nursing, clerical work, and domestic labor;
black men dominate the upper. echelon
medicine, law, dentistry (where we have been allowed in).
How many women are in the top ranks of corporations, sell
us life insurance, are represented in the labor unions or
trade unions? This category is where the money is and
where the women aren't, especially the black women. Do
you want to talk about pay? Well, dear hearts, for equal
work, statistics how white men outdrawing black men
by approximately fifty per cent. Black men may equal or
make slightly more than white women doing the same job;
however, black women will make less than all three doing
the same job. '
The issue which bothers me most is a moral one-sexual
politics. Women are sexually harassed and abused be
cause of their sex with no legal recourse or assitance. Some
have made it to the top upright using their heads; others
have made it horizontally on their backs. Somehow we
need tosempye sexual bargaining frpm the work areruuAs
I FaJhliy fhysiciant I have gc4 mix t male and female
Eatients. I enjoy serving both equally. For years women
ave gone to male obstetrician and gynecologists for all
sorts of female problems. Now some feel the profession
should have more women. I agree; but what we really need
is more competent, compassionate people to do the job
their sex should not matter.
What of divorce, alimony, child support, etc.? Well,
personally, I've never felt that mothers should automatic
ally have custody in case of divorce or separation. The
parent who is better able to care for the child(ren) should
have custody. Too often children are used to squeeze men
for all they're worth. Alimony is an issue of little relevance
to me, for I can always work and provide for my own well
being. Maybe women should pay alimony; but few will
be required to do so as long as inequalities in pay remain.
Alimony is a way of not letting go and keeping the payor
in bondage. Interestingly enough, though we talk of loos
ing alimony with ERA, less than per cent of those who have
been awarded it have been able to collect. Child support is
not an issue, it is a parental responsibility and should be an
unarguable issue. Children didn't ask to come here and
male or female involved in relationships producing children
should be obligated to contribute to their child's care. '
And what of the war issue with concerns of women
beirlg drafted!?! First let's admit that war. is hell and try
too stay out of them. Next, look at who get killed- young
men, especially young black men who make up 25-40 of
combat troops though we represent less than 20 of the
population. If we must have a war and our country must
be defended, then women should be willing to serve. To
see my sons die is to value their lives little if women aren't
requried to aid in our protection. I personally wouldn't
want my son to get killed any more than I would wish the
death of a daughter; to, give my son the total burden of
defending our country is unfair to him and an insane idea.
It should be of interest to all of us that the most recently
successful (if war can have a success) participants in
the Vietnamese and the Israeli' have all had the assistance
of women. Don't sell short the military value of women
Where then will the family be? No one knows, but even
without ERA's passage, the family is radically changing.
The economy, not ERA, necessitates the change. Women
must work ot help their families survive. If we work, child
support systems are essential. More sharing of household
responsibilities by males is important if our homes ar to run
efficiently. Children, spouses, parents, and everyone must
be liberated if the family is to survive.
As black people-who have for so long been
we should never contribute to that in another whether
because of religion, color, ethnic origins, or
sex. I am not amused by women in high positions who say
they have not been sexually discriminated against. They
serve as our "toms' and perpetuate the my th of equality or
opportunity. The Equal Rights Amendment should be lib
erating to men and women. It will give legal muscle to help
them get to the top without sexual harassment. But as Mark
Thomas states, mainly it should free you to be you and me
to be me. '
Black people do have a stake in the . Equal Rights
Amendment and I for one unequivocally support it. Don't
just think about yourself, think about your daughter's
future. Maybe if it's passed, women and men might learn
to work together. Who knows, black Americans might then
get attention refocused on our oppression and lack of
human rights. It will not come before we're all legally dealt
with as equals. Let us free black women and others of our
sex to be the best that they can without limitations on their
opportunities. If women want to dig ditches, fight fires,
deliver babies, be housewives and mothers, be whatever
they fancy, it's our life and we should be allowed to do or
pursue those things which will make us happy. '
Felicia Dronsoo
Wins llonoy
Doll Contost
Little Miss Felicia Brun
son was the winner of this
year's Honey Doll Contest
on February 24, sponsored
by the Alpha Theta Chap
ter of Eta Phi Beta Sorority,
Inc., at Shepard Junior High
School.
Second' runner-up was
Celena Ward; double third
place went to Sheryl Brown
and Tenita Philyaw; fourth
to Deitre Graham; fifth to
llyasah Rosemond and sixth
to Tiwanda Mayhue.
Receipts from this
second annual Honey Doll
Pageant are earmarked for
scholarships, both local and
national, and to give aid to
retarded children, both
locally and nationally. :
Mrs. Ruth Thomas serves
as chairman of the Pageant
Committee. Other members
of the committee were:
Mesdames Betty S. Hiliiard,
Virginia D. Rogers, Clara
Jones, Lois Thorpe, Evelyn
Yancey, Louise Allen, Ann
Wicker and Betty Smith.
Mrs. Betty S. Hiliiard is
Basileus of Alpha Theta
Chapter which is in the
mid-eastern region of the
Eta Phi Beta Sorority. Mrs.
Ethel S. Bounsell of Dur
ham is Mid-Eastern Region
al Director for chapters in
the states of North and
South Carolina, West Vir
ginia, Tennessee, and
Kentucky.
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CHARM CLINIC - The Durham Alumnae Chapter of
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. Inc., sponsored a charm clinic
for their contestants in tht 1979 Jabberwock, Saturday,
March 3 at NCCU. Shown here are the contestants being
taught how to properly manicure their nails by Ms. Nina
Williams from Dudley's Beauty Shop in Durham (bottom),
The person receiving the manicure is Miss Rhonda Jackson,
a contestant who is a student at Chapel Hill Senior High
School. Seated at the table, and shown (top) in a demon
stration of how to apply make-up by Miss Nellie Vinston,
is Miss Phyllis Throckmorton (above) a contestant from
Hillside High School. Miss Vinston is also from Dudley's.
(Photos by Kelvin A. Bell
Baked Beans ware mentioned for the first time in
Mrs. S. M. Child's "The Frugal Housewife" in 1829.
BY MICHELLE CRAIG
When was the last time
you really looked at your
feet?
Did you ever feel that
your feet had a mind of
their own?
Well, they do. Feet often
show the first signs of
general body disorders -diabetes,
ulcers, sickle cell
disease, arthritis, kidney
disorders. One may not be
aware of any of these
disorders, but one's feet
would. '
Because the human foot
is an extremely complex
part of the body, the need
for specialized treatment
evolved naturally. Today's
podiatrist is, as a result, in
great deamdn, and will con
tinue to be, as more people
become aware' of the inti
mate relationship between
foot health and total health.
Doctors of Podiatric
Medicine are specialists in
the care of feet. They are
licensed in every state to
treat the foot medically and
surgically. The skills of the
podiatrist are in increasing
demand because foot dis
orders are among the most
widespread and neglected
health problems affecting
people of this country. If is
estimated that for each
person suffering disability
due to foot problems, there
are at least thirty others
with some form of foot .
trouble. There are approxi
mately 28 million visits
made o podiatrist annually.
Although the number of
podiatry graduates has
doubled since 1966, sub
stantial numbers of new
students will be needed to
, meet the increased demands
for foot care.
Today, there is one medi
cal doctor for every 670
persons in the country, one
dentist for every 2,000, but
only one podiatrist for
every "2300 Americans.
The shortage of qualified
health manpower is a con
cern facing the entire
country; however, it is a
crisis seriously affecting
minority and .' rural com
munities. 'This is very
apparent in North Caro
lina where the state's
ratio of practitioner to
population has been well
below the national average
in almost every health
specialty. 1
Although minorities
comprise approximately 24
e:r cent of the state's popu
tion, they represent only
three per cent of the state's;
physicians, four per cent or
the dentists, one per cent of
the optometrists, three per
cent of the pharmacists and
one per cent of the veterina
rians. There are no minority
podiatrists in the state. :
A major reason for the
poor health status of U.S.
minorities is their under
representation in all of the
medical and allied health
professions. :
The number of minority
health professionals in all
fields must be dramatically
increased if all North Caro
linians, especially minori
ties and disadvantaged, are
to receive adequate health
care.
THOSE FEET NEED CARE
3 -a- Here in Durham,- ther,e
'is one man trying to in
crease this number James
Williamson, of Raleigh, is
presently doing his clerk
ship with Dr.. John Iredale,
on Broad Street. He is
currently completing his
last year at Pennsylvania
College of Podiatric Medi
cine and plans to return to
Durham to start his prac
tice, Williams believes that
"its not just the fact that
blacks aren't interested,
most blacks don't know
enough about the field of
"Podiatry and what they can
do in this field."
Williamson is not alone
in his effort to increase the
number of trained profes
- sionals. The, North ' Caro
lina Health Manpower De
velopment program (NCH
MDP) was organized in
1971 as an association of
educational and community
service institutions and
funded by the National
Urban Coalition's Health
Manpower Development
Corporation. :
In 1974, NCHMDP be-
- came at: mtermstrrslional.
program of the University
of North Carolina system,
operating under the pro
tection of the Division of
Health Affairs, University
of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill. "There is a tremen
dous need for people tq be
made aware of the extreme
shortage of podiatrists, es
pecially minority podia
trists," says Dr. Lavonia
Allison, Director of NCH
MDP.
Less than 300 podia
trists are from minority
groups. ' Podiatry needs
more qualified practitioners
from all ethnic groups, es
pecially now when the
demand for podiatric care
is outstripping the profes
sion's ability to supply it.
Kindorgarton-lst Grade
Registration Set
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Registration for kinder
garten and first grade in
the Durham County Schools
will be held daily, March
5-9, from 8:30 ajn.
to 3:30 pjn. Parents
should register eligible
children at the school their
children will be attending
next year.
Children who'll be
eligible for kindergarten
and who live in the Holt,
Hillandale, and
Moore districts should
register at he Lake
view Kindergarten Center.
Future kindergarteners who
live in the Little Riv. i.l
Mangum districts should
register at Mangum.
DR. JOHN IREDALE WITH JAMES WILLIAMSON
Offices At
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