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seems to be giving way 16 ilfF
protest.
Since the beginning of this ;
education here in the State h
protests in one way or the othe
It is probably a sign of what v
one week two Universities in
student protests.
Students bottled youthful en<
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expression outside the world o
Environmental crusade for soi
the charm it once held. Grades o
than they were some years bac
attention of some students. B1j
yours for the asking even in the
than they do in practice. At lea:
_ ; heat nut of many black students.
some college students is bdfcor
So, many students are wTfl
classroom wor!d..Their energy 1<
is likely that this bottled energy
and major college student prote:
too distant future, (college admi
utilize this energy that seems
outside the classroom.
Civil Rigl
Still Neec
The National Association foi
People (NAACP) has been a fr<
many years. W.E.B. Dubois
founded the organization in 191
fighting for the civil rights a
blacks.
The Winston-Salem Chapter t
are sure. Except that there are
know very little about the activi
not even the address of its of
Organizations like the Congr
the NAACP, and the Urban Le
the support of all the commun
served as a power base in the it
But, without community sa
effectiveness.
These groups have tended I
community on certain issues. 1
is no clear-cut issue or impendiT
neglect to continue our suppor
these groups. There is always a
attention of these groups.
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/ill follow that within a space of
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;rgy has gotten more and more
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me students seems to be loosing
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:k. There is no war to hold the
ack Studies programs are now
programs look better on paper
st the programs have taken the?
And the cult of hippism among
ning a thing of yesteryear.'
Soul a challenge outside "the
ooks in vaip for action. Hence it
will find some escape in minor
st and demonstration in the not
nistrator must do something to
to have no challenge facing it
its Groun
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;edom fighter for black folk for
and a group of white liberals
0. DuBois invisioned the group
nd equality of opportunity for
)f the NAACP is doing that... we
some people in this town who
ties of this noble organization...
Fice.
ess Of Racial Equality (CORE),
ague, are worthwhile and need
ity. These groups have always
iterest of blacks and minorities,
nction they will lose their
through the years to unify the
'ragically, however, when there
ig threat we tend to feel safe and
t. We can jll-afford to abandon
in issue...a cause that needs the
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Who will be laid off? That's
a question on a lot of people's
minds these days as the
economy continues to deteriorate
and unemployment
continues to climb.
It's also a question that
could be an explosive one,
deepening the already
troublesome fissures in our
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And it is a question of
immediate significance to
emplyers, unions, minority
employees, federal officials
and the courts, because of the
conflicting claims of seniority
and affirmative action.
Most large employers are
bound by union contracts that
say layoffs must be in order of
seniority -- first hired, last
fired. They are also bound by
the law, in this case the Civial
Rights Act of 1964,* which *
forbids discriminatory empjoymcnc
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It was due- to this law that. :
many balds, -women- and
minorities got their first, crack- v?
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. white males. To make up for
past discrimination, many
companies have agreed with
federal authorities to undertake
affirmative action programs
designed to increase
the numbers of minority
employees.
Now a recession-struck .
company is caught in -a-dilemna:
who to lay off? If
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they lay off older white
workers, theyviolate seniority
provisions of their union
contracts. If they lay off blacks
who have less seniority thanks
to the earlier refusal to hire,
the company reverts back to
its lily-white work force and
violates affirmative action
agreements with the govern
ment, as well as the Civil
Rights Act.
Caught in the middle are
. workers of both races who face
layoffs in ajob market that
offers no opportunity for
alternative employment
there are already some signs
of deepening racial bitterness
as some workers are victims of
layoffs that don't affect the
other race as much. If this
situation continues, we would
see a- lethal combination of
racial1 conflict and' economic
hardship, an explosive mix.
- Several cases have already
with contradictory rulings. In
one case, the courtruled that acompany
could m.. lay off its
black workers because such
action would perpetuate the
effects of past discrimination.
In another case, the judge
ruled that the seniority system
should predominate and it*s
just too bad if that works
disproportionate hardship on
biack workers.
Ultimately, these and other
cases will come before - the
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Supreme Court which may
hand down a definintive ruling
that sets clear guidelines for
employers. But by then it may
be too late and there is
always the chance that this '
Court will issue a ruling thft
rebuilds the descriminatory
walls that excluded black
, people from equal employment
opportunities.
In the Griggs case, which
dealt with the pre-hiring tests,
the Court ruled that employment
practices "neutral on
m
their face, and even neutral in
terms of intent, cannot be
maintained if they operate to
'freeze' the status quo of prior
discriminatory employment
practices..."
1 read that to mean the
"neutral" operation of a
seniority system that operates
to freeze blacks into a
last-hired, first fired situation,
- baa to give way to the higher .
conflicting tight of continued >
black employment oppor*
; tunity. -
Managers, workers, and
government officials ought to
recognize that the ultimate
solution lies not with the
courts but with adoption of
enliahtened oolictes that
the burdens of this siA
economy. If a company is in
such bad straits as to have to
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lay off workers, there are ways
to spread the effects,
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