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Last week the Chronicle
reported an incident of an East
Winston resident being forced
from his home into the cold for
not paying his rent;?That
incident sparked a great deal
of curiosity on how often that
kind_ of thing actually takes
place, and who the parties
usually are involved. We
found some pretty startling
things.
We found that in most
?? instances of", tenant/landlord squabbles
it always centers on
non-payment of rent in the
books downtown. There are
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that sort of thing. Almost
always involving one of the
small (but wealthy) realty
companies.
problem was and the answers
are the same. "These people *
simply refuse to pay the rent.
/ -?- We have been patient/' they
say.
Because we saw what the
realtors and the courts said
concerning these cases in the
books in the magistrates^
office, we decided to hear
what some of the people were
saying about housing provided
by those firms.
One woman took us on a
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guiaea lour 01 some 01 tne
places up for rent leased
through these 4 'reputable"
firms. She explained a few
simple facts of life while she
took us from place to place.
She said old people, black and
white, blacks generally, and
those living on fixed incomes
are at the mercy of the private
realty companies if we can't
get into public housing. "Look
at what they make us live in,*'
she shouted. She pointed to
one of a whole row of old
houses.
Once inside, we saw a new
coat of dull paint on the walls
and wood floors. There was
rust, grit and slime in the
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comode, bathroom sink, and
bathtub.
There was?no running
water .Windows were broken.
Frankly, itTwas dismal. There
was a "for rent" sign up. The
"houses" along the row were
in similar shape. There were
people "living" in some of
them.
-The woman said that most
of the people have had rent
problefnis before. She said
"the city housing inspector
comes along and sights all
kinds of violations but nothing
is done. The courts see we
are behind in rent and owe
less than $40 and figure we
are holding back rent."
She said no one hears about
the way the realtors or their
employees talk to the pcoolc
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living in these pfaces, thelanguage
they use, their
worthless promises, and their
utter lack of concern for the
tenants. "And don't ask them
to fix something!'!_ ' ^
We found that in almost
every instance of eviction of
people in these kinds of
dwellings, the same realtors
wer^ involved. We also found
that a great deal of the money
these realtorsmake off their
tenants is dumped into some
pet project like renovating
some building, or building a
new apartment complex. The
law it seems is working for
them. %
We urge the city housing
authority to investigate what
we think is an appalling
situation, and one that is on
the increase in this city. We do
not mean to imply that all
realty companies in this city
operate this way. We are
saying that some do, and that
these establishments should
get top priority from city and
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even state officials on housing
practices that must be
considered no less <;than
intolerable.
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That blacks need to develop
new affirmative action
strategies should, by now,
be evident to all.
In our-colleges, for example,
black studentsand
black professors, tooare
finding themselves on
a merry-go-round which results
in no progress or no
enduring gains.
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Sworn testimony regarding
this state of affairs
for black students was provided
not long ago by
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civil rights chief for the
' federal Department of
Health, Education and
Welfare.
Martin Gerry indicated
that all recent administrations-including
those of
Johnson & Kennedy-had
been deliberately slow in
the enforcement of racf
ial opportunity policies.
Black students in our
colleges, Gerry noted,
face a "revolving door"
sinfp the, whit*?collagen?
which receive them do
little to keep them on
campus after enrollment.
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Gerry stated: "The fact
is that black (college) enrollment
has not beentranslated
into practices
which affect treatment...
The plans have inadequately
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is crucial." \
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Much the same practice of
accepting blacks, only to
let them out shortly after
acceptance, occurs in relation
to white college hiring
practices as well.
Colleges are under a mandate
to accept blacks as students,
faculty and administrators
in order to guarantee
federal loans and other
financial' assistance.
Still rv the white colleges
have demonstrated no
"effective intent" to receive
blacks with the same
good faith a? that with
which they receive whites
as students, teachers and
administrators.
Blacks are enrolled, only
to be failed within one or
two years. In the New
Jersey College of Medicine
in Newark, several
y
years ago, 16 blacks were
admitted as students. By
June, the - 16 black students
had failed.
Remarkably,?in this in
stance, an aggressive affirmative
action tem of two
concerned older local black
physicians threatened to
close the school down unless
a similar number of
blacks were admitted the
next year...and with sufficient
safeguards to malce
certain that all would pass.
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The new black students
were admitted? and all
passed.
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This points up several
pernicious fictions which
are widespread now and
which have grown out. of
tjie current affirmative
action debate.
One is that blacks should
not receive "special treatment".
The basic fact here
which should be obvious to
all is that all schools (or
colleges) gear their program
and teaching to a
"special constituency"
which they perceive that
they can best serve.
In the definition of their
"constituents to be served"
blacks have been left
out. Blacks only require
the same kind of assessment
of need and adjustment
of program and
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into for others for whom
the rnllpooc nm ?i
gcaicu iiiemselves
to serve.
"Special treatment" is
always involved in any
education designed to
meet perceived human
and social needs.