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Page 4-Thc Chronicle, Saturday, July 18, I IBM I ?52 5:$: ^ N fryjic (it *irai*rrtr/lt<Mrti iitfttoi ? ..numi Wat Ik rurui*n^i ? AkkOiUlion ?:? Robert L. N C Press Association S/>uri\ / <// Strength The recent victory of the residents of the Skyline Village Apartments should serve as more than a victory for the black community. It should serve as a symbol of the inate power any people can generate when- they unify as a group and take a stand on an issue. When the tenants were served with evic. lion notices by their landlord, the John R. iayior Keai tstate Company, they could have separated into individual tactions, fighting for individual causes. Residents who had not been served with eviction notices could have closed their ears, claiming that the case did not effect them and those who were financially able to move could have done so without giving second thought to those whom they would leave behind. It could have been the way things ?generally proceed in a^ituancm-where the victims are black and feel helpless within Rev. Warner R. DurneU Should ERA A fortnight ago, firecrackers lit up our sky in celebration of America's 205th Anniversary of independence from British colonialism. While millions of Americans gobbled up a hillside of hot dogs and tit ? ~ guzziea aown a sea oi beer, many of their neighbors were gathering on court steps to lobby for the liberty that has eluded fifty percent of our populace. As this nation paused this past July 4th to commemorate the men who "fathered" ih\? country, citizens all across these United States were marching for justice under the law on behalf of the daughters of the mothers who actually gave America its birth. It is a tragic testimony to hear and to know that after two cenruries of the "American ex~perimentv^ equal right for' women have yet to be realized! "f Should the equal rights amendment be ratified? Does the Bible offer an answer? As is the case with many concerns that mil front rnnlpmnnrarn A nr\t* n r ?t., v... wi>>viii pui u i j nn iv i iv a 11 juv. ici y , the Bible gives no direct answer to this question. But the Bible does give us guidance in seeking to answer this crucial question. Early on in the scriptures, we read .where God holds conversattion with God and said; "Let us make rrian in our image, after our likeness," (Gdnesis 1:26). In the very next verse we read; "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them," (Gen. 1:27). In this creation account from the sacred" writings, female and male are created together to fill the earth and subdue it. Together they are to be God's co-creators'. Although other readings have often held sway concerning the older creation account in Genesis 2, there are solid critical grounds for regarding woman's creation after man and the animals as a signal not of her Tubordination but oT her completion of the creation and of her equality and bond with man from whose rib she was taken, (Genesis 2:20-25). According to the creation stories, women and men were created equal by God. After the fall of humanity < (Genesis 3), under the condition of sin, is where the Bible begins to speak of women's subordination and her pain in childbirth. Of course, this was^never to be the expression of the creative intent of God! Moving to the beginning of a new day in the history of humanity, with the coming of Christ, we see from the Gospels where Jesus treated women in a radically different way than was culturally accepted. Women were treated with equal respect by Jesus. He frees women to assume roles and identities other than traditionally prescribed (Luke 10:38-42; John 20:I1-I8L The apostle Paul, who gave some culturally conditioned opinions about the status of women in two letters that bear his name such as; "Let a woman learn in silence with all submkssiveness." . " . ?, * * e 981 ft* n-Salem Ctinoqicle vbill Founded 1974 ?& iluhiM hfiiMiumw C n-Tnufhh't Mum jjjjj;: , | .ijjx H -r-'-^rnr.-nh^aAadit t?r??? : ? . Ilcr Lluinc I . Fill ?f cucsuimm inr (Hhiv ^lunuMi'r In Unity the bureaucracy of society. The residents could have sat, complained and done nothing. Certainly, Taylor Realty would have proceeded on course with the eviction procedures Tor whatever their reasons, if not a fight had been staged. But the residents did fight, banding together, young and old, employed and unemployed, whether facing eviction or not, under the common goal of a community. The message should be taken by all and can be applied to any and every situation that may and probably will arise for black people under the present federal administration. Our security has been and forever remains in our unity. The Chronicle salutes the courage of the residents of_the Skvline Village-Apart? ments. l Father Michael B. Curry Be Ratified? , (I Corinthians 14:34; I Timothy 2:11), also wrote concerning the new era inaugurated by Christ; "There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus." (Gelations 3:28). In Christ, we find God at work in peeking to restore lost creation. The distinctions that divided human persons are barriers torn down by the ushering in of the kingdom of God! According to The Book, God made women and men equal. After the fall, sin created division between men and women, along with the assumption of superior and siibordinate positions. This was not God's design for human beings, and through of human interaction which existed before the fall. If the equal rights amendment, yet to be ratified will help to bring us closer to equality and solidarity between men and women, then it deserves our utmost support. God is for equal rights for women and men. This does not mean that God desires to see us in a unisexual society. God wants us to celebrate his ordained diversity within the human condition. But it ceases to be celebration when we hinder the right of women to fully enjoy '4life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" on a plain equal to that of men. Send your opinions to: CHRONICLE LETTERS P.O. BOX 3154 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. 27102 ?riS7"t?w ( artfr-Kamjl .. >'; fl&kjt -' . _ <^> ) Appoin Washington-;),f President _ Reagan makes good on his affirmative-action campaign promise by appoints Supreme Court, it will be widely assumed -- though few may be so rude as to say it aloud -- that he will have lowered the standards for service on that august body. Not that anyone will know much about the par-. tieular appointee. We seldom know anything about Suprerhe Court justices until after the fact anyway. Nor is it that most of us assume women lawyers and judges to be innately inferior. The inference of lowered standards will derive from the way the appointment came to be. THE L A TIMES SYNDIC "Cheer up! We're no I ' _ 1or an arm ana There is agreement that th> long-term ^industrialization productivity, make America ihe world economy again, economy. That's a tall order, and v determine the living standa How we go about it too, will society in the near-term as w That's why all discussions to be accompanied by sharp < will be ^industrializing for. If the name of the game is in our society, making the destitute, then the nation wo of cards that would topple u tent. But if the goal is to mainti viding the jobs our society n< the quality of life for all, thei support from every sector of The Administration's app ting A \ If the appointment of a woman resulted from a national search for the best combination of Ipoal ahili. ty, scholarship and judicial temperament, there would be no implication of lowered standards. But Reagan promised during his election campaign that he would appoint a woman to an early vacan IJ|MR|H^^Pj| e nation has to embark on a program that will increase i's products competitive in and reshape Jhe nation's whether it can be done will rds of future generations, determine the shape of our ell. of ^industrialization have questions about just who we to create further distortions rich richer and the poor uld just be creating a house nder the pressure of disconain full employment by pro?eds and an improvement in t ^industrialization will win ' our population, roach to reindustrialization f <? to knock it off . . . I'm rlo it ... or I will!". 2%^ 4 Voman 1 AVillii Raspb< cy on the court, which can be said to mean that for that particular seat men wpre a r D11 r a r 11 y disqualified.r-And since men far outnumber women as lawyers and judges, . the "best-qualified" person for the court seat would far more likely be a man. It's simple mathematics. And all this intellec* tualization of the situation *^^ "" 4 J*'** Reinduslrialing _ For A Whom? ? *' ? I is to support blanket incentiv invest in productive capacity for capital investments, big X2 Such steps might unlock a lc move savings from unproduct productive ones like new fact' In the process though, sue policy might just worsen our blems. It could drain funds dustrial regions to other secti< to low-cost foreign countries. For example, tax policie building new plants could ma industries to abandon their o elsewhere. Older cities have s< dustrial base, with the consc round of incentives to build n the local economies of major So incentives should be n; jobs where they are neede rehabilitating aging plants sho hnilHino nf?w nn? Or c*j -o ^ V1 ,,,v J J favor replacing present facilit The plan to create "enterp where job-creating business through tax breaks and othe direction. But it would be c sweeter concessions were giver from the same urban areas. So far most of the reindu confined to creating incenrtvt capital facilities. Not enough vesting in human resources. E faces a major bottleneck in it The fact is that there is a sh key fields. A reindustrialiaatio new generation ot productive severe shortage of skilled draf and other crafts. And the renewed arms proc worsen the situation, draining for civilian goods production, That argues forcefully fo restrain people in obsolete ti unemployed, youth, and mainstream roles in tomorrov Revitalizing our economy j qualities in our society dema grams and incentives for balai tion's people and regions. 9 "o The Bench I uri? Rona|~c| Reagan _ _ _ I I qualification for the highest I I were last fall. Does anyone Cm m y I I outside their immediate I I families believe, to take just I I two examples, that Warren I Burger and William Rehnquist were, prior to their ap? pointment, head and will miss the crucial point, shoulders above all other which is that rarely is the lawyers and judges best-qualified person nam- available for service on the ed or elected to.any post in court? What was there in the land. We could never the record of Henry Ford II agree on what makes a per- Qr William French Smith or son "best-qualified in the the head of Penn Central first place," and even if we that made them clearly the could we haven't the best available candidates faintest idea about how to for their jobs? go about finding that per- ^n(j yet t^e notj0n per. son* sists that the holders of high Does anyone sincerely 0ffjce are there because they are particularly H on any bas*s but merit, believing that it serves the national interest and social efficiency to out the best ^ "lost important, best-paid I ^ i \ ||SL Our favorite analogies ^ ll ^ ^ v ^ are basec* on athletics. No - one would dream of in- I W dicapped centerfielder, or a female middle linebacker, m W basketball center simply because they are members I ^Bpv class. We want the best. But I |j\ tually unique in its ability to I discover the best. For most tions, we are lucky to find I jm 3 makes tne point in his latest book, Equality." "The argument based on , . . - , > - ? .A | v, t , . . If ? f S I ..? ? .(L,.. ,U I ^ I I \i , lllliri 1 '?f?l social efficiency is perhaps .? l^e 111051 w'dely cited and y' accepted argument against ^- any kind of equality other than of opportunity," he K* ^ says. "While it is super. *"?' ficially plausible, there is in fact no demonstration-and perhaps no way of demonstrating -- that the most able, virtuous, and intelligent members of society are in fact occupying the es for the private sector to leading roles in it. -- accelerated depreciation "To adduce one obvious ix cuts, less regulation. example, are we to say that )t of safe deposit boxes and Nixon, Agnew, Haldeman, ive investments like gold to Mitchell, Ehrlichman,~and ories. company attained the top h an undirected incentives oppositions of political economic and social pro- leadership in America and jobs^ from older in- because they were the 3ns of the country, or even outstanding statesmen available in our land? Or s designed to encourage because they were morally ke it easier and cheaper for superior? Or perhaps Id^r installations and build because they had the een the erosion of their in- greatest political talents? quent loss of jobs. A new What is the correlation betew facilities could wipe out ween their abilities and parts of the nation. characters and their arrowly targeted to create achievements? d most. Tax breaks for ,4In fact, the richest and uld be more favorable than most powerful persons in stem could.be designed to America are not more able ies in the same areas. or virtuous, in any rise zones" in inner cities, demonstrable way, than the es would be encouraged rest of us." ~~ r means, is a step in that If Ryan is right, and I loomed to failure if even don't doubt that he is, then no industries moving away * it makes sense to see to it that those who lead our ma strialization talk has been jor institutions are ?s for business to invest in reasonably representative stress has been given to in- , of the people they serve, lut that is where the nation provided only that they are s attempt to compete. demonstrably qualified and ortage of skilled workers in competent. >n program that will mean a ' The appointment of the machinery will run into a first female member of the tsmen, tool and die makers Supreme Court, so long as she is a member of that vast urement program will only body of trained, experiencoff skilled workers needed. ed, competent and decent , spurring inflation. professionals, will not >r a massive program to represent a lowering of ades and to train today's standards. The standards, neglected minorities for apart from these basics, * v's economy. have been mostly noncxisand overcoming gross ine- tent anyway, nds sharply targeting pro- 4 4 Bes t-q u a I i f i cd " is iced growth among the na- nothing but an appealing myth. 4
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