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^acks Reject Self-Help; Fear Racism High most Blacks want to be self-sufficient, the age and perception of the black community by hites and many other Blacks is to the contrary, lecent NAACP convention in Denver is a case in he news that the leaders of the colored people’s jed to use the media to get across was that they *the forefront of a struggle to save Blacks and the yoin the wrath of a racist president. But the point Ijs actually made was quite different. that surfaced was not that Ronald Reagan is to save Blacks with more poverty programs, jt Blacks are not willing to save themselves from ty programs. The stereotype of lazy Blacks in- ,j only in their own selfish interests, angry and ryfsted in the country’s future was reinforced once line sneering White man had said that Blacks can is( off the surplus of wealth produced by White his charge could be safely dismissed as racist. But essence, is what the NAACP implied by its ada- sistance to Reagan’s message. It suggests that the ige of American Blacks is terribly feeble and in/’ wrote Joseph Sobran in the New York Post, icaiely. President Reagan told the 5,000 NAACP Jes that they were spending their $140 billion' non- Ijlively outside of their communities, namely with leople. nost neighborhoods what really brings prosperity the income of that neighborhood is then iecl by turning over several times within that com- jAVCMW YIIEW mm TONY BROWN’S POh JOURNAL. t ;ms to be a trait of "nature of us to think ^he other person’s te is greener than our (Certainly, we are y aware of our own ins, but we don’t the Inside problems e other person. The who makes the ist contribution to is the one who his primary efforts Naomi C.McLean munity. “1 must tell you that in the Black communities in America the turnover is less than once before the dollars, those $140 billion, go out into the community at large. And that has to be changed.” But Benjamin Hooks, NAACP director, and Margaret Bush Wilson, NAACP chairman, were too busy insulting President Reagan to pay any attention to helping themselves. “Executive director Hooks is a seasoned farceur at these performances,” wrote R. Emmett Tyr rell, Jr. in the Washington Post. If the future of Black America was not hanging in the balance, 1, loo, might en joy the farce and the joker’s stage acting. Somebody needs to tell Blacks to stop begging and help themselves. And I’m glad that Ronald Reagan did so. The Black leaders of racial integration are always propos ing another room addition to the welfare estate and their grants from the Federal government top the list. Moreover, the NAACP spent $3 million with Whites in Denver and avoided the Black neighborhood and businesses of Five Points. The “civil rights” group did the same thing to the Black community in Liberty City in Miami last year. “Much of the Black leadership is not in the business of leading Blacks, but of extracting what they can from Whites, and their strategies and rhetoric reflect that orientation,” Dr. Thomas Sowell, a Black economist noted. Just how bad is the damage caused by years of govern ment dependency and charlatan leadership? In a televi sion special we asked the Qube two-way opinion poll: “Can Blacks Support Themselves?” An. overwhelming 86 percent of a television opinion poll conducted did not fell that Blacks place enough em phasis on self help and too much on racism. And both guests, professional Blacks, agreed that the Black organizational ego and how some Black leaders put per sonal achievement above the concerns of the organiza tions hurt Black development. In light of these problems, can Blacks help themselves? Projected figures for 1984 show a Black population of over 35 million people earning 150 billion dollars, with a gross national product that will support an economy of 300 billion dollars. And the figures just keep growing and growing. The bigger the American Dream, the bigger the Black reality. Blacks have done a lot of things in 400 years, but when it comes to dollars and cents, going backwards hasn’t been one of them. Blacks make it and they spend ii. They buy Cadillac cars, more wine, more caps and hats, more cologne and mouth wash then Whites do for comparable size. They’re only II percent of the population, but 20 percent of the heavy users in the rice market, 16 percent of the total market in orange juice, 20 percent of the total market in .Scotch whiskey. Blacks account for 32 percent of all sales in malt liquor. They account for 40 percent of record pur chases of a $3.5 billion market. And they’re here to stay: 56 percent own their own homes. As President Reagan pointed out, they make it, but they spend it - not with Blacks - but with the wrong peo ple. That’s why Hooks and Wilson were in Denver crying racism. Tony Brown's Journal, the television series, is shown every Sunday, on WGHP-TV (8) at 11:30 p.m. reloping his own channel of effectiveness. Our It resources lie within ourselves, therefore, we need tn on our inner resources and occupy our minds, houghts that build morale rather than tear it down, rale is courage - not courage of which fear is the op- :,’but courage as opposed to discouragement. Good k implies a strong determination to carry on when isy way would be simply giving up. We cannot give swe meet or will meet some kind of discouragement ■every day. The meaning of morale is “Keeping spite, and it is important that we believe in s. ty is the spice of life - variety in attitudes and in cites to problems of all kinds. We gain more from than we could possibly gain from a level of less. At the same time, we need to make a real effort to understand the problems which others face, in ty we broaden our mental horizon, and there is an lunity to see that life is interrelated and what we do link has a bearing on the actions and thinking of mg facts, we live in a sadly divided world, and the rs within come from the absorption of far too many lein the externals. Spiritual bread is needed badly to bur inner lives, as the forces of physical science cultivated apart from the spiritual side of life, 'fearful means of destruction instead of helping the eing of mankind. Again, it is emphasized, we i remind ourselves that the true meanings of life are bund in material aspects, and it is important to lie those inward resources which are true values of iiiiiiiiiiiifiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiti You & the Law by Reggie Warren Legal Aid Society of Northwest N.C., Inc. IMIlllHllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllilMlllilllililUIIIIMHIlillllllllllllMIIIIM Bait And Switch X went into a store to buy an advertised item at a that seemed to good to be true. Mrs. X came out of ore with a different model—the type that was not tised and costs twice as much as the advertised X was a victim of the illegal “bait and switch” ique. lAT’S THE BAIT??? merchandise advertised at an itionally low price is set out as bait to lure customers ^0 store. Once inside the store, the customer finds he advertised special is not available or sold out. Jesperson trained in “bait and switch” selling may discourage the customer from buying the “low iy' advertised item and show the customer a better S THE SWITCH!!! The salesperson directs the ®er's attention to a better model that costs more ‘well worth” the extra dollars. The salesperson 3 to pressure the customer to decide right then and he more expensive item. If the salesperson is ssful, you, the customer, have been switched to a expensive, unadvertised item. ' teller always has the advantage in a bait-and- ' situation. You are ready to buy the bait that was Used so all the seller has to do is change your mind the price you’re willing to pay and the added tes you might enjoy more. .See Pare 9 Rev. Dr. James P. Hightower B.S., NMD., D.SC. • Prc-marital Counseling •Marriage & Family Therapy •Alchoholism Counseling MEMBER: Forsyth Mental Health Association National Medical Society (Assoc.) American Society Of Psychological Counseling Midwest Association Of Marriage Counselors Baptist Ministers’ Conference 216 E. Sixth St. Winston-Salem, N.C. Res: 723-8256 HOURS BY APPOINTMENT The Chronicle, Saturday, July 25, 1981-Hage S, Getdng Thenelsralf Ihe Funds. Froni now through Auj^^ust ”^1, when you fly us reiund trip from Smitn Reynolds to Atlnnta, Ashe\'iile. 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