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The Pari
Democrs
By Ruthell Howard
Staff Writer
Speaking at the 73rd annual
National Association
for the Advancement of
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vuiuitu r cupic
Convention, held recently
in Boston, Sen. Lowell
Weicker, R-Conn., termed
the struggle for civil rights a
"bipartisan one involving
both Democrats and
Republicans" and warned
blacks against "being tied
too closely to one political
party."
Chronicle Can
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By Althea Bradford
Staff Writer
Are blacks in WinstonSalem
class-conscious?
And is there a class struggle
among black residents
here?
The Chronicle Camera
recently visited the
Winston-Salem State
University campus to find
out. ^
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By Ruth
Staf
Are the children of bl
country chained to each
spiritually, now divid
"subraces," one light ar
for too long, have judj
measure up in the eyes <
Articles published ra
discussed the division,
light-skinned blacks by
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man serving time Whii
lys she's decided is a
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And while local
Democratic leaders feel the
loyalty blacks have for the
Democratic Party is most
beneficial to the black community,
local Republican
leaders, like Weicker, feel
their party has something to
offer, too.
The Rev. Jerry Drayton,
pastor of New Bethel Baptist
Church, and an avid
supporter of the
Democratic Party, says
"no," when asked if blacks
are blindly aligned to the
nera
:k Gass!
Constance Johnson: "I
don't necessarily think
there's a class struggle, but
there's an economic crisis as
related to economic stability
and security. Any time
the economic situation is
such as it is today, we tend
to question who we are,
where we are going, and
how we purport we're going
to get there. We're constantly
looking for the right
rejudice i
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f Writer
ack slaves, who entered this
i other physically as well as
ling themselves into two
id one dark, because blacks,
ted themselves by how they
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cently in Essence magazine
alienation and rejection of
their darker brothers and
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Democratic Party. "I think
they are loyal to it because
it is ihe only channel
through which blacks can
make any political .gains,"
he says."
Drayton says there is no
other political channel
through which blacks can
make the gains . they can
through the Democratic
Party. "As far as getting
elected, representation on
boards or jobs in state
government," he says,
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Struggle"
people (to lead us) in order
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io dc aoie 10 survive.
James Norman: "I would
say yes, there is a class
struggle in that people are
competing. When I think
about us (blacks), 1 don't
dwell on class. I think class
is like racism; it's a white
institution set up to
separate and further
divide."
Fiorina Byrd: "I think
Within: C
sisters and vice vers^.
The result seemingly is
ment that has permeated
threatens to divide us ps
hasn't, into two races wi
against each other becaus
oration.
Writer Bonnie Allen, a
in "It Ain't Easy Being
black men are attracted
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the strange duality of beir
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forget where we've come
from. We don't help each
other, and we are not supportive
of each other. Once
we get into a position where
we can help, we sometimes
don't help."
Carl Allen: "I think there
is more of a struggle to surSee
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an undercurrent of resent
the black community and
ychologically, if it already
thin a race, discriminating
e of our differences in collight-skinned
black, noted,
Pinky," that "As long as
to a woman just because
alack women will remain in
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Fiorina Byrd
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being doubly discriminat
black and because they're
Also in Essence, Alexis
Dark In Me," reflects on
girl. And as such, I mi
myself. Never want it. An
sad thing it was to learn tl
ly girl."
Were these women ref
are peculiar to only a fe>
division become like a ca
spirit of unity blacks emj
ome Is Prison
3cal resident and her neighboi
le to be plaqued by burglars
ugh she has barred her win
i woman tells why she fee
ne has become a prison and h<
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Reside
Angry
In Nei
By Ruthell Howard
Staff Writer
Alvina Jones' home is a
prison to her.
After her house was"
broken into for the third
timer she put bars in the
windows, hoping to prevent
any future intrusions.
But now, she says, it is
impossible to relax. "How
-can-you relax when-you
have ' your house barred
up?" she says.
Jones says she is one of at
least 10 residents on
Jackson Avenue whose
homes have been broken into
over the past 10 months.
For some residents, breakins
have occurred several
times.
Jones says ^he ~and the
other residents are "angry"
and some people, determined
to bring an end to the
crimes, have purchased
guns. She says she had considered
paying someone to
stay in her home, as other
residents have done, and
has a friend to stay with her
13-year-old daughter while
she is working.
"When 1 had my first
break-in," she says, "I was
scared. I would get just
about anybody who would
stay with me to stay with
me." Now Jones says, "I'm
just mad. It gets to you to
the point that you want to
hurt somebody.
"It's disheartening to be
afraid to go to work and
come back home because
you don't know what you
will find."
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Carl Allen
on Amon
ed against because they're
; light skinned."
De Veaux, in "Loving The
being "just a dark, nappy
ist never call attention to
d never deserve it...What a
tat a dark girl meant an uglecting
on experiences that
v blacks, or has skin color
ncer, slowly consuming the
>hasized during the '60s?
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, even one another on t
idows. we hinge our con
Is her light-skinned or <
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Jones' home was
burglarized in August, October
and January, and she
says a man invaded her
house again recentlywhile
she and her daughter were
asleep. "It was~the middle
of the nightrand at first 1
thought it was my little girl
(who walked past her
door)," she says. 4'Then I
realized it was a man and I
jumped up and- startedscreaming
and called my lit"...Ijumped
up andsta
ed my little girl and we
bedroom. I'm being te>
somebody would come i
tie girl- and we locked
ourselves in my bedroom."
She says the man ran out
the front door when she
screamed. "I'm being terrorized,"
she saysT "I had
no idea somebody -would
come in here when I'm
here.
"I really think we have a
real nice neighborhood. We
have a beautiful
neighborhood. It's just that
poor people who are not
working are coming in and
taking what the poor working
people have.',! Diane
and Charles McNeill have
also been victimized three
times. During the first
burglary, which was in October,
a city worker spotted
three young men around the
McNeill home and had a
neighbor call the police, but
when the officers arrived,
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Sherry Brown
ig Blacks
A survey, conducted in
bachelor's thesis, revealed t
it applies to blacks for 5
students. Students were as
girls in a certain dormitory
the girl who "gets the most
times girls were asked to da
dormitory. In all these situ;
girls "tended to be selectee
to the survey, whose findin
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raid,
Crimes
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the men'had escaped.
"It's a weird feeling,"
Mrs. McNeill says, "walking
into your house and see
ing your clothes and
everything all over thc^??
place. I don't think I'll ever
get over it."
That first burglary occurred
only two weeks after the
couple had moved into their
new home. McNeill says he
wanted to move after the
third break-in, and was
rted screaming and calllocked
ourselves in my
rrorized. I had no idea
in here when I'm here. " i
?Alvina Jones
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especially upset because he
had bought a $1,000
burglar alarm system which
was destroyed when his
home was invaded. Mrs.
McNeill says the intruders
-4 'even -had -the -neF ve -to -go
through the refrigerator
and open" the meats to see
what meats thev wanted."
The McNeills say they are
also afraid to leave their
home unguarded.
"I'm scared to leave,"
McNeill says, ' "because
when I come back, it might
be broken into."
I've lived in the projects
27 years," Mrs. McNeill
says, "and I've never had
nothing like this to happen.
Some nights I can't sleep."
She says her husband
refuses to leave her alone in
the house at night.
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Roland Watts
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1970 by C. Brown in a
he concept of beautiful as
iome black college male
ked to name the prettiest
. The survey also included
dates" and the number of
nee at a social in the same
ations, the lighter-skir .
i more often," accorui..t
gs were included in an ar- I
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