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\ Panel Discusses S< tm<>IM?m<???im<IMmitMH<?mH?M>?l>MII?XI?IMiWI>MI?>IM?>imm>MtmiUIM?Mllii>?IIIH school, they add that rifts between the races still exist. \ "I think ,v % do it (attend desegregated schools) because we have to, said Adrian Mills, a senior at West Forsyth i Senior High School. 4'We don't want to deal with each < other, unless we have to." The students also say that once the school day is over, the black students go to their communities and the white { students to theirs, with very few exceptions. y Says John Lash, a senior at Reynolds: 44It's right that 1 we go to different communities after school. But after I hours, some of us get back together. I think it's attitude. 1 at%A uiWU* 1 - \v.?v? aiiu wmic 31UUCUI); win naic eacn otncr forever." / i Most of the socializing between black and white t students is done by black students who attend j predominantly while social functions, the panelists say. "I don't go over there (black community) normally," \ says Smith. "But if I*m driving down the road and 1 see ( somebody with a Reynolds sticker, 1 don't care what col- t or they are, 1 honk at them." Says Krista Marshall, a senior at East Forsyth Senior ] High School: "Whites are never in a situation where c V there are all blacks. If they see a bunch of blacks, they get s scared." Says Mills: "Whites are scared of us. They think that t all black people are for crime." c Still, the students agree that the relationship between i the races is steadily, if slowly, improving. "If we teach otsr children what we know, we will get j along fine," says Marshall. i "The problems are going downhill," says Lash, "but i we will never see the day when they are completely t gone;" ' 6 One problem that is far from gone, say the black s students, is the unfair treatment black candidates receive where such activities as cheerleader tryouts are concern- > ed. / -?-?5!^?8 "The problems are going downhill, but we will 1 never see the day when they are completely?5 gone." i ? John Lash ~^?** s "In athletics, the black boys still start," Marshall says, s "But at East, 1 watched the cheerleading tryouts. Three black girls were picked out of 18 that tried out. Some of i ? the (black) ones that were not picked were better than s some of the white ones who were picked." 1 Some students also see a problem with white teachers, t Tiha Evans, a senior at Reynolds, says: "In my geometry class, there were two blacks. If a black student asked a question, he (the teacher) would say you haven't been 1 listening. But if a white student asked a question, he 1 would explain it to them." Marshall says some white teachers at East Forsyth r would not allow their classes to attend Black History c * Month programs and refused to allow students in their , \ classes who were scheduled^ participate in the programs V out of class. t But Lash says the teachers he has encountered basically a have been fair. "In life, you will run into prejudiced peo- c pie who hold grudges," he says, "but, as a whole, I don't think they (teachers) teach black or white students any t differently. Some teachers are there to make a dollar, a Some of the teachers that I had, I could talk to about anything. When it comes to learning, some are col- t ArKlinH " VA UIIIIU The one thing the students all seem to agree on is the b importance of parental involvement in their education. t "How well you do depends on motivation/' Marshall says. "Lots of kids don't get the motivation from home f and they feel it (making good grades) is not important, q You are catalogued in the first and second grades (as d either a good student or a bad one) and that just stays s llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllttNIHIIIIIIIHNIIIIHniHIIIIIHimillNINIIIfNIINIINIIMNIIHNINMMItll Crime Prevention taken. - Skyline Village An electric range and a refrigerator were taken. c 1800 block, Gray Avenue I A gold watch, a gold ring and a diamond cluster were s taken. 2000 block, East End Boulevard I Money, a .38-caliber revolver and a camera were f taken. 1000 block, W. 13th Street v A stove, a washing machine, a color television, dishes, ^ food and pots and pans were taken. Autobreaking 2600 block, Liberty Street An AM-FM radio was taken. 500 block, Trade Street A 35mm camera was taken. Larceny 2300 block, Cleveland Avenue A 20-inch bicycle was taken. 1300 block, N. Patterson Avenue Assorted groceries were taken. 2500 block, Ansonia Street A rarlirt u/oc fair on n i auivy lanvn. Consumer Fraud 1 Avoid becoming a victim of consumer fraud by knowing t!je five warning signals: 1)An offer of something for nothing 2)A salesperson who "runs down" his own or another's product to sell you a better product. 3)Any contract or promise with vague or tricky wording. 4)Pressure to sign "right now" or miss out on the deal of a lifetime. 5)The offer of a "kickback" or finder's fee for referring friends. And don't ... l)Pay until you're sure. * 2)Sign anything until you read and understand it. 3)Buy without comparing prices from other sources. Do ... 1)Be skeptical. 2)Pay cash, if you can, for small purchases. I dhools From Page AI 1 AMUMIMMMIHMIUMUMMMNIUHMNItUilUMMmHIttHHIItNMHIHMMtlMMIHMMHMMHItll I vith you." t Says Reynolds junior Ccdric Brown: "A black parent i s more willing to accept that his or her child is learning iisabled than a white parent, who would question that." , Lash agrees. "A black child's parents are more willing 1 o accept learning disabilities," he says. "A white parent >vill hire special tutors. If a child grows up in poor suroundings, then he feels, '1 got to do at least as well as my ( parents.' For some (whose parents were underachievers), hey don't have much to achieve. "A lot of black people feel they were underachievers j ind it rubs off on the children," Lash says. "It's attitude ( hat makes you succeed. It's the way you feel about yourself." Says Marshall: "If an elementary child comes home vith a report card that is not too good and the parent ' loesn't encourage the child to do any better, then they 1 hink that this is as good as I'm supposed to do." If a parent maintains contact with a teacher, says c Evans, the teacher will feel there's concern and en- i :ouragement from home and work a little harder with the I itudent. ~ 7 ( Another point the panelists all agree on is the $ availability of drugs in the schools. If a student wants irugs, they say, he can get them nearly as easily as check- j ng out a library book. "Nobody does needles/' says Kennedy Wilson a recent < graduate from West Forsyth. "But marijuana, that's all s iround. People who smoke it get it at ITome and then brng it to school. If you want it, you can get it from hem." Principals know who is involved in drugs, the students tay, but catching them is another matter. yot* are dealing in ^Irugs^ Lash^ay^ * 'you know ?1 vhat you are doing." Drugs are not only a problem in the senior high * chools, says Brown, who attended Paisley High School? ast year; they also are available in the high (9-10) < schools. Brown says some of his classmates at Paisley < )ften talked about "getting some smack (heroin) and go- i ng down to the football field." < The widespread use of drugs in the schools doesn't eem to bother the panelists^however. Most say they i imply ignore it. I Among other concerns the panel mentioned were busng, the lack of black role models, the failure of black < tudents to seek or accept leadership roles at school, short < unch periods, the lack of uniform grading standards and i he apathetic attitudes of some students. Some of their comments: i Bernard Moore, a senior at West Forsyth, on busing: < 'I think we should go to the school we live closer to. I i ive closer to Reynolds, but I go to West." John Lash of Reynolds on grading policies: 'They ] leed to tighten the standards on the grading scale. In one i lass, I was graded oq the grades alone and in another, it, vas grades plus performance and attitude.'* f l < Reynolds' Scott Smith on the physical appearance of' | he schools: "Kids need to help take care of the school ind they (the maintenance staff) need to paint it every < ouple of years to make it look nice." 1 Reynolds' Cedric Brown on role models: "Not only are ] here not enough black role models in the schools, there * ire not enough black role models in life." I While desegregation has w>t fully solved racial proteins, says Lash, it has made some inroads 5 "Both blacks and whites know problems have existed, >ut it's today's generation that is doing something about hem," he says. The session, which lasted nearly two and a half hours, eatured giggles, debates, anecdotes and a barrage of luestions from the Chronicle editorial staff. Said one stulent, when asked to evaluate the discussion at its conclu! AAV ? t mm a - ? - - " ion: "i reel nice rve Deen on 'The Donahue Show."' fimiimitiimiiiiimimiiniiHinHiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiitiHiMtiHimiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiimiiitiii. From Page A2 ?nw?Mwii>MimMWiiiiiMnimi>wtiiiMHiin?umnininimi?mnnnnmMiwtimniiiiiin l)Buy from legitimate merchants. If you think you've been victimized, don't be bashful >r ashamed. Notify the police, your Better Business bureau, your Legal Aid Society, state and federal conumer protection lines or your lawyer For further information, contact the Crime Prevention Jnit at 727-^*88 or the Winston-Salem Better Business bureau. This column is brought to you weekly as a public service of the Chronicle, the Winston-Salem Crime Task -orce Inc. and the Winston-Salem Police Department. 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Andrew Mitchell, president of the Stokes County SJAACP, also expressed the need for solidarity and for :he struggle to continue until the goals of the march are ichieved. *i:i 1- - u*c a puzzie ana every person has a role to >lay," said Mitchell. 41 And if any part of that puzzle is nissing, then it's incomplete." Forsyth County Commmissioner Mazie Woodruff adied that, though some blacks have made strides since the narch 20 years ago, all blacks must remember their beginnings. But, she noted, "Because we know where we :ame from doesn't mean we want to go back to what lome people call 4the good oP days.'" She also said that blacks must not let the struggle for )eace, jobs and freedom end with symbolic gestures. 44He (President Reagan) wants to make King's birthday a national holiday - guess what? - on Sunday," she ;aid. "God gave us that day many, many years ago." "Because we know where we came from doesn 'l mean we want to go back to what some people call 'the good ol' days. Countv CTommtesihnpr Mnri* WnnHmfi y ? ? - - ?. ? ? ? ww l/VMI ?Said the Rev. Carlton Eversley, one uf the rally's organizers, at a press conference Friday morning: "1 don't think Dr. King would want us to immortalize his name and birthday and then stop the effort for peace and equality." Several endorsers of the Aug. 27 march appeared at the press their support. Those endorsers include the WinstonSalem Board of Aldermen, the Winston-Salem Chapter of the National Organization of Women, the Forsyth County Association of Classroom Teachers and. numerous other local organizations. Mose Belton Brown, co-chairman of the coalition, termed the rally a success. "We feel that we accomplished our objective of bringing together community support of the Aug. 27 march," she said. "All I can say is it (the rally) is beautiful," said Evangelist Lee Faye Mack. "I see that people are ready to make a change. I'm vtery encouraged." A candlelight service "to rededicate ourselves to King's iream" will beheld Friday at 10 p.m. at Northsidc Shopping Center, said Brown In addition to numerous speakers, Tiffany Smith, the 3.C. Ensemble of United Progressive Church of Winston-Salem, Paula Larke and Kay Vives, and Reginald McCallister, vice president of the WinstonSalem State University Student Government Association, provided musical entertainment. Clifton Graves, affirmative action officer at WinstonSalem State University, served as master of ceremonies. Bennie McBride Why drive all around the Piedmont I checking out new car people and prices I when Bennie McBride is as close as | oownvown? Price? He's got it. Personality? I Bennie's loaded with personality . . . and the willingness to serve ... all as close as your own backyard. ? ONE of the CHEVY PRICE LEADERS ? I (modern I WEST hUUHTH A BROAD 722-4191 PROGRAM YOURSELF INTO A NEW CAREER IN COMPUTER SCIENCE. 75 BILLION DOLLARS? 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