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June 5, 1986 II Page AS H f - Fair Housing NEW YORK ? Eighteen years after the passage of the Fair Housing Act, America is more rigidly segregated than it was in 1968, with more black families restricted to all-black neighborhoods. At the current rate of black penetration into majority neighborhoods, we're some __5P from hnm~ ? ing. The Department of Housing and Urban Development estimates there are 2 million instances of racial discrimination in housing each year ~ and all but a verv small handful ionnr^ 9 -??mm-mmm wmm V I^IIVI VUi The few that result in filed com plaints of~ disci iinination and In law suits barely indicate the depth and degree of housing discrimination today. Some years ago HUD conducted a study that found blacks were discriminated against in 72 percent of rental cases and 48 / r ^ * ? "~Winston-Sak An independent, locc NIWSROOM: Robin Barks* editor; Karen M. Hannon, t H. Bichsel Truhon, copy e< SPORTS: David Bulla, spor PHOTOGRAPHY: James P< Blue, Joe Daniels. ADVIRTISINO: Julie Perry Aft Blue, Wenna Yvette Jai OFFICK STAFF: Barbara Mi Stephanie Wails, Fernice V PRODUCTION: Vinson Oe\ manager; Tim Butner, Keit > Bichsel Truhon. CIRCULATION: Veronica C Blandelia McMoore, Angel Brown From Page A4 a human being can be achieved by ignoring your uniqueness of culture -- is to embrace the very racism that is destroying your humanness. The black woman whom I quoted has done just that. She is never going to get to humanity until she first gets to blackness. This racist society blesses Jews because they are Jews, Irish because they are Irish, Chinese because thev are Chinese, but asks Africans to become white to be accepted as Americans. Therefore, if you succeed in liking what you are, it is the white racism in your own people that will first destroy you. My answer to this self-hating black woman: It's not what you call me; it's what I answer to. Tony Brown is a syndicated columnist and television host whose series, "Tony Brown's Journal," can be seen Sundays at noon on channels 4 and 26. I FOR SNUFF | THATS SWEET AS HONEY, Ann HONEYBEE km MONEY BO nvfiT -m* MUFF NnwHO*'' " ' M ><? T < M ?* Helme Tobacco Company f # 4 rompiny Itl ( uiltrri ( spq*+*fnui i 1 - v HE FORUM ; Act needs sh TO BE EQUAL By JOHN JACOB percent of private home sales. Black hnm#?hnv^r? anH r^nt^rc know that their efforts to secure decent housing are impeded by the still-powerful forces of discrimination that can be traced -throughout the entire real estate chain. There is discriminatory representation -- where black buyers or renters are told the iivsiuv nitj ap^ncu i ui is uu nit market when it has actually been held for white buyers or renters. There is racial steering, where blacks are denied access to certain neighborhoods ot buildings and steered toward others. There is blockbusting, where white flight is stimulated by unscrupulous agents trying to fatten commission income ** W ^ ' "** an Chronicle? illy owned newspaper dale, community news ypist; John Hlnton; Yvonne jitor, Cheryl Williams. ts editor. irker, photo editor; Art , advertising manager; mes. lis, Brenda Sykes, V / ! _ : _ 111 A. rvaiUIBW, vwriblcl vvesi. /vberry, production h Holland, Yvonne H. aulons, Harry McCants, a Ross, James Dixon. i it/'v i i rfl . Pl/Mr! v."> I Hi 1 MM WBm^ a ^^HQKiUftL A<V.. v .?*" EHHSb&J ?** ^K1 IMC tops. You ton rib kntt tanki Drapunto tops, toot otcture o?rl Shorts. Summf yettow and bk? I I j More opinions, 'I \ columns and features. p arper teeth regardless of the harm done to communities. There is redlining by insurers and banks ? dUrrimina* Am I ? ? ?IIUUIUIUI J financing that places a "black tax" on minority homebuyers and a wide range of other devices thftt operate to keep equal access to housing a dream, not a reality. Most of those devices are illegal* so most housing I discrimination takes subtle forms. No one says "no blacks fl allowed/* but through subter-. i fuge and silent understandings, discrimination flourishes. We ought to have more to show for 18 years of a federal fair housing law than just driving J! 2 i J * uiscrinuuaiion unaergrouna, "" where it is still effective and dead" ly. 1 Today, we must marshal sup- j port for a new federal housing t discrimination measure to plug i I- . f NAA CP Fr |; Voss said that, although he favors changing some attendance . lines, he is not in favor of chang ing all school district lines. The racial imbalance in some schools became an issue when the board directed the superintendent in May to provide it with information on student racial percen- x tages and to present information !? on correcting any imbalances. Eargle's report revealed that the schools not meeting the board's guidelines, which require that the individual school enrollments reflect the makeup of the overall school population, a^rrixfixnTTi la P^''1 ^ ? av ^PFL gg| * kj. ^5 m F Hk . j ^ r? .4 ;.: t& ^^Kl B^yrArJIi ^ ^ 1 v fl I^B |KkV ^^Hj, 1 iwb ,1 b.p. W r .-? ?-<' ' - ^^^ V ' **'f~ '*T- i*>-t. -..? S on misses' si can never have too many! Polyester and c i in aaeorted colors. Mtaasa' S-M-L. Reg. J PmhmifliiHl titti rvtntt nwlr? hima ? feet. Mtoaas' sizes S-M-L Rsg. $12 n standby*, In pink, turquotss, black, tan, r solida and prtnta. Mtoaas' S-M-L Rag. $1< I ? r?r - > > pi wiwmfwini fmwbmow . ggc he holes in the existing law. . The combination of loopholes ind tax enforcement has made he Fair Housing Act relatively neffective, just as the housing WMHMMMMMMNMIMSItllltfltltllMllllllllltltMltl om Page A3 were Easton Elementary, with a black enrollment of 62 percent; Forest Park, 65 percent; Cash, 27 ivrrent1 Pl?mmrtnc . f *? % > i * 9 WIVIIIIIIV/IM) A* V/ pVI W^Hl | Carver High School, 47 percent, and West Forsyth, 22 percent. The black enrollment at Southwest Elementary, which meets the guidelines, is 44 percent. Some white parents have said that the racial imbalances hurt their children's education. In other business Mondayj night, the board voted to meet before the study to discuss ( guidelines for the staff members who will conduct it. ? mm i i ;> ? ' Wm horts and tot I YOUR ( C . CHOICE ?j, 1 ^ 11,1 I i r'-.i HIPnflViVVV ? I crunch for minorities is worsening, with the stock of affordable housing shrinking and little new housing for low-income families being built. ah A V aW I I * A I V B s I I j I H ifl i I jl RHsemM Eam Intimail I SALEll R *; :;>$ . j ^Hfc. P 25% OFF a intimate cc DetidoustyfsmtniT $8 ksnllt DMrmn $4.75 matching d SHOP YOUR NEI NC: Burlington, Charto . OMtonla, Goidsbc High Point, Jacktc ington, Win?ton-S( SC: Columbia, Fior?nc ?????? y^. oanvllla, Lynchbuf KY: A*hl?nd WV: Barboursville. B?c , ?rK r p, ?-1 |7 Iu - ' ' ~ I The inability of the Fair Housing Act to stem the rising tide of housing discrimination is rooted in its narrow coverage and its inPlease see page A13 M ?J mm I ? . ^? ??, i omual i ] IM)T'Tijnr^flj ijhI I 1 iij? J ? Apparel] 100* _ ?-?V Ill tordirartes w! Mostof Antron* III nylon. 1 bra shown AM aring bikini .148 kREST SEARS RETAIL STORE tte, Concord, Durham, Fayattevilte, >ro. OrMntboro, GreenvHIa, Hickory, >nvilla, Raleigh, Rocky Mount, Wllm?lem e, Myrtle Beach. 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