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By. BOB IN BARKSDALE
Chronicle St?H Writer .
Third World concerns are not solely the
concern of the Third World, said a panel
last weekend at Grace Pregbvterian
Church.
The program, titled 44For God So Loved
the Third World," focused on conditions
and struggles in South Africa, Nicaragua
and Palestine. It also discussed the United
States' involvement in the affairs of Third
World countries and Christian efforts to
improve situations in those countries.
The Rev. L.V. Lassiter, pastor of Grace
Presbyterian Church, feels that a discussion
of the Third World countries is important
and urgent because it has worldwide
implications.
441 think that what is going on in Central
America and in the Middle East, Iran and
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PHILADELPHIA ? Many <
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adopt a "raceless persona" by turning I
their backs on traditional black culture \
to succeed in school, said an an- \
thropologist at the annual meeting of
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of your culture," said Sinithia For- c
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tensions and pressures upon black '
students." i
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By CHERYL WILLIAMS
Chronicle Staff Writer
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Christians, have a loyalty to Ood,
says, if you love me, take care of my
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World countries will eventually impac
communities in the United States. Man
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nterview with the Philadelphia Inquirer
recently that she believes the
mergence of these so-called "unpacks"
has also occurred in the
vorkplace, particularly among upvardly
mobile blacks.
She cited the example of Leanita Mcclain,
a journalist who became the
irst black woman to be elected to the
Chicago Tribune's board of directors.
4s. McClain achieved enormous suc:ess
as a Chicago journalist but felt
'hellish confusion" and ultimately
:ommitted suicide, Ms. Fordham said.
"To her white colleagues at the
Tribune, McClain appeared raceless,
ndistinguishable from them ... Accep
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burdensome for her," Ms. Fordham
said.
In her study of black adolescents,
Ms. Fordham said she interviewed and
observed 33 black llth-grade students
and their parents at a predominantly
black public school in Washington.
She also analyzed the responses of 300
of the school's students to a detailed
55-page questionnaire.
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students who turn their backs on traditional
black culture in order to succeed
in school do so in a number of ways,
such as rejecting black music and
changing their hairstyles and their
dress.
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dents nervous
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our of its passengers and has shattered th
ile crashes near the area are rare, some res
le Apartments are concerned.
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if the plane had come down right in
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lived there for so long, Mrs. Fuller said,
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said there are some things about being n
ill never get used to.
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BO cants 44 Pagas This Waak
Membership
falls at YMCA
Numbers dropped last summer
at Winston Lake Family YMCA
By CHERYL WILLIAMS
Chronicle Staff Writer
THE LOSS of approximately 300 members has
made the Winston Lake Family YMCA re-evaluate
its original membership goals, said its executive
director last Thursday.
In planning the new facility, said Norman E.
Joyner, YMCA officials set a goal of 1,600 to 1,700
members for the first year of operation.
"After the first year in the facility, the staff and
the membership committee of the board (the
branch's Board of Managers) felt that this was an
optimistic goal and really unrealistic numbers for
the first year," he said.
During its first year of operation, the
predominantly black YMCA had 1,400 members,
but last summer the YMCA lost about 300
members, dropping the total to 1^100, Joyner said.
With the re-evaluation, the YMCA's membership
committee has also identified what it considers to be
more realistic goals, Joyner said. "Our goal in 1987
is to be around 1,300 members," he said. "In 1988
we hope to add another 200 to get 1,500."
Most of the members lost during the summer failed
to renew their memberships, he said.
The YMCA has two types of members, Joyner
said: people who purchase participating member- i
ships and use the facility and "a number of people
who took out memberships to support the YMCA
and have not used the facility."
joyner said that the Winston Lake YMCA also
lost some members because they were dissatisfied
with the programs and services offered by the facility.
"You can expect that when vou're in a
community-type service organization," he said.
"I'm not naive enough to*say we're at the point we
want to be in terms of program quality. We'refill
young and still improving on things. I think we still
have a ways to go."
The decline in membership indicates that hef the
staff and the board have their work cut out for
them, Joyner said.
"We have to convince the community that we can
provide the kinds of programs and services they
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Revlon will divest,
but boycott's still on
By CHERYL WILLIAMS
Chronicle Staff Writer
Operation PUSH still intends to boycott Revlon
products, despite the firm's plans to divest its South
African operation.
Betty Magness, director of communications for
Operation PUSH, told the Chronicle last week that *
Winston-Salem was one of the cities that will hold a
mock funeral for Revlon products.
This week, however, another official said that it
is not definite whether a funeral will be held here or
not.
The Rev. Willie Barrow, national president of
PUSH, said Tuesday that Fayctteville is the only ciPlease
see page A18
3 plane like the one pictured above crashed
off Winston Lake Road, killing all aboard and
area's residents (photo by James Parker).
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