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Wit dfl J^m - J |^p? v. H v 9 K rp. V ^Bf '^EE Hj^H ^k X..; ' f^fr'1 W ;Sp?r B| f^ ?jSg.' . * wrm? Bk. X. '^kTl Jl aj K\ \/|jii JKm* + Kenny Kimberand TianaYoung step out i ter last week. The two costumed tikes we Local racism By ANGIE MARTIN Chronicle Staff Writer Racism is not dead, a panel told local residents last week, and despite laws on the books to combat the problem, "racial prejudice cannot be legislated out of the hearts of . men," one panelist said. .Speaking before the WInston-Salcm Human Relations Commission, the members of the seven-member panel said that Former ernpk ?j?_ woman seeks $20 ? :By CHERYL WILLIAMS - Chronicle Staff Writer A former employee of K and W Cafeterias Inc., alleging that she was sexually - jfatassctfr -by thc~eorpoi ationV pi usiifoirr; "ftTHon. In a lawsuit filed in Forsyth Superior Court Tuesday, Nancy King Gordon alleges that she was sexually harassed for more than 10 years by Gary Allred, the current president of the corporation. The lawsuit asks for a jury trial and Dance causes cro s "By The Associated Press mother a bume STATESVILLE -- A white Iredell Scho County teen-ager who danced with n't com a black girl at a school dance has Mr? been harassed by schoolmates and dents v awoke Tuesday to a burned cross in bus ma his front yard. her yar< The boy and^girl, both 14, are "Not friends and danced_witlL other dancerfriends and classmates from West go to tf Iredell Middle School and neigh- him Mc boring West Iredell High at a boost- They d er club-sponsored dance Saturday (Tuesda night Mrs Tbesda : Monday morning, older students school - on the school bus called him "nigger lover." Tuesday morning, his $v&;. +* . * 2 % iston-? 1 r?g - ..v' '1/a^*,, v \fi/&Uk^^W -., lAff \A Ik Xl W '* I ft IVw i^m W t.^mjm ^L W# jW Sj^^B lr^m I ; HH| ^ wl I IP Kr ? - r "~ ?*-" *- *?aftjptf* HdPPPP '- ' n their festive attire for the Halloween affair h re participants in the center's annual Hallowee i alive and well . racism, although not to blame for all the social ills facing African-Americans, is still found in social arenas from religion to politics. The program, held last Thursday at Christ Moravian Church, was the second in a series on racism sponsored by the commission's race relations subcommittee. In defining racism, Dr. William Turner, i associate professor of sociology at Winston- ] Salem State University, said the most important thing to remember is that racism is prejayee files suit? million in sexual harassment cl seeks compensatory and punitive damages 1 for the humiliation, mental and emotional distress and loss of wages Ms. King suffered a _ as a result of the alleged harassment. . One of Ms. King's attorneys, Harold 1 rr ill, saidlfrg* Hie rHr?m k n uwiTlij IIPhih 1 back against harassment on the job. "Women tc are not taking it anymore," he said. "Hope- Si fully this kind of conduct will stop if enough e: of these cases are decided by juries favor- 1! ably for the plaintiffs.M Ms. King, a Forsyth County resident, was employed at K and W Cafeterias from ss-burning , Sharon Lynn Kistler, found I d cross in their front yard, ol officials said the girl hasplained of any harassment }. Kistler said she thinks stu /ho harassed her son on the iy have burned the cross in . hing was said about it at the she said. "They didn't even >e dance. They were teasing I )nday, just aggravating him. I lidn't say anything to him I iy).M I . Kistlcr called the school y about boys on her son's bus. The middle school's Be. Please see page A2 V yalem "he Twin City's Award-Winning Weekly Iwn, N.C. Thursday, No f taF $ *9 " . ? ?. jjf i>j^F Jrfl I , jj|cr .<?J^B f *. -aaro^Mf ,j( ' . -^W Jf::-: '1 W^m ^ ; >^H < * ?v ^ ippps^wm^jf ^ * >*iwEi!i^H?^HI , ?^ ^NgWiw? rur" >ld at the Hanes Hosiery Recreation Cenm contest (photo by Mike Cunningham). I, panel says udice plus power. A workable definition of racism must be "linked with power in order to mean anything," Turner said. He said that historically, racism has been white people holding power over people of color, including blacks and American Indians. He said racism may be viewed as any action or attitude which subordinates a people of color. Brenda Evans, Problem Center director Please see page A11 against K&W laim? y/4 to July of 1987. Defendants named in the lawsuit are K nd W Cafeterias Inc. and Allred. Allred could not be reached for com- ^ tT?frx..thaL ) the corporation's President Grady Allred r. After Allred Sr.'s death she served as tecutive secretary to Grady Allred Jr. until 386. Then she served as executive secretary Vivian Mired, chairman of the Board of Please see page A3 f Judge Be By ROBIN BARKSDAl Chronicle Staff Writer around in 1988, Specia Court Judge James A. E to be right in the thick of was set to end June 30,' * the beneficiaries of a which increased the r the extension longei election, which will be aty Beaty said in a telcphon from his home. "We hoi HHHHE Chron & * vembr 5,1987 SO centi COVER STORY $94.7 million blacks supp By ROBIN BARKSDALE and CHERYL WILLIAMS Chronicle Staff Writers . The cilv's nreHnminantlv hlnrlr precincts c^rft a solid "yes" vote in favor of the city's $51 million bond package in Tuesday's election, which also saw the fairground issue become the lone bond rejected by city voters. Forsyth County voters likewise approved the county's $43.7 million bond package. City voters at white precincts, percentage-wise, cast more "no" votes on the issues, while voting at black precincts pointed to a wider acceptance of the total bond package. City voters at the Ashley Middle School, Biown/Douglas Rccrc*? ation Center, Carver High School, East Winston Library, 14th Street Recreation Center, Kennedy Middle School and Winston Lake YMCA precincts voted in favor of each of the bonds, including the $4 mil-? lion fairground bond, which lost by an overall margin of 1,031. The $9 million housing bond issue, one of the major areas pf concern for -Mack leader*, managed to gain city voters' overall approval despite being rejected at more than half of the city precincts. ~~ ~~ The Rev. Carlton A.G. Eversley, pastor of Dellabrook Presbyterian Church and a representative of Black Citizens With Bond Questions, last week urged voters not to blindly accept the entire bond Dack age. Eversley called the acceptance of the total bond package at black precincts "unfortunate." "I think it smacks and smells of straight Democratic ticket voting," Eversley said. "It is an unsophisticated way of using one's vote." He said his group favored the housing, school, health and roads bonds but had questions about the remaining bonds. In an interview with the Chronicle before the election, Eversley said his primary concern was how much of the bond money 9 !9 I fl I ^. m? Voters at the city's predominately black solid support to the bond referendum (phoi aty excited about .E get things started in a few weeks. He said he has appointed at ime rolls ney Billy D. Friende Jr. to serve 1 Superior the treasurer for his campaign, tcaty plans that he has not yet chosen his a the action, paign manager. Bcaty, whose re ofiginally pointment became effective A was one of 17 and runs "until his lawful t< t new bill expires," received the official n lumber of fication of his reappointment fr state and Gov. James G. Martin last week. rr\ K?i 1 Q ill U J 1 o es to make The 38-year-old Beaty \ appointed as a special Super ly for the Court judge by Gov. Jim Hunt in 1988," 1981. As a "special" judge, Beat e interview assigned to try cases in vari< x to really areas of the state. Beaty's term i I I tmmmmmmm I l ^ i i ^ i i^??y^ii n t\i i n out' to Masses i icle bonds pass; tort package would find its way to the black community. Eversley said he is not surprised that the housing bond failed in more than half of the city precincts. Drawing upon a conversation he had with one of the city's white residents, Eversley said many white voters viewed the housing issue as a 'black issue." "The white voters in this city sec certain parts of the bond referendum as being 'welfare for niggers,' and they voted accord ingly. They voted it (housing) down," said Eversley. "An 80-year-old white man called me ... we started to talk about the bond referendum, and he was against some of the things we see as important for the black community, like housing. I think "The white voters in this city see certain parts of the bond referendum as being 'welfare for niggers/ and they voted accordingly " -- The Rev Carlton A.G. Eversley he speaks for a lot of white folks in this city." fn light of the success of the bond package, Eversley said the local ministers' conference has decided to shoulder some of the responsibility for monitoring how the bonds are used to benefit the black community. "1 think people who think like I do have the responsibility to educate people about how important it is to use their political leverage," he said. Other black leaders, however, wholeheartedly embracecHhe bond package. And the outcome of Tuesday's referendum pleased them, as well as other city, county and school officials. East Ward Alderman Virginia K. Newell attributed the successful passage of eight of the nine total bond issues in Please see page A3 vf"".' '/*v:^. ?! Ife- UbBR?*^^^ ^ precincts turned out Tuesday to give to by Mike Cunningham). : re-election run . special Superior Court judge lasts lor four years, as opposed to the eight> oc year term of an elected resident but j"d8cm The new bill, passed in June, created new Superior Court judgeships in 10 predominantly black %Tm areas and eliminated staggered judicial terms. Forsyth County was one \7V I" om of tlie areas to benefit fromthebilt, and Beaty said the bill should open up more opportunities for blacks. V3 S .j0f "I think it (the redisricting) , > was needed in terms of having a ' ^ better representation of blacks on 3Ug the Superior Court bench," said is a Please see page A 11 \
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