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Pago A4 WinsfonSakm Qumick Thursday, April 28, 1988 Winston-Salem Chronicle Founded 1974 ERNEST H. PITT Publisher MICHAElA.Pin NDUBISI EGEMONYE Assistant to the Publisher Co-Founder ANGELA WRIGHT ELAINE L PITT Managing Editor Office Manager JUUG PERRY YVONNE H.B. TRUHON Advertising Manager Production Manager The Chronicle endorses: State House (39th District) R.J. Childress: Childress seems to have a commitment to minor ity business and minority legislative issues. He has demonstrated a concern for the level of unemployment among Afro-American youths and for the school drop-out rate. We will explore with him specific plans he may have for addressing these issues. State Senate (20th District) Vernon L. Robinson: Although Robinson is not involved in the primary, we wish to take this opportunity to endorse his can didacy. He has a well-run campaign and is proving to be an astute politician. He is clearly aware of the issues and the politi cal system, and has well-defined ideas about how to effect change. We believe he would make an excellent state senator. CHRONICLE CAMERA (Note: The Chronicle chooses at this time to only endorse, with one exception, those local candidates who face Tuesday's primary. We will explore the platforms of other candidates and make more endorsements between now and November) County Commissioner (three seats) Gerald Long: It is our perception that Long is a fair and honest man. He has proven that he is willing to commit himself publicly and in writing to issues of concern to the Afro-Ameri can community. When questioned about the need to increase the number of minorities employed by the County, Long offered concrete suggestions for doing so and stated specifically what he would do if elected. Long has said that he would undertake a study of the situation and that, based on the results of that study, the Commissioners would develop an "aggressive plan" to assure fair minority representation and they would include the subject on the agenda each month. We are also impressed with Long's commitment to minority businesses, his position on the Reynolds Health Center and his proposals for improving the conditions at the county jail. Ann Simmons: We believe that Simmons is dedicated and will ing to work hard, if elected, to ensure that Afro-American concerns are addressed and their needs met. She has targeted issues that are of paramount concern to the community such as drug abuse and crime prevention. She is outspoken on the issues of minority hiring and the need for the county to do business with minority-owned companies. She has identified issues within the areas of health and education that would command her attention as County Commissioner. She is com munity-oriented and, we believe, capable of articulating an Afro- American agenda for the Commission and following it through to implementation. James N. Ziglar: Ziglar has indicated his commitment to increasing the number of minorities employed by the county in management level positions. He has proposed that Afro-Ameri cans be actively and aggressively recruited and that the residen cy requirements be waived, if necessary, when vacancies occur. He proposes hiring more Afro-Americans at entry-level manage ment potential jobs.' He specifies that it must be made clear to county managers that "this is a high priority." We are also impressed with his commitment to low-income housing and his support for public education. Deaf students win with civil rights tactics NEW YORK - "This is our Selma," said the hearing-impaired stu dents of Gallaudet University in '\^^hington. In early March the 2,100- member student body took over this foremost college for the deaf in the world. They were protesting the appointment of a president who - unlike the entire student body - was not hearing-impaired. The strategies, the rhetoric and the rationale of that protest were con stant reminders of the long-lasting effect of the civil rights movement on the progressive movements of today, The university, during its entire 124-year history, had never had a deaf president. The time had certainly come for a change, and expectations were high. For, of the three finalists for the position, two were hearing-impaired, including I. King Jordan, the school's popular dean of the School of Arts and Sciences. The students were therefore outraged when neither hearing- impaired candidate was chosen. Making matters worse was Jane Bassett Spilman, chairman of the uni versity’s board of directors, who had never bothered to learn sign language and who was quoted as saying that "deaf people are not ready to function in a hearing world." How familiar this sounds to those who are all too well acquainted with the lame excuses given for the lack of Afro- Americans in the workplace. Or to the argument of the early 1960s that Afro- Americans should be denied the vote because "they're just not ready for it” This similarity to the civil rights struggle was not lost on the students at CIVIL RIGHTS JOURNAL By BENJAMIN CHAVIS JR. Gallaudet. During the campus protests the students often raised their fists defiantly while signing the words "deaf power." They also spoke of their need to "control (their) destiny." In order to do this, they wanted the administration radically altered to represent them. The importance of a hearing- impaired administration was not lost on the students. As R.G. Gentry, a senior at Gallaudet, wrote in a major op-ed piece in the Washington Post, "A heariitg person cannot possibly understand what it is like to be deaf, any more than a white person can understand what it is like to be black, or a man understand what it is like to be a woman. Lacking that understand ing, they cannot possibly make logical decisions in our best interests." Gentry also noted: "The students are the shock troops of this deaf protest... If any student is arrested, another will step forward and take his District Court Judge (new seat) George A. Bedsworth: Wfe recognize that candidates for judicial office are prohibited by law from making pledges or promises of conduct in office. Nonetheless, we are encouraged by Bedswonns sinceniy ana candor. He nas snown that he is sensitive to the importance of District Court as it affects domes tic and juvenile matters and that he recognizes that a judge is first and foremost a public servant, albeit one who is endowed with a tremendous amount of authority. Jackson has nothing to be ashamed of NEW YORK - The New York Post called its editorial "Jesse Jack son’s Achievement" "His remarkable showing" in the recent New Ywk primary was "incon ceivable only a few weeks ago. He actually carried the city of New York and ran second in the state at large." The editorial showered Jackson with much-deserved accolades for his "historic accomplishment" Then it said: "It is a comment on Jackson's wide appeal, on the degree to which blacks have advanced in American society and on the extent to which racial prejudice has abated." Jackson's appeal and success, it argued, is due to his "wide appeal" and the acceptance of an Afro-Amer ican candidate. While too many are rejoicing about Jackson carrying 17 percent of the white vote in New York, too few notice that the majority of the 83 per cent refused to even consider him because he is Afro-American - his leftist politics notwithstanding. Ironically, racism is so pervasive that he benefited from the very racism that New York's Mayor Ed Koch so liberally spouted on behalf of Gore. And whiles were evenly split 45 to 45 percent on the mayor's cent, the rest to the two non-Aifo- Americans. Is this the election that demonstrates that racial prejudice has abated? Jackson must understand that r^ugnant behavior. That means that what he has done is all any human TONY BROWN Syndicated Columnist almost half of them thought that his outrageous behavior was fine. Eighty-five percent of whites voted for the two white candidates. Ninety-five percent of Afro-Ameri cans voted for Jackscm. Only 7 per cent of Jews voted for Jackscai; that means 93 percent voted for the two whites. White Catholics gave Jackson 17 percent of their votes, the other 83 percent to you know who. White Protestants gave Jackson only 24 per- being can do. To be rejected by a pathological mentality is no reflec tion on him, but another nail in the coffin of those who cling to their own destruction. Jackson is a spectacular success because of Afro-American people. His acceptance by a small segment of the white population is an abmation. For those who can't read, count: 97 percent of Afro-Americans voted for Jackson in New York; 83 percent of whites voted against him. Black yoiiij S'"© in danji IQ_bej^i^ ByJOHNETACoT NEW YORK-AJ,, , youth are ataterribled^^ our»c.e,yaniyomgAi,J- men are the most vub,e4,,% A^enca.TT,estati,ti„* Jf of all our children at. ’T poor, and almost half headed households. ^ ^ Afro-American chilte, trmes more likely homeless, to be s.spe,;'Sd, school, placed in cOna retarded or to b. a, > They re five times 1,0,e 11 na become murder victims, ■ iei Theydropomofsolo,! 1 twice the white rate, nJ involved in criminal activity arjr or her place." How much his words remind us of the student protests of Nashville, Atlanta, Birmingham or Albany, Ga., where wave upon wave of Afro-American students were substance abuse probtaijk IS the leadingcauseotileaHi„:>' Afro-American men. These awful figures Afro-American community's arrested fighting the oppressive Jim Oow system. Of course, the endemic nature of racism in this socie^ forces us to see these two struggles differwitly. Even within the restrictions made against the hearing-impaired, opportunities - both in education and employment ~ are significantly fewer for deaf Afix>- Americans. Such is the nature of American racism. However, that understanding does not prevent us from hailing the significant victories of the Gallaudet protest. The victory at Gallaudet reminds us of the many victories of the civil rights movement, and of the impor tance they played in energizing us for future struggles. As Gentry reminded us: 'We hope all people, in these cyni cal and despairing times, will realize that with courage and solidarity our governments can be made to respond to the challenges facing us." 10 fight te crack poshtuionij'" hoods, to become iavolvB|i,Jj‘ that help Afro-America jam ter a greater sense of resibiiiiito young men. 'w But it's clear that imiJ" national effort, inclndiig j, J" acdon, to change the coidta self-destructive behavior am] 0 strive to advance ihenwk have to help Yomnwri?®’ act responsibly, and to dosotj;;! ety that offers few incentivafa^ behavior and has tradiiii]*?^ ished Afro-American lueinbi their individuality andmaiil((( ^ AndweneedtogetytciJ thinking ahead to plan for future when there is liiik-.i experience to convince ihemil. fice the instant gratiiicaiionsdt Qi experience, drag highs aiKiik| of street life. Those problems cannoilejj without the efforts of boili lit" American commimi^ and sea emment policies that impscii nj| youth. Given that imperativE« qJ the silence of the presidaiiiii y,' dates about the problems d; urban youth is baffling. al They ought to be leij 5 w. they plan to change a sodflyl, w. ates conditions in which mi prj children sell their livKSOWwt in which hopelessness is a »i)i Mi ... in which despair drives pie to destroy themselves sli ve communities. M; The candidates shoiilC pn national full employment be; quality schools, giiaranteal)i^esi young people and social sup^da vices which open doors of# uni and help people to ovcrcts gle deficits to make it. Jobs and training for at! the sters at risk are needdtoto wa into the mainstream andeas* do’ sition from school to wort ^ Poor young people shiV equal access to aid and work-study prograni* of loan programs that disc# lege attendance. And the candidates #1 why an affluent kid in ihea^^ win scholarship aid to go to u sive college while a poor Wb innw city can't get a difflc®! technical school. The point is that todays emment is doing nexlic* John E. Jacob is p National Urban Leagos. Is the 3 cent increase in the cost of stamps too much? A fpw ui^pVc oan tVio irvoo n -u . j . . . ® A few weeks ago, the price of the stamp increased from 22 cents to 25 cents. A price increase to which very few peo ple have given much, if any, thought. Contrary to popular belief, 25 cents can still buy quite a few things in 1988. Recent research by the Greensboro Post Office revealed that 25 cents can by al least 12 items other than a postage stamp. Among the things it can buy are one roll of toilet paper, a four ounce jar of apple sauce, a teead roll from the bak ery, and a doughnut. The research looked at the year 1975 and tallied the number of commonly-used items a per son could then buy for under a dollar as compared to what the same amount of money buys in 1988. "I thought 22 cents was too high. Ifll cost people who frequently use the postal sys tem in the long run." Theodore Count Since 1975, the cost of a first class postage stamp has increased 92 percent. Its cost ten was 13 cents. The highest increase in cost since then, how ever, was for a pack of chewing gum, which has gone up 400 per cent, from 5 cents to 25 cents. rnireo cents Is: :hM an insignlf-: lew amount ipfffloney. I think 22 cents •jwas enough and they didn’t Itawe to raise he price." Elmer Taylor j "I remember l||whenitwas only 2 cents. The price I should have I stayed as I: I [was." I im^tcot Kiteii There have always been a myriad of complaints from most U.S. citizens about postal ser vices. Now, not only is the cost of postage increasing, but also the availability of services is decreasing, with shorter window and lobby hours. In light of this. we thought it would ing to find out what idents thought about increase. We also would be interesting to» of our older the lowest stamp remember. don't think 3 Its Is some- igtobe ignored. It all Is up, which] iswhylthink .they raised the ^prlce." Jfmmy Brinkley
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