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Rep. Lukens: 'Darkie' toothpaste is racially offensive / CINCINNATI (AP) - "Darkie^a toothpaste marketed in Taiwan JepiQting a grinning black minstrel, is offensive and could create racial problems. Rep. Donald E. 'Buz" Lukens, R-Ohio, said Tuesday. Lukcns is a member of the Con 9 . * ' gressional Government Operations Ccmmittee returning from a three day visit to the Republic of China. Committee members accused the manufacturer of perpetrating racial stereotypes, according to the Amer ican Institute in Taiwan. The tooth paste manufacturer is a subsidiary of the Hong Kong-based Hawley and Hazel Chemical Corp., partially owned by Colgate Palmolive Co. The six congressmen told Tai wan's authorities and business com munity that tacism would not be tolerated. ; * The sad part is (the Chinese gov ernment) really never intended (the toothpaste) 'to be a racially stereo typed thing," Lukens said. Chinese government officials "were sympathetic to our com plaint" and it is hoped they would take steps to change the name of the toothpaste and symbolic figure on the product, Lukens said. Lukens called Colgate Palmolive a "very fine and very progressive company/1 and why it would be a part of the toothpaste product "is beyond me." L ukens said the product is not selling well in Taiwan and is "grad ually losing sales." The package of toothpaste bean the English word "Darkie" and a Chinese equivalent, as well as a drawing of a black minstrel. The manufacturer has said it does not plan to change the name because the toothpaste has been known locally since 1937 and is not for export UNC system desegregation dispute ^nds officially j CHAP*T.HILL,N.C (AP) ~ More Jthan a decade of wrangling with fed jcrtl officials over bow to desegregate Jthe University of North Carolina sys ;tem ends today, but the dispute over Jthe success of those effort^ may go (Mi* * ? While black enrollment at the Uni-. versity Of North Carolina system's tra ditionally white campuses never has jmet a target of 10.6 percent/ UNC J officials say. they have made great J strides in diversifying the schools' /student bodies. I This year, black students account Jtor 8.3* percent of the 118,960 stu ; dentrenrolled at UNCs mostly white ; schoofc^up from 3.1 percent in 1972. . But Reginald Wilson, director of the ; American Council on Education's _J Office of Minority Concerns in Wash ington, said the state still had a long i; way to go in desegregating its univer sities and should be more aggressive ! in working to diversify the campuses' ? racial mixture. j "If you have a (desegregation) plan J which has not achieved the success that it ought to have achieved, then it should be reviewed for changes," Wil V son told The News and Observer. ^ Wilson served on a panel appointed by federal officials in 1986 to review the Southern states1 efforts to desegre gate their systems of higher educa tion. In 198 1, UNC system officials entered an agreement with the U.S. District Court in Raleigh to increase black enrollment at the predominantly white schools to 10.6 percent Known as a consent decree, that agreement represented a compromise in a bitter legal battle between UNC system and federal officials over how to desegregate what was described at the time as North Carolina's "dual system of higher education," five schools that blacks were routed into and 11 schools that attracted whites. The terms of that agreement expired Dec. 31, 1986, with the court continu ing to monitor the UNC system's efforts for two more years. With the last vestige of federal oversight of the desegregation efforts ending, Wilson said there was some concern that the university system may grow complacent about the issue. "North Carolina did not eagerly move into this arena of desegregating its system of higher education and had a history of being one of the most resistant states," Wilson said. But Raymond Dawson, senior vice president for academic affairs for the UNC system, said that boosting black enrollment would remain a top priori ty "The reason we made the progress we made is not because we were under the jurisdiction of the court," Dawson said "The reason is each of our campus es, chancellors and our presidents are, personally, genuinely committed to^ those goals. That's why they work at it Not because they're out there visit ing kids because the judge said they had to." - the consent decree was one of 10 agreements made with state universi ty systems in the South, all of which expired some time in 1986. Like North Carolina, none of those states has met its target of black enrollment. Increasing black enrollment signifi cantly has proved an elusive goal for many colleges across the country for a number of reasons. The number of black high school graduates national ly has declined, dropping 9.3 percent from 1980 to 1984. Also, the" shift iri^ federal financial aid from grants to loans has discouraged many black students form going to college. v The consent decree grew out of a 1970 suit that the NAACP Legal . Defense and Education Fund had filed, charging the U.S. government with violating the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by funding several Southern university systems it claimed were insufficiently desegregated. Under the decree, UNC system offi cials promised to increase white enrollment at the five historically black campuses to 15 percent, a goal that has been accomplished. White enrollment at the schools is 16.5 per cent. And they agreed to upgrade the his torically black campuses through increased funding and the addition of new<academic programs. Bui Friday, who was president of the UNC system when the suit was Please see page A3 responds to rescuers' claims ?bmPag.Ai "I'm sil that could be extended to driving the (fire) truck since that would be part of my job," said McCummings. McCummings is presently unemployed. ^ ; Beaty said when he spoke with McCummings a day or so after his*, arrest, he said he didn't have a license. I > "This is the first I've heard of any driving privileges," said Beaty. "Dur- 1 ing our last conversation, I told him, If you have the necessary credentials to do your part oftheworkas ^firefighter you can come back to woik.' 1 asked him if he had a driver's license, ftnd Mhe^iaid.tfe* Ia^kedhim could he do his job without one and M said no. 4'rJjf i? ^ ? If McCummings really wanted his job back/ toa ^should have gone to chief Ervin and told him of any driving privilege he hac^and asked for his job, Beaty said. " "It's too late now," Beaty added. "We've got six new firefighters that we're already committed to starting this coming Monday (Jan. 9)." Most of those who survive the rigorous testing imposed by the city and Ervin's intensive interview can look jforward to a long and rewarding career with the city fire department, he said. A member of the department since 1951 and its chief for eight years, Ervin said Afro- Americans have gained a lot of ground in the profession over the past 38 years. Out of 238 firefighters in the city department 76, or 32.8 percent, are Afro- American men, and two, or 1.7 percent are Afro- American women, Beaty said quoting figures from Sept 30, 1988. ? - . Ervin said he wouldn't know of the status of Davis' application to the fire department "The process of becoming a firefighter starts with personnel and the application," Ervin said^"They (personnel) accept the application and schedule the applicant for% battery of tests, such as general aptitude, agility and psychological." When, and if, an applicant successfully completes the testing process, he or she is placed on a log, with other applicants, by the city personnel staff to be considered for employment by Ervin as vacancies become avail able. Fortunately for Ervin, but not so good for those who file applications with the fire department, there's not much turnover in the fire, department, nnt/l Cmmm said Ervin. "We don't have major turnover in fire services, it's only about one or two percent," Ervin said. "Once people come*~in they generally stay until they retire, or a few decide to move on." Out of the eight Afro- American firefighters who came on the job with Ervin in 1951 , five retired after 30 years of service, Jie said. Even after an applicant has passed the necessary tests and been includ ed on the fire department log, it's the best people who get the jobs, Ervin said. ; "We have a number of people who apply for jobs here, but just because they're in line doesn't mean they get the job," Ervin said. "We look at the person with the best qualifications. Just because you go through the process there's no guarantee that you can be hired. I think Tve been pretty darned discreet in interviewing people and looking at their qualifications and I've made some good decisions." Ervin said the city fire department has made a lot of opportunities available to Afro- Americans. "This department has been outstanding as far as providing opportuni ties for blacks? getting them involved in fire services," said Ervin, "I've had ting them involved in fire services," ; TCON-O-CLTAN All Dry Cleaning only 1 00 per garment CLE A N & S TEA MED Expert dry cleaning at the best price! (Prepaid Only) Plenty of Free Parking! Located at the corner of 14th and N. Patterson \ a very rewarding and enjoyable career as a firefighter and coming up through the ranks as an administrator. I've worked hard to make those same opportunities available to other minorities." ?' - Davis and McCummings hoped their exploits would prompt city offi cials to reconsftter*heir applications for employment * ? * While Ervin applauds the young men's bravery, he said they had been amply rewarded by the city when the Board of Aldermen's Public Safety Committee presented the three with commendations. WI was there at their ceremony and I complimented them because I know what could have happerafiad they not been there, ^TSrvin said. "I think they were amply rewarded for their efforts." Winston-Salem Plasma Center Hoars ! 00 am 'l 00 pit? If) 50 .im JO pm <t 30 tm \ 00 pin b\iy 8 ; Donation <>? (he week cj ? Donation of !h?" work 5 N?'w Donors on I' vr.it [ b Anyone who hasn t Don. ?t?- i m )0 ? f r<??? Mini physic: il - It1 T 4 ? AID > A '? r 'v '? H' > ? You rnu" t h iv*' I'M ill) ? Donation rr - ' n? 725-9774 425 TRADE I. .1. I. I. .1. .1. .1 ,T. ,! .1 .1 > T .1 .1 J. 1. 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