'Color-Blind' theory stinks! Continued from page A1
- cator earlier told black college sup
j porters "I am always reminded by
Rep. (William) Bill Clay (D-St. Louis)
that we have no permanent enemies,
; no permanent friends, just permanent
; interests... A mind is a terrible thing to
; waste. That's our permanent interest..."
; Speaking in Washington at the
; closing national conference luncheon
; of the White House Initiative on
* HBCUs, Gray bluntly stated "the
; underlying assumption of the current
: color-blind theory is that after 365
years of slavery and legal segregation,
it has taken only 25 years (of enact
ment), of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
; and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to
: reverse the historical, systematic and
; legalized segregation and inequality in
; this country and no further remedial
; effort is needed.. .That is bunk."
"We must work with Congress
| for more Pell Grant funds for low and
j middle income students to pay college
? costs - especially for African-Ameri
cans to overcome the burden of exces
sive borrowing," Gray emphasized.
Among UNCF schools, student bor
rowing has increased from 8% to
51%, with the number of students
needing loans doubling from 1 1,000 to
22,000 in the past decade.
Gray urged the group to (1) cam
paign for more public and private sup
port of their institutions (2) request
that President Bush withdraw federal
support for the state of Mississippi's
suit to cut off funding for black col
leges in the state and (3) seek more
"clout" by moving the White House
Initiative program into the White
House "to get more respect.";
^ "Ah-h-h really don't believe the
President is informed on what other
branches of government are doing in
this situation," Gray continued at one
point in his best pastoral style,
"because of his long commitment to
HBCUs and the UNCF... especially
since he recently said if separate
Paddling may be outlawed
! abuses like this in Winston-Salem
! schools." Bryan also pointed to stud
! ies which show that the weaker and
! more vulnerable the child, "the 1nore
\ we hit them."
! Roxanne Grossman, a parent,
'.named other organizations which
! have taken a stand against corporal
! punishment, including the National
IPTA Association in a 1985 resolu
tion and again in a 1988 position
paper. Other organizations concerned
with the welfare of children which
are opposed to corporal punishment
are the American Medical Associa
tion, the National Mental Health
Association, the American Bar Asso
ciation, and the National Pediatric
Society . The North Carolina School
Board lobbied heavily in the General
Assembly to allow local school
boards the right to ban corporal pun
ishment, and drafted a sample policy
ban.
"Hitting is ineffective," said
Grossman. "If it worked, no one
would ever have to be hit more than
once."
Board members listened impas
sively as most of the speakers urged
them to ban corpor?|l9jU{iis)uneAtv>^
The board will vote On the issue at
the November 7 meeting.
Bryan noted that Brunson Ele
mentary recently decided not to use
corporal punishment, and has devel
oped workable alternatives. He
explained that many of the parents
SCAN works with have children who
are behavior problems in school. As
part of a comprehensive approach to ?
the problem of-disciphne, SCAN is
offering parenting classes for parents
of preschoolers "to show how we can
discipline our chHdren^effectivel>^
and without hitting - before they get
in the school system."
Several veteran teachers, one
who worked with behaviorally handi
capped students, said they helped
their students develop self-discipline
rather than using authoritarian forms
of discipline such as paddling.
Reba Smith, president of FACT
(Forsyth, Association of Concerned
Teachers), urged the board not to ban
corporal punishment. "We must show
a belief in reward and punishments. 1
implore the board to look at parent
accountability."
Danny W. Hewitt, a fourth grade -
teacher, also spoke in favor of corpo
ral punishment although he said he
had only used it three times in the
past two years. "Certain students,
well, there are times when students
have to learn some fear," said Hewitt.
"Like the fear I feel towards God. A
fearful respect. Kids are very disre
spectful.
"Recently we were asked to
reduce the number of discipline slips.
Now corporal punishment. 1 feel like
my hands are tied."
Walter Marshall, co-chair of the
NAACP education committee, spoke
r, before th& policy board as a citizen**
not representing the views of the
StfAACP. Marshall questioned the
(Composition of the board's commit
tee which is studying alternate forms
' of discpline.
"They're dealing primarily with
problems with black male students,
yet I didn't see any black males on
that committee."
Dr. Ann Short, elementary
school division director, saidthat"
Larry Fields, assistant principal at
Southwest Elementary, is a member
oflhe committee but has not been
able to attend the meetings. Fields
Pictured (left to right) are Edna Scales, wife; Melvin J. Scales Jr.;
Essie G. Walker, mother of wife; Robert B. Scales, brother; Jac
Caesar, greet nephew; and the principal of Paisley.
Former Paisley principal honored
A former principal, teacher and center.
guidance counselor at Paisley Mid- The idea of having a portrait
die School, Melvin J. Scales, was done was first conceived soon after
recently honored posthumously Scales' death, by Leila Punjer, who
with the dedication of a portrait in had worked with him at Paisley
his likeness for the school's media from 1970ylo 1980.
I
academies are needed to save young
black men in Detroit, 'go ahead and do
it\M
Gray noted that the Department
of Interior also has announced plans to
spend $20 million to restore buildings
on several campuses, including Morris
Brown, Spelman, St. Augustine,
Savannah State, Tougaloo, Bethune
Cookman, and Delaware State Col
leges and Howard, Hampton and
Shaw Universities. "It just seems
absolutely contradictory to pursue
these policies which are just and right
on one hand and on the other hand to
file a (U.S.) brief in the Mississippi
case" he declared. "It appears as if the -
right hand doesn't know what the left
hand is doing..."
Robert Goodwin, executive direc
tor of the White House Initiative, said
that President Bush had met with the
President's Board of Advisors on
HBCUs and agreed to discuss the -
Mississippi case with White House
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could not be reached for comment.
"He is one of the best beharior
ists I have seen," said Dr. Short, not
ing that committee members were
chosen because of their educational
background rather than their race. Of
the 16 members, two arc African
American: Fields, who is the only
black male, and DeComa Lovc-Lanc,
assistant principal at Moore Elemen
tary. < .
Marshall also warns that prob
lems could result from eliminating
corporal punishment without first
-having viable alternatives^ "Kids^
should not just be put out on the
street."
But Roxanne Grossman urged
the board to act immediately, adding,
"If we wait until everything else is in
place, it will never happen."
In other business, the board dis
cussed the concerns of parents who
felt that Halloween should not be cel
ebrated in the schools because of the
emphasis on devils and demons.
Some parents recently expressed their
feeling that Halloween is a pagan rit
ual. The board voted to send a memo
to appropriate teachers noting parent
sensitivity to tha issue . w
Counsel C. Gordon Gray. Dr. James E.
Cheek, Howard University president
emeritus, is chairman of the HBCU
board of advisors.
Dr. Oswald P. Bronson Sr., presi
dent of Bethune-Cookman College,
Daytona Beach, FL, is chairman of the
42-member colleges UNCF and he is
also chairman of the board of the 107
member historically black institutions
in the National Association for Equal
Opportunity in Higher Education
(NAFEOy.
In emphasizing the continuing
need for HBCUs for Americans who
seek a choice and equal opportunity in
higher education, Gray concluded
"Harvard is great for polishing if
you're a diamond already, but our
institutions are great for taking the
rough coals and polishing them into
diamonds..."
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