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The big 'M' . . . macho or money? In today's obsession with 4 physical fitness, a big capital "M" stands for MACHO, the "he man" image and big-muscle craze on which thousands of men have spent millions of dollars. The capital "M" also stands for MONEY, the quest for which even more men have spent untold millions of hours and oceans of sweaL These two M's together seem One tall white player missed a rebound because he was out jumped by a shorter black player. "That white boy just can't go two feet off the floor at the same time," a white spectator moaned disgustedly. "Put him on the bench," the spectator shouted at the television set to the Boston coach hundreds of miles away. He was infuriated when a black out-performed a fighters have not emerged since Rocky Marciano 35 years ago and Roberto Durand, whom Sugar Ray Leonard defeated twice in the 1980s. Most champions and near-champions have been - blacks. In football, the "most valu able player" awards have been dominated by running backs and wide receivers ? the persons who usually score touchdowns ? and most of them have been black. Moreover, black quarter backs in college and professional teams were a "no-no" until Doug Williams, Warren Moon and Ran dall Cunningham proved wrong the myth that a white quarterback was needed to run the team on the field. In track, black men and women dominated the shorl-di's tance, hurdling and bread jump areas. Then came Africans to dominate the long-distance races. Whites have scored well in the javelin and discus throws, but blacks have shown very little interest in these. In tennis, Zina Garrison is ranked among the top five or six women. Black men and women are showing well in collegiate gymnastics where good coaching and equipment are available. Question: What can macho crazed* slow-running, low-jump ing, money-hungry, jealous, mediocre, non-black, would-be athletes do? Answer: They can join the police force in one of many cities and with several helpers present and cameras absent, they can prove their physical superiority by beating with clubs a hand cuffed black man while they are officially protected by badges, uniforms and loaded revolvers. THE BIG, REAL ISSUE: HOW EXTENSIVELY HAS THIS "WHITE RACE" AFFEC TED THE TOTAL AMERICAN SOCIETY? MINORITY REPORT By JAMES E. ALSBROOK, Ph.D. to explain much of the white male's violence against black males today. This violence is a form of "white rage" and was shown in the criminal beating of Rodney King by California police last year. Hitler experienced the same jealousy and "white rage" when provoked by the athletiG success of Jesse Owens in the 1936 Olympics in Germany. You might call it frustration caused first by a painful lack of proof of white male physical superiority, and second by the sight of supposedly inferior black men earning millions of dollars in the cash-for-performance compe tition of basketball, baseball, football, track and boxing. Recently I walked through the Tri-County Mall near Cincin nati. Television sets were show ing a Boston Celtics game with only Larry Bird and another white player on the floor among eight blacks. The blacks on bofhMt scored repeatedly but received lit tle applause from the overwhelm ingly white male spectators. But when Larry Bird scored, the place went wild with applause. * while. Some years ago when Hank Aaron broke Babe Ruth's home run record, many lamentations from white men were uttered. Aaron was attacked and despised because he had dethroned a white athlete hero and sacred cow. Some sportscasters speculated that maybe the baseballs of Aaron's time were more lively than those of Ruth's time. Others argued that the pitch ing was not as good as it was in Ruth's day, so Aaron's record was not valid. Some argued about the sea son's length and the temperatures of the cities in which the games were played. In 1988 when black Doug Williams of the Redskins threw three touchdown passes in the second quarter against the Denver Broncos who were supposed to win, visible disappointment twist ed the faces of seven white friends watching the game. White Broncos quarterback John Elway was supposed to show the allegedly superior phys ical and mental prowess of his race. In boxing, dominant white I'm the same man, but Republican Four columns appeared on the editorial page of The Wash ington Afro-American edition of Feb. 1. Hamil Harris wrote an insightful analysis of the appear ance of the major Democratic candidates' appearance before Jesse Jackson's Rainbow Coali tion in Washington. Harris said that it didn't matter to the dele gates that Gov. Bill Clinton "had just let his state execute a mental The Democrats Can't Solve) ana lyzed Jesse Jackson's grip on the black vote and his subsequent power as a Democrat But, out of genre, the Afro-American described me as follows: "Tony Brown is a Democrat turned Republican." While the other descriptions of writers were appropriate to their role, the Afro-American inappropriately sent the subtle message that I was an agent of the TONY BROWN Syndicated Columnist ly incompetent black man with an IQ of 70 the night before." He said: "All that mattered was win ning and jumping on the band wagon." Some real real commit ted black people, I thought. Harris, identified at the end of his column as a reporter for the Afro-American , also believes that the "Republicans have already reached into their bag of dirty tricks" and are behind the alleged Gennifer Flower/Gov. Clinton sexcapade. Another writer, identified as a General Motors employee, urged all readers to write members of Congress about the increase in corporate average fuel economy standards. Shed Ivey made a lot of sense when he wrote that if blacks could build a "Black corporate America in 1882 ? with all the odds and with much less money" ? we should be able to do so in 1992. Ivey was identified as a "frequent contributor to commentary pages." My column ("The Problem Republican Party or the bearer of the Republican party line, and, of course, should be watched. Factually, I am an "indepen dent" turned Republican as of last July 8, and I have expressed to same political sentiments found in that coliimn over the past three decades as a non-Republican ? and a journalist. Moreover, I have recently criticized the Republican presi dent for the Department of Educa tion's position (so-called "color blind") that endangers public black colleges. There is reason to suspect that it did some good in getting Presi dent George Bush to force his Jus tice Department to reverse itself and side with the Mississippi Black colleges in the landmark Ayers v. Mabus case. As a matter of fact, if the intent of branding me as a Repub lican were not pejorative, the Afro could have called me a "Republican who criticized a Republican President." Of course, we all know how it works in the black community if you think independent of the Democratic-herd mentality or reject membership in the Jesse Jackson Sycophant Club. Tony Brown has left the plantation, the Afro seemed to warn its readers. Ironically, an interview with Rev. A1 Sharpton on my TV series will show him saying: "Only black leaders lead until they drop dead, or get too cold and sick to be replaced." "There is a white-liberal establishment and they lead the Democratic Party and black lead ers can't offend them," Sharpton adds. Instead of editorially warning readers about my ideas, the Afro might want to meet its agreement and run the identification that I provide at the end of each col umn, since I know who I am. If the paper is unhappy with me identifying myself as the host of America's longest-running national Black-Affairs TV series, i it can report that I am the first dean of the School of Communi cations at Howard University and started an annual conference to secure jobs for blacks in the com munications industry. Or it could say that I coordi nated what's believed to be the largest civil rights march in histo ry in Detroit in 1963. Or, perhaps, it might say that I started Black College Day in 1980 to keep the enemies of black higher education at bay. I can offer a host of alterna tives to being called a Republican, which has no more bearing on my analytical thinking than being called a New Yorker or a Wash ingtonian. There's an old African proverb that best sums up this sit uation: "It's not what you call me, it's what I answer to." BOYS! &RIS1 T1REV OF LOSING SINGING BNOAGEMFNTb dEOkJS6 OF RUMORS LINKING YOU TO A PRZSIPENTIAL CANP1MJI 7 SICK OF ALL THE LIES WEIL, NOCU YOU CAN COMB FOR IAJARP - WITHOUT HAVING TO TALK TO SOME SWEATY, OVER WEIGHT TA&LOtP REPORTED ' YES, THIS SYNPlCATZP FAMILY THAT'S RIGHT, KJPS, YOU HEARP CORRECTLY ! IF YOU'VE SLEPT WITH ANY CURRENT PRESIPENTIAL CAN - PIRATE, THIS FEATURE WILL \ PAY YOU *25 oh, sure, you coutv always sell IT TO THE TABS FOR MORE, BUT UJOULPN'T YOU RATHER SEE A P16NIFIEP RE-ENACTMENT OF YOUR STORY BY NATIONALLY KMXUN CARTOON PERSONALITIES1 CHECK OUT THIS PILOT PANEL ! YES, THAT COULD BeXXJKSTORW ACT NOW! ? / ~ THAT'S RJ6HT, CAMPERS. if you've ever slept with A PRESlPENTlAL HOPEFUL - OR KNOUJ SOMEONE ELSB UJHOHAS -tVE \ UJAKTV&VE YOU *25 INCDCV, HARP CASH TO HNP OUT IF YOUR. STORY IS PRURIENT ENOUGH TV QUALIFY, JUST FILL OUT THE ATTACHE?" TRASH- FOR- CASH- \ ENTRY FORM ANP SENP IT TO ' ,x ME, CARE OF A- / this V .y GOOP V UUCKt r. CAMPAIGN 92 ? TRASH FOR CASH 1 1. 1 hove trash on; (cmckom) ? Bill Clinton ? Paul Tson^js ? Jerry Brown ? Tom Harkin ? Sot? Kerrey ? George Bush 2 My story involve*: ? me Omy toertfViend ? ? my evil twin ? DmypuWiCiftt ? a RcpuWi can operative ? Gerald o 3 Z Mould describe my Mti*H ship with the candidate as: I ? torrid, steamy ? d defining moment ? the oght wing to do ? videotaped ? in liti^Oon a The candidate uMd to cat I m?: I ? "Babe" O "Mommy* ? "Cbmmi?*<oner" ? ftum convenience store ? pay phone* A OKAY, 90YS ANP 61*15, HBRt'S FART TIW OF OUR. CAMPAIGN 72 " TRASH- FOR CASH "ENTRY BLANK ! FILL IT IN AHPSBNP/T TOMB, CAR? OF THIS PAPER ' iFujeuse YOUR STORY,- - oueu^eeNp YOU 25 W6 0N3S! CAMPAIQN'92 TRASH FOR CAS 5 My relationship with the candidate lasted ?? ? 12 yeans ? 60 days ? 60seconde '_] Not sure 6. The last ihiny that the candidate said to me was : Lj "T win not stand " ? "Meed a job?* , ? "Cuomo* acltng like an Italian American stereotype ; Message: I care." l.l "What's that Whirring sound 7" 7 I believe my story will: ? restore my good name ? help me find a hu&tend ? make my parents proud ? get me a record deal ? benefit mankind 8 My name '?*??? C (jennifer with <3 WG" ? Jennifer with a *J" ? Kandy with a "K" ? Carrii with two'Vs" ? Karee with a "K'one "r"<snd two"e's* ? Other CUP'N'5?N[?7!XMY/ ACT NOW, ANP YOU'LL BE BL&dtf- FOR A FUeeSCRB&i ^ . 7SS77 \ OKAY, NOi/U FOR THB TOUGH PARI, 6AN6 THE ESSAY QUESTIONS! PLEASE REAP SILSNHY v while i . REAP CAMPAIGN '92 ? TRASH FOR CASH 9 You're dating a married father of three with presidential amWtions. You believe that you and he have a future together Explain. 10. Name three movies besides ? Pretty Woman" that have helped shape your personal philosophy. YOUMAYHOU/mS&N! REMINPER TO ALL YOU 6ENN/FERS : SPEU^NG COUNTS' WHY? SIMPLE FAIRNESS! WHY SHOUU? THE PUTATIVE 6.0 P NOMINEE NOT BE HEW TO THE SAME STANPARPS OF PERSONAL CONDUCT THAT HIS COMPETITION IS? / TRUE, TRASHING THE REPUTA - VON OF A SITTING PRESIDENT FOR *2S POES SEEM A BIT BEYONP THE MLB. BUT TO THOSE UJHO UXXXV PEMUR.^ HOW'S ANOTHER 29 SMACKS SOUND? HUH? cm... HEUO? I'M SICK OF THE $ M I Winston-Salem Chronicle Wm&fM -.?:. % .. Banqu & vVoi"811 *nrf Honoring Our Man & Woman and Community Service Award for 1991 Our Male & Female Athletes of the Year Awards for Public Safety, the Arts, All County Varsity & JV Football mmmmm? smzmmm; mmmmm mmmmm & Mmm Call 722-8624, FREE 3-month subscription with each ticket m * m iililliillllilll IIIs HI ?x. 58 % % I is 31 \
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