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? tapes reveal executive racism . Described as "savages in gray f lan nel suits" by Roy lnnis. chairman of the Congress of Racial Equality, sev eral Texaco executives are under tire for participating in consistently racist behavior. The controversy was sparked' by-transcripts of the "Texaco"tapes" recently obtained by the New York rFCrrurs and excerpted in court papers. t;.';The tapes, in which executives are >*.ard referring to black employees as "bhack jelly beans" and "niggers" raised the stakes in the discrimination Isuit brought against Texaco by six company employees on behalf -of as many as 1,500 other minority employ ees. The suit wasbrought in early 1994 and argues that Texaco systemat ically discriminates against minority employees in promotions, and has fos tered a racially hostile environment. The Equal Employment Opportu nity Commission issued a finding that Texaco had tailed to promote Black employees because of their race. The government investigation was con ducted at the request of the Federal District Court in White Plains, after the suit was filed. The recently released excerpts from the "Texaco tapes" otter blatant, and perhaps unprecedented, examples of institu tionalized racism and the deliberate insensitivitv that is characteristic of it. The explosive recordings expose Texaco executives plotting their defense against the racial discrimina tion suit filed by employees in 1994. They were make bv Richard Lundwell. who was then senior coordinator for personnel services in Texaco's finance department. Included in the inflamma tory conversations were Robert Ulrich. the company's treasurer who retired last year, and J. David Keough. then Rwaco's senior assistant treasurer. "Vou know, there is no point in even keeping the restricted version anymore," said L'I rich, who was quoted in the court records in refer ence to one ke\ document. "All it could do is get us in trouble. That's the way 1 feel. I would not keep anything." Lundwell quicklv agreed, asking he he given the responsibility to "shred this thing and any other restricted ver sion like it." Keough seemed to advise Please see pa%e 2 Wind^n-Salem Chronicle ro?s*w w" E,u? LI 2155 oice for African-American News and Information ?? ?c 211 ?,T^sTQ^'sAljtj THURSDAY, November 7, 1996 Dedicated to the Memory of Clarence E. Nottingham: 1903-1995 vol. xxiii. no. 10 Clinton's Historic Win, Gantt's Discouragement A Joy and Pain for Democrats By WILLIAM H TURNER Ph.D. Special to \hc Chronicle Christy Gallagher sat across the room from Queen Blaek Tuesday night at Forsyth (bounty Democratic Party Headquarters downtown. These two women ? one white and the other black ? Political Analysis are- worlds apart in most ways, but they are together on three issues: joy for the FDR-like Clin ton victory and the constitutional amendment for the rights of crime victims, and their bafflement over Harvey Gantt's loss to Jesse Helms. Gallagher, renowned locally for her miracxi lous response to a brutal heating and rape, said through her friend and assistant, Melanie Steibich, a Republican, "The very sound of Helms' name gives me a gurgling reflux." Black, who is a resi dent counselor at Piedmont Park, a black public housing community, droned that Helms' triumph over'Gantt was born of "cheatirf and lyin'!" State Rep. Larry Womble, unopposed in his race, was in his usual upbeat mood. When asked about the mixed messages of the election out comes. Womble noted, "Harvey fought the good fight. He didn't stoop low, like Jesse Helms. Presi dent Clinton, in victory, lost in our state, too, like Please see page 8 ? T;|?' -. ,jC . f N ?J&'t . &>'/>* -i W* -- rOV?* '? ? * ?* ,V ? .- * mt rr r*T" 'Ivi? ' . M ? n* ? s:m? >?* Awaiting results at Democ ratic Party headquarters were (left to right) Katrina Dockery, Queen Black, Mayor Martha Wood, Eva Hagood and Belle l^viner. | ^^^Chenita johnson stands ^ with her mother, Jackie Barber. Johnson is a Democratic Party precinct capfain. BPAL brings families, candidates together By FBLHCIA P MCMILLAN Special to the Chronicle "When we all see Tuesday, what a day of rejoicing that will he!" "When we all get the vote out, we'll sing and shout the victory!" Alderman Joycelyn Johnson received a standing ovation when she led the audience in a revised version of the hymn "When We All Get to Heaven" called "When We All See Tuesday." More than 300 voters and their families came to the annual breakfast sponsored by the Black Political Awareness League (BPAL) at the Carl H. Russell Center on Saturday. Nov. 2. Alderman Vivian Burke, who orga nized the group nearly 20 years ago at Shiloh Baptist Church, said, "We have had excellent cooperation with the candidates, elected officials and the citizens." Burke is the advisor of BPAL. She started the group a year after she became alderman. BPAL is one of the oldest biparti san groups that has survived. It con tinues to make the public aware of issues that will affect the community The group addresses such concerns as educc*ion, health and housing, in the present and in the future. President Naomi Jones said, "1 am pleased that people realize that this is a critical time in our history. We also have a critical situation uith the Supreme Court seats. We need to get out to the polls and vote for the people who will help us." Jones joined Burke in recognizing the candidates and special guests. One such guest was Ernest G. Green, one of the original Arkansas Nine who helped to integrate Central Little Rock High School. Attorney Garry Whitaker introduced him as a "true American Hero." Green is now the managing director for Lehman Broth ers in Washington. D.C. Green said. "1 never thought that 40 years later. I'd still he talking about high" school education."' He pointed out that there has not been an African American senator from the South since Reconstruction, and Jesse Helms needs to be retired. He know Harvev Gantt personally, and he hopes that N.C. can send a message through the vote that will "resonate not onl\ in Please see page S ?Mi ??MMMMHHHMHWHHMMMHMHHIHHnMHHMHHHHMnnHMMMHHHMraHHaMMI Sixth-grader punched, choked by Philo teacher By MAURICE CROCKER Community News Reporter An 1 1-year-old student was taken to the hospital after being assaulted by an assistant teacher at Philo Middle School last week. Stephanie Sherill took her son Anthoney Johnson to the emergency room after he was punched in the jaw and choked hv Ken neth Lanier, an assistant teacher. The incident occurred on the school's playground, where the students were playing. According to Shcrill. her son was running from another student, when lie accidentally bumped into Lanier, who in response, turned around and punched Johnson in the face, w ith a closed fist. Sherill said Lanier then threw her son on the ground, where he began choking him. "Anthoncy struggled and told the teacher to get off of him," she said. "Once Mr. Lanier let Anthoney up, he told him 'Don't he running around here you little dummy!'" "When he (Anthoney) came from school, he told me his head and face were hurting, and there was Please see page 2 Anthoney Johnson Black males in middle school suspended twice as often JT ' ' ; , v* - According to a report recently released to the school board, the number of in- and out-of-schoo| sus pensions are on the rise for middle school students. During the first 20 days of school this year, the number of out-of-school suspensions from all 14 middle schools totaled 434. This year's total is an increase of 214. compared to the number of suspensions during last year's first 20 days of the school year. The number of in-school suspen sions (at-school isolation) also increased during the first month of school, from 411 last year to 422 this year. School officials attribute the * ' 'V ? * increase of suspension to tougher policies on fighting, rudeness, and Please see page 2 ? ? FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS CALL (910) 722-8624 ? MASTERCARD, VISA OR AMERICAN EXPRESS*
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