Civil rights web site to fight cyberhate
BY JOHN D MCCLAIN
. ASSOCIATED PR ESS WR ITER
WASHINGTON (AP) ? Responding to
. President Clinton's call to fight hate crime, the
nation's largest civil rights coalition and a
regional Bell telephone company have created a
web site designed to combat Internet hate
- speech.
The Leadership Conference on Civil Rights
said Mpnday the site ? www.civilrights.org ?
was developed and will be maintained for two
years with a $100,000 contribution from Bell
Atlantic. .
Clinton issued a call two weeks ago at a
White House Conference on Hate Crimes to
find ways to fight the problem.
"You are providing an antidote to cyber
hate," he told the civil rights coalition in a let
ter read by Transportation Secretary Rodney
Slater at a news conference on Monday.
Wade Henderson, LCCR executive director,
said the idea to create a web site was triggered
by a proliferation of Internet hate speech by
groups such as the Ku Klux Klan and White
Aryan Resistance.
Bell Atlantic chairman Ray Smith cited a
study by the Anti-Defamation League showing
the number of hate sites on the Internet has
doubled to 2S0 in the past year. He called the
new site "an antidote for poison."
The idea is to "counter the frightening
espousal of hatred and violence against
Americans because of their race, gender, reli
gious or sexual orientation," he said.
Henderson said hate groups have become
more sophisticated in communicating their
doctrines and recruiting. "Instead of the street,
they recruit on the net," he explained.
There is also concern for the First
Amendment protection of free speech,
Henderson said. "This web site will respond to I
hate with information and competing ideas
without seeking to restrict Internet speech."
In addition to providing information on
hate crimes around the country, the site will
explain various strategies to address those
crimes and offer materials for young people.
"This web site will respond to
hate with information and
competing ideas without
seeking to restrict Internet
speech?
_Wade Henderson
FUNDING
from A1
Carythers said
extra funding given to
the historically black
universities to help
improve their course
offerings and make
other improvements
had helped their
standing in the study.
But 25-year trends in
spending showed the
campuses had gotten
a fair share of the
money available for
colleges, Caruthers
said.
"Well, we're back
to the question of
whether historically
black colleges are
underfunded," said
Rep. Gene Arnold, R
Nash, a co-chairman
of the education sub
committee of the
House budget panel.
"The fact that
things have been bet
ter for the last 25
years doesn't tell you
much if you know
how things were 50
years ago," said Rep.
Fern Shubert, R
Union. "If you start
ed with a
maintenance deficit
50 years ago, then
improved funding for
the last 25 years still
might not catch you
up."
But Caruthers and
Rep. Robert Grady,
R-Onslow, said the
study took into
account only operat
ing funds, not money
for new buildings.
"We're not look
ing at facilities in this
study," Grady said.
"People who see this
study as wrong simply
because they see a
bad building or old
structures on campus
es are not looking at it
right
Legislators four
years ago began using
a repairs and renova
tions fund to help
speed up repairs on
University of North
Carolina campuses,
with the UNC Board
of Governors decid
ing which projects to
address each year.
Arnold said the
committee would
decide whether there
is a problem with the
funding formula used
to divide money
among the campuses
or with campus man
agement.
"If there is a prob
lem, we'll come back
with legislation to
address it," Arnold
said. "And if there is
no problem, we'll say
so."
GARAGE
from AI
intended to seek the
designation years ago,
but never had the
time. Eventually, he
forgot about it, Davis
said. His secretary,
however, recently
reminded him that he
had never filed an
application, Davis
explained.
Johnson proposed
another scenario. She
accused Davis of try
ing to elevate the
value of the property
before he sells it to
Winston-Salem State
University. The
garage, located on
Martin Luther King
Jr. Drive, sits at the
gateway to WSSU.
"Were you aware
that WSSU had
received a HUD grant
for restoration?"
asked Johnson before
implying that Davis
was trying to make
more off the deal
than she considered
reasonable.
Davis denied that
money prompted him
to have the property
classified as a histori
cal landmark. He said
he wouldn't mind the
50 percent reduction
in taxes that would
accompany the desig
nation, however.
"This had nothing
to do with that. If
that's the case, I
would have applied
before approaching
WSSU," Davis
replied. "I think the
building deserves his
torical designation."
Johnson contin
ued her questions.
"What is your
planned use?"
Davis said that he
only wanted to see the
building restored.
The interrogation
ended after
Commissioner
Donald Nielsen chal
lenged the relevance
of Johnson's queries.
Commission chair
woman Landon
Opperman explained
that the group could
not base its decision
on the applicant's
motives for seeking
the landmark desig
nation.
"We are legally
required to take cer
* * i .??
tain things under con
sideration," said
Opperman.
According to
Opperman, the for
mer Union Station
"was one of the few
buildings in Winston
Salem where black
and white neighbor
hoods came togeth
er." Consequently, she
didn't, understand
why Johnson would
oppose the historical
recognition.
Johnson respond
ed that someone who
isn't black wouldn't
understand.
"Don't try to fig
ure it out," Johnson
told Opperman.
Commissioner
Avon Ruffin voted
with Johnson to deny
the landmark status.
Neither cited any evi
dence that the value
of the property would
skyrocket as a result
of becoming a histor
ical landmark, or that
such a designation
would interfere with
negotiations with
neighboring WSSU.
Michael Jordan may open !
Grand Central restaurant j
NEW YORK (AP)
Beating New Yorkers on the
basketball court wasn't
enough. Michael Jordan has
to take their lunch money too.
The Chicago Bulls star is
negotiating to open a restau
rant in Grand Central
Terminal, the Daily News
reported today.
Jordan, whose Chicago
restaurant has been a huge
hit, is interested in developing !
one of four spaces in Grand ;
Central's renovated balcony,
the paper said.
Jordan's management *
company spokesman did not ;
return calls from the News. A ?
spokesman for Grand
Central's commercial leasing
agent said he would not con
firm or deny the report.
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