Judges reject census sampling
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By HERBERT L. WHITE
CHARLOTTE - The census will remain
a head count instead of an estimation,
which could result in less representation
for blade' Americans and other people of
color.
The Clinton administration was hand
ed a serious setback in its plans to use a
controversial statistical method to con
duct the 2000 census when a federal court
declared that the administration's propos
al to estimate a portion of the nation's
population rather than try to reach every
household is illegal and cannot be used.
The three-judge special panel ruled
unanimously in favor of the House
Republicans who had cfaaBcnped the Cen
sus Bureau plan, giving them a victory on
an issue that has been a major point of
contention between Congress and the
administration for more than a year.
In their suit, congressional Republi
cans argued l*"*t so-called "statistical
sampling" is unconstitutional and vulner
able to political manipulation. Democrats
and administration officials, who vowed
to appeal yesterday's decision to the U.S.
Supreme Court, contend that the head
count method alone misses too maay
American*. Up to 40 million homes may
not respond to census questionnaires,
according to bureau official*
In hopes of getting mote accurate
population figure* the Census Bureau
wants to combine the results of a tradi
tional head count with a statistical "sam
ple" that uses information drawn from a
representative group to estimate bty sin
and demographic characteristics of
Americans who don't respond to mailed
nthmnaires or are missed in door-to
survey*
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Marching
to Atlanta
Despite lack of
publicity, youth head
to national gathering
-By DAMON FORD
THE CHRONICLE
GREENSBORO - Greensboro organizers
of the Million Youth Movement are gear
ing up to go to a national youth event
;being held in Atlanta Labor Day weekend.
"We're trying to move 1,000 youth from
this area," said spokesperson Taryn
Mitchell.
. -* The Movement, spurred by the success
of the Million Man and Million Woman
Marches, calls for young people to help
plan and organize the effort with the guid
ance of adults.
"We got into it because the movement
really inspired us," Mitchell said. "WeYe
trying to reinvigorate the spirit."
Already the NAACP, The Nation of
Islam and The Push/Rainbow Coalition
have issued statements backing the Move
ment, the first of two youth events sched
uled for Labor Day. A second march,
headed by former Nation of Islam
spokesman, Khalid Abdul Muhammad
will be held in Harlem.
The theme for the Atlanta event is
"Preparing Youth for the New Millenni
um".
It will be held Sept. 4-7. Organizers say
the event will include activities such as a
youth town hall peering, forums, poetry
readings, gospel concert, youth achieve
ment awards and an interfaith worship ser
vice. The event will culminate Sept. 7 with
a gathering on Sweet Auburn Avenue from
10 a.m.-3 p.m., similar to the one day Mil
lion Man and Woman Marches.
' The Movement is specifically targeting
young people between the ages of seven
and 24 but anyone younger or older is
encouraged to participate. And though
lpany of the supporting organizations are
J predominantly African American, the
Movement does not speak of just one race.
Some of the local planners include Native
Americans, Asian Americans 4nd Cau
casians. \
} "This is incorporated from the entire
^luman family," Mitchell said. "We have lit
erally reached out to every sector of the
community. I want everyone to be a part of
riiis."
; National organizers hope to improve
the condition of youth and the communi-.
ties they live in by addressing and empow
ering youth with issues such as: strength
ening the family, economic development,
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After 3 years, plan to give parents
choice yields segregated schools
By KEVIN WALKER
THE CHRONICLE
Three years after the Winston
Salem/Forsyth County School Board
approved a redistricting plan that creat
ed neighborhood schools, opponents say
the proposal has done more harm than
good.
The plan, which is expected to be
implemented in all schools by 2000, cre
ated eight elementary school zones, six
for middle schools and eight for high
schools. The purpose of redistricting
was to create neighborhood &hools in
lieu of forced busing and gh#jferents a
"controlled choice" in choosing which
schools their children attend.
While the plan. should have kept
schools racially balanced, critics say that
has not been the case.
"Everyone is guaranteed the right to
go to their neighborhood, residential
school. For there to be true controlled
choice someone has to say 'you might
not get your first choice, or even your
second choice,'" Mark Woodson, an
African American parent of three and
co-chair of the Equity Committee, said.
" The Equity Committee, which is
made up of parents, teachers and com
munity representatives, was created to
examine issues of equity at all schools
under the new plan.
In the committee's last two reports to
the school board, increasing racial segre
gation has been addressed as one of its
primary concerns.
"People on the committee, over
whelming felt that integration was
important," said Becky Werner, a White
community representative and Equity
cummiucc wmwui.
"Integration doesn't
make education bet
ter, but the point is
being together and
learning each other's
cultures."
The committee's
latest annual report,
shows that 10 of the
14 schools under the
plan are not in compli
ance with the school board's own racial
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Many
miles
to go
Study shows
inequity in r
higher education
By KEVIN WALKER
THE CHRONICLE
As new attacks against affirma
tive action programs continue to
spring up around the nation, the
Southern Education Foundation
released a study Tuesday showing
that blacks in the South may be
losing ground in their pursuit of
higher education.
The study, titled >."Miles To
Go", examined African American
education patterns in 19 mostly
southern states. According to the
Findings, over the past two
decades, the number of blacks
earning bachelor's degrees has
been, at best, stagnant.
The study goes on to state that
blacks' ability to pay for higher
education is quite dismal.
"What we found is alarming,"
Robert Kronley, a senior consul
tant at SEF, said during a confer
ence call earlier this week.
Nine of the 19 states studied,
actually showed a decline in the
number of freshmen on public col
lege campuses between the years
1991 and 1996. T\wo other states
showed no change at all during
that period.
In IS states, the average family
income for blacks was two-thirds
or less than white families. In all
* 19 states, black families on the
average earned less than $30,000 a
year, in only one state was the
white average that low.
The study also took issue with
the increasing movement by some
states to award financial aid to stu
dents based on want rather than
need. Nearly 37 percent of all
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Breast cancer survivors speak out
By JERI YOUNG
THE CHRONICLE
A 46-year-old woman who survived
breast. cancer has a message for other
African American women.
After losing a portion of her breast and
undergoing countless radiation treatments
and chemotherapy, Gloria Carter says
she's ready to talk about the cancer that
could have killed her.
"At first I couldn't say the word can
cer," she said. "I would have to spell it out.
I didn't want to talk about it and I didn't
want to think about it. That's all changed
now. All I want to say is that*ther black
women need to think about breast cancer."
Carter will have a chance to share her
story Saturday at Philips Chapel Baptist
Church. She and a group of other breast
cancer survivors will share their stories and
encourage other women to have mammo
grams and do breast self exams.
The message is needed. A recent study
shows though black women are less likely
to develop breast cancer, they are more
likely to die of the disease. And while
breast cancer rates for white women have
been falling since 1990, mortality rates for
black women have remained at 27.5 deaths
per 100,000 per year.
"Basically, it's like a triple whammy for
women of color," said Dr. John Gamel,
one of the authors of the report appearing
in August's edition of the Journal of Clin
ical Oncology.
The statistics are daunting. Carter says.
But the reality is more difficult.
"I went through a lot," she said. "I
don't ?ven know how I can put it into
words."
Carter's odyssey began last September
during a routine physical. Her doctor
asked if she had ever had a mammogram.
The answer was a resounding "no."
"I could tell he was a surprised," she
said. "I guess I just didn't think it could
happen to me. I didn't see why I needed a
mammogram."
Her doctor scheduled a mammogram
for her and within days. Carter received a
call from a doctor who told her there "was
an abnormality." At that point Carter says,
no one said the word cancer.
"They didn't tell me what it was," she
said. "They just told me to come back
because they needed to redo it. You go into
a daze. I related breast cancer to death. I
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