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FORIM I Beware of what vou read I Nigel Alston Motivational Moments The most influential person in my life was my grandmoth er. How did she influence me? With a switch. - Chuck Jackson It sounded too good to be - true. It was another invitation from cyberspace. *> "See the note below," it J' began, "it's worth it!!!" '? It was another forwarded ' e-mail message. A contest ' this time. !. "Everyone is to resend it V, to 15 individuals," it contin j, ued. "Please read and for , ward to as many friends as possible. We've checked up on >f this and this is no joke or a i chain letter or something. So, " please help and pass on. 1 Thank you, and here you go!!!" 'j And here ever I went. This time it seemed real. I ?/ had a chance to win a trip for two or cash. Microsoft- and Disney were working together to conduct an experiment: cT mail tracing. A program developed to track everyone who received the -message via e-mail. The incentive - 1,300 people would receive $5,000 in cold' hard cash and up to 13,000 more would get a free trip for two to Disney for one week during the summer of.' 1999 at Disney's expense. The message was forward ed to me from a friend with this disclaimer: "I rarely do this. Toss if you don't want to play." He was one of 41 people who received it from another friend. "It's no lie," one person said. 4 Several people who for warded the message said they called Disney themselves. That personal assurance was enough to Keep the message moving. "Guys it's true," another person wrote. "I too called Disney myself; they are standing, behind it 100 per cent. So send, send, sei\d, send, okay?" ? , How could you resist par ticipating in the contest? After all it had been ?veri fied. ; "This is no joke guys. I ? called up Disneyland myself and they are really going to do this," added yet another typed message. "The reason is ; .. y .? : ,v. ,.v that ' they., don't believe it' ? could' be' po?sibly done.' So . why ? don't .we show ;them wha't-s up. and get a.free trip : to Disney World." ? .. ??. . ? . '. *? . . ' ? ? ? * It'might not be true, but it. sure is worth ti try wis the attitude of a recipient or the ? message who rehlctantly kept it going. What do you have to. lose? ' ? . / . . . The message' originated with -Walf 'Dishey Jr. himself.'. You can't get any better than that, can you?v The catch?' ?* ? . . There is'no'Walt Disney Jr It's a ruihbr that took on a life in cyberspace. With the push of a buttdn it is imposed' on you and you feel obligated to include others. How are you suppose to' know 'if. it' is true, or not? Especially when others.tell' 'you they have confirmed it. What do you base your decr siori on.to.detefrtiine'whether ? to believe or not? Why do we ? accept so miich as the goSpel truth? it's like Ripley's Believe It or Not!- The odd and unusual could be real. Like'these mes sages I have, received recently. .Urban legend has it that a police officer tells people not to flash their lights at any car on the roadiat night without their, lights turned on. It's part of a gang initiation. If .you flash your lights at the person, he then has to chaise, .you an,d shoot at you., T1 Is it true of false? ,| 'What abotrt the' warning * for business travelers and col-'J lege students to tie 'careful because there fs ah organized ring stealing people's kidrieys! aftef getting them , djrunle!. True or false? . ' ? .. ' . ? 1 ? ? . . ? > . . * * . ? ? : ? .' Or iriaybe you've heard this one. -1 ( . 'Did you know that black fqlks are going-;to lose the .right to-vote unless certain: , provisions of the 19<55"Voting Rights Act are . renewed in 2007?- . - . True.or fa-lse? This is the most recent oi\e.. "Spread; the word," it begins. "On July 3, 19.99,'dur ; ing a ctfremohial event at sea, a monument'- honoring' the millions of men, women and - children who' lost' their lives en route to and at the hand's 'of slavery between- the 15*h artd 1.9th" centuries will be lowered into the Atlantic OCeap's Middle Passage per haps never to be seen again." ; True'or false?. ; ? Believe it or hot, only the last one is true. , ' : Don't believe me, check it out yourself.'. Checking for. ?yburSelfis a good thing t<? do anyway.'# ?? *. . See you in Disney World-. . . ? ? ; * ' . ' Nigel Alston is an execu tive wifJi Iritegon Insurance ? and can be.reacfied at PO - Box. T22, Winston-Salem,? N. C. 27lD2'ot e-mailed at ?nalston23 7@'ael. com The unspoken legacy of King 1 * e 1 ' ' > 1 . I Guest !' Columnist iarl Ofarl Hutchinton 'i '. f, ? - ? . . ? ? . r ? On countless occasions President Clinton has talked i of his deep appreciation of * the legacy of Dr. Martin Lather King Jr. in the strug - gltf for peace and social jus : tice. But there's another part of the King legacy that Clinton can't appreciate. Ill a perverse irony many , of his harshest political ene-. . mies have been the southern Republicans -and they owe their existence to King and . the civil rights movement, i For nearly a century fol lowing the collapse of Recon struction in the 1880s the Republican party was virtual^ ly extinct in the South.. As late as 1964, not one of the 41 Congressional representa " tives from the five Deep South states were Republi cans. The barrage of- Civil Rights marches, demonstra tions, sit-ins and protests that battered down the legal barri ers of segregation during the early 1960s changed that. Republican presidential can didate Barry Goldwater rode the first tide of white back lash in 1964 and opposed the Civil Rights bill, railed against big government and championed states^rights. At - the 1964 Republican convention, 366 of the 375 Southern delegates bapked-' Goldwater. King strongly denounced the bigotry of the Goldwater campaign, and worked tirelessly to rally bla.ck voters against the Republicans. King correctly saw that the wave of pewly enfranchised black Voters would energize the racially moribund Democratic party. But he also realized that many white Democrats were unreconstructed, segregation ists and race baiters whd would stampede . into the Republican party after the passage of the Civil Rights bill, and that tbey would be major political players m the South for years to come. Republican presidents Richard Nixon, Ronald,Rea- , gan and George Bush saw the same political possibilities. They milked the Southern strategy for all it was worth' with generous doses of ? ' ? I ? * ? .... racially tinged codfe words; * Slaps at big government, rants against Civil. Rights and socialprograms, and by ignoring black voters" and . actively courting whites. The new breed of South* ern Republican congressional leaders such as Senate Major- ? ity: leader Trent L'oti," the ^defrocked Newt Gingrich, House representatives Lihd sey .0... Graham, Bob Bafr,? Dick Armey and independent counsel. Kenneth Starr ydio are, spearheading the- charge, to dump .Clinton cut their political \ teeth on the antv federal government', anti-civil fights and anti-social pro grams movement, in the' South. . .' * ... v . ? ? * - ???. ' ? There is also the "deep sus picion that Lott and Barr are not just Republican codserv- ? atives outraged by Clin ton's mofal misbehavior .but Southern politicians who.' cozy up to..race baiting groups' such as the .Council . for Conservative.Citizens. Even worse for Clinton, the . Southern* Republicans have had the political clout to' get. their' way.. During the impeachment debate South ern Republicans occupied 82 . out ? of the- .228 Republican seats in the House; They form the biggest and most unified political block and marched in near lock step in voting'fof all f6ur articles br*impeach- ? menf. ? ?. ' King did not panic at the ? racial counter-assault' he foresaw from white Southern. ?politicians. His antidote to combat it, was .to ; create alliances- with whites and "other non-blacks, ipassiv<; vote turnouts, intense politi cal organizing and that black elected officials be effective, advocates for minority needs Within both parties a'od nbt just serve as- mouthpieces fojr the Democrats. ' ' . t T . 7 King would- have been pleased to $ee. that many, blacks turned but in big num bers in. last November's elec- ? tibn ahd,their votes made a '.big differehce in. state and local elections in the South. He would have loudly Con demned impeachment as part of the strategy'by the South erri'Republicans, to roll' back . Civil- Rights, further 'gut social programs and win the White House in. 2000. And \ almost certainly, he would j have been among the'first tp hit the-streets to protest their naked power grab. This would have:been. his way to undo a part of his legacy that he could and did. not want. ? ? ' ? ? Earl Ofari Hutchinson is thfauthor of The (Crisis in .Black and Black. He can be > ? ?? . reached at: ..." ehutchii44@aol.com ... . . ? ? ?? T 1 .. : The Chronicle - s f ? ? t ? ? . ' ?; ? / ' ^ ,* ' ' * ? y'V.''.'. ;? i, , ? The Qioice for Afriean y . ; American Nem and information - '' ?' ?: Subscribe Today. C6H: 722-8624 ? ? , ? . ? ? ?? ? i ? .? ?. Shape-Up and SAVE! '^^'B^f^'Fe6l-.Gre9i..Enioy Lifel ? ' [itAb NOW and get 2 FREE MONTHS . ?? ? ^ i . ;,|k ??? - .-*v . -. ^ '. . W- ? ^ : "??. ?? '..'? ?, ?? V ;? -;7 ? * J' .'-.- ? * ' '2'Qynfjletertitctaf o' NW Seoan. . folt6n Ktovtflus Equipm^ntj irciudin^ '. ? ? or. fnftuna Gircuit^ Kto ..U^.t4>.yv<?j!ing1 ; ? 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