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L.COIMÙiï Winning Versus Integrity quite evident in the case of the Garinger player whose parents re side in another state and in the case of the Harding player who violated the double participation rule. Both of these players were sup posedly given a copy of the NCHSAA brochure that clearly states the rules that they violated. It appears strange to us that the coaches apparently did not clearly explain and emphasize these rules to the players^ Thirdly, it appears strange to us also that the full burden for honesty or integrity is placed on the student athlete when the schools are suppos ed to be providing the kind of education that should encourage integrity. " The POST believes that it is past time for competitive sports to regain its sanity. By this we mean that the order of priority in sports events, particularly school spoils, should be character building, physical and mental development, and a competi tive winning spirit. If winning occurs in accord with these properly order ed priorities then true victory has been achieved. Good Faith or Statue Quo ey jacquie L<evister Poet Staff Writer The Charlotte City Council unani mously approved an affirmative action plan earlier this year. Was it a viable plan that was approved by Council or a vehicle for further victimizing the minority citizens of Charlotte? At the time of approval, the City of Charlotte agreed in its plan to -comply with the provisional "affiry mative action" by directing its • efforts, "in good faith..." Was the ehoosmg of the source of dataJÉûr mmparisian an .example of good faith efforts? Rather than calculate the under utilized portions of the population from the latest census report based on race and sex; rather than use census data based upon the labor force participation by race and sex; and rather than use census data categorized as labor force in Public Administration in the United States, the data compiled as Labor Force by Occupational Category in Charlotte was chosen. ·- , As it happais, the particular census shows numbers and percen tages of classes already existing in a category. Obviously, minorities are least represented in the top level jobs divisions because of historical hiring practices. Is it a coincident that of all other data available for a base, the one chosen was the one from which minorities are least represented? Are we being told that the City erf Charlotte's affirmative action thrust is to "elevate" city minority ratios to that of private enterprise in Mecklenburg County? Private enterprise's work force of administrators, professionals and technicians is comprised of 4 per cent minority men. The City of Charlotte's existing work force employs in the same categories 11 < percent minority mai. Is Charlotte's ' affirmative action plan saying, "in \ good faith," it needs less minority , males in its higher payroll bracket? ι Is-it a "good faith effort" that 1 allocates 50 percent of the projected ι hires and promotions in the top three ι job classifications and leaves the j remaining 50 percent uncommitted? The Poet believes the people of 1 Charlotte need to know exactly what is a good faith effort. Surely it is not ι a justification for doing less, or is it? ι Hopefully it is not a way of getting 1 around any real "affirmative" plan, 1 or is it? · , If an astute Council, with the j strong encouragement of Council- < man Harvey Gantt, approved this ; plan, surely there are advantages to j be gained as a result of its approval. , Maybe the first semi-annual report j will give us some insight into the < workings and results of a good faith 1 effort. Alas, the prospect of that \ report covering goals "not obtain- , éd" may not be apropos to extract- ι ing any data pertinent to goals that ι have been met. By Hoyle H. Martin Sr. Poet Executive Editor The late and highly successful football coach Vince Lombardi has been quoted often as having said, "Winning is the only thing." The POST believes that underly ing the recent disqualification of two Charlotte area high school teams from state * championship playoff berths was the excessive quest for winning, and therefore, an indiffer ence to the interpretation and en forcement of the N.C. High School Athletic Association!* eligibility rules by both coaches, players and pœsibly school administrators. We base our assumption on three points. First, while the pressure on high school athletic coaches to win is not as great as it is at the university level, pressure is nevertheless quite evident. Secondly, because of this pres sure and the superficial glory that goes to winners, coaches and possi bly individual school administrat ors give largely lip-service to ex plaining the rules to prospective players. In our opinion, this was THE CHARLOTTE POST "THE PEOPLES NEWSPAPER" Established 1918 Published Every Thursday By The Charlotte Post Publishing Co., Inc. 2606-B West Blvd.-Charlotte, N.C. 28206 . Telephones (704) 392-1306, 392-1307 Circulation, 7,185 58 YEARS OF CONTINUOUS SERVICE Bill Johnson....* Editor-Publisher Hoyle H. Martin Sr ... Executive Editor Bernard Reeves General Manager V.W. Pangbum Circulation Director Albert Campbell Advertising Director Second Ûlass Postage No. 965500 Paid At Charlotte, N.C. under the Act of March 3,1878 By Gary Gregg κ seems the honeymoon is over. From Charles Range! of the Black Congressional Caucus to Vernon Jordan of the Urban League, nationally known blacka are beginning to take President Carter to task for what they're calling his ne glect of the fact that black people provided Carter's mar gin of victory in several key states. It seems that the President isn't moving fast enough or firm enough to deal with the major problems that drssti cally affect black people in this country. But what really could be expected? The U S. President isn't a governmental genie who can make wishes matérialité with the wave of a magic wand And it is high time that black people as a whole understand that the solution to our pro blems aren't going to be found in the White House We've got to push up our sleeves, put our shoulders col lectively to the wheel and do the job. Of course, the first task is defining the job that is to be done Let's flash quickly to the Member National Newspaper Publishers Association North Carolina Black Publishers Association Deadline for afl news copy and photos is 5 p.m. Monday. All photos and copy submitted becomes the property of the Post, and will not be returned. National Advertising Representative Amalgamated Publishers. Inc. 45 W. 5th Suite 1403 New York, N.Y. 10036 (212) 4MM220 2400 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago, 111. 60616 Calumet 5-0200 DEATH j το BE i_ ; EQUAL Wl* Vernon Ε. Jordan Jr. New Welfare System President Carter fired the first shot of what ♦ will undoubtedly be a national debate on welfare policy when he unveiled the principles that would guide his Administration's welfare reform pro posals recently. _ One cause for concern is the President's indication that such a new system won't be in place until 1981. That's a long time, especially when the present welfare system is not meeting the basic needs of the poor. There's also a disturbing implication in the President's statement that the ultimate program may feature a two-tier approach — one system that deals with those able to work, and another,· an income maintenance system, that deals with those who cannot work. This could wind up contradicting the stated goal of simplifying the . system and making it more efficient, since such categorization of those in need will wind up creating yet another bureaucracy to implement . complicated regulations. Work requirements should not be tied to welfare reform. HEW Secretary Califano recent ly revealed that of the 26 million poor people. THE DOPE" TEMPTER DWNKENHESS OF POPE IS A FLATTERING PEHLA SHEET POiSONA PLEASANT $H WHICH WHOSOEVER HATH HATH NOTHtHSELÇ WHICH hHOSOEVER DOTH CONHIXPOTH MOT COMMIT sm, BUT HE MMSELFiS WHOLLY StH. Needed Now - An Aroused Black Community Violence In The Schools only two percent are non-aged, non-disabled males who do not work. And most of those are over 62 years old, ill or looking for work. Jobs should be made available to everyone able to work through a separate full employment program. Tying the job issue to welfare reform, especially through a strong work requirement, will only perpetuate stereotypes and myths, and shift the focus of reform to setting up complex, costly work and training programs for a client population unable to utilize them. As the Administration frames its ultimate •proposals, I'm hoping they'll come up with a universal, refundable income tax credit to replace the welfare system. That's the best means of resolving the dilemma of shaping an equitable income maintenance system. r <By providing grants for all families, taxing the grang&way from those who don't need them, whîfe leaving reduced amounts in the hands of those who need some help, such a system would accomplish all of the President's goals. The seeds of such a program can be found in one of the President's goals: the earned income tax credits for the working poor. Extending the concept of using the tax system and tax credits to Assaults on teachers, fights, lestructjon of school property nd other aggressive acts by tudents make many teachers pel that they must administer orporal punishment in order ο control violence and to irotect themselves. Ά large number of teachers eel, however,., that harsh reatment or abusive punish nent, whether physical or 'erbal, does more to cause violence in the schools rather han to cure it. First, attacks lead to coun ter-attacks, and physical pu lishment does not necessarily mprove students' behaviors, Hit frequently gives them a eeling of rage and the desire or revenge. Fighting other tudents, disrupting the class, jiving insulting answers and lefacing school property are ust a few of the many ways by vhich students k"get even." Sven if adults make the pu lishment so stiff that students ire afraid to make any coun er-attack, the students usual y turn their minds off and efuse to learn. Anything vhich results in the students tot wanting to make the effort ο learn is defeating and does η ore harm than good. Secondly, there is the ques Trying to determine whe-, ther or not violence by stu dents is an attack or a counter attack can become a little like trying to decide whether the chicken or the egg came first, since corporal punishment is usedi most liberally in schools serving ^ noor apd .toe po werless, and these schools also have a high rate of van del ism and violence. tion of whether violence can be cured by applying more violence. Children learn by example. When harsh and abusive treatment is used a gainst children, they are ac tually being taught that hitting and causing physical pain to other people is a very legiti mate form of social behavior. It appears that in communi ties where the moat violence is used against children, the children resort to the use of violence most readily. Some light is shed oft the program by the fact that there are teachers who work in very troubled schools who manage to run very orderly and peace ful classrooms without the use of physical punishment. There are also schools in very de pressed neighborhoods where violence and vandalism is al most nonexistent. Hiis had led many educators to believe that hostile behavior by youngster» against the acfaoal· may be partly a reflection of the attitudes and behaviors of the adults who are in As the principal of a New York high school commented, "Adults create the atmos phere within the school, and the students react or respond to whatever atmosphere has been created. A highly disci plined staff, and those adults who have the greatest control over themselves are the ones who are usually the most effective in disciplining o thers.·' School» throughout the country are instituting pro grams to re-train school per sonnel with the purpose of solving those problems caused by outmoded discipline prac tices, racial hostility and other factors which bring on con flicts between students and the school. This certainly ap pears to be a much saner apprpach to the problem than the call for more paddles and policemen. De me transier mecnamsm for a national income maintenance program would be wise. It's important to remember that people are poor because they have been denied the educa tion, skills or power to compete equally in our economy. Most poor people work. Most poor peopfe are not on welfare. Moat people on welfare want to work but cannot because of family responsibilities or poor health. Most people on welfare are white. Most people on welfare move off the rolls, to be replaced by others whose luck turns bad. Most people on welfare receive - even with food stamps - far less than poverty level payments. How a nation treats its poor is a good indication of its moral fiber. So far, we haven't done well in this regard. the view from here It Appears Carter's Honeymoon Is Over local scene for a few exam-_ pies District Representation: We've got, but what are we going to do about it? In District One, which in clude· Cherry, First, Second, Third and Fourth Wards, a long with North Charlotte, Plaza-Midtoood and Plaza Hills-Villa Heights, there are more blacks than there are whites. But fewer than 16 percent of those blacks are registered to vote. So what will the black peo ple of District One be doing come November : complaining still s bout sn unresponsive city hall, or flocking to the polls to elect their representa tive? For that matter, what Wtll blacks In District Two be doing? District Two includes most of Charlotte's predomi nantly black westside neigh borhoods. But it also includes some very active white neigh borhoods There's work to be done Just as Carter isn't a go vernmental genie, neither are the local government officials None of them can do for un those things we don't do for ourselves There ere numerous exam ples of what we've got to do. right here in Charlotte, to get our act together. Unemployment. How many of us diligently support hard working black businesses, who are fighting twin wars of survival? Do we support, eVen when we have to offer constructive cri tic ism because a service wasn't Just to our liking, or do we gripe and complain about how un sophisticated the brother or sister is and carry our bucks downtown? Well certainly, you have a right to spend your money where you choose, but a major dent ciould be made in the black unemployment problem if black businesses had the support needed to provide more jobs for our people. Of coarse, there's another side to the question. Those blacks who're work' ing for black entreprenuers should be conscientiously set ting an example of hard work, diligent effort and dedication In other words do a good job. That's really the whole thing in a nutshell. That's the ans wer, the elusive answer to the prevasive problem that has been plaguing ua for centu ries : Do a good job Whether you are a janitor or the president of your own company, a secretary or a manager, be the best there is. When we get to the point that we are proud of our self-sufficiency, but not too highminded to seek help when needed, or provide it when asked, we would have taken a major step down the road to freedom in this country. Then we won't need marri ages of convenience that often turn into nightmarish honey moons shortly after the cere mony. It is imperative that we (understand that the system lhat has for so kmf been rt ■· am η λ· dedicated to our oppression if not our destruction, isn't going to suddenly turn around and finance our development. We have got to dig deep, come up with the price, work hard and do a good Job. KAinjuiiufou^noum Special To The Post CHAPEL HILL - Half of the adults in North Carolina sup port the Equal Rights Amend ment barring legal discrimi nation on the basis of sex, according to The Carolina Poll, a statewide telephone survey by the SchMd of Jour nalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In response to the question "Do you support or oppose the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution?", SO percent of the 476 adults randomly selected for interviews said they supported It; 34 percent opposed it; snd 16 percent expressed no opinion. A similar survey conducted by the journalism school last year showed S3 percent sup ported ERA snd 21 percent opposed ERA was defeated this year Ill UK I1VI Ul WIMUM OCIWIC by two voters and will not be considered again until the 1979 legislative session. The March vote was the third time the amendment has been rejected by the General Assembly. In the recent survey, more men than women said they supported the amendment. More than hall (52 percent) of the men responded favorably, while less than half (4i per cent) of the women gave favorable answers. "Men and women are being paid the same so I think they should have equal rights," said a 40-year-old man from Wake County Some North Carolinians still felt that women were subject to discrimination. "I'm for the Equal Rights Amendment. There is too much discrimi nation against women, espe cially in business," said a sv-year-oia woman irom Greenville. "I think ERA would put a little more preaaure on em ployer· to give men and wo men equal salaries," said « 50-year-old Raleigh woman However, some supporters expressed reservations about the consequence· of the a mendment, which states that ' equality of righlf under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United SU tes of any state on account of se*." "I think ERA is okay, but not to extremes. Women shouldn't go to war," replied a 40-year-old high school grad uate from rural Cumberland County. Some of the strongest oppo nents of ERA, members of both sexes, expressed the be lief that women were Inferior to men.
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