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Ways To Combat Racism
META WRIGHT
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Is Beauty Of Week
By Teresa Burns
Post Staff Writer
Being a unique profess
ional is just what our
beauty, Meta Wright, de
sires. “I suppose I do like
being a pioneer since every
career I’ve pursued has
been uniquely non-tra
ditional,” Ms. Wright.
explained.
since 77 she has been
working as the local pro
gram coordinator of the
Neighborhood Based Hous
ing Corporation called
Nieghborhood Housing Ser
vices of Charleston. She
started working in Char
lotte in the fall of ’78 and
today her region covers the
Southeast.
was my job to help
tate the organization
_ton-profit housing cor
poration. After a little
more than a year, local
lenders, city officials, and
residents have created
such a corporation in the
Plaza-Midwood neighbor
hood.”
Housing Development is
just one aspect of her re
sponsibilities. “The rest of
the time, I’m busy speak
ing, recruiting and re
commending minorities
and women for various
jobs, opportunities and ex
posure,” Ms. Wright
stated.
Our Libra beauty has
done undergraduate work
at both Johnson C. Smith
University and Winthrop
College. She has done fur
ther studies at Tulane Uni
versity and Queens Col
lege.
Majoring in Philosophy
and Religion and having a
collateral in Communicat
ions and Political Science
Stamps Made Impact On
Preventing Starvation
By Satan Ellsworth
Post Staff Writer
Have food stamps made
a significant impact on
preventing poverty and
starvation?
Evidence of the differ
ence food stamps have
made in poor people’s lives
was revealed in a recent
report published by the
Field Foundation in 1977.
The Foundation sent a
team of doctors back to the
same poverty-stricken
areas they had visited 10
years earlfer.
wnere tney nad earlier
seen widespread poverty
and malnutrition the doc
tors reported less evidence
of gross malnutrition, al
though housing and em
ployment had not im
proved.
Nearly all the progress in
eliminating extreme hun
ger was credited to federal
food programs.
The infant mortality rate
decreased 33 percent and
infant death from poverty
and hunger-related factors
sgch as influenza, pneu
monia and immaturity de
creased by 50 percent, say
United States Department
of Agriculture findings.
According to a recent
study by USDA econo
mists, the most impov
erished counties in the U.S.
«ined the most in federal
>d assistance money
front food stamps between
1967 76.
In the counties, mainly
urat-w*
The SECRET of*VA ’
T1ENCE is finding some
fbing else to do in the
Fourth in a series
located in the South and
Southwest, federal assist
ance rose from $22. in 1967
to $154.in 1976.
Money spent on food
stamps for the poor is not
being wasted, the evidence
reveals.
A preliminary report of
the USDA's 1977 household
food consumption survey
shows the gap between the
diets of the poor and middle
class have narrowed since
the previous survey in 1965
i ne nnaings also re
vealed that 3 percent of all
households responding to
the survey, which repre
sents over seven million
people, reported they still
do not get enough to eat,
indicating that hunger has
not been eliminated
completely
Albert Bryant Says Watergate Was
Rude Awakening For American People
By Eileen Hanson
Special To The Post
"Watergate was a rude
awakening for the Ameri
can people Especially for
thoee who have to earn
their money the hard
way.”
inats Albert Bryants
opinion of the political
scandal that rocked the
nation during the Nixon
administration Bryant,
who was in Charlotte re
cently as director of minor
ity support for George
Breece, candidate for N.C.
Secretary of State, served
as a researcher for the
Watergate Investigation
Committee He says it gave
him an inside view of what
goes on behind closed
political doors
"Nixon got caught,
others don’t," said Bryant,
who spent a year invftti
prepared Ms. Wright for
seven years in professional
girl scouting.
Before her experiences
with Neighborhood Hous
ing Services she served on
the executive staffs of local
councils in Albany, GA and
Charleston, S.C. Sfie~acted
as Program Director,
Camp Administrator, Col
lege Liaison, Trainer, and
Field Office Administrator
for Valdosta, GA*
loday, Ms. Wnght is still
active with the Girl Scouts.
“I hold memberships with
the American Camping As
sociation, the YMCA,
YWCA, the Association of
Girl Scout Executive Staff
•and the Carolina Low Coun
try Girl Scouts,” Ms.
Wright«noted.
Twice Ms Wright has
been chosen to appear in
the Outstanding Young
Women of America.
Ms. Wright enjoys a chal
lenge, "In fact, I work
harder, longer and better
when the task seems diffi
cult." she noted. But she
also finds time for
pleasure.
“Even though I do have a
very busy professional life,
1 manage to find time to
rehabilitate old houses,
play tennis, take pictures,
and go biking and camping.
I like the outdoors,” she
stated.
What the future holds for
Ms. Wright seems to have
been handed right down
from a fairy tale. The fact
is, she is getting married
soon and plans to move to
Charlotte.
I am extremely opti
mistic about the future,
especially getting married
and moving to Charlotte,"
she said, "This will be
another challenge. A
chance to meet even more
people and an opportunity
to learn more about myself
and the things I can do to
contribute to the growing
hub of Carolinas." '
gating Nixon s friend Bebe
Rabozzo; in connection
with Watergate
Bryant, a Fayetteville
native, got his introduction
to national politics in 1965
when he got a job in Wash-/
ington, D C. as sergeant at
arms in the U S. C«p)tol
Building He was the first
black to receive.4 patron
age position from a North
Carolina Senator (B. Ever
ett Jordan).
While in Washington he
studied at the American
University, and graduated
from the University of the
District of Columbia in 1975
in political science and ur
ban affairs
It was irt Washington that
he met N.C. Attorney Gen
eral Rufus Edmiston. then
a member'of Senator Sam
Ervin’s staff Through this
connection Bryant got the
appointment to the Water
Blacks See
Job Bias
Revival
Discrimination emerges
from the first Data Black
poll as a widespread, and
current problem for Black
Americans.
Over,, one-third of 1146
Blacks polled spontaneous
ly mentioned discrimin
ation as among the two or
three most important pro
blems facing Blacks today.
• More than a majority have
personally experienced dis
crimination.
jod discrimination is a
particularly pressing pro
blem for Blacks, the poll
revealed among the major
findings of the first in a
series of quarterly polls
sponsored by Data Black,
the new polling firm found
ed by Dr. Kenneth B. Clark
and Inner City Broadcast
ing with consulting by the
New York-based firm of
Drester, Morris and Tor
torello Research during the
end of 1979. , ■ ;
The results jiwere re
leased during 3 jNew York
press conference conduct
ed by Dr. Clark, chairman
of Data black and Percy E.
Sutton, president.
It revealed that 41 per
cent of the Blacks inter
viewed have personally ex
perienced job discrimin
ation. Of this group, nearly
one-fourth (24 percent)
place their most recent
brush with job discrimin
ation between 1978 and
1979, while 31 percent place
it before 1970.
a source oi unknown so
cial dynamite resides in the
findings that the more
highly educated Blacks are
more likely to report hav
ing experienced job dis
crimination than are poor
ly educated Blacks. Nearly
60 percent of Black college
graduates report having
experienced racial dis
crimination in applying for
a job, compared to less
than a third of Blacks with
less than a high school
education.
Blacks' opinion concern
ing affirmative action ef
forts is clearly negative.
see Blacks on Page 2
Bernard Cole, Reese Horton and Ervin
Coleson had more than 6.2 inches of snow
on their hands Sunday, as the threesome
pushed their stalled car from a local gas
---i
pump on Nation's Kord Kd iast week
end's storm was the third snowfall to hit
Charlotte in 5 weeks. (Photo bv Roderick
Rolle) ( '
JCSU Professor Says More
Black Physicians Needed
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y Less than three percent
of—the physicians in the
USA are black.
Only two percent of the
North Carolina physicians*
are black and only 46 of the
100 counties in the state
have a black physician.
The figures are compiled
in 1978 for the Johnson C.
Smith University premedi
cal handbook. The hand
book was prepared by Wil
liam D. Barber, assistant
professor of biology at
JCSU.
Though the statistics
might have changed to a
degree over the past couple
of years. Barber said that
any change would be
minute and that there is
Still a desperate need for
more blacks in the medical
profession.
in order to assist stu
dents in learning more
about the career opportun
ities in the medical pro
fession, the JCSU Biology
Department is sponsoring
its annual Health Career
Day Program on March 6
“We try to acquaint stu
dents with the many career
opportunities in the health
field,” Barber said.
He said that while the
number ot blacks attending
medical schools are low,
the number of blacks at
tending veterinary school,
Optometry school, or dental
school is much lower.
For instances, when the
study was done, there were
only six black optometrists
in the state; yet, blacks
have many time more vi
sion problems than whites
As for the top hospital
administrators in an inte
grated hospital, there is
only one. He is employed in
a hospital in New York
City.
"We want students to be
aware of and prepare for
medical fields as more op
portunities are opening to
blacks.” Barber said
Last year, six students
from the JCSU premedical
program continued their
educations in the medical
field at one of the following
institutions: UNC Medical
School, Meharry School of
Medicine, the California
School of Podiatric Medi
cine.
The JCSU Health Ca
reers Conference will in
clude speakers from the
University of North Caro
lina Graduate and Medical
Albert Bryant
politic* is a way of life
gate staff
"Watergate has made
the public more aware of
what their leaders are do
ing,-’ said Bryant in an
interview with the Char
lotte Post "Elected* of
ficials have enormous po
wer. Like it or not, we’re at
their mercy.”
After Watergate Bryant
went on the lecture circuit
in Washington and North
Carolina, talking about his
first-hand view of the scan
dal that eventually toppled
Richard Nixon
Intrigued by the often
hidden power of political
interests behind elected of
ficials, Bryant launched in
to a study of the Trilateral
Commission, which he
calls a "private club repre
senting companies and big
enterprises around the
world.”
Business, political and
labor leaders from the
USA. Japan and West Ger
many form the Trilateral
Commission, which was
founded by John D Rocke
feller, orpsident of Chase
Manhattan Bank, and Hen
ry Kissinger, former Se
cretary of State under
Nixon.
Business, political and la
bor leaders from the USA,
Japan and West Germany
form the Trilateral Com
mission, which was found
ed by John D Rockefeller,
president of Chase Man
hattan Bank, and Henry
Kissinger, former Secret
ary of State under Nixon
"The Trilateral Com
mission operates on a large
scale, like a shadow world
government, not controlled
by any one country," ac
cording to Bryant "They
determine the directions of
foreign policy on an inter
national scale, yet they are
untouchable "
President Jimmy Carter
and several members of his
see Bryant, Pag* 7 <
Schools, the Meharry
School of Medicine, Char
lotte Memorial Hospital
, and the JCSU Biology
department.
the Meharry School of Me
dicine, Charlotte Memorial
Hospital and the JCSU
Biology department
Topics will include
“What It’s Like in Grad
uate School?" “What It’s
Like In Dental School?",
“What It's Like in Medical
School?", “What You Can
Do With A Ph D", “What
To Do After the M.D.?",
“Preparing for NCAT,
GRE and Other Exams,"
and “Other Professional
Schools."
ASRI Announces
Black World
Symposium
by Susan Ellsworth
Post Staff Writer
The African Studies and
Research Institute from
Queens College of New
York’s City University an
nounces a symposium in
Underdevelopment and De
velopment in the Black
World
This symposium will be
held May 8-10 at Queens
College in Flushing, N Y.
Historians and social
scientists worldwide will
attend to examine the con
dition of black people in the
contemporary world
political economy and dis
cuss strategies for revers
ing their condition of de
pendency and under
development
Topics to be discussed
include African people in
the political economy of the
world, causes and regional
perspective of under
development, the meaning
of development and altern
ative strategies for
development
a iic V/Uiucrencc sponsors
invite papers on these to
pics and request partici
pants to send a title and
short abstract of proposed
papers to the selection
panel. Correspondence
should be sent to Dr. W.
Ofuatey-Kodjoe, African
Studies and Research
Institute. Queens College,
Flushing, N Y 11*7
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Convention
l ilies Poor
To Advance
Bv Susan Kllsworth
Post Staff Writer
The Southeast Region
National Association for
the Advancement of
Colored People will hold its
28th Annual Convention
March 6-8 at the Radisson
Plaza Hotel in Charlotte
Over 600 N'AACP branch
es will be represented
along with Youth Councils
and College Chapters in
Alabama, Florida, Geor
gia, Mississippi, Tenn
essee, North Carolina and
South Carolina.
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I his year's conference,
having the theme "The
Fight Isn't Over Yet...Join
the NAACP" will offer
branch officials and volun
teers training on ways to
combat racism r and er
courage minorities and the
poor to advance.*
During the three ciajj con
ference. Religious and In
ternational Affairs, Lead
ership Development and
Agenda Building and Cam
paign 80 Presidential Fo
rum will be the main areas
of focus.
Opening Thursday's pro
gram at 10 a m , Dr
Broadus Butler, chairman
of the NAACP Internation
al Affairs Committee will
give a keynote address on
“The NAACP and Foreign
Affairs.”
Other highlights of Reli
gious Activities Day
(Thursday) will include a
panel discussion on "The
Church and World Peace"
and a Minister's Inter
national Luncheon
Another panel discuss
ion. “Citizen Participation
in Foreign Affairs" will be
followed at 7:30 p m. by a
public meeting to be held at
Friendship Baptist Church.
Dr. Richard Arrington,
mayor of Birmingham,
Alabama will be the guest
speaker
A report from Earl Shin
hoster. Region V Director
will kickoff Friday's act
ivities at 10:30 a m
Workshops for officers
and volunteers will follow'
After a membership
luncheon the NAACP Task
Force will examine issues
involving education, em
ployment, civil rights, and
legislative action
The play Sizwe Banzi is
Dead,” will be performed
at7:30p m. in the Kadisson
•Plaza Hotel
Based in South Africa,
playwright Athol Fregard
shows the plight of a poor
worker who has been ex
pelled from New Brighton
by the authorities This
worker must assume the
identity and passport of a
dead man just to continue
with a life of hopeless
drudgery
Actor Charles Grant
Green will portray Styles, a
self-employed photogra
pher to whom Sizwe Banzi,
performed by Glendon Ed
wards, tells his story.
Green also portrays Bantu,
a textile worker
Theatre critic Clive
Barnes wrote in his New
York Times review,
"There is a great deal of
fun here as well as tragedy
It is human nature to fight
disaster with laughter, and
this play is a joyous hvmr
to human nature.” /