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I Editorials & Comments ·» • Rage Against Sex Mania In the controversial Moymnan Report on the Black family in ^ 1965, it was noted that 25 percent : of all Black babies were born out of wedlock. Now, some 15 years later, that alarming figure has : past 50 percent. Now also we are , being dished out a commerical ! ad that features a teen-age girl : mounting a teen-age boy, in a sexually suggestive piggy-back style advertising Jordache blue jeans. Apparently attempting to out do the Jordache ad in "market ing 15-year-olds into sex-for-sale objects," syndicated columnist Ellen Goodman wrote recently, "if this weren't enough (the Jordache ad), last night I found myself ranting and raving about the Calvin Klein TV ads that pan slowly up the crotch of 15-year old Brooke Shields and say some thing like Ί have 15 paris of Calvins in my closet. If they could talk, I'd be in trouble.'" The obvious reference here is to imply sexual relations when wearing those jeans. Furthermore, the Associated T* J '*■ X IWJO ι CJA/I icu î cuciiuy uiai "American designer HalRtnn shocked his audience (in Shang hai) Friday (Sept. 19) with low necklines and transparent fa brics that apparently revealed more of his models than the Chinese wanted to see." This reportedly led to reactions ranging from "polite admiration to outright dismay." In fact, one young man in the 1,400-member audience observing the first American fashion ghow in main land China said, "that is not nice, not subtle." For any decent, right thinking adult who has concern about our morally degenerating sex mania, there must be a deep feeling of outrage against the cancerous aspect&^çf our values to the question, what has or is taking place in our society that has led to this sex mania? - A good part of the answer is revealed in COSMOPOLITAN magazine's recent Sex Survey. Of the 106,000 women, referred to as "Cosmo girls," who respond ed to the survey, comes a profile of the most sexually uninhibited group of females in the history of our nation. Typically, the Cosmo girl is, the smrvey reveals, "pro digiously experienced (sexually) and has broken all the rules, most of the records and con tinues to explore a variety of lovers and sexual techniques... an extraordinarily sexually free human being." Shocking Results The shocking results of the survey revealed that 73 percent of the women had had sex with a man on their first date either frequently or occasionally. 23 percent had relations with more than one man at a time. Fifty ' percent of the married women had committed adultery and among m ose over 35 tne per centage was up to 69. Eighteen percent of the Cosmos girls had had more than 25 lovers. Many of the survey respondents could not even remember the names of the men they had been to bed with. And eighteen percent have participated in sex orgies or partner-swapping parties. One Cosmos girl wrote, "The old rules have all been thrown out, but the new ones aren't clear mostly because they haven't been drawn up yet. But it's hard to live without any rules what ever. The confusion , is causing me....a great deal of un happiness." What this young lady is also saying is that she's not received (or has ignored) any training in morality or value judgement at home, church or school; therefore, she's looking elsewhere for such direction. Jordache jeans ad, Halston's plunging neckline models in _ complete transparent garments and a shocking lack of personal standards set by celebrity women, little or no moral standards for television, movies or in publications. Visrious Cycle Thus, we have a vicious cycle of sexual mania reinforced by the so-called sex revolution which has given women equality with men. However, instead of women forcing men to move to a higher moral standard, at least sexually, women have lowered themselves to the male's animal instinct for sex. This means, , \ } y ·■ ! oddly énough, that while we have ended the assumed hypocritical double stanrinrrl hohiroen mon and women, we have not bet tered ourselves morally; rather we have sunken to a new low. If this is what the sexual revolution is all about American is in deep trouble. It is high time we cleaned up the sexual mess in movies, tele vision, books, commercials and in our minds. However, since we ι live in a so-called free society we ι can't legislate morality. But, we 1 can offer wholesome entertain ment, literature with sex kept in balance and perspective, and cease the marketing of teen-age sex. -] I We Americans have the will ( and the physical capacity to do ι almost anything. All we need to 1 do to stop the sex mania is to ' have the will to do it and we can. Won't you help? Begin by doing , your part. ι THE CHARLOTTE POST Second Class Postage No. 965500 "THE PEOPLE'S NEWSPAPER" Established 1918 Published Every Thursday by The Charlotte Post Publishing Co., Inc. 1524 Wm( Blvd., Charlotte, N.C. 2*208 Telephone ( 704)376-04M Circulation 9.200 62 Years of Continuous Service Bill Johnson...Editor, Publisher Bernard Reeves...General Manager Second Class Postage No. 965S0 Paid At Charlotte, N.C. under .the Act of March 3,1878 Member National Newspaper Publishers Association North Carolina Black Publishers Association Deadline for all news copy and photos Is 5 p.m. Monday. All photo· and copy submitted become the property of the I?08T and will not be returned. National Advertising Representative Amalgamated Publishers, Inc. 2400 S. Michigan Ave. 43 W. 45th St.. Suite 14S3 Chicago. III. 60416 New York, N.Y. 10036 Calumet 5-0200 ( 212 ) 4M-I22· From The White House ana snorts. makes their blood boil. Hades White House Correspondents Discriminated Asainst? Aiireaa l. ma αϊ ion Special To The Poat In the recent Presiden tlal press conference, Pre sident Carter reverted to his general custom of con ducting, as one black reporter said, a "lilly-white press conference." There were six blacks in attend ance and five of us jumped up at every interval trying to get in a question, but we were all ignored. Once be fore when I spoke to Jody Powell, White House Press Secretary about Mr. Car ter's ignoring blacks at a particular conference, Jody said the President said to him, "the time passed before I realized it and I didn't call on any blacks." Well why not get some of us in with the first group of interrogators? The day should have passed when blacks have to ■an behind whites For two or three press conferences, the President called on more than one black. This was right after Mayor Richard Hatcher notified Jody's office that blacks expect recognition of black reporters in all of the press Alfreda L. Madison conferences. Black citizens have pro blems and they want first hand information from . their president, on how he stands on those issues. Playing to the big media, really doesn't get black votes Black citizens are influenced by the black media because all blacks have long decided that the white media people are not sensitized to their pro blems and concerns. To have the television focus on the President at. Ebenezer Church in Geor gia and showing him talk ing with Andy Young and Coretta King, and in a black church in Philadel phia is viewed by an ex tremely large segment of blacks as a TV event, pre senting the President with some blacks whom many blacks feel have forgotten from whence they came. These are the people whom the white media know. Many, many black voters are ignored in these events and they feel no connection what so ever, with the TV show. The black community people look to persons in their community who live among them and who are seeking to make conditions better, the little black home town newspapers and the black radio stations The voters feel they can relate to these. Not one White House correspondent who work*, for any black owned media has ever been invited to a State Dinner during Mr. Carter's presidency. Some white correspondents have. I've been told that a I've been told that at times, Jody Powell cans certain correspondents to press briefings, but not the black owned media people. I certainly wanted to know why, when more than a year ago a group of Black Methodist Bishops mel with President Carter, expressed their great con cern about upsurge of th« KKK and asked him to at least speak out about it Mr. Carter remained silent. So why speak out against it now when facing a black audience? Can it possibly be anything else but political exploitation of blacks for votes ? Postal Workers To Celebrate # continued from Page 1 Furthermore, any ap proach that would keep moet of its members em ployed, would also provide the union with the strength that an active dues paying membership provides." In addition to workshar ing supplemented by un employment insurance, the Commission recommended that in circumstances where to resort to layoffs it the only viable option, they should be made according to plantwide rather than departmental seniority be cause this method usually has a less adv£Mft impact on minorities and women. Pending further develop ment of alternative ap proaches to layoffs, the EEOC said that it will "continue its vigorous en forcement of Title VII as to employment practices that have an adverse impact on minorities and women" and that it will "similarly vigorously enforce" the Age Discrimination in Em ployment Act wherever there is evidence of dis criminatory layoffs of workers protected under that Act. Comments will be re ceived by the Commission for the next 90 days. They should be addressed to: Executive Secretariat, Equal Employment Oppor tunity Commission, 2401 Ε Street, N.W., Washington, D C. 20506. The EEOC is responsible for enforcing Title VII of the Civil Rights Act oc 1964, as amended, which pro hibits employment dis crimination Dased on race, sex, color, religion or national origin; the Age Discrimination in Employ ment Act; the Equal Pay Act; and in the Federal sector only, prohibitions against discrimination be cause of handicap. Sandwiches Open-face sandwiches, Which the Danes call smorrebrod, may date back to ancient times, when a slice of buttered bread was the "plate" for a meal «ι » k" ni wtm» · rm BLACKS HAVE THE TOOIS TO DO THE JOB THE ORGANIZATIONS ARE: TEACHERS MINISTERS BUSINESSMEN LAWYERS DOCTORS SOCIAL WORKERS UNIONS FRATERNAL GROUPS FEDERATION OF women's organizations BLACK PRESS i'K\ SEE THAT THEY I REGISTER ΑΗΡ VOTE ! • ι , , Fifteen Miffian Hacks ESgihle To Vole-. Erwin Becomes State's First Black Federal Judge Alfred· L. Madison Special To The Post Appeals Court - Judge Richard C. Erwin of Win ston-Salem, N.C., whose federal judgeship for the Middle District of North Carolina was recommend ed to President Carter by Senator Robert Morgan, was unanimously con firmed for the position by the Senate Judiciary Com mittee. Judge Erwin was ap pointed by President Carter in June. However, confirmation by the Ju diciary Committe was held up by Senator Jesse Helms. During Senator Eastland's Judiciary chairmanship, a senator could block a candidate's consideration by failure to return the.blue slip. This is exactly what Senator Helms did in Er win's case. However, Sen ator Kennedy has not al lowed failure to return the blue slip to block an appointee's chance for a hearing. Yet the day be fire Erwin's scheduled committee appearance, he received a five page single spaced typed letter from Senator · Helms setting forth his objections. The main objection was Er in's co-sponsorship of legislation to change North ^arolin's labor law. Jesse itated that the bill, if it had >assed, would have nulli ied the State's right to vork law. Such a reason an only be termed ridicu ous. To be sure çumy jieces of legislation hâve >een sponsored in all state egislative bodies - all with he hope of making pro gressive changes In the itates. Some have passed ind some have failed, but leither the successful spon ors or failed sponsors can >e termed unfit for ad vancement. Senator Helms empha sized that Erwin's co-spon oring a bill in the legis Richard Erwin ...Awaits Confirmatioi lature is relevant because he fears if Erwin becomes a Federal Judge the atti tude will prevail. To be sure Jesse Helms knows the difference in legislating laws and deciding cases according to already exist ing laws, r If confirmed Richard Envin will become North Carolin's first Black Federal Court Judge. On August 20, when Erwin appeared before the Judiciary, in spite of Helms' failure to return the blue slip, Senator Morgan in introducing him to the committee, spoke of Erwin as a distinguished North Carolinian, one who would bring to the District Court experience, maturity and the judicial temperament that the position requires. Morgan stated that Erwin has had an outstanding record as an attorney, legislator and judge. Jesse still clung U> the blue slip. Nevertheless, September 17 τ the day before the confirmation hearing of the Judiciary - Helms returned the blue slip stating that he neither supported or opposed Erwin's nomination. We were unable to ascertain why the Senator withdrew his objection. He did re ceive a great deal of criticism from major news papers about his objections to the Erwin nomination. When Erwin's name came up at the recent judiciary hearing, Senator Strom Thurmond, the Re publican leader, said that since Senator Helms had withdrawn his objections; that the Republican com mittee recommended the candidate's confirmation. Senator Morgan im mediately released a state ment expressing his plea sure over the unanimous, confirmation by the com mittee of Richard Erwin for Federal Judge for j North Carolina's Middle District. Morgan stated that he hopes the full Senate will move quickly to confirm him. There are some Republi cans who would like to hold up senate confirmation during this congress, hoping that Reagan will win the presidency , that he will have the privilege of filling the Federal Judge ship vacancies. It is highly likely that Republicans will attempt to use delaying confirmation tactics. How ever, Majority Leader Robert Byrd, who is also a member of the Judiciary and a very astute leader, is much too determined to allow that to happen. Cheerleading Clinic Will Be Held Saturday Charlotte Charger cheer- 1 leader, Ms. Liz Elliott, will conduct a cheerleading clinic for teens, Saturday, September 27, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Trade Street YWCA center. I The clinic is open to any j teen, aged 12-17, who wish es to attend. Lunch is in cluded in the (10. fee. j Participants should bring or wear tennis shoes ! art/4 οΚλι^ο Affirmative Action Professional Sports « . ν By Gerald C. Horne, Esq. Special To The Post The recent hiring of ex-Dodger great Maury Wills as pilot of the last-place Seattle Mariners in an ironic way only highlights the continuing racism that stains pro fessional sports. . Blacks have been "allowed" to play professional baseball for over thirty years now and have produced some of the game's most enduring stars. Hank Aaron - the slugger, Lou Brock - the base steeler, Bob Gibson - the fireballing pitcher. The list is virtually endless. Yet, somehow today there is only one Black manager and a hand full of Black coaches. The number of Blacks in front-office posts is less. Nonetheless, one sees a Gene Mauch. skipper of the perenially second division Minnesota Twins. Mauch has managed for over twenty years and is continually hailed as one of baseball's "finest minds." Yet, this "fine mind" has a career losing record of 1,500 wins, 1,676 losses but could still pick and choose just about any dugout or front-office position he desires. Can anyone imagine any Black manager lasting twenty years in the big leagues with a losing record. Those who say Blacks have to be better are not inaccurate and exposcAhe "Big Lie" that affirmative action hiring violates the so-called "merit principle." As real life demonstrates time and time again, the exact opposite is the case. Baseball's record of rewarding ineptitude is matched by professional football. Dick Nolan, coach of the New Orleans Saints has a losing record in 10 years of coaching and was virtually run out of San Francisco on a rail after running the 49ers into the ground. Nonetheless, he remains in the saddle and few doubt that if he were fired tomorrow, he would have little trouble in hooking up with another squad. The same holds true for Bart Starr, coach of the Green Bay Packers, whose winning percentage after five years is similar to Nolan's. Nevertheless, this former used-car salesman (who was also one of President Nixon's biggest boosters) continues to produce one lousy year of football after another. But the racism in professional sports - unfortunately - runs mUch deeper than the issue of who gets hired. James Rodney Richard, towering hurler of the Houston Astros, had to go to the brink of death before the press and certain white teammates would acknowledge that he was injured. Indeed, J.R.'s plight stands starkly q^a metaphor for all Blacks whose employers havp IflmhasM thom fm· "ΐΛ«κ-«" —1 ·ν«Μ··ι^ VVUVU they actually were in dire need of expert medical help. Teammate Enos Cabell's comment that if J.R. had been white he would have received better mfdical atten tion and less criticism from the press, hit the nail dead on the head. But the treatment of high-salaried Black ithletes by the media and retrograde fans -eveals racism even more clearly. The <KK has been able to grow and gain adherents by convincing whites - who are in act crushed by the monopolies (Exxon and iie like) - that the real reason for their perilous economic condition is that "Blacks ire getting everything." And when certain vhites see a Dave Parker earning $1 million a year or a Moses Malone pulling down (900,000 per year or a fceggie Jackson jetting $600,000 plus from the Yankees, it 11 ·_ L« * « "
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