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EDITORIALS & COMMENTS An Age Of Uncertainty The nearly 4,500 students who graduated from Charlotte-MecM lenburg’s 10 public high schools last week were undoubtedly like the multiple of thousands across the nation going through similar solemn ceremonies. A central thread to all' this pomp and circumstance is and hastoeen the traditional cliche of an under current of excitement and anxiety felt by the graduates in the fleeting moments of grad uation glory and their sense of uneasiness in stepping toward a future of uncertainty. / However, for the graduating classes of 1983, the cliche ap pears to have taken on a new sense of realism. Students, at all intellectual levels, are increas ingly aware of the high cost university training, the lingering impact of high levels of unem ployment, the ever mounting threat of a no-win nudeAr war, their potential for drug addiction and the expanding life-ldlling uncontrollable disease called ■ AIDS. Among the graduates of North Mecklenburg High School this sense of uncertainty was on the minds of many. For example, LysA Deaton Appeared to ex press the sentiment of many when she said in* her invocation, •‘Deliver us from fear of that which is new, " or the unknown. Another graduate said he is worried about the future, “about what life will be like after graduation...Things are so high Jobs are hard to find.” As if trying' to escape the reality of their new-found un certainty, a couple of the grad uates shifted their thoughts from the concerns ahd potential de cisions about a job dr a college education' to a 'pre-occupation with the immediate present by stating that they were ready to go to the beach and that 90 percent of their classmates would do likewise. This appears to be symptomatic of what au thor Maxine'SchnalT referred to as “.T.the terrifying uncertainty of our age...” In pursuing this line of reason ing further, Ms. Schnall says such “anxiety-ridden students who grew up in a culture' that shattered their ideals but not their aspirations” want to hide out at. the beach even if only temporarily in order to delay facing the'uncertainties that en danger their ideals, hopes and aspirations. Adult America, the burden and responsibility for reducing the level of uncertainty for the classes' of 1983 is upon you if we hope and want these young peo ple to become productive, civic minded citizens • ' f Reaganomics Hurts Blacks While progress has been made under the 'civil rights laws and affirmative action programs,' American society remains di vided by disparities that “threat en to destroy the national fa bric" said a group of 30 Black leaders and scholars last week. Their words represent a restate ment of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders who concluded in their 700-page report in 1988 that “Our nation is moving toward two Societies', one Black, one white,' separate and unequal. Thus, in assessing, current eco nomic and social progress in the United States, the group of 30 said the federal government should begin broad economic planning in order to' achieve full employment and a revision of those policies that have hurt large segments of the Black population. In a report entitled “A Policy Framework for Racial Justice," the group calls for national com mitments to strengthen the Black family, an end to the proliferation of households headed by pool', Black women rnmmmmm——— and to provide high-quality ef fective education. ’ It certainly is helpful for know ledgeable people to remind the nation. of its commitment and obligation to segments of the American population. However, the beginning of such progress must begin within the hearth and ininds of those people such pro posed policies arc expected to benefit.' Our point is that there remain among large segments of Black Americans a strong need for renewed value cobutaitmebts to education, the work ethic and a sense of personal self-esteCm. Government policies cannot pro vide these needs, yet it was Just such value commitments that inspired Martin Luther King, Roy Wilkins and-other Black leaders who lead the struggle for the civil rights gains Blacks have achieved. A high-quality, effective edu cational system can and will only produce results if the students in such a system have family, com munity, and most of all, SClf reinforced values of the worth of education. THE CHARLOTTE POST “THE PEOPLE'S NEWSPAPER" Established 1918 Published Every Thursday by The Charlotte Post Publishing Co., Inc. 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MmNm Special T* The Pest Congress established the Civil Rights rommissiisi S years ago aa an indepen dent, bi-partisan Commia *ion, free of any politi cizing by any President or political party. This free dom has been maintained until the advent of the Reagan Administration. According to the state ment by White House Couo sel Ed Meeee, in comment ing on Blacks’ perception President Reagan to tim ing beck the deck on civil righto gains, Mease said, "One of the things we’d like to do is change that per ception. That’s why Cla rence Pendleton and others have as their respotwibi Uty to communicate with Black individuals and or ganisationa, to get goals and objectives of this Ad ministration across.” That •eems proof that the Com mission is betog used aa Mr. Reagan’s public rela tions agency. Then, according to re ports of the Gannett News Service, when San Diego Urban League officials had serious questions about Clarence Pendleton’s mis handling of finds during his tenure as head of the League, he reportedly told the League’* controller, "As long ae my folks are In the White House, they ain’t gonna touch me ” If this is true then there to little doubt why Pendleton says he needs a change in com mlealmiers so he can carry out the White House policy. This is evidence that the Commission is also being used to cover up alleged Victoria Cendreda, 8an Diego Urban I oagnri con troller, according to Gan nett, stated that PwxSn ton in 1M1 directed bar to change on League boohs, the status of *04,000 of federal funds received from Health, Education and Welfare, as a family planning grant. She also claimed Pendleton used *I4JH of federal grant money from public employ ment programs for general League wpisw and he told her to write it off. Later Pendleton told the controller to list the funds as income from esnlred programs, stating that he had done such things be fore without audit pro blems, because he had friends in the White House According to Condroda, Pendleton said the statute of limitations would run out on the *4,000 and it would not have to be paid hack. However, he was wrong about that because HEW aoon demanded the *4JN0 payment. After long nego tiations, HEW settled for *0,000. The government also asked for payment of the $1M* phis 14 percent Interest. When Pendleton was questioned by the Senate Judiciary Committee about Ms aspens ij allowance and income tax, Gannett states that he told the board that San Diego Urban league did not require Mm to ac count for the expense ac count in individual trans actions No such directives were ever given. Pendleton told Senator Bidon that he regularly provided the league with expense re cords that documented Ms use of monthly allowance. Yet. just three months be fore the confirmation haar ing, whan asked by Urban league treasurer, “Is the Urban League provided with documents for the monthly expense draw?”, Pendleton wrote heck, "No.” According to Hope Lo gan, Chairwoman of ths Urban League Board, Psn dleton's telling the State Judiciary that ha submit ted detailed travel expens es to her was not true. Gen net’s investigation re vealed that Pendleton mis led the Judiciary concern ing tax liability. Gannett further states that Pentee too told the committee he was not liable for Income taxee almost totaling $$0, 000 for exponas he re ceived from the Urban League. He aaid he did not have to report the money aa income because Internal Revenue Services tax re dleton to Gan nett reportar, that his testi mony before the commit tee was mlaleedtng. It Is reported that as Preaidant of the Urban aging federal funds The day before he rwilgaid from the League, he wrote himself a total of $10,000 in checks. Each check was for ton told reporters a few In as Civil Rights Com mtaaion chairman, that ho had not cashed the checks end that bo would return whatever portion the League said ha awed. Yet, the bank stamp teams the checks were cashed within hows after he wrota them. Ia its investigation, the FBI (ailed to turn up what appears to be much incrim inating evidence agaimt Pandtotcn. Two Board members and ana employee said the FBI shewed no interest in in formation they offered which were questionable shout Pendleton’s activi ties. Concerning Pendle ton’s handMng of League funds, the agent asked, “Was that dishonesty or mismanagement?” Lead ing the witness? He showed no interest ia Hwmw. On a second Investiga tion the FBI pgeait, Con troller Gambade who re fused to change League P—dtataa. waMfuestioned about the grtosanee ate Mod concerning being Brad. She was later re instated by the Board. The controller offered the agent ate aaM he tester te wets only instructed to pldt up to let ter give Mm docu Tte FBI tmed over Its , findings to tbo white Houm Mr. Richard Hou felt the investigation had been thorough. Congress should stand up to its responsibility and remove Clarence Petxfle ton from the Civil Rights Commission and rescue the entire Commission from a complete take-over by the Reagan Administration. NAACP Dispute Not Over Csatiaaad from Page I Attorney Wilson called for was legal and board mem bers who supported Hooks were advteed to attend. Following the board’s ac tion. Rev Hooka addressed s crowd that had gathered in front of the national headquarters and told them that had not grudges and would seek reprisals ■gainst Mrs. Wilson or any of those who had failed to vote against her position Michigan members of the board who attended the meeting were Carl Breed ing of Jackson, president of the State Conference of NAACP BrancMR; Thorn es Turner, president of the Metropolitan Detroit AFL-CIO and chairman of the NAACP ME MUST'OtVE OUR dUtPREM ASEMSEOFPMOeMBBNG SLACK. THE GLORY OF OURPAST i AMTHEMOmrrOPOORPRSSeMT MUST LEAD THE MAY TO THE POSER OF OUR FUTUREf . MVICUWTOKMUU. g~. - » ^ n «*• V~ .7^ . Facing Blacks Republicans Drives Home Dilemma wear sir: I recently returned from the Republican State Con vention in Raleigh. Black Republicans have wea thered many storms. Half beartedly welcomed by some members of the Re publican Party and dis trusted by segments of the Black community, this path of political participa tion is not an easy one in which to tread. The con vention demonstrated that while individual Ria«»ir« have made efforts toward building influence within the Republican Party, the Black community as a whole has not made an effort to influence tiie party through involvement. Organized groups of Black Republicans were able to weiid substantial clout at the convention. The Forsyth County Black Re publican Council sent seven delegates fielding 14 percent of the country’s delegation. Richard Bishop led an eleven-man dele gation from Cumberland County casting SO percent of that county’s delegate votes. Wayne and Craven Counties also had strong turnouts at the convention. The Republican Party has made limited efforts to reach out to the Black community statewide. Se veral issues of concern to the Black community were specifically addressed in the 1983 Party Platform. The state convention fea tured a well-attended seminar directed at the party leadership an reach ing out through dialogue to the Black community. Local party organisa tion in some areas have also made some positive efforts. The past Forsyth County Republican Chair man identified as defend ing segregation by some members of the Black com munity has been succeeded by an individual who has emphasised outreach. He is not relying on the oft times slanted mass media to get out Ms story, but is taking Ms position directly to the Black com unity. If the re cent outreach seminar has a positive effect an the participants, we may see more of Republican Party leaders in the Black com munity. Even noting these posi tive changes, the Mark community has a long way to go before it realises the political power potential of the two-party system. While several counties had strong Black delegations, most of the delegations from major urban areas had little or no represent ation. Charlotte, Greens boro, Wilmington and Ra Mgh had no black dele gates. Durham had leas than a handfull. These poor showings underscore the unwillingness of die Black community to use the po litical resources well with in its reach to impact oh the Republican Party. If every Black majority precinct in the state that was not re presented sent one dele gate to the Republican Convention, the Black Cau cus would have 33 to S3 percent of the delegates - * present. The Republican Conven tion dearly showed both believers in the two-party system and numerous skeptics that Black poli tical participation has great growth potential In the Republican Party. Some members of Black political leadership main stream, must get involved in both parties and fight for their objectives. No poli tical gains have ever been won effortlessly in the De mocratic Party or any other party. •'V • • * \ * Lupus Foundation To Meet Dear Editor: . .The Charlotte Chapter of the N.C. Lupus Foundation will meet at 3 pan. at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 101 Colville Rd„ Charlotte, on Sunday, June 19. Dr. Gordon Sen ter, prac ticing Rheumatologist at the Nalle Clinic, member of our Medical Advisory Board and wonderful speaker, will discuaa “Lu pus and the Central Ner vous System” with us. We would like to see you there. We thank you for bringing this announce ment to your readers, lis teners, viewers and staff. Very truly years. Martfsril at-» IvViNI Fer A.E. Dwneat WITH SAJUU8A JOHNSONS Sabrina What College To Attend? It’s that time erf year for most grad uating high school seniors • the time to make the decision as to what institution of higher learning to attend. The acceptance and rejection letters pour in each day as the neighborhood post person delivers them. Now one has to decide which institution he truly wants to attend. The following are some important guidelines one should take into account when making the final decision as to where to go. 1. Do some research on your own. Find out the institution’s ranking nationally and locally in the field(s) that most interest you. 2. Find out the percentage of graduates that attend professional or graduate schools and what were-are those schools. (The Admissions Director has this information.) 3. Find out the percentage erf graduate who go directly into the job market (also ask what companies); did they receive these jobs through on-campus interviews or did they “pound the pavement” months before graduation? 4. What are the requirements to receive a bachelor’s degree? Does the institution allow one to design his own special course of study around the frame work of the basic degree requirements? 5. Does the institution encourage intern ships (working within one’s field during breaks to obtain on-the-job training, and can one obtain an internship through the school’ 6. Does the institution encourage inde pendent studies both within and outside of one’s field? 7. How far or close to home must one want to be and the modes of ' transportation available. 8. What is the area like? (Cosmopoli tan, metropolitan or rural; shopping fa cilities, movies, museums, and entertain ment arenas) and is one willing to adjust to the new surroundings? 9. What are the social events offered? (Speakers, lecturers, musical events, sports and parties.) How often do they occur? 10. Visit the campus: look at the fa cilities, talk to faculty and students, attend a class or two, eat in a dining hall on campus and visit the dorms. Take each one of these above questions into serious consideration when making that final choice. They could save one a great deal of anxiety in the long run if one has made the correct choice initially. Next in the series; financial aid as a way of deferring the high cost of education.
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