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Judge Phillips added that ra
cial appeals have been overt and
blatant depending on the level of
black assertiveness in political
and civil rights issues. F& ex
ample, as thecivil rights move
ment began after World War II,
ovUrt racial appeals were com
mon place among some North
Catatthh public office seekers.
Phillips noted racism in the
po^ical campaigns of S*n.
r Jea»e Uelpis in 1972 and in his
current race againsyjov; Jim
Hiipt as well as some earner
ran* .v *
> Regardless of the nature of the
offense, it’s time for patents to
fake some firm action with their
children to assure that dm trend
In such exclusions is reversed,
and more significantly, to better
Pamirs that wir rhildrrn wilt nnt
be. threatened or harmed by ihel5
weapons that some youth are
jdgnying to school. Parents, V
have a moral obligation to pro
tect not only die welfare of their
maid Children, but also that of
other school ebildreh by disci
plining and teaching their child
Dolitical
had soma Influence In the de
cision of US. Suprenih Court
Chief Justice Wariren Burger’s
refusal on February 2« to give
the seven N.C. ie^sla tive dis
tricts more time to redraw their
districts before the May 8
'* primary., ;£■ v*
The basic issue in the action of
the Courts is that North Caro
lina’s use of multi-member
House and Senate districts sub
merged blade voters in large, '
predominantly white districts, il
legally diluting their voting
strength. v V Xt^"^ *^ ~~~r~
All this could be in vain if
black Charlotteans don’t in
crease substantially their 35 per
cent rate in the voting booths in <'
primaries and elections. We
have a responsibility to our
selves, our loved ones, our
neighborhood, our race, our dty,
our state and the nation to vote
. . our convictions at election time.
Therefore, The Post offers a
challenge to each of you to
register and vote but vote yotir
conviction because Bus is the
only way to. preserve
strengthen the democratic p*b
Too many parents have aban
doned their responsibility and
t ’*ppear'to have assumed that the
school shouM and" can- replace ;
/ direction arid psychological sup
port that our students so greatly
need. Money, material things
and freedom in the use of their
time is not all that teenagers
want or need. They need the
parents’ time to talk, to get you
to listen to their concerns, to
to be someone the youth truly
feds comfortable confiding in
with their problems. This is the
true meaning of parenting.
By the way, have you hugged
your child today? And do you
know where be or she is as you
» are reading this column?^ ^ ^
The Human Relations
Council noted, however, a
riae in the employment **
What thi* means ^hTstate
Government end most
other public and private
mipfriyilKUnte opportun
ity* for women, more of
ten than -r white
women - are bah* and* at
the expense of previous
gains made, by - Hack em
ployees. l H
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For all the reasons state* and more,
illiteracy exists, tat It remedied '
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«u txay on Hat aide.'*
Mid President Reagan. If
.that- to true, why has be
changed since becomii*
Chief Executive? HtoAZ
ministration to makii^ a
•arkma attempt to overturn
all the dvil rights gates of
the fifties and sixties. -
When he to asked, by tbs
media, about his civil
rights assaults, Mr. Befe
gan very charasmaticaBy
ts&nteni5?
•rs, and be often adds sea*
irrelevant anecdote to (he
Right* AM
in isn Ym,
vary *od to