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-- - The Wd ... . WHAT THE OTHER PUBLISHERS ARE SAYING: From the Carolinian The 1984 political light has come to a head, and as vicious as the various cam disappointments Wednesday morning. But The World goes on! That’s the message that all American citizens should keep foremost in their minds as they sit around surveying the results as the returns come in. Those Republicans who expected Ronald Reagan, Jesse Helms and Jim Martin to sweep into the White House, the Senate and the North Carolina Governor’s Mansion, respectively, are simply excited about the candidates who won the elections. in the same way, those who supported Walter Mondale; Jim Hunt and Rufus Edmisten should not cry crocodile tears because the scenario they’ve worked so very hard for did not come about. The World goes on! When the dust is cleared, the mud or worse has settled down, very little about the individual American life will change much. .Those who jgfre poor two weeks ago are very likely to be poor four years from now, no matter who wins the Elections. Those who were unemployed two weeks ago are very likely to be unemployed for a long time except they take the initiative to correct that situation, no matter who wins the election. Whatever your problems, whatever your vision of this nation and the world, very little is likely to change in the near future, no matter who wins the elections. That is not to sajT, however, that changes aren’t coming. That is not to say that the American chickens aren’t going to even tually come home to roost. They are, but _ still, the world goes on. And so, in the final analysis, all has been said, the quality of your life, the darkness or the brightness' of your future depends almost entirely on you - not on any politician. No, President Reagan can’t make you have more money. No, Mr. Mondale can’t lighten whatever your individual load might be. * For your life is, and you’ve made it. “ And-the World goes on, sweeping most of us right along with it! Believe it or not, Sen. Jesse Helms recently gave some college students at Livingstone College in Salisbury some excellent advice. Sen. Helms went to speak at the small college dMtt has—a predominantly black American student body. Some students apparently didn’t want to hear what the Senator had to say, so they heckled and jeered him until he left, unable to speak to the audience. But before he left, Sen. Helms told the students that they had better learn to listen, and by implication, discuss matters with people, "...you think you disagree with.” So true! One of the immediate ironies about this incident is that Rev. Jesse Jackson, in his bid for the Democratic Party nomination Presided, advocated open and frank He often chided the Reagan administration for refusing to talk with various Arab leaders and others with whom we dis agree as a nation. Mr. Jackson drew much of his support from college students. We dare say that in the Livingstone An Immoral Obsession How can one support an administration that refuses to recognize that there are sensible solutions to correcting the inade quacies of the system? The condemnation of a system because of the dishonesty of a small percentage of its recipients cannot in any • way support the contention that the system should be abandoned. Linking the denial to the disabled with a - return to “morality, Christianity and old fashioned Americanism^ fiype“'is a& ' immoral as any act that could be com crowd there would have been students who avidly support Mr. Jackson, but they ap parently don’t advocate one of the principle things Mr. Jackson says he stands for. Quite frankly, it is time that we all rid ourselves of this habit of ridiculing, trying to put down and embarrass someone, simply because we disagree with some position or another, , some attitude or another. ^ It is time that we all learn to discuss our differences of opinion, or even more sub stantive differences in an effort to find some common ground, no matter how narrow or shallow. The really sad thing about the practice of heckling or shouting someone down so they can’t speak, so they can’t make their point, is that it might appear to say that,you don’t want to hear the other person.. r| But by the same token, it might be because the jeering, heckling audience doesn’t have any arguments to refute the speaker’s position and have decided “My mind is made up. Please don’t confuse me with the facts.” mitted by anyone against a fellow human being. And it is a total violation of the basic tenet of the Judeo-Christian religion, that which is expressed in the Golden Rule. It is difficult to understand how. an administration that talks so openly about 4 morality and Christianity can be so callous TOHit the tot of the ~sick~and-the- de— prived in our society. BLACKS WHO THROUGH THEIR SLAVE LABOR BUILT THIS COUNTRY SHOULD NOW UNITE TO REBUILD OUR COMMUNITIES FOR THEMSELVES. ■ • . * lift! .* A t A Point Of My Pen Blacks Must Resist Labels Rewritten From The Michigan Chronicle Many whites become con fused and upset when blacks react strongly to either written or. spoken words in ferring racial inferiority as a group characteristic. What whites usually fail to under stand is blackness itself is an automatic label in tfiTs. country. To suggest that persons so designated are likley to perform at lower levels than those of other groups on measures of mental ability, job performance' and appro priate social conduct can,' arid ufien does, harm blacks as a group. Harm to blacks by labels comes in different ways. The vicious viplence directed at bl&cks by the Ku Klux Klan is directly related to theories of racial inferiority and the need to maintain white su periority. Attorney Morris Dees, chief trial counsel of the Southern Poverty Law Center, describes in a fund raising appeal the killing of a young black in Mobile, Ala., for such a reason. In spring,' 1983, members of the Klan snatched a 19 year old junior college gradua tefrom the street at gunpoint. The ..Sabrina Johnson’s column will resume next week. victim’s body was hung from a tree in a black neighbor hood. vfrhen the case went to trfl jl in nwmhcr| a Klans man, James Knowles, con fessed to participating in the killing of a person whom he had never known simply “to show Klan strength in Ala bama.” Showing strength in the Deep South has a historical connection to showing ho\. blacks can be either con trolled or destroyed. Lynch ing is an ultimate terror, practiced to either intimi date or drive away those perceived as threats to white control.-This type of-Klan violence develops from a consciousness of any blacks as a potential rapist, mur derer, thief or seeker-after^ The Charlotte Post North Carolina’s Fastest Growing f Weekly 704-376-0496 -*-r ‘The People’s Newspaper” 106 Years Of Continuous Service Bill Johnson Editor, Pub. Bernaid Reeves Gen. Mgr. ■ Fran Bradley Adv. Mgr. ■Dannette Gaither Of. Mgr. Published Every Thursday By The Charlotte Post ’ Publishing Company. Inc. Main Office: 1531 S. Camden Road Charlotte, N.C. 28203 Second Class Postage Paid at Charlotte Member, National Newspaper Publishers' Association North Carolina Black Publishers Association National Advertising Representative: Amalgamated Publishers, Inc. One Year Subscription Rate One Year-$17.76 ^Payable In Advance From Ctipitol Hill Public Should Learn From Political Debates By Alfreds L. Madison Special To The Poet President Reagan has been heralded by Republicans and the media as the great communicator. He is said to make people feel good about themselves and a greater enhancer of patriotism. The President, who is enjoying the grandeur and glory that accompany being the head of the most im portant country in the world, -and media people, who are in the upper ' financial bracket, certainly have a wonderful feeling about themselves. They are reaping the tax benefits, so it’s very easy for them to mirror their own images to the public. The thirty-five million, two hundred and sixty-six thousand people in this country, who are living below the poverty level which is an increase of eight hundred and sixty-eight thou sand, during the Reagan Adminis tration, are not included in that wonderful feeling group. Of this unfortunate number nine million, eight hundred and eighty five thousand are black, who are facing more job looses and discri mination than they have in the past two decades. This, coupled with the Administration's intense efforts to reverse all civil rights gains and complete destruction of all their , hopes of correcting past unfairness in employment through affirmative action. If these people had the same access to reflect and emphasize their conditions, this country's story would be different and Mr Reagan’s communication would sometimes show a man who is worried, concerned, and one who is giving the true picture of this nation. He would also present some future plans for correcting these horrible, unfair situations. ► --•—■■■■ —— _I Alfreds L. Madison This reporter disagrees with those media people who say the debates do not have affect on the people The polls 'showed that after the first debate. Mondale gained three or four points. While these polls are supposed to be taken at random selection and since the Republicans are benefiting from the big money folks, one wonders about those who select the people to be questioned, and just what the leanings of these pollsters are. Was there a com parable number of persons in the poorer sections and among minor ities questioned'’ In the first debate President Reagan proved that he has a hard time performing under pressure Even with all his movie train irig. he has trouble with recalling facta. In his summation, it appeared that the President attempted to recall his coaching, and in doing so, he fumbled'Arrd the wonts just didn’t come forth. Senator Laxalt. of the GOP campaign, stated that Mr. Reagan waa overcoached. So for the second debate they decided to let Reagan be Reagan Again the public saw a * President who showed that he is not fully familiar with the important facts of the country, and a Chief Executive, as Mr. Mondale stated, as not being in charge of the store. NBC reported Dr. Brian Butter worth of the London University State College’s observations of President Reagan’s i960 and 1984 debates. Dr. Butterworth said that in I960 the President exhibited more confi dence and he didn’t fumble in his speech. These observations showed in the 1984 debates. Dr. Butter worth stated that these showed early stages of senility. The White House and campaigners seem to have doubt about the President’s com munication ability. They are shield ing him from being questioned by reporters, since he was overcoached with facts for the first debate, they decided to let him be himself for the second. In being Reagan, he dis played anger when he was con fronted with his May press con ference statement which Indicated that some nuclear missiles could be fired and then recalled. The Presi dent denied ever making such a statement. However, the record speaks for itself. He meandered terribly on the defense of the killed Marines in Lebanon and protection of the American Lebanon Embassy. Mining of the Nics^auguan harbor and the CIA Nicaraiiguan manual, gave clear proof that the President is as Mondale said, "not in charge of the store ’’ Defending his support of Phillipine dictator Marcos, Mr. Rea gan admitted that he is a Marxist dictator, but said if we get rid of him we might get someone else, as we did with the ruthless Shah of Iran who was replaced by the Ayotollah He even elevated the Shah to the level of a humanitarian who pro il.i —. , .r; , vided housing for the poor. The Iranian people do not share the President's story. Vice President George Bush greatly distorted facts in the Vice Presidential candidates’ debate. He attempted to show that the Presi dent has a great civil rights record. Mr. Reagan fought the present Voting Rights Bill with all the force that he could. He has tried to destroy affirmative action remedies, used every method possible to overturn school desegregation all of which have increased racism. Mr. Bush’s food stamps increase differs from figures of the Congressional Budget Office which show a nine percent decrease in IM4 He shouted loudly that this Administration had increased funds for Aid to Families with Dependent Children. The Budget Office shows a 20 percent cut in funds from 19SI to 19M. Bush was also wrong about the President 's tax program as helping the poor. Truth is that the program increases the tax burden of the low Income people, while giving big breaks to the high income folks. The debates did show the public what many of the White House press has known all along that the Pre sident has been long on style but very short on substance It also proves that politicians often become to anxious to win elections, that truth and facts are completely dis regarded’ < Choir Concert The R. W. Johnson Spiritual Choir will perform its annua] Fall Concert on Sunday, November 11, from 5-7 p.m. at the University Church on campus. Christopher Kemp will direct. ^ white power. Thus, a cul ture preaching black infe riority marks blacks for vio lent destruction. In scientific and intellec tual circles, the labeling of blacks as genetically inferior sets the stage for more “humane violence” towards the group. For example, Dr, William Shockley, physicist and Nobel Prize winner for his part in inventing the transistor, has for many years expressed views that blacks^ as a group, are genetically inferior to whftes« Last week, Or, Shockley won a libel suit against the Atlanta Consti tution but the jury allowed him only $1 in damages. An article in the paper in 1980 by black journalist Roger Wi therspoon prompted the suit. Not considering the wide spread harm done to blacks by his theories of racial in feriority, the 74 year old Shockley felt that he had been wronged grossly and deserved a ^ huge sum in repayment of damages to his reputation as scholar and scientist. At no point in his argument for personal jus tice did the physicist consi der the far-reaching conse quences of his racial label ing. No exact records report the number of unrequested sterilizations performed ‘on poor black women by phy sicians who see themselves as doing society a favor. Worse yet, they often masked their "social fa vors” as appendectomies or some other required surgical procedures. > Labels of inferiority often cause blacks great distress in the workplace. Miscalcu lations or mistakes in job performance, rather than taken as individual pro blems, often become signs of inherited malfunctions. Employers subscribing to theories of inherited weak- i nesses may expect less of black employees and therf by get lower job perf' mance. On the other hp they may justify not h more qualified blacks j basis of low oerformai less qualified mem be* group Neither of# methods of dealw black employees m upon individual co* drive and product**! Because desirsnl! and behavioral {hark tics are associated t whiteness, many whi experience difficulty it cepting the fact mat bl are expected to exhibit desirable personal quart Hence, they often real*, shock and anger why fronted with the facts! "■
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