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About 9,000 men and women, the
I sind the young, blacks and
as, walkers and runners as
/iteers participated last Sun
in a 10-mile CROP Walk-Run
/ainst Hunger. For each mile
alked or ran someone gave
contributions with initial total
estimates at $175,000.
CROP Walk-Run is the
community hunger appeal of
Church World Services. Twenty -
five percent of the funds collect
ed from the sponsors of the
walkers and runners will be given
to the local Loaves and Flihpl jgliti
Crisis Assistance Ministry
hunger-fighting agencies. The
remaining funds will be used to
benefit Church World Service
programs.
Jennifer Kimmer, a 13-year-old,
eloquently personified the ioyous
* mood of the 9,000 walkers and
runners when she said, "I'm
walking for all the hungry people
in Charlotte and the world. I hope
I don't die (while doing It)."
The gathering of 9,000 people to
give an afternoon in the some
times difficult task of walking or
running, often carrying or push
ing an infaht in a stroller, to
benefttother less fortunate people
is Indeed a comforting and
pleasing site.
Another pleasing site was in
what some might call trivia or
insignificant within the total
universe of the CROP Walk-Run.
In particular, we are referring to
the CROP walk route this year
that brought the walkers and
runners to the west side through
the campus of Johnson C. Smith
University and then downtown
into the Earle Village public
housing community.
we imnK tnese parts of the
CROP Walk-Run are significant in
that they brought some people,
both black and white, on the JCSU
campus who had never before
been within even one block of the
university. They were greeted by
a group of beautiful cheerleaders,
offered cups of cool water and saw
the historic Biddle Hall. Many of
these same people, whose only
association wirn Earle village has
been through the windshield of an
automobile hurriedly passing, had
an opportunity to see Earle
Village more closely. In so doing,
some new sense of appreciation,
regardless of how small,
undoubtedly occurred with regard
to this inner city public'housing
project and a historically black
educational institution in our
community.
English, The Official Language?
It seems strange to learn that
the state of California will have a
constitutional amendment on the
November ballot declaring
English,to be the ofittial language I;
of the state. Polls show that the ^ i
English language question or
Proposition 63 is favored by 70
percent of the California voters
and a suprising 54 percent of the '
state's Spanish speaking people.
Proposition 63's supporters
argue that English must be made
the "official language" of the
state in order to provide some
and cohesion in the state
e, believe it or not, 100
languages are said to be spoken.^
They afeo favdr "63" to prevent
attempts by Hispanic politicians
to create Islands of Spanish ' • .
speaking culture in the state. Such
"culture" groups could, among
other things, guarantee Hispanic
blocks of voters because in reality
the "cultures" would become
more isolated from the English
speaking mafority. » ,,
Opponents of Proposition
contend that r the proposal is i
unnecessary because ttfe Enlgish
language is not threatened by
Spanish or any other language. In
more blunt terms, Hispanics
claim that the real interest is in
suppressing Spanish language
and culture and that therefore the
amendmentis discriminatory, un
American, and would have the
affect of making immigrants
second class citizens.
In specific terms the opponents
of "63" claim that non-English
speaking people would lose such
essential public assistance as the
911 emergency service, health
care and bi-lingual treatment In
the court system.
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Miller Says;
Clarence Pendleton, Have The Decency To Step Aside!
By Sherman N. Miller
Special To The Post
When 1 hear the
demise of the U.S.
Commission on Civil
Rights I quietly lament
its fate. Then I begin to
feel disdain for its pre
sent chairman. I see
this foolhardy chap as a
mere political octoroon
sitting outside the
conservatives' door. I
do not recall having
heard a single black
person utter a kind
word about this chap,
so I felt compelled to
try to find out whom he
represents.
Kecogmzmg inai
Clarence Pendleton,
Chairman of the U.S.
Commission on Civil
Rights, is a black
Republican leadership
symbol in the Reagan
Administration, I
decided to ask some
black Republican lead
ers for their views on
Mr. Pendleton.
I am a black
Republican that takes
Miller
opposition to a
Clarence Pendleton. I
don't think he needs to
be there!" declares
Doris Carson Williams,
Deputy Chairman of
the Pennsylvania
republican State
Committee.
This statement begs
the question of whether
Pendleton should step
down from his position
as chairman or com
pletely sever his ties
with the Commission.
Roy C. Noel, Director
of Equal Opportunity
I asked Williams if
concrete actions had
been taken to topple
Pendleton. "That was
done about five months
ago when a group of
prominent black Repu
blicans went to Wash
Ington and called for
the resignation of
Clarence Pendleton,"
replied Williams.
As I recounted these
and other black Re
publican leaders'
comments, my conclu
sion was that blacks
consider the U.S. Civil
Rights Commission to
be a very necessary
organization, but they
are frustrated by its
current survival crisis.
Le Gree Daniels,
Former Chairman of
the National Black
Republican Council,
tried to assuage the
Republican Party's
guilt in the demise of
the Civil Rights Com
mission by pointing the
finger at the black
Democratic Congres
sional Delegates in the
U.S. House of Repre
sentatives.
Since both the black
Democrats and the
black Republicans
want Mr. Pendleton to
resign, it is clear he has
outlived his usefulness
to the Reagan
Adm in istratlon.
Clarence Pendleton
should have the decen
cy to step aside.
• y ' ’r
and Fair Housing for
the City of Chattanoo
ga, TEN, recommends
both.
"First resign as
chairman of the U.S.^
Commission on Civil
Rights," says Noel.
"Then resign from the
Civil Rights Commis
sion and go into private
business."
It is one thing for
black Republicans to
publicly suggest that
Pendleton step down.
But have they taken
steps to foster this
process?
BIP THE GOVERNMENT HEX HOTPROTECTUSANP
IF THE POLICE CANNOT, IT FOLLOWS THAT BLACK
CITIZENS HOST PHOfECT THEMSELVES' ,
*WE CANNOT WAIT UNTIL
DISCRIMINATION ENDS
BEFORE WE RID OUR
COMMUNITIES OF CRIME.
WECAN NO LONGER
EXCUSE CRIME BECAUSE
OF SOCIETY!! INEQUITIES
WE STAND MENACED BY
OUR OWN KITH AND KIN.
FIS INCONCEIVABLE
TO ME THAT WE WHO HAVE
PREVAILED IN SPITE OF
THE BARBARISM OF WHITE J
PEOPLE SHOULD, IN THE -
LAST QUARTER OF THE
CENTURY, STAND AS
MUTE SPECTATORS £
TO OUR DOOM r A
OROECooms dim
H.VJIAGAUNE £
As I See It
Hacks: TheTraT
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By Gerald O. Johnson
Special To The Post
In the September
issue of Inc. magazine
their was an interesting
article by a Mr. Kotkin
on the lack of black
entrepreneurship in
America. Mr. Kotkin
concluded in the article
that the lack of black
owned businesses is a
primary cause for the
following:
The highest male
' median
Ur Income.
The comparisons
were artiong Blacks,
Whites, Asian Ameri
cans, and Hispanics. Of
all the groups studied
Blacks had the lowest
- percent of businesses
owned per population.
For every 1,000 Black
people there were nine
businesses. Hispanics
had 12 for every 1,000
and Asians had some
hiah number like 60.
The lack of pursuit in
Black-owned enterpris
es owes it roots to how
we became Americans.
The other groups
entered America as
GeraM
immigrani5. iney
chose to come on their
own free will. We were
brought here as slaves
against our wills. Our
role was not to reap the
benefits of the capital
istic society, but to sow
the fruits pf the society.
We were ripped away
from family ties.,
stripped of self-esteem
and pride, and brain
washed from any inde
pendence we may have
had. Consequently, we
never learned the
lessons of the free
enterprise system.
Vestiges of a disruptive
beginning in America
linaer with us todav. a-:*
Because of integra
tion our best minds
have been removed
from the Black com
munity. Our brightest
have opted to be tucked
away in work safe
havens of Corporate:
America and Govern
& mental agencies. Thus,
they are not available
to start businessea*Ww
the community. They
have opted to live in
communities that
demonstrate to others
that they have made it.
Thus, they are not
available to provide
, consultation and train
ing to those who need It
the most. They have
opted to spend their
money in the very
same, places that
denied their fathers
and grandfathers ^
entrance. Again, a sign
of making it. All of this
success is not to be
taken lightly. It does in
fact demonstrate great
strides that have been
made.
However, the suc
cesses are few com
pared to the masses.
Integration has sifted a
few out to show that the
American dream is
possible even for a
Black in America. But
to have any effect on
the masses, integration
is not the answer. Self
sufficiency is the
answer. Only when we
develop our own busi
nesses can we uplift the
community at large.
Our businesses will
create jobs for our
people which in time
will create wealth for
our community.
This implies a sup
port network that will
guarantee that our
business stay in
business. We have to
stop allowing our
money to turn over only
once in our community.
Money in the Jewish
community turns 12
times before it leaves!
Hispanlcs, five. This
means that we spend
our money in non Black
stores as soon as we
earn it. Spending habits
such as these will not
allow Black businesses
to stay in business.
What boils my skin is
that we spend our
money in non-Black
stores that will not put
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